Hobby shops in bangor me?

[MachinistMark]

wondering about any hobby shops in or near bangor maine

[MachinistMark]

nothing?

[Merkur XR4Ti]

Closest one I know of is in Portland. Ray and Robin's Hobbies.

[The70judgeman]

Google "hobby store's in (enter city/state here)" and see what you get. Easier than asking people who don't know.

[MachinistMark]

i did, and got didly frig. i figured we had some members from the area perhaps to chime in.

how far from maine is portland? my mother and my wife are going on a shopping trip in october. she wanted to know if there were any hobby stores in bangor to check out for me

(shes a keeper)

Edited August 31, 2012 by MachinistMark

[The70judgeman]

Don't know what else to suggest. And your wife wanting to check out hobby stores for you...definately a keeper. My wife looks for stuff for me when shes out too. She's found a few great models for me.

[1967Impala]

I've stumbled across one or 2 hobby shops in Maine, but in each case, it was purely by luck, as they were pretty old-school, and not so big with the whole internet thing. They were both smallish in size, but here was one of the better ones in Portland. As with all things in Maine, nothing is too far from anything else. Portland-Bangor is about an easy 2-hr drive. Mostly twinned highway all the way through: http://www.mainehobbies.com/

I'd suggest expanding your search to include model train shops, as many of them carry models too:

http://www.railmodeling.com/dealers/namerica/MAINE/

Hobbytown USA has stores in Nasua and Manchester NH, which, if you're touring the Northeastern US, may not be too far off the path.

Here's another tip: Get her to check out any Marden's store she comes across. They do creditor liquidation sales of just about everything they can gets their hands on from stores of all types across the US, and I've gotten some insane discounts on model kits from them. Stock-wise, it's a total crapshoot, and varies from store to store, but when you hit paydirt, you hit it hard: Last visit I scored several Tamiya 1/350 scale Battleships for under $20 USD apiece. http://mardens.com/

[Fabrux]

I head to Bangor on a fairly regular basis and I can tell you that there are unfortunately no hobby shops left. If you look in the Yellow Pages you will find listings for a couple but I've found the addresses listed and they've long since closed. I just headed down to Boston for my honeymoon back in August and the hobby shops along the way start in Portland. If you head as far south as Boston I can recommend a couple shops to check out. If you or your wife do end up in Portland, definitely check out Ray & Robin's Hobby Centre. They're in the same area as the mall but be careful, they close at either 5 or 5:30.