In need of a friend from across the pond
- Thread starter Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds
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Well seems none as given you a reply, I've got a pond in the garden I will be your friend from across it Adrian 
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Emailed a friend over there and he said he dosent think there is one in the city. There's one in Brooklyn that's been closing down for the last 2 years but apparently lots of stores in that area say that when they have no intention of closing it just means the have a constant "closing down sale"
www.ruiyonghobby.com
www.ruiyonghobby.com
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They do more rc stuff than models but it's quite popular apparently... Very cheap as everything's always "on sale/to clear"
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Haha shows how reliable my source is! 
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Wish i could help, but I am as far from NYC as you can get, just about. California boy.
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i went here, but that was back in 2012,I dont know if they are still going. i thought it was a bit pricey at the time and the selection wasn't brilliant. I didn't buy anything.
Jans hobby shop
1435 Lexington Ave # 2, New York, Its about half way up Central Park on the right hand side a few streets over if I remember correctly.
Jans hobby shop
1435 Lexington Ave # 2, New York, Its about half way up Central Park on the right hand side a few streets over if I remember correctly.
I've had the idea for a while that the forum has a page listing model shops from around the world that members can recommend. I thought it would be useful if any of us were on holiday or business in a foreign country that a visit to the LMS can be added to your itinerary.
I travel a lot with work and try to find a model shop in the place I am visiting if possible, sometimes you find things not easily available at home.
Now, can anyone recommend a model shop in Addis Ababa?
I travel a lot with work and try to find a model shop in the place I am visiting if possible, sometimes you find things not easily available at home.
Now, can anyone recommend a model shop in Addis Ababa?
Yes I can recommend a model shop in Addis Ababa but I'd need to get there first Rick\ said:
Well I'm stuck here for another week, that's another week away from the workbench - starting to get the heebie-jeebies!\ said:
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I'm from good old UK, but was in NY over Christmas.
I found an 'Alladins cave' of a model shop just off 5th Ave, a few blocks from the Rockefeller centre:
Number 23, West 45th street.
It's called the Red Caboose.
http://www.theredcaboose.com/
Yes, you can guess by the name it's a lot of railways stuff, but it's crammed floor to ceiling with model kits.
I could have spent an AGE in there!
Seeminly, it isn't cheap compared to other US shops, but I thought that compared to the UK, and with the dollar quite weak at present, it was bargain time!
From the outside its just a door between two other places.
Once inside you go downstairs - it's blinkin' big!
Have fun. Oh, and if you happen to spot a scruffy taped-up little pack of the Konami Thunderbird 2 'pod' with 4-5 little rescue vehicles (no actual TB2) it was reduced I think, to $13 and hung on a rack with little die cast cars...
(I'm kicking myself every day for not buying it!!!!!)
Get it - I'll pay + postage.
All the best, Roy.
I found an 'Alladins cave' of a model shop just off 5th Ave, a few blocks from the Rockefeller centre:
Number 23, West 45th street.
It's called the Red Caboose.
http://www.theredcaboose.com/
Yes, you can guess by the name it's a lot of railways stuff, but it's crammed floor to ceiling with model kits.
I could have spent an AGE in there!
Seeminly, it isn't cheap compared to other US shops, but I thought that compared to the UK, and with the dollar quite weak at present, it was bargain time!
From the outside its just a door between two other places.
Once inside you go downstairs - it's blinkin' big!
Have fun. Oh, and if you happen to spot a scruffy taped-up little pack of the Konami Thunderbird 2 'pod' with 4-5 little rescue vehicles (no actual TB2) it was reduced I think, to $13 and hung on a rack with little die cast cars...
(I'm kicking myself every day for not buying it!!!!!)
Get it - I'll pay + postage.
All the best, Roy.
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