New model shop

[Dr Jekyll]

the bad news is it's in the Eden centre in High Wycombe, but any such shop opening rather than closing has to be good. On a brief inspection it seems to have a decent selection of plastic kits plus paints ETC, also a large model railway layout that's not yet finished but looks promising.

[gruffgriff]

That's brave. Hope they're going for a real depth and diversity of stock...what with Hobbycraft up the road doing the basics and the internet providing cheaply to those that know what they want. Good luck to them though.

I remember the heady days of choice; a model shop and a toy shop on the Desborough and the model and train shop by B&Q.

[Sebring440]

https://collectablesrus.co.uk/

[monkfish1]

gruffgriff said:

That's brave. Hope they're going for a real depth and diversity of stock...what with Hobbycraft up the road doing the basics and the internet providing cheaply to those that know what they want. Good luck to them though.

I remember the heady days of choice; a model shop and a toy shop on the Desborough and the model and train shop by B&Q.

Brave or stupid? Not something i would be doing in the current climate with my own money.

Will be interesting if nothing else to see if it survives.

[Yertis]

gruffgriff said:

That's brave. Hope they're going for a real depth and diversity of stock...what with Hobbycraft up the road doing the basics and the internet providing cheaply to those that know what they want. Good luck to them though.

I remember the heady days of choice; a model shop and a toy shop on the Desborough and the model and train shop by B&Q.

There used to be so many didn't there. Off the top of my head I can think of about at least six in Bournemouth, three of which were exclusively specialist in model railways. In Poole there were two across the road from each other (Setchfields still survives I think). Another one – The Hobby Horse – in Wimborne.