World Wide Directory of Modelling Stores & Manufacturers...

Post by **Lee** » Fri May 24, 2013 1:48 pm

I'll be adding more and more stores as I go. This is just my personal list, if you know of any that should be added from your part of the world then let me know.....

UK

eModels
Dark World Creations
Hannants
Wonderland Models
Model Design Construction
Net Merchants
Airfix
Humbrol
Model Supermarket
Everything Airbrush
Jadlam Racing Models
RB Productions
Air-Craft
Models for Sale
KitKrazy
Cybermodeller
ModelZone
MiB Models
Historex Agents
White Ensign Models
My Hobby Store
Shesto
Arrow Wolf
Graphic Air
Model Display Products
Texture King
Models4Hobby
AAA Models
T7 Models
Tamiya-Direct
Sylmasta
Accurate Armour
Aviation Book Centre
Hiroboy
Milicast
Jumblies Models
Antics Online
SKM Miniatures
Fields of Glory Models
R&R Hobbies
Frome Model Centre
Gizzmo Heaven
Laurence Matthews
Models 2 U
Armour Models
Cornwall Model Boats

Hong Kong/China

Lucky Model
Great Wall Hobby
HobbyBoss
HobbyEasy
SealModel

USA

Crows Nest Models
Sprue Brothers
Fantastic Plastic
Unique Master Models (UMM)
Squadron
Michigan toy Soldier
Last Cavalry Hobbies
Hobbylinc
Scale Hobbyist
Archer Transfers
Red Frog Hobbies
Mega Hobby
Model Cars
Military Miniatures Warehouse
Tower Hobbies

Europe

Eduard
Mini-Art Models
Model Scene
LVM Studios
Revell
Hobby Colours
Zvezda
Andrea Miniatures
Joefix Studio
AK Interactive
Hobbies Guinea
Spot Model
Jadar Hobby
Martola Model Shop
Plast Model
Der Sockelshop
DaxMagic
Hobby Gallery
Modelbouwverf
Rebell Hobby
Modelbau Koenig
RT Diorama
Uschi van der Rosten
Verlinden
Hobby Zone
Scale World
Domino
Reality in Scale
Kratz Modellbau
Hobby Modelismo

Canada

Ad Astra Masks
Elm City Hobbies
Hobby Stuff Depot
Great Hobbies
The Barrel Store
Ultracast
Hornet Hobbies
Wheels & Wings Hobbies
Sunward Hobbies

Japan

Tamiya
Hobby Link Japan
Hasegawa

Korea

Academy

Australia

BNA Model World
Firestorm Models
Showcase Models Australia
Brunel Hobbies
Slave to Painting
Red Roo Models

New Zealand

Mighty Ape
Defiant Gaming
Wingnut Wings
Slave to Painting
The Hobby Shop
Models at 747

South Africa

Esswex Hobbies

Post by **Andy** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:21 pm

I recently just bought a kit from ScaleHobbyist.com, and is from NH, USA. Not sure if it was on the list but I thought I'd mention it if it wasn't.

Post by **Lee** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:28 pm

Andy wrote:I recently just bought a kit from ScaleHobbyist.com, and is from NH, USA. Not sure if it was on the list but I thought I'd mention it if it wasn't.

Thanks Andy, added

Post by **Daishi12** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:45 pm

I haven't used their online service but have used Antics in Cardiff (used to be called Bud Morgans) since I was a kid. www.anticsonline.co.uk

If you plan to visit Cardiff, they are opposite the main bus/train station.

Post by **Lee** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:02 pm

Added - Cheers Daishi

Post by **RED** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:15 am

I have ordered from BNA Model World, Firestorm Models and Showcase Models here in Australia and found their service to be top notch, as well as Sealmodel in China

Post by **Lee** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:53 pm

RED wrote:I have ordered from BNA Model World, Firestorm Models and Showcase Models here in Australia and found their service to be top notch, as well as Sealmodel in China

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Post by **DC87** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:23 am

SKMiniatures is a great site for purchasing all kinds of figures and the service is top notch- based in UK.

Post by **gosselin2112** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:47 am

How about Archer Dry Transfers? I think it is a US company.

Post by **Lee** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:37 am

DC87 wrote:SKMiniatures is a great site for purchasing all kinds of figures and the service is top notch- based in UK.

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Post by **Lee** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:39 am

gosselin2112 wrote:How about Archer Dry Transfers? I think it is a US company.

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Post by **Matthew** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:07 pm

spotmodel.com

Post by **Lee** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:24 pm

Matthew wrote:spotmodel.com

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YouTube · Post by **hooterville75** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:41 am

Red Frog Hobbies in New York is another great online hobby store with competitive prices to most. Not as cheap as Scale Hobbyist but pretty competitive.

Post by **Lee** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:27 am

hooterville75 wrote:Red Frog Hobbies in New York is another great online hobby store with competitive prices to most. Not as cheap as Scale Hobbyist but pretty competitive.

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Post by **Daishi12** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:10 pm

Just found http://www.fieldsofglorymodels.co.uk/ep ... Categories They specialise in 1/35 aftermarket kits.... after looking through their goodies I am thinking do I really need to eat?

Post by **alonei** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 1:13 pm

http://www.brunelhobbies.com.au/

Here is my local hobby shop and I think they are great
Cheers

Post by **Radzy** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:29 pm

Hi,

I'd like to propose 3 Polish shops I normally use:

Jadar Hobby - they were established in 1995 and always had good quality service and good variety of modelling products available. Website's in English and you can normally find good description of products sometimes with pics or suggested addons. The only drawback is that prices are only shown in Polish Zlotys (so you need to divide them by ~ 4.10-4.20 to get prices in EUR).
I have never tried their postal services as they're 20m from my home.

Martola - Small shop but with good offer. The website's in English and it automatically switches prices to EUR. The drawback is that there is not much description of selected product, just picture or few.
Again, haven't tried their postal service, they're close to my work

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Plastmodel - Good shop focused mainly on online shopping. Good offer and very good quality of postal services (max 48h delivery time in PL, they contact you in case something's wrong with order). They also offer single sign on services with google account, so no need to register. Website is in theory available in PL, EN, GE, CZ languages, but it's only a theory as majority of text on webpage is still in Polish, especially product categories which makes navigation difficult. When changing language to any other than PL prices are displayed in EUR.

Regards,
Radek

Post by **Daishi12** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:41 pm

Found R & R Hobbies in Porthcawl, South Wales. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm The owner runs as a one man band but has a good stock selection in store including a full selection(I think) of Vallejo paints, Humbrol and Revell paints. A good selection of Osprey type books. He stocks Revell, AFV Club, Hobbyboss, Academy, SMER, Tamiya, at least 1 1/32 B25 Mitchell from HC Minatures, some Citadel stuff, Airfix. He has said that he will try to get any in production kit if he can.

Proper old school model shop.

http://www.randrahobbies.co.uk

Post by **Glen** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:29 am

The nearest one for me and a very good shop with loads of whatever you want Frome Model Centre, its one of those shops where you go in for a tinlet of paint but come out adding to you stash, and then facing the wrath of She Who Must Be Obeyed (wife). Here is the link http://www.fmc-shop.com/
Glen

Post by **Lee** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:48 pm

Daishi12 wrote:Just found http://www.fieldsofglorymodels.co.uk/ep ... Categories They specialise in 1/35 aftermarket kits.... after looking through their goodies I am thinking do I really need to eat?

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:49 pm

alonei wrote:http://www.brunelhobbies.com.au/

Here is my local hobby shop and I think they are great
Cheers

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:52 pm

Radzy wrote:Hi,

I'd like to propose 3 Polish shops I normally use:

Jadar Hobby - they were established in 1995 and always had good quality service and good variety of modelling products available. Website's in English and you can normally find good description of products sometimes with pics or suggested addons. The only drawback is that prices are only shown in Polish Zlotys (so you need to divide them by ~ 4.10-4.20 to get prices in EUR).
I have never tried their postal services as they're 20m from my home.

Martola - Small shop but with good offer. The website's in English and it automatically switches prices to EUR. The drawback is that there is not much description of selected product, just picture or few.
Again, haven't tried their postal service, they're close to my work ).

Plastmodel - Good shop focused mainly on online shopping. Good offer and very good quality of postal services (max 48h delivery time in PL, they contact you in case something's wrong with order). They also offer single sign on services with google account, so no need to register. Website is in theory available in PL, EN, GE, CZ languages, but it's only a theory as majority of text on webpage is still in Polish, especially product categories which makes navigation difficult. When changing language to any other than PL prices are displayed in EUR.

Regards,
Radek

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:53 pm

Daishi12 wrote:Found R & R Hobbies in Porthcawl, South Wales. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm The owner runs as a one man band but has a good stock selection in store including a full selection(I think) of Vallejo paints, Humbrol and Revell paints. A good selection of Osprey type books. He stocks Revell, AFV Club, Hobbyboss, Academy, SMER, Tamiya, at least 1 1/32 B25 Mitchell from HC Minatures, some Citadel stuff, Airfix. He has said that he will try to get any in production kit if he can.

Proper old school model shop.

http://www.randrahobbies.co.uk

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Post by **WebbyNZ** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:32 am

Couple more for the 'down under' shoppers

http://www.defiantgaming.com/shop/ - Yes they specialise in minature/wargaming but they are also a distributor of badger products and are one of the few places round here with stock of the Minitaire paints.

SlaveToPainting.co.nz - SlaveToPainting.com.au - slavetopainting.com - catering to all parts of the world. Again they specialise in minatures but they also carry a great range of paints and are my goto site for vallejo Paints.

http://www.mightyape.co.nz/Hobbies - They started as a gaming store but now have a huge range of hobbie supples and kits. The kits could be cheaper but good source of AK products

Post by **Lee** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:19 am

WebbyNZ wrote:Couple more for the 'down under' shoppers

http://www.defiantgaming.com/shop/ - Yes they specialise in minature/wargaming but they are also a distributor of badger products and are one of the few places round here with stock of the Minitaire paints.

SlaveToPainting.co.nz - SlaveToPainting.com.au - slavetopainting.com - catering to all parts of the world. Again they specialise in minatures but they also carry a great range of paints and are my goto site for vallejo Paints.

http://www.mightyape.co.nz/Hobbies - They started as a gaming store but now have a huge range of hobbie supples and kits. The kits could be cheaper but good source of AK products

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Post by **Jan01** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:49 pm

Here are a couple that I use here in Europe

www.dersockelshop.de
http://www.daxmagic.nl/

Post by **Lysion** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:08 pm

Jan01 wrote:Here are a couple that I use here in Europe

http://www.dersockelshop.de
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I was just going to post this shop too. They have quite big selections of brands and the shipping were extremely fast. You can easily see whats in stock and what the price for shipping will cost you.
I ordered a Saturday afternoon, and could pick up my parcel on Wednesday. So shipping took 2 days from Germany to Sweden. And I don't even live in a big town.

Post by **pikos** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:51 pm

www.hobbygallery.gr
That's the site for the store I buy everything that I have for modelling. It's run by a wonderful guy who is a modeler too, and one of the best modellers in Greece. The great about him is that he spends time to teach everybody who asks for an advise. Everything I know, I leant it from him. I've never bought anything online since I buy everything in person.

Post by **Schoof** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:08 pm

I know of a webshop based on Holland

it's : http://www.modelbouwverf.nl

it's where i get most of my stuff

(About to send him a massage to tell him he HAS to luck into getting Ultimate )

Post by **denstore** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:18 pm

Rebell Hobby www.rebell.com

Good place for Swedish stuff. Owner, Max, is is involved in Maestro Models & new model company Tarangus.

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:14 pm

A couple in Toronto, Canada:

Hornet Hobbies : http://www.hornethobbies.com/ model railroad and military models. 3 fun dogs roam the store.

Wheels & Wings Hobbies : http://www.wheelswingshobbies.com/ great sellection of armour/airplanes/naval

Sunward Hobbies : http://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/ rockets and science stuff, just getting into models

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:05 pm

i know of some shops in germany:
modellbau könig
sockelshop
i havent tried them yet still need to get online banking
but i did buy from them on a convention and there prices aint bad plus they carry a big asortment of manufacturers and products But maybe you sould ask Hamilkar Barkas about them since he is german
also i wanted.to point out RT Diorama i have aeen them on the acale model challenge in Veldhoven,holland last weekend they make ceramic buildings and parts for diorama's and from what i've seen it looks great only bad thing is the price they are not very cheap but you do get what you pay for
so i thougt i share this with everyone meybe its something to.check out

Post by **Jan01** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:13 pm

I use sockleshop quite a lot, there prices are reasonable and postage is not to bad either. They have a very good range of products.

Post by **Lee** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:49 pm

Jan01 wrote:Here are a couple that I use here in Europe

http://www.dersockelshop.de
http://www.daxmagic.nl/

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:50 pm

pikos wrote:http://www.hobbygallery.gr
That's the site for the store I buy everything that I have for modelling. It's run by a wonderful guy who is a modeler too, and one of the best modellers in Greece. The great about him is that he spends time to teach everybody who asks for an advise. Everything I know, I leant it from him. I've never bought anything online since I buy everything in person.

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:51 pm

Schoof wrote:I know of a webshop based on Holland

it's : http://www.modelbouwverf.nl

it's where i get most of my stuff

(About to send him a massage to tell him he HAS to luck into getting Ultimate )

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:52 pm

denstore wrote:Rebell Hobby http://www.rebell.com

Good place for Swedish stuff. Owner, Max, is is involved in Maestro Models & new model company Tarangus.

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:54 pm

ForbesHutton wrote:A couple in Toronto, Canada:

Hornet Hobbies : http://www.hornethobbies.com/ model railroad and military models. 3 fun dogs roam the store.

Wheels & Wings Hobbies : http://www.wheelswingshobbies.com/ great sellection of armour/airplanes/naval

Sunward Hobbies : http://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/ rockets and science stuff, just getting into models

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Post by **Lee** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:55 pm

MarkVerploeg wrote:i know of some shops in germany:
modellbau könig
sockelshop
i havent tried them yet still need to get online banking
but i did buy from them on a convention and there prices aint bad plus they carry a big asortment of manufacturers and products But maybe you sould ask Hamilkar Barkas about them since he is german
also i wanted.to point out RT Diorama i have aeen them on the acale model challenge in Veldhoven,holland last weekend they make ceramic buildings and parts for diorama's and from what i've seen it looks great only bad thing is the price they are not very cheap but you do get what you pay for
so i thougt i share this with everyone meybe its something to.check out

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Post by **ForbesHutton** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:20 am

Thank you Lee for putting the time and effort into maintaining the list, it's a great resource.

Post by **Lee** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:47 pm

My pleasure

Post by **Jan01** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:59 pm

Anyone know of a modelling store in the Leeds Wakefield area, as this is where I am for the next couple of weeks?

Post by **Lego** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:00 am

Shop in Kildare geared towards wargaming.

http://www.thehobbyden.com/index.php

and

http://www.maxdecals.com/Maxdecalsshop.html

Post by **Lee** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:04 am

Lego wrote:Shop in Kildare geared towards wargaming.

http://www.thehobbyden.com/index.php

and

http://www.maxdecals.com/webpages/max7211.html

Just so you know, The Hobby Den have just ordered a load of Ultimate stuff

Post by **Lego** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:09 am

Woooohoooo great news.

More

http://www.valuegeardetails.com/
http://www.themodeller.com/
http://idmodels.ie/
http://www.marksmodels.com/
http://www.relishmodels.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/ShamrockMiniatures
http://www.armour-models.co.uk/
https://airbrushes.com/index.php?osCsid ... 2bb6893bcb
http://www.air-craft.net/
http://migproductions.com/
http://www.realityinscale.com/epages/61 ... Categories
http://arsenal35.info/
http://www.jachobbies.com/category.sc?categoryId=8
https://www.verlindenonline.com/
http://www.evolution-miniatures.com/35/
http://www.royalmodel.com/en/catalogo_l ... 35%20scale
http://www.modernarmies-in-miniatures.de/englisch/
http://stalingrad.diorama.ru/
http://tommyswar.co.uk/

hmm yes this one, I like this one

http://aurora-model.jp/e-military.html

Floaties

http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/index.html

Post by **Lego** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:46 am

Keep you busy for a bit

Post by **rm6239** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:45 am

Here's another store for us colonials down under.

http://www.redroomodels.com/index.php

cheers

Rossco

Post by **hook1169** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:08 pm

I may have overlooked it in the thread, but here is a recent site i found for all things Diorama. http://www.milminwh.com/

Post by **Lee** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:48 pm

hook1169 wrote:I may have overlooked it in the thread, but here is a recent site i found for all things Diorama. http://www.milminwh.com/

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