1722 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 For me, living in Shropshire just off the A41, it's Trident Trains. An excellent shop about 15 miles from me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 3 hours ago, 1722 said: For me, living in Shropshire just off the A41, it's Trident Trains. An excellent shop about 15 miles from me. Never visited? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 37 minutes ago, ianmacc said: Never visited? Should have read the title!! There's one in Stafford, Topps Trains, that I've never set foot in! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Ticked Starbeck Models and 53A models off last year so the nearest to Leeds now I’ve never ventured into are probably Milnsbridge Models and Croppers in Bridlington despite having been to the latter town many times over the years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2022 Furthest Ive travelled for a model shop would be Lee Kwon hobbies in Kowloon. A fantastic, very stereotypical floor to ceiling shop full of stuff. Also a good source for more sold out stuff. As I was working in Hong Kong, it was rude to not make the journey, and on occasion I specifically timed a stop over to pick something up Ive also had luxury of one in Flinders street market in Melbourne (but I was passing by, rather than specifically went to visit), plus also Tenshodo’s super emporium off Ginza in Tokyo. As for this country… i guess it coukd be tomorrow I could do it, at c425+ miles each way…. i’ve seats on the 0710 Intercity service from Euston to Glasgow tomorrow (87002 and mk3’s), and have 3 hours to kill… if anyone can recommend a shop in Glasgow between 1300 and 1600 ? As for nearest.. Sutton, Epsom, Norwood Junction, Ewell.. all faded names, stores shuttered. I guess Addlestone or Invicta (about an hour + change each way to either). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted January 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2022 I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong but I think Glasgow is now another city without a model railway shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted January 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2022 Quote As for this country… i guess it coukd be tomorrow I could do it, at c425+ miles each way…. i’ve seats on the 0710 Intercity service from Euston to Glasgow tomorrow (87002 and mk3’s), and have 3 hours to kill… if anyone can recommend a shop in Glasgow between 1300 and 1600 ? Theres Wildcat Models near Partick station but its a tiny little shop with not much to browse so it'll kill more time getting to and from it than actually in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted January 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 17/02/2020 at 20:19, 1722 said: Should have read the title!! There's one in Stafford, Topps Trains, that I've never set foot in! I suggest a visit to Topp Trains equally as good as Trident Trains, definitely worth a visit (closed on Wednesdays) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2022 My nearest unvisited shops are in Valencia, some 150km away, really need to get my finger out and visit, although Valencia has far more treasures than just model shops, so a quick call is unlikely! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 13 hours ago, Kaput said: Theres Wildcat Models near Partick station but its a tiny little shop with not much to browse so it'll kill more time getting to and from it than actually in it. Ah but the journey is part of the fun! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 22 hours ago, Andy Hayter said: I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong but I think Glasgow is now another city without a model railway shop. A list that gets sadly longer and has some surprising names on it. In my neck of the woods Manchester Liverpool Bradford Leeds I define having a model shop in a city as being somewhere one could reasonably walk to from the centre so Millennium Models counts as the town of Morley for example as it’s many miles away from Leeds proper even though Leeds folk use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 minute ago, RailroadRich said: Gaugemaster. Shameful really as I've ordered things from them in the post occasionally! I can beat that in that I had to do a supplier audit in Ford. I could probably have kicked a football to it but sadly the audit took up all the opening hours and I had to miss out…. Can’t see myself visiting again as the supplier failed the audit and is no longer used! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, ianmacc said: A list that gets sadly longer and has some surprising names on it. In my neck of the woods Manchester Liverpool Bradford Leeds I define having a model shop in a city as being somewhere one could reasonably walk to from the centre so Millennium Models counts as the town of Morley for example as it’s many miles away from Leeds proper even though Leeds folk use it. You could add London to that list since the Ian Allan bookshop closed; Jane's Trains in Tooting is probably now the nearest to the centre but certainly not a reasonable walk from there! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I dont think we’ll see any return of city centre shops , rents are too high to sustain model businesses 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Sandhole and I used to regularly visit Trevor at Cheltenham Model Centre when Sandhole worked in Gloucestershire. We have not been for many years as he moved North. Wifey has just announced she has a business meeting in Cheltenham, on Monday, just off the High Street and would I drive her (from North Yorkshire!!!) as there is parking space reserved for her. Can I find something to do for a couple of hours? I think I can walk the short distance to 39 High Street and find something I don't need with money I haven't got. Mike Wiltshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted January 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2022 My nearest model shops are C & M in Carlisle (45 miles) and Harburn Hobbies in Edinburgh (55 miles), both of which I occasionally visit. However I believe my next closest would be Durham Trains of Stanley which is about 80 miles from where I live and although I have bought stuff from their stalls at shows over the years I have to admit that I have never visited their shop in Stanley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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