Frontline Hobbies

Frontline Hobbies, hobby and model store in Australia

Frontline Hobbies presents itself as Australia's largest hobby store, with a catalogue of over 60,000 products and fast shipping. Its range covers radio control, model railways, diecast collectables, model building supplies and other hobbies, and is sold mainly through its online store.

Radio control: cars, planes, drones, boats and helicopters

The radio control catalogue includes land vehicles such as cars, trucks and buggies, with specific categories for drift and touring cars, monster trucks, rock crawlers, scale trucks, short course and desert trucks, truggies, stadium trucks, construction vehicles, drag cars, micro scale, prime movers, bikes and tanks. It also offers aerobatic planes, FPV, gliders, jets and ducted fan, micro planes, park flyers, scale, sport, trainers and warbirds; quadcopters and drones for aerial photography, FPV racing and sport use; speed boats and yachts; and helicopters.

The radio and electronics section covers receivers and transmitters for aircraft and surface, servos and parts, transmitter accessories and telemetry, batteries and chargers, LiPo safe bags, balancers, leads and plugs, electric power with brushed and brushless ESCs and motors, electronic accessories, nitro and petrol engines and parts, glow plugs, nitro fuel, surface engines, propellers, body shells, wheels and tyres, promotional clothing, drone parts, general hardware, helicopter spare parts, scale accessories and simulators.

Plastic model building and kits

In plastic model building, the store offers military land kits and detail sets, military and civilian aircraft, helicopters, RAAF aircraft with markings and decals, military, passenger and civilian ships, sailing ships and submarines, cars and vehicles, Formula 1, trucks, bikes, trains and locomotives, engines, Bandai/Gundam kits in Perfect, MG, RG, HG, SD and other grades, the 30 Minute Missions/Sisters/Fantasy line, Star Wars, Pokémon and other sci-fi and anime kits, builders parts and decals, display stands and action bases, and Bandai preorders.

It also includes sci-fi, horror, space models, plastic figures and scenery, buildings and landscapes, scale weapons, educational kits, gift and starter sets, display cases, wooden models with fittings, tools and ships, trams, wagons and others, Metal Earth, vintage kits, brick kits and miniature and book nook kits.

Model railways

The model railway section covers N gauge and other gauges, with locomotives, rolling stock and passenger carriages, track, ballast accessories, digital control, controllers and transformers, turnout motors, switches and wiring, lighting, scenery with buildings, foliage, trees, tunnels and figures, layout systems, wagon loads and containers, couplers, wheels and bogies, maintenance parts, books and DVDs, and the Thomas & Friends range.

Diecast and collectables

The diecast section brings together cars, Australian and international motorsport, Formula 1, road cars, civilian and military aircraft, helicopters, space and sci-fi, bikes, bicycles, military vehicles, trucks, construction and mining machinery, buses and trams, movie and TV models, accessories, display cases and figures and scenery.

Tools, paints and supplies

The store has hobby tools such as sets, nippers, knives and blades, sanders and files, drills and bits, saws, tweezers, clamps and vices, cutting mats and other tools; adhesives such as plastic cement, PVA and wood glue, super glue and CA; airbrushing equipment with airbrushes, compressors, packages and accessories; paints from brands such as Vallejo Acrylics, AK Interactive, Warhammer Colour, The Army Painter, Two Thin Coats, Turbo Dork and Scale 75, plus primers, acrylics, enamels, lacquers, thinners and thickeners, sprays, markers and brushes and accessories from brands such as Vallejo, AK Interactive, Abteilung 502, The Army Painter, Warhammer Colour, Tamiya and Artis Opus, with brush maintenance, wet palettes, finishing aids, masking, weathering, fillers and polishes, basing and other products such as pigments.

It also offers construction materials such as balsa wood, metal shapes, other woods, plastic shapes, architecture supplies, foam board, high-density foam and scale foam, publications and modular modelling stations.

Games, puzzles and toys

The catalogue includes family, card, strategy, party, children's and traditional board games, with brands such as Dal Rossi and its backgammon, draughts, chess and mahjong sets. In Warhammer it covers Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, The Horus Heresy, The Old World, Necromunda, Blood Bowl, Kill Team, Underworlds, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Black Library, Games Workshop Direct and products available for preorder. It also offers Dungeons & Dragons with core books and supplements, adventures, miniatures and accessories, board games, BLKOUT, Trench Crusade, Star Wars board games, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Bolt Action, Flames of War, World War III Team Yankee, gaming mats and terrain, Reaper miniatures and other board games, plus Gundam Assemble.

In trading card games are Magic The Gathering, Bandai Gundam Trading Card Game, Star Wars Unlimited TCG, Pokémon, Disney Lorcana TCG, Altered TCG, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece Card Game and others, with accessories such as card storage, dice and playmats. The puzzles section ranges from 0-999 pieces to over 3000, 3D puzzles, children's 0-100 and over 100 pieces, storage and accessories, escape games and logic puzzles.

Toys include building blocks, construction toys, Jekca, marble runs and other construction toys, Playmobil, diecast and plastic toy trucks and cars, early learning toys, plastic and wooden toys, dollhouses and accessories, anime figures, Joy Toy x Warhammer, Schleich figures, wooden trains, crafts with Diamond Dotz, beads, modelling clay and moulding materials, collectables and merchandise, Barbie dolls, Sylvanian Families, fidget and sensory toys, musical instruments, Nerf, other toys, plush toys, role play, ride-on vehicles, sensory toys, sports and outdoor, kites and launch gliders.

The LEGO range includes new releases, Architecture, ART, Avatar, Botanicals, City, Classic, Creator, Disney, Dots, DREAMZzz, DUPLO, Friends, Gabby's Dollhouse, Harry Potter, Icons, Ideas, Marvel, Minecraft, Ninjago, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spiderman, Star Wars, Super Mario, Technic, Batman, Jurassic World and Speed Champions.

Rockets, slot cars and other hobbies

The catalogue is completed with rocketry (launch sets, rockets, motors, bulk educational packs and accessories), slot cars (sets, cars, track and accessories), steam engines (engines, complements and accessories, fuel and tablets) and 3D printing.

Customer service and availability

The store reports an unexpected surge in orders and asks customers to allow extra time for dispatch and enquiry responses. It offers free shipping for orders over $150 in metropolitan areas, with applicable terms and conditions. The site shows a notice of opening during the long weekend, with special hours on Monday from 10:00 to 16:00.