Another instalment of me gushing about model shops today; this particularly handy establishment, Porthmadog Models. Handy, because half a dozen times a year, we go to stop at my parents' caravan in Porthmadog, and invariably I work on projects there. And equally invariably, I find I need some bit of plasticard, or pot of glue, or similar. You can't order online when you're in a caravan or a tent, you need a little model shop, and this place has been fantastically useful to me over the years.
This is what I love in a model shop; it's bright, airy, neat, tidy, well-kept, well laid-out, and incredibly well stocked. The place carries a huge, huge range of wargaming, plastic kits (planes, cars, military, civilian, figures, and more). Tools, materials, it's fantastic. They quite often have vintage kits, and some real oddities like dinosaurs, and knock-off Lego. They don't have much in the way of model railway kits there (except, happily, the full range of Dapol plastic kits, a lot of Metcalfe, and some Knightwing), but that's more than made up for me by the huge range of other bits and pieces here.
I've spent a fortune here over the years, and very happily at that; the owners are friendly, chatty, and welcoming. A few years ago they helped us source a big selection of kits for Scouts. I never visit without buying something, usually several somethings. It's the kind of model shop you can go into for a couple of pots of paint and come out with a kit for a 2CV, sheets of plasticard, and a Metcalfe Tudor House, for example.
Finally, a gratuitous shot of "Blanche" on the Ffestiniog Railway, which is a ten minute walk away, and which just adds to the experience of a visit there.
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