And Bob is cutting down on inventory and uncertain when you get there he will have it - same with other shops although one will order and discount but..... I ended up using 1st place hobbies as I could tell it weas in stock and discounted. Gone are the days when you walked into a shop and found paint - some have Floquil only, some floquil and accupaint, some scalecoat I but scalecoat 2 thinner - boy it sure was good in the 80's.
Jim
- --- On Sun, 11/9/08, Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net> wrote:
> From: Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
> Subject: (erielack) RE: Hobby Shops and discounts
> To: "'EL Mail List'" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 8:22 PM
> Randy, one more thing:
>
> > In the long run, your B&M (no, not PanAm) shop
> will go away. How many of them are still Railroad
> Only Shops?
>
> You should keep in mind that Bob's store, Tucker's
> Hobbies, used to be Tucker's Hardware, right on
> Main Street in Warren MA, and after a long time he realized
> that the Hardware in the store was the
> sideline, and the Trains were the Real Thing. So he
> >>BECAME<< a Railroad Only Shop.
>
> SGL
>
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