Avicraft Ltd — Attraction in London

Rather dissapointed.

This is one of the very few Hobby/model shops left in London.

I went in for glow plugs, a glow starter, battery pack, fuel and possibly more should I have needed it.

They had 1 very old glow plug that looked as if it had been in the shop for as long as the shop had existed.

A glow start and charger that was 3 times the cost of any I had seen elsewhere Various other options were offered but all involved 12v batteries connectors and tons of added costs needless to say I left them all.

A rechargeable battery pack and charger... they had none at all...

The guy was very busy (understandable) but I had rung ahead and asked for all of these parts specifically. I had also asked if he would be able to look over my RC vehicle to see if there was anything more I possibly needed to which he agreed but upon arrival he was too busy to serve me and instead employed the help of a very lovely lady but unfortunately she seemed to have no idea what anything was or where it was kept and he was too busy to look properly.

I ended up leaving after close to an hour of standing waiting and not having been able to purchase any of the parts I needed barring 1 glow plug...

About 1 hour and half drive either way so a completely wasted journey.

Shame I had high expectations...

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