Outland Models

[nachoman]

Thanks Charlie, I do notice that those on eBay are a little higher priced than those on Amazon to make up for the free shipping. I may just go that route, order a few to see what comes and if they are usable for what I intend. My big problem is that I'm impatient, that's why I like brick and mortar stores.

I just went to Hobby Bench and bought a Plasticville building.  Probably paid about $5 more than what I see online, but I am tired of shopping from my house.  Plus I like supporting the local brick and mortar.

The last time I went to Hobby Bench I found that I had more N scale kits than they did. Which one did you go to? The one on Bell Rd. had one kit spread out to take up all the shelf space. They had lots of Woodland Scenic, but no Evergreen. They had a few train sets, but no individual cars.  Even their craft section was sparse. Plenty of R/C stuff though. If things have changed, I'd be glad to go back at any price just to be able to browse around since the only other shop that has anything is in Apache Junction about 60 miles one way.

I was at the 19th avenue location.  I didn't pay too much to the N scale selection, but it seemed like they mostly stocked stuff from the Bachmann and Atlas catalogs.  They did have styrene, but some of the shapes were out of stock.  Plenty of WS stuff.  Also a random selection of things that they probably have had for years - I know because some of them haven't been manufactured for over 20 years.  I go by there every month or so just for the heck of it.  Next time I am there I will let you know what the N scale selection is like.  I did manage to find exactly the structure I was looking for, and I was surprised by that.  Same thing happened with the Atlas signal tower challenge.  Thought I would have to mail order one and pay shipping, but turns out the LHS had one.  

BTW - I used to not mind ordering online, but now that I feel that is what I have to do, I am really starting to dislike it.