David Ashby - Moderator Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Good suggestion from Justin K. The accent is on 'decent' of course. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 16/02/2015 06:32:59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks David, I suggested this poll as I suprised myself at the fact I have to travel a 60 mile round trip to my nearest proper model shop. Until last year when hobbystores pulled out of town I could walk, and I do miss it In decent I mean a shop that you know will have all your consumables, fuel , nice selection of kits etc etc . Edited By Justin K. on 16/02/2015 06:39:12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hopkin Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I have a choice of 4, Steve Webbs 33 Miles, Blackburn Balsamart - 31 Miles, Leeds Model Shop 51 Miles, Nitroflight Doncaster 40 Miles So a lot of interwebby buying is done and visits to model shops combined with other reasons for being in the area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'd like the question to include "how far WOULD you travel".We had a nice shop in Bournemouth (Channel 4) but that has now closed.There is shop in Blandford but it doesn't really stock stuff you can browse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatscoleymo Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 From deepest France I have a round trip of 1500 miles to Model Shop Leeds which I 'pop in to' on our way back to Darlington around twice a year. Does that count? There is no model shop that stocks anything of worth anywhere near me, so online for me from anywhere in Europe that's got what I want at the right price. Fuel I get from Leeds. Fats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 27 miles each way. Always get great service from them "Pegasus Models Norwich" Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I usually use Inwoods for a major purchase when I'm on my way to Derbyshire to visit my daughter - otherwise they'd be a 150 mile round trip.I find that I rarely need to visit a shop in person these days, although I do have a small local shop that's handy, and although a pleasant and helpful enough place, they don't have a vast stock of what I need. Dare I say a bit pricey as well. 90% of my modelling goods are obtained on-line. Edited By Cuban8 on 16/02/2015 08:09:04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Day Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 It was only after selecting the 10-30 miles option that I saw Internet shopping. Like many here I expect, I do both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birgir Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 35 miles each way, but I buy most of my stuff online from Pegasus Models. Their online service is also very good and personal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area 51 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Round trip of between 50 or 100 miles depending which one I choose!!; but will always call in in the area or passing, inevitabiliy this means online can rule; with a little planning all bits are on the door mat waiting for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Brown Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 A journey of 10 miles will get me to the Hobbyking UK warehouse, otherwise it's 42 miles to Pegasus in Norwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 well, the question was 'how far do you travel', so I have answered for my nearest decent model shop Mike's Models in Kingstanding. I actually shop on the internet for the most part as postage is cheaper than the diesel I'd burn visiting Mike's, not to mention the 1 1/2 hours lost on the round trip through the centre of Birmingham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I travel........walk about 100 metres! The shop is owned/managed by a member of my flying club. Granted, It's relatively expensive, but really useful If I have the need for some small item in a hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 One of the downsides of living in a peaceful area of outstanding natural beauty is that it's a long way to anywhere. I have model shops north, east and south, each of them an hour and a half drive each way. The best is 53 miles away, so I do most shopping online. On my last visit to the 'best' one, one of several things I needed was a single sheet of 6mm balsa. The shop had racks and racks of balsa, mostly 5mm and 9mm. Not a single sheet of 6mm. Another bulk order from SLEC coming up........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I am lucky. My LMS (Barnstormers) is only 8 miles away. Soon I will be unlucky, its closing down Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan p Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Model shop Leeds every time we visit daughter well stocked and friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wright Stuff Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 No option for 0-5 miles? Is that because you'd all hate me if I admitted to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'd like to give a plug for Whitchurch Models in North Shropshire which is about twenty miles away from my home. As for French residents I came across a good model shop in Perigueux and two good ones in Tours last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Whitchurch are good, but no 6mm balsa David! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essjay Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Mostly internet for me, but "Motors and Rotors" is about 10 miles away, and "Al's Hobbies" (MK) about 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 three cheer's for gladston's,phil's models and brc hobbie's....... all in/near ne....1.... ken Anderson...ne....1 ......... model shop dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Geezer Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I have 2 shops, respectively a 25 and a 27 mile round trip - one is the world's scruffiest and most disorganised retailer of model kits and bits bar none - the other is well stocked, but expensive with the added disincentive that unless you are showing an interest in their stock of r/c cars or helicopters you might as well be invisible. I expect to be ignored until I get to the till in most supermarkets, but I'm blowed if I am burning half a gallon of diesel for similar treatment when buying bits for my hobby when I have the option to buy on t'internet, or at one of our 'local' shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Seems to me that there's a trend developing here and it appears to be gathering pace. What I'm saying is that a model shop doesn't now need to be right on one's doorstep with the rise in on-line ordering, so we can (and do) visit half a dozen retailers websites in various parts of the country from the comfort of our arm chairs, then order from the one with the best stock/prices/postal rates etc. Smaller establishment just can't compete with the big retailers, so I think that eventually we'll be left with just a couple of dozen or so larger businesses serving UK modellers, but mainly on-line. It's nice if you have the convenience of an Al's, SMC, Hobbystore, Kings Lynn, or Inwood etc etc on your doorstep - but it's not so relevant today. Edited By Cuban8 on 16/02/2015 12:00:05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 It's the world we live in really isn't it? Yes, there is the passion and desire to keep the LMS because it would be seen as sad to see it go but that is simply a case of rose tinted spectacles. If a LMS can only offer the product you're asking for which costs markedly more than what is available online then they are not really going to survive unless people are willing to pay the difference. Many people can no longer afford to support their hobby whilst, at the same time, support their LMS. It's the same reaon why Lidl and Aldi are doing so well; why buy a weekly shop for £80 in your usual shop when you can get it much cheaper elsewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Posted by The Wright Stuff on 16/02/2015 10:20:36: No option for 0-5 miles? Is that because you'd all hate me if I admitted to that? Yes sorry for that omission, it must have been a mental block due to loosing my very local model shop. Good comment elsewhere too. I think most of us probably do a bit of both Internet and lms buying but you can't beat a good rummage around a well stocked shop IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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