really enjoy when yo visit shops gives us all what we know what they have on offer,well done and great advertising your doing for the shops, i allways look forward to your visits, thank you rick pauline wee bobby and lola.
Well, I used to go to Axminster County Secondary School, and lived about 8 miles away. Interesting array of items, liked the various Lima locos well stocked shop for all your modelling requirements. Yes agreed the Somerset and Dorset livery was superb, plus a wonderful Railway in its day, great shame it’s gone, like many others.
Hi rick and pauline bobby hope ur both well loved this vid i have just bought a class411 bachmann br set blue all boxed dcc never been run with all the paper work . To think you both were only a couple of miles away from me on your trip i bet you came through my home town take care.
Hello Pauline & Rick, it’s great to see you come down south! It’s many years since I went to Buffers, we use to stop off on our way to either Pecorama or Seaton Tramway. I hope you had a chance to visit both. Come I just say I have used in the past that pre-made roadways and the one thing I would warn people about is it does not like being stretched or bend, you really need the curved section otherwise it looks rubbish. By the way trying to butt up one piece to another is a nightmare. Keep up the great videos! Harry
This is another great video, great to watch and it is so nice to watch all the things they have in the lovely shop did you visit Peco at Beer seeing as you were so near. Great to meet you again, you two cheers
To be fair I can't think of a model shop that doesn't these days! A combined cafe and shop is going to be the next big thing, after all most pubs have moved into dining! 😀😀
Hi mate how are you getting along :). Well it looks like you are off to the shop for a look!!! Wow they sure do have a lot to see and get :). You know I have see the naked people before on line. I just think that is just wrong it is a Train layout and kids do this too. I will just leave it at that LOL!!!! I do like the layout too. The puppy aaaa :). Ok now you are looking at coaches and that is what I do like a lot :). You know lol I did see that show win it came on over here . Just great mate so did you get anything there?. Well take care the two of you O and yes Bobby as well :) Cheers mate!!!!!
Cracking video,excellent as usual.Did you need a passport to go into southern England.I’m glad you didn’t take Bobby with you with all that blue,censored material you came upon.😊
Very interesting shop, lot of variation and some very good bargains prices, again a shop you can lose your self in. Lot of scenery stuff, something I love about British railway modeling, now it has become less obvious, but being to a lot of train shows, specially in the 80's and 90's, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, the best detailed layouts where always to be found in the UK, the less detailed in Germany.(of corse there are always exceptions) If it came to seize, the German layouts were the biggest and in the UK the smallest. And I have a theory about this, it has to do with the general available livable spaces in homes. Relatively seen, the UK homes are the smallest, maybe it has to do with what measurements the architect uses, metric or British standard, that's my theory. Anyway the British modeler had to be inventive, having the maximum on minimal space, and this was achieved with shadow fiddle yards. Something that was not seen in Germany in the 80'S and 90'S, and still the most layouts with fiddle yards are still seen in the UK today. Space is, by the way, the most common reason why people are so happy now with TT. This left British modeler with a smaller scene and bigger challenge, and to keep it interesting, there was much more love, creativity and detailing put into it. Although we are familiar with big German companies who produce scenery, I always find their quality less than what the small English producers put on the table. Also there is much more scratch building in the UK, putting out scenery that is unique, while the ready made stuff is less detailed due to mass production and recognizable, making it more boring. Now times have shifted a bit, with laser cutting and 3D printing, but still even in that aria the best stuff is made in the UK. As for modeling in Belgium and the Netherland, we sit in-between, German model train producers still dominate the marked here, but since the 90's they have producing more and more regional models, and specially in the Netherlands small Uk style high detailed layouts are the most common, again to do with available livable space in homes… Again long comment and I do hope these do not bore you? Anyway big thanks to Pauline and Rick for this lovely video again… Cheers, Danny
Railmail at 5:38. One shop down south at 65 Vicarage Road Watford and one a lot further north at 25 Parnie Street Glasgow. Although the emphasis was on mail order with double page adverts in the Railway Modeller etc. Controversial at some points in time due to the heavy discounting happening. Even got mentioned in the mag editorials when new Lima Westerns were going for a fiver at one hobby slump point to clear them out and duplication with the Hornby model. I went to the Watford shop on the last day of my only UK visit in 1980. Got there just on closing time but he kept the shop open when he gauged how much I was buying. Lots ended in my carry on luggage to Dave excess baggage. Customs were a bit confused seeing things like an Airfix 4F on the X ray machine but I could explain the hidden boiler weight to keep it on the track and aid pickup. So established my bona fides and avoided them taking stuff apart.
Railmail being a very big retail player from the mid seventies to mid eighties. Simon Kohler on record that the Glasgow business owner showed him the Smokey Joe chalk inscription on an ex Caley shunter and pushed to get a model into production. Worth asking retailers from that era for more stories of Railmail and their Mail Order for Rail related products.
really enjoy when yo visit shops gives us all what we know what they have on offer,well done and great advertising your doing for the shops, i allways look forward to your visits, thank you rick pauline wee bobby and lola.
Really enjoy this series of looking around model shops 👍👍👍
Cheers Deano
Now that's a good looking shop, sometimes they do look cramped but you can sometimes find the best stuff there.
Great video guys 😄
Good look round, some bargains in there, thank you for showing us round.
Thanks Gary
This is one of my nearest model shops - I love it!!!
An excellent tour and a beautiful shop. I liked seeing the old Graham Farrish bits at the beginning, as well as the pullmans later on!
Thanks Anthony!
Great shop thanks for looking at the n gauge things thanks for sharing 👍
No problem Clive. 😀
great video guys looks like a great model shop
Thanks Geoffrey
Well, I used to go to Axminster County Secondary School, and lived about 8 miles away. Interesting array of items, liked the various Lima locos well stocked shop for all your modelling requirements. Yes agreed the Somerset and Dorset livery was superb, plus a wonderful Railway in its day, great shame it’s gone, like many others.
great vlog on the train shop thanks
Cheers Lee
Buffers is a very good Shop nice People.
Sure is Peter
Great video guys 😊 keep up the great work 👍
we lost our local model shop I always try to support local shops great video guys
Hi rick and pauline bobby hope ur both well loved this vid i have just bought a class411 bachmann br set blue all boxed dcc never been run with all the paper work .
To think you both were only a couple of miles away from me on your trip i bet you came through my home town take care.
Loved those Peco n gauge wagons.Wish I had a shop like that down the road
Welcome to my neck of the woods , hope to see you both at the Sidmouth exhibition
Hi, we are back home now, we did film the wimborne show and really enjoyed it. Thanks for tuning in.
Hello Pauline & Rick, it’s great to see you come down south! It’s many years since I went to Buffers, we use to stop off on our way to either Pecorama or Seaton Tramway. I hope you had a chance to visit both. Come I just say I have used in the past that pre-made roadways and the one thing I would warn people about is it does not like being stretched or bend, you really need the curved section otherwise it looks rubbish. By the way trying to butt up one piece to another is a nightmare. Keep up the great videos! Harry
This is another great video, great to watch and it is so nice to watch all the things they have in the lovely shop
did you visit Peco at Beer seeing as you were so near.
Great to meet you again, you two cheers
Buffers, the only model shop I know where you were offered coffee, or tea on arrival. 😮
To be fair I can't think of a model shop that doesn't these days! A combined cafe and shop is going to be the next big thing, after all most pubs have moved into dining! 😀😀
The Hunslet with the name Asbestos is at the Chasewater Railway
Thanks Michael. 😀
Hi mate how are you getting along :). Well it looks like you are off to the shop for a look!!! Wow they sure do have a lot to see and get :). You know I have see the naked people before on line. I just think that is just wrong it is a Train layout and kids do this too. I will just leave it at that LOL!!!! I do like the layout too. The puppy aaaa :). Ok now you are looking at coaches and that is what I do like a lot :). You know lol I did see that show win it came on over here . Just great mate so did you get anything there?. Well take care the two of you O and yes Bobby as well :) Cheers mate!!!!!
Cracking video,excellent as usual.Did you need a passport to go into southern England.I’m glad you didn’t take Bobby with you with all that blue,censored material you came upon.😊
Very interesting shop, lot of variation and some very good bargains prices, again a shop you can lose your self in.
Lot of scenery stuff, something I love about British railway modeling, now it has become less obvious, but being to a lot of train shows, specially in the 80's and 90's, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, the best detailed layouts where always to be found in the UK, the less detailed in Germany.(of corse there are always exceptions)
If it came to seize, the German layouts were the biggest and in the UK the smallest.
And I have a theory about this, it has to do with the general available livable spaces in homes. Relatively seen, the UK homes are the smallest, maybe it has to do with what measurements the architect uses, metric or British standard, that's my theory.
Anyway the British modeler had to be inventive, having the maximum on minimal space, and this was achieved with shadow fiddle yards.
Something that was not seen in Germany in the 80'S and 90'S, and still the most layouts with fiddle yards are still seen in the UK today.
Space is, by the way, the most common reason why people are so happy now with TT.
This left British modeler with a smaller scene and bigger challenge, and to keep it interesting, there was much more love, creativity and detailing put into it.
Although we are familiar with big German companies who produce scenery, I always find their quality less than what the small English producers put on the table.
Also there is much more scratch building in the UK, putting out scenery that is unique, while the ready made stuff is less detailed due to mass production and recognizable, making it more boring.
Now times have shifted a bit, with laser cutting and 3D printing, but still even in that aria the best stuff is made in the UK.
As for modeling in Belgium and the Netherland, we sit in-between, German model train producers still dominate the marked here, but since the 90's they have producing more and more regional models, and specially in the Netherlands small Uk style high detailed layouts are the most common, again to do with available livable space in homes…
Again long comment and I do hope these do not bore you?
Anyway big thanks to Pauline and Rick for this lovely video again…
Cheers, Danny
Railmail at 5:38.
One shop down south at 65 Vicarage Road Watford and one a lot further north at 25 Parnie Street Glasgow.
Although the emphasis was on mail order with double page adverts in the Railway Modeller etc.
Controversial at some points in time due to the heavy discounting happening. Even got mentioned in the mag editorials when new Lima Westerns were going for a fiver at one hobby slump point to clear them out and duplication with the Hornby model.
I went to the Watford shop on the last day of my only UK visit in 1980. Got there just on closing time but he kept the shop open when he gauged how much I was buying.
Lots ended in my carry on luggage to Dave excess baggage.
Customs were a bit confused seeing things like an Airfix 4F on the X ray machine but I could explain the hidden boiler weight to keep it on the track and aid pickup. So established my bona fides and avoided them taking stuff apart.
Railmail being a very big retail player from the mid seventies to mid eighties.
Simon Kohler on record that the Glasgow business owner showed him the Smokey Joe chalk inscription on an ex Caley shunter and pushed to get a model into production.
Worth asking retailers from that era for more stories of Railmail and their Mail Order for Rail related products.