This is how a model shop should be and on top of that the service and advice there is second to none. I would not go any where else.

I've just read a few reviews about SMC, they don't seem too good. My experiance couldn't be more differant. Living in SW France it is almost impossible to find a good model shop. I know when I phone up SMC they not only have all the parts I want but are much cheaper, including P&P than my 'local' (50 miles away) model shop. The service could not be any better, I order the parts, read out my card number, then normally 3 days later (once it was 4 days)the parts are delivered. They always answer any question I ask over the phone no matter how trivial. If someone there could speak French you would have a lot of French costumers.

Since retiring I have bought several models from them over the past few years,visiting the shop in person.Invariably I have to go back to them for explanations on how to program or operate the high tech stuff.It does not matter who I see,they explain it fully and do not talk down to me. I had li- po charger I could not get to work, it was in fact faulty and they exchanged it without quibble.