03-26-2010, 07:54 AM
Both.
I make the regular Saturday morning trip almost every weekend for the 9am opening at George's Trains in Markham. Its the best time for me to go, hardly any traffic and the family likes to sleep in on the weekends.
I usually end up picking up something, even if its just some strip wood or a couple jars of paint. Most of my rolling stock has been purchased from the LHS, although I have found some really nice resin kits on-line from direct sources I may purchase in the near future. My locos were all bought on e-bay for a song. Something I could not pass up. Plus my track building supplies, rail, jigs, wood ties, all bought direct from Fast Tracks. I've also used Black Bear Construction Co. to purchase bass wood on-line. They sell it 24" lengths which I'm finding out is quite practical when building large wood structures and you want to keep joints to a minimum.
Although, I do occasionally check out e-bay, and on-line sales to see what is available and if it is cost effective to order on-line when adding up shipping et al. An example of this is when I was shopping around for a sound decoder. After doing some quick math, I found that it was just as affordable if not a bit cheaper to get one from my LHS directly as opposed to buying on-line. So the next Tsunami I buy will most likely be from George's.
I make the regular Saturday morning trip almost every weekend for the 9am opening at George's Trains in Markham. Its the best time for me to go, hardly any traffic and the family likes to sleep in on the weekends.
I usually end up picking up something, even if its just some strip wood or a couple jars of paint. Most of my rolling stock has been purchased from the LHS, although I have found some really nice resin kits on-line from direct sources I may purchase in the near future. My locos were all bought on e-bay for a song. Something I could not pass up. Plus my track building supplies, rail, jigs, wood ties, all bought direct from Fast Tracks. I've also used Black Bear Construction Co. to purchase bass wood on-line. They sell it 24" lengths which I'm finding out is quite practical when building large wood structures and you want to keep joints to a minimum. Although, I do occasionally check out e-bay, and on-line sales to see what is available and if it is cost effective to order on-line when adding up shipping et al. An example of this is when I was shopping around for a sound decoder. After doing some quick math, I found that it was just as affordable if not a bit cheaper to get one from my LHS directly as opposed to buying on-line. So the next Tsunami I buy will most likely be from George's.