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Two things I look for in a hobby shop mainly. 1Courteous knowledgable staff who are charged with getting whatever the customer wants. If it is not an item in production, there may be an extended wait while they look through alternate suppliers. (Other Hobby shops, Ebay, Old Kit Specialisers, ect) But they are willing to get an item for a customer. 2 Large Varied Inventory. By this I mean. I broad selection of stuff from an assortment of manufacturors. Cary a variety of items with not much more than three or four of any one item in inventory at a given time. As a rule of thumb I enjoy a smaller hobby shop with a more diverse selection, than a big hobby store that carries shelf after shelf of similar merchandise. My favorite hobby shop is Who's Hobby House of Rapid City SD. Their train section is like this. Their Top Shelf is Athearn. Mix of RTR and Blue Box Next shelf is Model Die Casting and Accurail. Next shelf down is Walthers. Half Freight half Passenger. Next shelf Is split between LBF Company, Branchline, and Proto 2000 Bottom Shelf is Clearence and Low end Items. (Like $3.00 Bachmann cars for the kiddies) Across the isle is set up similar but is slit between O and N scale. The Next Isle is Scenery, Structure, and parts. Then the Display case has a wide assortment of N, HO, O and G scale stuff from varous manufacturors. James.
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