Hi Y'all, I need some help and I'm hoping y'all will step up and lend a hand. For all basic purposes, I do not have a train shop here in San Antonio that carries much to about anything of real building materials and tools. I need to get everything again, from a Dremel to an airbrush and compressor; with everything in between. I've looked on eBay, and I know of Micro-Mark, but with MM, it seems like they are a little high on the price tags. So where on the internet do y'all go to get your tools and building supplies? Thank you so much for sharing. Manny
Manny, many of the small tools I have picked up at the train shows from the Tool Man. I also have picked some up at the local woodworking show (there's been a surplus dealer selling small tools the last two years). Other tools I have picked up from Lowes and Home Depot. There are, of course, specialized modeling tools that one can only get from a hobby shop or supplier.
I recommend Micro Mark. They have a website with literally everything you will need and lots of things you won't need.
Here here. My first MicroMark purchase was a set of pounce wheels for embossing rivets. I have dreams of winning a large shopping spree there someday. For what it's worth, we have a Harbor Freight Tools storefront in town where I've found some useful hobby tools at a reasonable price. Best Regards,
I have to confess that I buy most of my stuff from Walthers online catalog. I also support my local hobby shop. The shop owner and I go way back to when we were both kids and his mom and dad ran the store back in the late '60's and early '70's. He doesn't carry a lot of stuff "on hand" but orders it from Cleveland Hobby (wholesale distributor). Another source you might try for good deals is: www.internettrains.com Happy Thanksgiving, George
I purchase from the Tool Man when I find him at a swap meet, but the vast majority of my tools have come from Micro-Mark over the last forty years. I now have just about everything in their catalog, and the local hobby shop is a Mirco-Mark dealer. Richard
Besides the several hobby shops here in KC, I mail order from modeltrainstuff.com (M. B. Klien). They have a great web site with up to the minute inventory, and good if not great pricing.
