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While attending the Chicago Butch O'Hare show, we made a side trip to Marty and Mary's,
otherwise known as M & Models. The store is in a suburb of Chicago called Oaklawn,
IL. It is not hard to find, and is very accessible from a major freeway.
(I-294) It has a very friendly atmosphere, and it's not unusual to find a small group of
guys sitting around discussing just about anything and everything. This is truly one of
the biggest little hobby stores on the planet. Every inch of the place is chock full of
plastic, resin, and photo-etch, not to mention paint and reference materials. Besides all
the hardware, the knowledge of the industry these folks possess could fill a whole other store.
It is not unusual for Mary to be traveling the world discovering, meeting, and acquiring
exciting new products from previously unheard of manufactures, or meeting with the corporate
giants, (like Mr. Tamiya) that made our hobby what it is today. They are quite literally
on the pulse of the industry.
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