I remember when. . .

[Mickc1440]

Woolworths was my go to for models

[Ian M]

Woolworths was my go to for models

Yep, Bought a few from there as well.

[Andy the Sheep]

My first model was bought in a shop selling plastic stuff of any kind. It was 3 minutes walk from my grandparents flat in Turin. My first kit was an Airfix bag kit, the Fiat G50, a present from my granddad.
My first real model shop was Amati and it's still there under a (not so) different name. Unfortunately, it's 600 km away from my current home.
For the most curious: LINK to Google maps.

[Tim Marlow]

First one I remember was the really originally named Salisbury model Center. It opened in the mid to late ninteen sixties when I was about eight, and stayed open until I was in my late twenties. It was my go to shop right through my formative years. Weird place though. I’m sure the owner hated kids. He used to regularly shout at youngsters in front of thier parents. He wouldn’t stock model railway stuff either and used to get angry with punters that asked about them. Funnily enough, the original site of that shop was in exactly the same place as the current Salisbury model shop (opened about ten years ago) is now……

[peterairfix]

I do still remember two more one was called Kingston models on bridge Street and Taunton toys here in Taunton in High Street both sadly gone but fondly remembered.

[Waspie]

My first model was bought in a shop selling plastic stuff of any kind. It was 3 minutes walk from my grandparents flat in Turin. My first kit was an Airfix bag kit, the Fiat G50, a present from my granddad.
My first real model shop was Amati and it's still there under a (not so) different name. Unfortunately, it's 600 km away from my current home.
For the most curious: LINK to Google maps.

You can stick me down as curious! If only we had something even half that size near me!!! John's shop and Amazon are my current haunts.

[Bri62]

We still have a local shop

[Guest]

I remember when I lived in Newcastle upon Tyne with the model shops in Clayton Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, where the local modellers would spend hours talking about their latest builds, more like a family gathering than work, then there was The Model Shop in Blenheim Street, then along came Beatties and tried to undercut the locals.
Prior to that when at school there was always Woolworths or I could nip down the road to the bike shop where the owner used to have a selection of the Airfix bagged kits.
Now locally where I live there is nothing unless you are into radio control or airsoft, so it is now the interweb where I do my shopping or at some of the shows/comps.

[Guest]

You can stick me down as curious! If only we had something even half that size near me!!! John's shop and Amazon are my current haunts.

We could always move, think we would be missed... The wives could come along and peel our noses off the windows....:tongue-out3:

[ColinW]

We still have a local shop :smiling3:

That's almost exactly the same looking front to The Art Shop in Darlington Town centre.
They do models but unfortunately a very thinned down version of what they used to do.

[yak face]

Heres one for Mickc1440 , Dave Ward ,Andy T , any of you remember Barnards newsagent/ tobacconist at the manor top? Its where I used to spend my pocket money every week ,usually on the bagged Airfix kits , about 25p . On birthdays or if I saved up a bit I might get a series 2 or 3 kit ! Also , across the road was Fred Hartleys , a general hardware / homeware store, they occasionally had Frog and Matchbox kits .

[Dave Ward]

Heres one for Mickc1440 , Dave Ward ,Andy T , any of you remember Barnards newsagent/ tobacconist at the manor top? Its where I used to spend my pocket money every week ,usually on the bagged Airfix kits , about 25p . On birthdays or if I saved up a bit I might get a series 2 or 3 kit ! Also , across the road was Fred Hartleys , a general hardware / homeware store, they occasionally had Frog and Matchbox kits .

Bents Green, Banner Cross were my area - I went to High Storrs when it was a Grammar School..............
Dave

[Andy T]

I bet my wife remembers, she's from that end of town.

You can take a girl out of The Manor.... :tears-of-joy:

[stillp]

Growing up in Cardiff, we had a few model shops, but the best by far was Bud Morgan's in the Castle Arcade. Bud (Bernard) was a successful aeromodeller, in spite of having lost a hand when he was a teenager - he tripped in front of a tram which ran over his arm. The stock in the shop was largely model aircraft and model railways with a few Airfix kits.
When we moved to Rugby we had the excellent Joto Hobbies in the town, as well as Antics in Coventry and Trinder's in Banbury, but all of those have now closed so my nearest retailer is the imaginatively-named The Model Shop in Northampton. There's also Wellingborough Trains and Models, in of course Wellingborough, which I visit occasionally to stock up on Mr Hobby paints.
Pete

[Airborne01]

Yep, Bought a few from there as well.

Bought them? We used to pinch 'em!