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Who would have predicted the demise of Yellow Pages 30 years ago. And model shops too.
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Can't understand that. These shops can only work if they are staffed by knowledgeable enthusiasts and there was always a supply of them lining up. We did have one guy though from the warehouse who used to fill in and although very knowledgeable was rather 'abrasive'.It might of helped if they put in someone who new what is was all about.
Yes, I'm unable to understand this to some extent. I don't know who is fuelling this resurgence in model trains but the hobby has never been so buoyant. You can now get just about every loco in British outline in OO.Even the old boys and there trains are a dying breed. No young blood coming into the old hobbies.
What else would a space cadet build?My local shop in Bristol:]
https://anticsonline.uk/
Ground floor for nails, screws, fixings etc, top floor full of airfix kits & others. I used to like building the old Airfix space kits as the moon landing were still going on at the time.
Those entering the hobby, model trains/railways, tend to be split fairly evenly. They are either able to afford the high end Special/Limited Editions or they baulk at the prices.Can't understand that. These shops can only work if they are staffed by knowledgeable enthusiasts and there was always a supply of them lining up. We did have one guy though from the warehouse who used to fill in and although very knowledgeable was rather 'abrasive'.
Yes, I'm unable to understand this to some extent. I don't know who is fuelling this resurgence in model trains but the hobby has never been so buoyant. You can now get just about every loco in British outline in OO.
Younger people are getting into the hobby and it's more technology driven than other branches. Whereas back then all you could do is turn the control knob and it goes back or forwards the advent of DCC (digital command control) means you have an array of features to use, even more so with sound. You can simulate inertia, control acceleration and deceleration, two or more trains on the same track, turn lights on or off and with sound you can program in brake squeal, choice of horns and much more. There is also a a cheap Arduino computer you can use to control your trains:
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthu...odel-railway-layout-running-two-trains-88f5cb
Smart phone technology has been also been embraced so on my system I can use my phone or tablet to control using a WiFi router. Some cheaper systems use Bluetooth. So there is a lot going on for someone who wants to combine model railways with an interest in computing.
Thats the problem they did not work, the guy in the Enfield shop was only interested if you were into what he liked. After a recent visit to the model engineers exibition the turnout was well down on last year, not many youngsters, the train stands were all manned by old boys. It's so popular there is talk about not running it next year.Can't understand that. These shops can only work if they are staffed by knowledgeable enthusiasts and there was always a supply of them lining up. We did have one guy though from the warehouse who used to fill in and although very knowledgeable was rather 'abrasive'.
Yes, I'm unable to understand this to some extent. I don't know who is fuelling this resurgence in model trains but the hobby has never been so buoyant. You can now get just about every loco in British outline in OO.
Younger people are getting into the hobby and it's more technology driven than other branches. Whereas back then all you could do is turn the control knob and it goes back or forwards the advent of DCC (digital command control) means you have an array of features to use, even more so with sound. You can simulate inertia, control acceleration and deceleration, two or more trains on the same track, turn lights on or off and with sound you can program in brake squeal, choice of horns and much more. There is also a a cheap Arduino computer you can use to control your trains:
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthu...odel-railway-layout-running-two-trains-88f5cb
Smart phone technology has been also been embraced so on my system I can use my phone or tablet to control using a WiFi router. Some cheaper systems use Bluetooth. So there is a lot going on for someone who wants to combine model railways with an interest in computing.
That would have been Beatties, I believe. They also had a shop in Romford where I bought my much loved Tom's Toyota 1/12 scale R/C kit, made by Tamiya.I remember there used to be a massive model shop in Holborn - used to spend many a Saturday afternoon browsing in there before heading off to Foyles and Sportspages, which was a few stops further along on the bus.
There used to be two Beatties model shops in Southgate, one was for brand new stuff, and just around the corner was the secondhand shop where you could buy and sell model railway locomotives, carriages, wagons etc and model aircraft including the powered engines.That would have been Beatties, I believe. They also had a shop in Romford where I bought my much loved Tom's Toyota 1/12 scale R/C kit, made by Tamiya.
I wish I'd kept it.
Think it's changed from the old cellulose dope now but really hardly any need for it with iron on covering. For lighter structures Lite Span.Are kids still allowed to use dope on paper?
Beatties was not much of a model shop, unless you wanted Tamiya stuff, not much in the way of ic . ok for railway people. i remember a big one in the Hollaway road though, that was a good one.There used to be two Beatties model shops in Southgate, one was for brand new stuff, and just around the corner was the secondhand shop where you could buy and sell model railway locomotives, carriages, wagons etc and model aircraft including the powered engines.
Sounds like the best name for an outfit for a really good dealRipmax