Showing posts with label model shop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label model shop. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Modell Center Hünerbein

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  Arriving in Aachen mid-afternoon, I idly typed "Model shops Aachen" into Google, and it pointed me at  Modell Center Hünerbein ....
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Monday, November 04, 2024

Bühler AG, Interlaken

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  If you go down the Bahnhofstrasse today, you are in for a slight disapointment. They don't open on Mondays. Yes, you can look at the s...
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Friday, September 03, 2021

A little piece of Ian Allan for my wall

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The sad closure of the final Ian Allan shop in Waterloo leaves the country with no chain model shops.  However, thanks to the generosity o...
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Monday, December 16, 2019

Hornby St Pancras pop-up store

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In London for some beer, I nipped into St Pancras station with the aim of spotting the latest train operator there - Hornby. The famous...
Friday, September 13, 2019

Farewell to Ian Allan, Birmingham

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It was a sad day on Tuesday. I paid my last visit to the Ian Allan bookshop in the centre of Birmingham. It's a trip I've made ...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Why I love my local model shop

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Now, I might have a slightly weird job, but even if I didn't, I'm sure I would love having a local model shop. To me, the conveni...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

MT Games and DVD, Weston-super-mare

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In the back streets of Weston-Super-Mare, I spotted a Hornby logo on the front of a shop that at first sight, didn't look that promis...
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Monday, April 01, 2019

Death of a model shop

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A very sad post to start the week. Saturday saw the last trading day of Gee Dee Models in Nottingham. I'd not planned to visit, rus...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Hobbyrail, Sutton Coldfield

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I love an indoor market and so while wandering the streets of Sutton Coldfield, I was pleased to spot a sign for their local emporium. ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

George's Trains - Toronto

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  Handily situated for both the back of the Rapido Trains office and a main line real railway is George's Trains, which describes i...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Hattons, Liverpool

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Hattons - best known as the largest mail order model railway supplier in the UK - actually has a shop. A proper shop you can walk in to a...
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