Last week, Darryl was in Welliington being a magazine magnate and so we arranged to meet up.
To make things easy from both directions we picked Waikanae on Friday for lunch. After a nice meal at Paraparaumu beach (during which I got part of my Linesider subscription back), we then went to look at the 2(!) local hobby shops.
First up is Kapiti Hobbies, located 1 block back from the esplanard in the local pharmacy. The owner is a wargamer and so the models are geared towards that. An excellent selection of paints and weathering bits from a variety of manufacturers. Mr Bond was like a kid in a candy shop. "Ohhhh, they have that ... Oh and I've always wanted to try this...Ohh this looks neat too...And plastic...". In fact, its exactly how he is in a candy shop (or bakery).
The second, which I was only made aware of 2 hours previously is Mini-Kiwiland. This was a real eye-opener for me. a wide selection of models, paints and bits and scenery. and the postage is cheap too. I purchase a few
So how does "Gods waiting room" get 2 good hobby shops within 5km of each other, while Palmy gets 1, and Wellington gets none? In any case, Darryl made a sizable contribution to the local economy.
And a building update, I've added some driveways and paths to my railway houses.
2 comments:
A bonus with the Pram Beach shop, is that they will give you a 5% discount (accumulated) on all purchases from their model dept.
Mini Kiwiland have the biggest range of paints I've ever seen.
And yes how come Kapiti coast has so many hobby shops and Welly has none.
When I first moved to Welly (2000s), Kapiti had 3 shops and Greater Welly had 6 shops, not to mention the ability to buy paints and supplies from the likes of Woolworths Variety store !
I think you answered your own question there... Kapiti Coast has always been better served than most of Wellington for hobby shops, IIRC the Hutt only had one (Model Crafts & Hobbies) on High St, which disappeared at some stage after I moved to Auckland in 2006, the Wellington MCH store eventually moved into the old BNZ basement, and then disappeared. Hobby City tried to make it work with a hybrid toy-hobby store recently, but that too has gone, and of course Mac's Tracks in Plimmerton migrated from J'ville and closed at the end of 2023...
Not sure where I was going with this.
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