Modeling Scene in NYC

DURR

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July 2013

Posted by DURR on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:20 PM

looks like on-line here you come
or hey it queens vito can sell you some models out of the trunk of his 83 chevy
Laugh [(-D]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:33 PM

Thanks again, guys. I'll check out your recommendations! Looking forward to NYC. Is there time for modeling? Hmmm....

Take care,

Mark

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:18 AM

For figures, you have Sentinel Miniatures in Valhalla, north of the city.

Clubs:
Blue Point (This may be a bit far, check a map.)
Long Island Auto Replica Society - L.I.A.R.S.
3rd Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm,
The Henrietta Acampora Recreation Center,
39 Montauk Highway, Blue Point, NY

Brooklyn
IPMS/Brooklyn Plastic Modelers
3rd Friday of the Month, 6:30pm
Ryan Ctr,Floyd Bennett Field
BROOKLYN

Levittown
IPMS/Long Island Scale Modelers
4th Tuesday of the Month, 7:30pm,
Levittown Public Library

Poughkeepsie
IPMS/Mid Hudson Valley Historical Miniatures Guild
1st Thursday of the Month,Various members homes

There's also the Long Island figure club who do a major event the tird Saturday of November in Freeport.

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archangel571

Member since
June 2005
From: NJ 07073

Posted by archangel571 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:11 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by gsquared

i have heard of Rt17 hobbies in the Ramsey Area (one day to visit)
Hope this helps

Cheers,
Eric

Eric, the route 17 one is Hi-Way Hobby House. right pass the Ramsey exit on 17 North, pretty tight turn for the entrance. http://www.hiwayhobby.com
It is pretty much the only local hobby shop for me even though it's a 20mile drive still. Has a fairly good selection of kits (Hardly ANY DMLs!!!!! not fair!!!), and the price are pretty much at the general market level. In addition to that, a third of the store is dedicated to railway modeling.

-=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks

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Tankmaster7

Member since
August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, August 22, 2005 12:33 PM

Baseline is very good, but mostly armor. there is a really good one down on sunset boulevard on the island, but it's about 1hr 45 minutes from the city.

-Tanky

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 10:49 AM

Slim pickin's... That's what I was afraid of. I guess the large hobby shops wouldn't be able to afford the rent in NYC.

Well, I'll try Jan's then, or else venture out to NJ.

Again, thanks for the info.

Take care,

Mark

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gsquared

Member since
April 2003

Posted by gsquared on Monday, August 22, 2005 2:07 AM

hate to tell ya with the exception of Jans and the Model train shop on W45th
the only other hobby shops are either on Long Island or in NJ.
Another former Atlantan huh?Boy do I miss AAA hobbies and the War room...

anyways here are some names
Men at arms Hobbies: middle island NY (about 2 hrs)
Baseline Hobbies (about an hour by LIRR But never been there)
Maplewood hobby in Maplewood NJ (about an hour by car thru the Holland Tunnel)
Avenel Hobbies in Avenel (AKA Woodbridge) also an hour thru the Holland.(best as afar as Resin and Stock plastic in the area AFAIK.
i have heard of Rt17 hobbies in the Ramsey Area (one day to visit)
Hope this helps

Cheers,
Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:00 PM

A good idea is to check the Internet and Yellow Pages-and call ahead-things change rapidly in NYC.

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gringe88

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July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:56 AM

the best i know of is jan's, in manhattan. there's a couple more that are pretty good, but they're even farther down the island. cant tell ya which street off-hand, but jan's is somewhere in the vicinity of harlem, towards the east side.

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-Matt

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Modeling Scene in NYC

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:51 AM

Hey Everyone,

My wife and I are finally in the process of moving to New York City. Last week, we found an apartment in Queens, and at least some of my fears about my future in the modeling sport were allayed. I had been envisioning trying to airbrush in an apartment the size of a broom closet, but actually we found a pretty large one-bedroom place.

Still have one concern, though: does anyone know of any very good shops for our hobby in the NYC area? In Atlanta, I've become used to a LHC that not only carries an extensive inventory of aircraft from a pretty good range of manufacturers, but they also offer all kinds of styrene, metal and basswood/ balsa materials. This is important to me, because I've really gotten into scratch-building planes.

As always, your help is appreciated. Take care,

Mark

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