The LHS is only about 8 miles away, but his selection sucks.
I have a ARF box full of wood.
I've got sheeting, sticks, tri-stock--all in various sizes. I have hard and lite ply in various thickness'. Dowel rods, LE stock and TE stock. Balsa blocks. I've got just about anything you need to repair a model. Probably enough stuff to build about 3 60-size kits.
I like having all that wood around. I stock up about once a year.
I keep my full size pieces in the ARF box and my cut pieces under 12" long in another box. I always know where to find a piece that I need. It's not a perfectly inventoried and organized system, but I know which box to look in--depending on the application.
Don't even get me started on all the other stuff I have on the shelves. I have more stuff than the LHS.
