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Article #80Re: Model Rail shops in Sydney
From: Craig Dewick
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:49
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:49
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Thom wrote: > On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:27:45 +0000 (UTC), C. Dewick > <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote: > > >>"mindesign" <seriph_I_SAID_NO_BLOODY_SPAM@consultant.com> writes: >> >> >>>Hi all >> >>>Could one or two of you kind folks let me know what other train shops there >>>are in Sydney metro other than Hobbyco - went there today and picked up a >>>couple of things but would like to visit another one or two tomorrow before >>>returning to Melbourne. >> >>Tom's Discounts (formerly run by the late Tom Fischer) at West Ryde. >> >>Berg's Hobbies at Parramatta. >> >>Casula Hobbies in Liverpool. >> >>Punchbowl Hobbies at the top end of Chapel Road, Bankstown. >> >>and plenty more which are not as prominent... >> >>Woodpecker Model Railways at Pendle Hill. ? >> >>Asquith Model Railways at Asquith. > > I'm afraid that a trip to America spoiled me. I went to Caboose > Hobbies in Denver and its 100% trains and twice the size as my local > IGA. And theres a real brass case! Remember that the market in the USA and Canada (and Europe) is at least 10 times the size of the market in Australia, so of course the stores in the US and Canada will tend to be larger in all respects because for 100 model railway people in Australia there are at least 1000 in the North America. Fact of life unfortunately. Craig.
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