Thanks for the advice. I tried some smaller shops but there isn’t much of a modeler scene in Scotland as far as I’ve seen and the shops are either trying to branch out and sell board games and comics as well or have just closed down, but I’ll keep looking.
Oh and try local wargaming clubs/societies, the people can be handy for tips and tricks for modelling. there may even be some with the same interests. Alot of my friends are wargamers.
It’s the one big problem with internet, killing local stores 🙁
Does anyone know where I can get a good pair of side cutters?
I live in Scotland, near Glasgow and there are few shops I can buy from. The best is probably Hobbycraft, which has a great range of paints, files and so on.
But when it comes to cutters they are either cheap and nasty or have a beveled cutting edge. I would order some from HLJ but i…[Read more]
I got side cutters from HLF and just throw them in with an order of some kits. They hardly add to the weight so when bought with a kit, the postage increase is negligible. I find these http://www.hlj.com/product/MNED-22 very good and nicely affordable.
I agree with GN wholeheartedly, and even on a better pair the extra cost is almost negligible. You’ll be hard pushed to get a good pair of side cutters from a high street store in the UK. However you could get an ok pair from your local Games Workshop (this appears to be my answer to everything, arrgh!)
Do some local research and find a good…[Read more]
Thanks for the advice. I tried some smaller shops but there isn’t much of a modeler scene in Scotland as far as I’ve seen and the shops are either trying to branch out and sell board games and comics as well or have just closed down, but I’ll keep looking.
Oh and try local wargaming clubs/societies, the people can be handy for tips and tricks for modelling. there may even be some with the same interests. Alot of my friends are wargamers.
It’s the one big problem with internet, killing local stores 🙁