Tom’s Modelworks, now owned by Richard Harden, is a long-established American aftermarket scale-modeling brand best known for its extensive range of precision photo-etched detail sets for model ships, helping builders transform standard plastic and resin kits into highly detailed and historically convincing replicas. Its catalog includes hundreds of ship-detailing sets in scales ranging from 1/700 and 1/350 to 1/200, 1/144, 1/96, and other specialized scales, covering subjects from World War I through the modern era and providing finely etched railings, radar arrays, ladders, catapults, cranes, flight-deck details, weapons components, antennas, masts, and other intricate ship fittings. Over the years, Tom’s Modelworks has expanded beyond traditional photo-etch into 3D-printed accessories, resin and 3D-printed ship kits, aircraft conversion and detail sets, decals, reference materials, and miniature aircraft and equipment, including the extensive Northview Foundry range of small-scale aircraft. The company also produces complete multimedia ship projects that combine resin castings, 3D-printed components, photo-etched details, decals, and other specialized parts, demonstrating how the brand has evolved alongside modern model-manufacturing technology. With decades of experience and a strong emphasis on fine-scale detail, historical subjects, and naval modeling, Tom’s Modelworks has become a familiar and respected name among ship modelers seeking the additional realism and precision that aftermarket detailing can bring to a scale model.