gareth Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) I've been stuck all morning trying to remember the name of model shop in the south of England, and it would be great if someone could remind me of its name. I remember that there used to be a model shop on the south coast I think, who had a three letter name beginning with L. They also used to advertise in MAI, and I can remember them stocking Eduard kits, but I cannot remember the name. Can anyone help ? Edited September 8, 2020 by gareth Posted early by accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 minute ago, gareth said: I've been stuck all morning trying to remember the name of model shop in the south of England You might need to narrow it down a bit - that's a pretty LARGE area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, Mike said: You might need to narrow it down a bit - that's a pretty LARGE area My fat fingers pressed post before I added the second paragraph. Hopefully the second paragraph narrows it down a bit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Is it LSA Models by any chance? Retail shop 151 Sackville Rd Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3HD. Edited September 8, 2020 by Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete F Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 20 minutes ago, Stephen said: Is it LSA Models by any chance? Retail shop 151 Sackville Rd Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3HD. I think LSA models has closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 25 minutes ago, Pete F said: I think LSA models has closed. It did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 10 hours ago, Stephen said: It did. Thanks for all your help. It was LSA I was thinking of, and it makes sense why I couldn't find any trace of it online. Shame to see another shop has shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 09/09/2020 at 00:28, gareth said: Thanks for all your help. It was LSA I was thinking of, and it makes sense why I couldn't find any trace of it online. Shame to see another shop has shut. It was because people couldn't remember the name Who would have thought shops the size of Beatties would disappear ? Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 25/12/2020 at 00:20, JOCKNEY said: It was because people couldn't remember the name Who would have thought shops the size of Beatties would disappear ? Cheers Pat Yeah. Beatties... they were the first port of call on trips to Nottingham in the 80s. Tamiya-tastic. And there was ANOTHER model shop almost opposite. Another one about 20 mins walk away.And a wargame supplier that was closer. And record shops. Happy days out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 On 12/30/2020 at 4:26 PM, Big Dave S said: And there was ANOTHER model shop almost opposite. Another one about 20 mins walk away.And a wargame supplier that was closer. It wasn't a specific model shop opposite Beatties, IIRC it was a toy shop called Skills that happened to have a really good model section, this closed I think in '89, still have some kits in the stash that I picked up in the closing down sale at 50% off. They had another branch in the Broad Marsh centre which stayed open for a good few years afterwards which eventually became a Modelzone store. The other one 20 minutes away was probably Gee-Dee models which closed a couple of years ago... IanJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 11 hours ago, Bonhoff said: It wasn't a specific model shop opposite Beatties, IIRC it was a toy shop called Skills that happened to have a really good model section, this closed I think in '89, still have some kits in the stash that I picked up in the closing down sale at 50% off. They had another branch in the Broad Marsh centre which stayed open for a good few years afterwards which eventually became a Modelzone store. The other one 20 minutes away was probably Gee-Dee models which closed a couple of years ago... IanJ Yes! Skills, and Gee Dee sounds familiar. Didn't know about the one in the Broadmarsh though. Probably just as well. ££££££ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 23 hours ago, Bonhoff said: IIRC it was a toy shop called Skills that happened to have a really good model section Toys, models, and coach hire. Obvious, really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 12/25/2020 at 12:20 AM, JOCKNEY said: It was because people couldn't remember the name Who would have thought shops the size of Beatties would disappear ? Cheers Pat LSA stood for Land,Ship,Air.....sadly missed, but not by my wallet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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