This thread is primarily for Denver-area residents...
I was poking around the Alameda/Broadway area a while ago, and stumbled across Caboose Hobbies...
Great store if you're into model trains, but I thought they wouldn't have anything worthwhile fore scale models...
OOPS!
Caboose stocks a lot of Micro-mark tools that you see on their site, just accessible to "touchy-feely" shoppers.
I picked up a set of pin-bits(#60-80), a scriber and a set of needle files, all amazingly close in price to what M-M sells them for online - within a couple of bucks in most cases...
I'm heading back when I have the 'scratch' to afford a Waldron-style punch set - I love this tool.
Anyway, if you're in the Denver area, check 'em out...
The one negative is when I was there, I mentioned the fact that I was a static builder, and the chap I talked to kind of rolled his eyes at me...Whatever...
good store, mostly friendly staff, and they have a brass locomotive(un-finished, HO scale) for 2 grand!
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