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  • Member since
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  • From: Dripping Springs, TX, USA
Noob in Texas
Posted by RBaer on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:34 PM

Finally checked out the website, very nice.

My main interests are 1/35 scale and 1/24 scale armor, usually Allied/NATO stuff, with some weird stuff thrown in now and then to break the monotony. I like a good out-of-the-box build but usually do some minor to major kit bashing, and link-to-link drives me nuts, except for AFV Club's glueless stuff.

I built a lot 'til I got my driver's license, then came back to it about ten years ago, and am more hooked now than ever. I do miss the old hobby shops, all we've got in the area (Dallas) are chain stores.....

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:11 PM
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Posted by Dubau on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:24 PM

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Bud

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Posted by smokinguns3 on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:28 PM
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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:42 PM

Welcome to the Forums Sign - Welcome [#welcome].  Glad you're here.

Regards,  Rick

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Posted by RBaer on Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:50 PM

Thanks, all.

Been enjoying the pics.

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Posted by m60a3 on Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:54 PM
 Hey another Texan. When I lived in the DFW area, there were some small shops in the surrounding cities. Mesquite, Garland, Arlington etc. Get out that giant phone book and look around. And then there's always Hobby Lobby. And they usually have a 40% off coupon for any one item in the store you can print from the internet off their website.

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Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:27 AM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the forums! Pull up a keyboard and stay a while.

So long folks!

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Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:32 AM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome]Yay, another Texan. I'm down I-30 from you about 85 miles in Sulphur Springs.
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  • From: Dripping Springs, TX, USA
Posted by RBaer on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:14 PM

Most of the Ma 'n Pa places are gone, best I can tell. I hit shows/contests, prowl like crazy......

Still lots of fun, need to drop in on local  IPMS when poss.

Enjoy WIP stuff, need to get a digital cam, share.

Excuse the brevity, working on wife's laptop,

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  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:28 AM

A new model-only hobby shop just opened last week in north Dallas.   No RC, no trains, no puzzles, no rockets, no Thomas the Tank Engine, none of the typical gack found in most hobby shops.   Its called Hobby Annex and is on Preston between LBJ and the Bush tollway.  I want to say its the 17200 block - don't have the exact address or phone number handy.

Edit =>     Address is 17062 Preston Rd.  It is on the right side of the road if you are northbound on Preston.   It is in a corner suite in a L-shaped strip shopping center.    Phone is 972 380 8900

 

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  • From: Garland, TX
Posted by tabascojunkie on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:53 PM
Welcome from another Texan.
Bruce
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  • From: Dripping Springs, TX, USA
Posted by RBaer on Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:47 PM
 EdGrune wrote:

A new model-only hobby shop just opened last week in north Dallas.   No RC, no trains, no puzzles, no rockets, no Thomas the Tank Engine, none of the typical gack found in most hobby shops.   Its called Hobby Annex and is on Preston between LBJ and the Bush tollway.  I want to say its the 17200 block - don't have the exact address or phone number handy.

Edit =>     Address is 17062 Preston Rd.  It is on the right side of the road if you are northbound on Preston.   It is in a corner suite in a L-shaped strip shopping center.    Phone is 972 380 8900

 

 

It's on the "list" now. Thanks.

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