Visit - Huzzah Hobbies in Ashburn, Virginia is a treasure for the Potomac Division (NMRA, Mid East Region)
Visit
44927 George Washington Boulevard
Suite 165
Ashburn Virginia 20147
703 466-0460
Monday – Friday 12 – 10PM
Saturday 12 - 8PM
Sunday 12 – 6PM
Today – November 9 2021, O scaler Gary Eames and I visited Huzzah Hobbies in Ashburn for the first time. While it calls itself “Loudoun County’s Tabletop Gaming Headquarters”, it carries many supplies that model railroaders need. The shop was quite large, well lit, and clean. Staff was in abundance and helpful and friendly. With so many model railroad and other hobby shops shuttered over the past few decades, NMRA Potomac Division members need to find work arounds to get the supplies they need. So here goes.
Brands carried that model railroaders will recognize include AK Interactive; JTT Trees & Shrubs; MIG Products; Tamiya; Testors; Vallejo; Woodland Scenics and Windsor & Newton Brushes. Huzzah also has an Evergreen strip styrene rack that we observed was well stocked. Need to weather your rolling stock, locomotives, or structures? There is an incredible array of weathering fluids by AV Vallejo – I will cut them some slack on the empty slots in evidence and will ascribe it to supply chain problems afflicting the entire economy. Also in evidence were many hobby tools that model railroaders use.
With the demise of Floquil brand of paint that model railroaders relied on for decades, many replacement brands have appeared in recent years in articles carried in Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman. Many of these brands can be found at Huzzah.
While a
model railroader is unlikely to spend that much time there, they do have an
in-house snack bar for those spending perhaps too much time at the game tables.
Unless you are a dyed in the wool skinflint, you are unlikely to leave this
shop empty handed. Just to give you an idea, between the two of us, Gary and I
dropped about $100 on weathering products and scenery products.
With
weekday store hours closing at 10PM, this is the place to visit when you are
working on a scratch building or kit-bashing product and run out of Evergreen
styrene or paint. You should find there what you need to continue on your project
uninterrupted. Ordering on the internet can delay your project and break your
momentum; try Huzzah Hobbies instead. We need to support such merchants. The loss of Competition Minis is a warning that shops such as these should be supported lest they fall by the wayside.
Comments
Post a Comment