Monday 8 July 2013

The Holy Grail of 79 Gaming.

Last week I was down in Aberdeen with the family and decided to pop into Hobbycraft while waiting on the ferry. I haven't bought much in here for a while as they don't seem to stock a lot of gaming stuff nowadays. I was really surprised to find that they had these two great Hornby pieces and at the Bargain price of £10 each. They are going to look amazing as the centrepiece for a game.

They are the Hornby mineshaft building and Headstock 2.

7 comments:

  1. What a find! These look superb.

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  2. HI Mike

    Popped in on the way to station. They still had one left. Tempting. They also have the Waterworks, Police Station and Bus Garage at a tenner also. Those three alone provide three wonderful objectives in a larger Winter of '79 game.

    Lunchtime I went to ModelZone - everything EXCEPT Hornby and Skalectrix between 20-30% off. The guys are hoping for a last minute reprieve. Hope so for their sake.

    Cheers
    Mark



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  3. Cool blog mate, link added

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  4. Hi Mark,

    I got the Bus station but the police station was still full price when I was in. Which is a shame. Great model for a tenner.
    When I was in Edinburgh I saw a great Bachmann block of flats in Harburn hobbies. It would look great in a game but was £60. Now wondering about taking photos of flats and sticking them to foam board.
    Cheers Mike

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  5. Mike, you might want to look at this for inspiration:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-1-76-Block-Flats-Card-Kit-Half-Relief-NEW-/121137993195?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item1c346315eb

    Cheers
    Mark

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  6. Awesome. Bet they look good in a game.

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