If you were wondering why I haven’t posted in a few days it’s because I am in “La Belle Province”. I drove to Montreal on Monday and spent all day Tuesday and most of today (Wednesday) visiting Metro grocery stores for work. However, I did mange to work in a visit to Hobby Junction, on Derwin’s recommendation.
I was surprised how easy it was to find the store. Once I got heading in the right direction on the right road that is. I was driving down Cardinal Ave. looking for the store and saw a convenience store that I was also looking for. As I was looking for a parking spot I saw Hobby Junction in the same strip mall. How lucky was that!
I had intended to take some pictures to include in this post, but I was so caught up in finding the store and browsing I completely forgot!
Anyway, I spent about an hour there looking at all the stuff. Sure, it’s convenient to buy on-line, but there’s nothing like browsing through a train store and seeing the products in person. They didn’t have what I was looking for in stock, but I did manage to drop a few coins in their counter.
I’ll fill you in in more detail later in future postings, but I bought a few automobiles, a couple CP piggy-back trailers (so I can make up a flat car like Don Parnell’s that I’ve envied for so long), a Bar-Mills small structure, a few Athearn freight car kits (old ones of course), and a few other odds and ends.
Now, I should go look in the yellow pages to see if there’s a train store in Quebec City!
Later!
Scott