nchogberg Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) Hi Everyone, Visiting England for two weeks on business. Looking for a good car hobby shop. I'm in Leicester but will be moving around this weekend checking out the sites. Any suggestions? The only hobby shop here in Leicester is a ship shop. Me, been building cars, boats, planes, tanks etc for around 40 years. In a car mood right now. Almost finished with '69 Stingray I've posted in the in-progress section. Regards, Nels Edited February 20, 2014 by nchogberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 WELCOME to the forum, sorry I can't help you out with any suggestions, good luck and enjoy yourself while there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hi Nels, I'm afraid that I could not recommend a single place in the whole country. It seems one-by-one all the good shops have closed down over the last decade. The best approximation to a model shop we have now is Modelzone. I don't know why this forum wont allow me to copy/paste a link to their website here, but you can find their website on google. I tend to buy most of my stuff on line from the US and Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammedi'am Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
421gto Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hi Nels, There used to be a few, but like Sonny says, theyve all gone. You could try my mate Bob Dobinson at carkits in Southend, though he doesnt have a shop & he deals in mostly older vintage kits. If you want newer stuff it'll be a modelzone/WHSmith, theres a few around Leicester but Ive no idea what they hold in stock. Try this link for them https://www.whsmith.co.uk/pws/StoreFinder.ice?country=GB&findStore=findStore&page=stores&countryRegion=Leicestershire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Sorry I can't help Nets, but if you make it to Canada, specifically Toronto, I got you covered. Welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Welcome to the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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