Donaldgranger
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I spent the day yesterday travelling all over the state of Delaware looking for places to buy rockets and rocket gear. With my trusty gps i visited 4 stores yesterday surprisingly a few of the store owners told me there were no other stores to buy rockets or rocketry gear Which surprised me but i nicely informed them where the other stores were and i will save that side of the story for another post! Now i did not visit Attic Hobbies Inc US Highway 13 & Route 9, Laurel, DE (302) 875-8725 or the hobby stop in Seaford, Delaware
(302) 629-3944 which is a nice shop with just about everything and a nice supply of various rockets and the owner has a eager willingness to order whatever i wanted which i thought was cool! The first store i mentioned was actually in a flea market but i did not go south yesterday i went north so i did not visit these stores!
Now onto the stores i visited yesterday, The first store i went to was G Force hobbies, inc. https://gfhobby.com/home.html 119 Kirkwood Square‎
Wilmington, DE 19808 this store was interesting in that it had a used store next to the new stuff store they seem to be specializing mostly in the hobby of rc cars but after a brief conversation with the owner he told me they would match any price online and could order me anything i wanted and also he told me he wants to open another store in the dover area! From G-Force i purchased a estes Solar Flare two stage rocket!
From there i headed towards my next Hobby shop but came across an AC moore store so i thought i would see what they had to offer the rocket hobby world and all the way in the back left hand corner of the store i found a pretty decent supply of rockets and gear much more then Super walmart! From Ac Moore i purchased a der red max and moved on.
Then i moved on to the best old school hobby store that reminded me of the hobby stores i would visit as a kid the owner was actually building a model at the register/counter how cool!!!! This guy is 80 + years old and if you never been there you need to visit this store it is definitely worth it! He had the most rockets that ive seen all day and also had a brand i wasn't familiar with Quest ive seen the name but this was the first place ive seen them. the store is called Simpsons hobbies 709 Foulk Road Wilmington Delaware (302) 654-5022. From Bob i purchased a Payloader one by Quest that shows a clear payload section on the package but actually came with a red payload section! Also i scored a 2006 Quest catalog!
So after spending a long time at simpsons it was almost 5:00 pm and i wanted to go to another store that was close so off we went in search of more rockets i headed about 4 blocks away to Dougs Trains toys and Hobbies at 2907 Concord pike Wilmington Delaware (302)478-7750. When we pulled into the parking lot we were greeted by two humongous rockets in the window wow we must be at the right place i thought! It was an impressive store especially if you were into model trains and yes he did have a nice display of rockets and rocket gear and this is the only place today that had anything that was capable of anything over a f motor he had one estes leviaton pro series two rocket but having one already i purchased an estes Mosquito just because i wanted something from every place i visited today! So if you are interested in the hobby of rockets there are places you can go besides walmart! Of course we have the internet where we can by anything and have it shipped to our houses but it was actuallt quite fun getting out there and meeting these guys and talking to them so if you live in the 302 area check these guys out! Oh and this day started out with just finding me a rocket to work on while my girlfriend finishes sanding her rocket and getting it ready to paint!
(302) 629-3944 which is a nice shop with just about everything and a nice supply of various rockets and the owner has a eager willingness to order whatever i wanted which i thought was cool! The first store i mentioned was actually in a flea market but i did not go south yesterday i went north so i did not visit these stores!
Now onto the stores i visited yesterday, The first store i went to was G Force hobbies, inc. https://gfhobby.com/home.html 119 Kirkwood Square‎
Wilmington, DE 19808 this store was interesting in that it had a used store next to the new stuff store they seem to be specializing mostly in the hobby of rc cars but after a brief conversation with the owner he told me they would match any price online and could order me anything i wanted and also he told me he wants to open another store in the dover area! From G-Force i purchased a estes Solar Flare two stage rocket!
From there i headed towards my next Hobby shop but came across an AC moore store so i thought i would see what they had to offer the rocket hobby world and all the way in the back left hand corner of the store i found a pretty decent supply of rockets and gear much more then Super walmart! From Ac Moore i purchased a der red max and moved on.
Then i moved on to the best old school hobby store that reminded me of the hobby stores i would visit as a kid the owner was actually building a model at the register/counter how cool!!!! This guy is 80 + years old and if you never been there you need to visit this store it is definitely worth it! He had the most rockets that ive seen all day and also had a brand i wasn't familiar with Quest ive seen the name but this was the first place ive seen them. the store is called Simpsons hobbies 709 Foulk Road Wilmington Delaware (302) 654-5022. From Bob i purchased a Payloader one by Quest that shows a clear payload section on the package but actually came with a red payload section! Also i scored a 2006 Quest catalog!
So after spending a long time at simpsons it was almost 5:00 pm and i wanted to go to another store that was close so off we went in search of more rockets i headed about 4 blocks away to Dougs Trains toys and Hobbies at 2907 Concord pike Wilmington Delaware (302)478-7750. When we pulled into the parking lot we were greeted by two humongous rockets in the window wow we must be at the right place i thought! It was an impressive store especially if you were into model trains and yes he did have a nice display of rockets and rocket gear and this is the only place today that had anything that was capable of anything over a f motor he had one estes leviaton pro series two rocket but having one already i purchased an estes Mosquito just because i wanted something from every place i visited today! So if you are interested in the hobby of rockets there are places you can go besides walmart! Of course we have the internet where we can by anything and have it shipped to our houses but it was actuallt quite fun getting out there and meeting these guys and talking to them so if you live in the 302 area check these guys out! Oh and this day started out with just finding me a rocket to work on while my girlfriend finishes sanding her rocket and getting it ready to paint!
