This is a very good model shop, It's only small but they sell a wide range of stock including…read morehornby, farish and bachmann. They give a personal service and are always ready to help and advise and are very knowledgeable and passionate about model railways. It really is a great place to buy and will give discounts for multiple purchases.

I was shocked on calling to find this shop closed, but on returning home I found after phoning…read moretheir phone number that they have moved to better appointed premises, just around the corner, I will insert new address when I get it, but it's now in road almost oposite Bernard's the Art Gallery with County Hotel on Corner of road. Queens Road, Craig Y Don. Conwy.

Wow, found this model shop today, had a look around at the large selection of models. Les, the…read moreowner was very friendly and helpfull with my questions about airbrush painting. Definately on my map now :)

Fantastic sized hobby shop with a good selection of boardgames, and an incredible select of gaming…read morefigures! Staff members are all knowledgeable in what they sell! If one doesn't know something the others will!!!

From the owner: We are a hobby gaming store selling a wide mix of wargaming, card gaming, model paints/tools and…read moreboardgaming products, along with model kits and comics. We also host regular gaming nights for wargames and card games.

After visiting this shop a couple of times recently I can say that I am shocked and appalled by…read morethe way this business is run. The shop is dark and smelly and has a terrible atmosphere. The man who works there is rude and condescending and offers no or little help when asked for advice and I am made to feel very unwelcome. The shop offers a very poor selection of goods with too much emphasis on warhammer and not enough real hobbies. I find it hard to believe that a shop can operate like this in this day and age and get away with offering such awful service and shopping environment. I can see many people will be going to the nice modern and friendly hobby shop down the road over this place.

Though the Modelzone chain went into receivership some years ago, the Chester shop was one of the…read morefew that has passed on to another model retailing business. The same premises now trade as the Chester Model Centre. There is a web site as well.... The current shop is well worth a visit. It is now the only model shop in Chester I believe...Hobbycraft down by Sealand Road don't now stock so much in the model area...

There are two World's Apart shops in Liverpool and contrary to the name they are actually quite…read moreclose together. This building in Lime street is a mess and needs a sympathetic refurb and clean. I was surprised to discover that actually this shop is part of a small chain. I visited the shop for the first time this week. It's full of comics and toys you simply can't get elsewhere - not that I have tried. So many of the toy figures I could not recognise although I did spot some of the original Dr Who figures and some from Final Fantasy. Forget Toys R Us, this place is a wealth of badges, stickers, games and oddness for kids, adults and fans of things I've never even heard of.

Like its geeky counterpart, Forbidden Planet on Bold, World's Apart deals in all things cult. Cult…read moreis often a term used to describe things that have a strong, devoted core audience - or for studio executives something with low viewing figures. But no more, the popularity if this store can be seen on Saturday afternoons as children and adults alike fill the store and rummage through the amazing collections of limited edition, imported and new toys, comics, books, graphic novels, DVDs, posters and clothing for every genre and range of sci-fi, horror and anime franchise.

For the feel good factor step through the doorway and enter the magical realm of ye olde worlde toy…read moreshop. The whole place is crammed full of scaled down replicas of just about everything imaginable. Theres a huge selection of dolls houses ranging from kits to build your own to pre-built 4 room houses right the way up to a 4 storey mansions with a conservatory. The sheer talent required to recreate the detail present in some of the models is breath taking. Its truly every little girls dream come true. Theres an array of scale model cars, trains and motor bikes as well as a whole host of limited edition collectors items.

Model Zone is a geek's heaven, situated within St. Johns market this is the kind of place where…read moreyour typical nerd can go and spend the day marvelling at the products within. There is nothing at all wrong with this but it just so happens that I am more of a games console man and as such I didn't really understand the fervour surrounding these types of products. This place as the name suggests sells models for war craft games and other related activities and to be fair the range of produce is quite astonishing. As well as this the quality of the products is fantastic and there is much attention to detail here. I was also very impressed with the staff who worked hard to help out each and every customer so they get much kudos for customer service. On the whole a well run establishment which does its best to draw you in to its slightly nerdy world and if we are honest there is a bit of a geek within all of us.

I've never made a model of anything before I don't think, but we used to come here a fair bit when…read moremy brother was a toddler because they had loads of cool trains and cars and he was interested in collecting them. Then, as he grew up and became interested in the RAF, the family would generally call in here if at a loss for presents at Christmas or birthdays, and get him a model aeroplane set. This is quite a fascinating shop if you like geeky things (or at least appreciate them, like me). You can get all the Thomas the Tank Engine trains from here, you can get Meccano sets and Scalextric and even Star Wars, Star Trek and Dr Who collectibles. If you're at a real loss for inspiration for presents, it may be worth while looking round here for ideas, as more often than not you'll see something that you know someone will love. The staff are eager to help and even if you ask them random ambiguous questions they eventually find out what you're talking about and sort you out. It's on the same avenue as the 99p shop so you know you're going for guilty pleasures (ie stocking up on £5 worth of sweets) if your feet take you in that direction.