tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post2533611539540324219..comments2024-03-29T10:07:41.792+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: 4D Models, LondonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-61147558443293417242014-01-03T13:02:01.132+00:002014-01-03T13:02:01.132+00:00It's a brilliant shop. Ordered many times and ...It's a brilliant shop. Ordered many times and been in once in person as well. <br /><br />Great to actually go there - lots of hidden gems you probably wouldn't come across on the site, despite it being a pretty good retail website. Got a load of thin brass scraps/offcuts for a few quid which was just what I needed at the time.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164881258876322833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-85776505255086624722013-12-17T15:21:23.052+00:002013-12-17T15:21:23.052+00:00For years, I've seen 4D as something of a &quo...For years, I've seen 4D as something of a "hidden gem" - and I visit them most times I'm in London.<br /><br />This might have something to do with me using a Wetherspoon's near Tower Hill, before I get the tube to Victoria coach station - but I digress.<br /><br /><br />I like the racks of "hard to find" materials, adhesives and tools - large sheets of coloured styrene - black or white styrene sheet in an enormous range of thicknesses - glues of all sorts (you name it - they probably stock it) - all manner of modelmaking tools.<br /><br />There are also loads of really esoteric items - some regular lines - some "closeouts".<br /><br />Something else that goes down well is the advice that's freely on offer - whether from staff or from the "how to" guides they have on their website.<br /><br /><br />As for prices - they vary - but the vast majority seem perfectly reasonable.<br /><br /><br />For those who don't know Leman St., 4D are slightly off to one side of the road - in some arches below the approaches to Tower Gateway (DLR) and Fenchurch St. stations.<br /><br />If you're visiting the Excel exhibition centre, Tower Gateway is the "London end" terminus of the DLR line from Excel.<br /><br /><br />Incidentally, before construction started on the DLR, a number of options were considered for its "London end" terminus.<br /><br />What became Tower Gateway was initially referred to by another name, reflecting a road that runs next to it.<br /><br />I'm not sure whether the name might also have had something to do with the initial western terminus of the London & Blackwall Railway - before the railway was extended west to Fenchurch St.. As I don't know, it's probably best to assume not.<br /><br />In case anyone's wondering, the initial name for what became Tower Gateway might sound vaguely familiar to "the average enthusiast" of model railways. The name was "Minories".Huw Griffithsnoreply@blogger.com