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Bravo36
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Arizona, United States
Joined: January 11, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 09:33 AM UTC
Greetings, I’ll be touring in Europe next month and was wondering if there are any good model shops I should check out in Amsterdam, Cologne, Luxembourg City or Brussels. Any help?
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this query...
grunt136mike
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Joined: November 24, 2012
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 09:44 AM UTC
Hi Ralph;

Well, you mite try and make it to DerSockle Shop they are one of the best.

CHEERS; MIKE.
ivanhoe6
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Wisconsin, United States
Joined: April 05, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 05:51 PM UTC
Ralph, There USED to be a nice figure shop off the Grand Place Square in Brussels. Autoworld & the Military museum in the Cinquataire area worth a visit. Don't forget the chocolate & the awesome beers.
Luxembourg, the old battlements are fun to hike around. A side trip up to Clervaux to see Armorama's own, Claude Joachim's massive BOB diorama. Haven't been yet but it's on the agenda.
Amsterdam, a side trip to Madurodam, in Den Haag. The world's biggest diorama !
Sorry, not much help on hobby shops. I've just kinda stumbled upon the ones I visited. Ask at the Tourist information centers. Couldn't hurt.
Have a great trip and lots of fun !
wojtek1980
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Warszawa, Poland
Joined: November 29, 2014
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 06:42 PM UTC
Hi,

I don't know how up to date is Scalemates map but it's surely a good place to start your research.
Bravo36
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Arizona, United States
Joined: January 11, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 11:50 PM UTC
Thanks folks. I’ll see what I can find, while eating Chocolate and drinking liters of beer.
Namnut
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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: February 22, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 12:21 AM UTC
Send me a pm ...I might be able to help out.


or an e-mail.. migkill5(AT)zonnet.nl replace (AT) with @
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chnoone
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Armed Forces Europe, United States
Joined: January 01, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 10:35 AM UTC
Hi Ralph,

if you in the Köln area or coming/going to Luxemburg you might want to stop by in Koblenz ... more or less on the way .... and check out this shop I can recommend very highly.

http://www.mako-modellbau.de

Cheers
Christopher
Vierville
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Gauteng, South Africa
Joined: April 05, 2014
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 06:34 PM UTC
Really close to Amsterdam Schipol airport is Aviationmegastore. I know they're not an armour modelling shop as they only do aircraft models but they also have a giant range of supplies and paints...well worth a visit and their scale modelling dept manager Erwin is a really nice helpful guy too.

Dersockleshop is in northern Germany...great source of model kits and supplies for dioramas.I'm not sure if they have a 'bricks and mortar' store or if they are purely online.

If you're going to the london area then Hannants is amazing. Their london shop is a few minutes walk from Hendon RAF museum (well worth the visit!) and is well stocked.
Bravo36
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Arizona, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 07:26 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi Ralph,

if you in the Köln area or coming/going to Luxemburg you might want to stop by in Koblenz ... more or less on the way .... and check out this shop I can recommend very highly.

http://www.mako-modellbau.de

Cheers
Christopher



Hi Christopher, I will be in Köln, then driving down through Koblenz to the Mosel valley. I was thinking of stopping in the military museum in Koblenz, if I can convince my wife...
Thanks
Iceman68
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: January 05, 2017
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 09:18 PM UTC
Check out Sjaaks Hobbyshop in the ancient city of Leiden (40mins by car, south of Amsterdam) http://www.sjaakshobbyshop.nl/
Sockelshop is internet sales only since a few years. Aviation mega store is a stone's throw away from Amsterdam Airport...
Snowhand
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: January 08, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 11:42 PM UTC
I would certainly recommend De Houtloods in The Hague (within 1 hour of Amsterdam) http://www.houtloods.nl/ I would gladly have recommended Wapstad in Rijswijk but they closed recently and all their stock has gone to de Houtloods.

And in Rotterdam you have to visit Meijer & Blessing http://www.meijerenblessing.nl/Shop/Home.html
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