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[Beavis]

"mission" you say? hmmm i love my little neighborhood as im walking distance from two really great hobby stores. used to have 4 regular spots i'd hit but two went out of business

[slantasaurus]

"mission" you say? hmmm i love my little neighborhood as im walking distance from two really great hobby stores. used to have 4 regular spots i'd hit but two went out of business

I'm guessing you must live near Ram and Chicagoland hobby then. I'm not too far from you.

[Beavis]

yea ron, right in between, i also used to check out stanton ( AWESOME paint selection) and hill's hobbies in park ridge. too bad they're both gone now

[High octane]

I had to stop in River Forest today and stopped at Ram on my way home. I managed to pick up and AMT 1/16th scale '55 Chevy Nomad that was collecting dust. Now it can collect dust here. LOL! I remember and liked to stop at Stanton's very much.

[slantasaurus]

Stanton was the best around, great selection of aftermarket stuff and always lots of kits. I also used to like Zeinth hobby that was on Irving Park near Austin but they've been gone since about 94 or so. Do you guys know about the super secret hobby shop over on Belmont ?? I almost hate to mention it because I don't want everyone going there, talk about a selection of kits !!!

[High octane]

Yeah Ron, I think I've been at Zenith before, and I do know of the hobbyshop on Belmont also. My mom lived on the NW side of Chicago untill she passed away so I'm familiar with a lot of the shops.

[bill w]

I bought my first RC airplane at Stanton Hobby back in 1976. Too bad it's gone. Now wheres that hobby shop on Belmont?
I need a new place to check out.

Bill

[High octane]

Illinois modelers, I just posted earlier today the upcoming NNL 20 in the Contest & Shows section. Check it out as there will be LOTS of models on the tables, a good raffle, rock n' roll music, and the other magazine will be shooting photos also. It's in the Milwaukee area and I hope to see you there!

[High octane]

Well Harry, another one of our ex-govenors who lived in "Crook County" now is living at the Graybar Hotel.

[Lownslow]

Stanton was the best around, great selection of aftermarket stuff and always lots of kits. I also used to like Zeinth hobby that was on Irving Park near Austin but they've been gone since about 94 or so. Do you guys know about the super secret hobby shop over on Belmont ?? I almost hate to mention it because I don't want everyone going there, talk about a selection of kits !!!

timeless lol im there about once a month

[Harry P.]

Well Harry, another one of our ex-govenors who lived in "Crook County" now is living at the Graybar Hotel.

Yup. Makes me so proud to be an Illinoisan...

Geez, can a state government be any more corrupt??? I swear, Abe Lincoln is spinning in his grave so fast there's smoke coming out of his tomb...

[High octane]

Yup. Makes me so proud to be an Illinoisan...

Geez, can a state government be any more corrupt??? I swear, Abe Lincoln is spinning in his grave so fast there's smoke coming out of his tomb...

That's what happens when they are elected "by the people" to work "for the people" and instead work for themselves. It's gonna be hard on his poor family, but it's okay that he screwed the people of Illinois. Yeah right!

[Johnny]

The only ones I feel for are his kids. They were born into this mess through no fault of their own! His wife on the otherhand shared in the knowlege of the wrong doing so the heck with her!

Same with Ryan (except his kids profited too) the local paper here trying to make everyone feel sorry for his sick wife and then feel sorry for him because she was dying and he wasn't with her every minute of every day! Well neither is anyone else who is serving time for a felony!!!
They did sneak him out with the local paper keeping it quiet so he was there when she died. Bet the average joe blow prisoner would have not had that oppertunity!

[High octane]

The only ones I feel for are his kids. They were born into this mess through no fault of their own! His wife on the otherhand shared in the knowlege of the wrong doing so the heck with her!

Same with Ryan (except his kids profited too) the local paper here trying to make everyone feel sorry for his sick wife and then feel sorry for him because she was dying and he wasn't with her every minute of every day! Well neither is anyone else who is serving time for a felony!!!
They did sneak him out with the local paper keeping it quiet so he was there when she died. Bet the average joe blow prisoner would have not had that oppertunity!

Agreed!

[Harry P.]

The only ones I feel for are his kids. They were born into this mess through no fault of their own! His wife on the otherhand shared in the knowlege of the wrong doing so the heck with her!

Same with Ryan (except his kids profited too) the local paper here trying to make everyone feel sorry for his sick wife and then feel sorry for him because she was dying and he wasn't with her every minute of every day! Well neither is anyone else who is serving time for a felony!!!
They did sneak him out with the local paper keeping it quiet so he was there when she died. Bet the average joe blow prisoner would have not had that oppertunity!

Yes sir. Absolutely right.

[Cornpatch]

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reading these post, really brings back a lot of memories. I like a lot of you guys, was born and raised in Waukegan, spent the first 45 years of my life in that town.

Am very familiar with most of the places your all talking about, as I spent 12 years. in the 60s and early 70s running beverage routes for Royal Crown Cola in Lake, Cook and McHenry counties, also routes at Great Lakes Navel Training Center.

In 74 I got burned out with the beverage business and got a job working for a LTL (general freight) trucking company in Park City, Than I got a real education in the Chicago area. My route was everything South of Roosevelt Road and East of the Dan Ryan Expressway all the way down to 80/94 in Gary. Some very interesting times in that area, especially at night.

1990 we moved out to Iowa, because the wife wanted to be closer to her family. I really didnt want to move, but you know some of us only do what the voices in the wifes head tell us to do. LOL LOL Still after 22 years out here, I would move back in a heart beat, now that I am retired, it would be a lot more interesting with a lot more to do.

We do try to go back a couple of times a year to visit with friends and relatives. Especially at times when my White Sox are playing at home. I like a lot of the guys that lived around Waukegan cant come for a visit without going to the Quanset for a pizza.

Well now I have done it, made myself hungry for a great pizza, not the garbage you get out here. Guess I will go start packing for my May trip over there. Maybe if the wife sees that I am all packed and ready, she will let me go early. Like she would really let me go alone.

[High octane]

I've worked in Waukegan before and also at the Navy Base. I usually get to Waukegan a couple times a year and my wife sometimes has to work there also. I've passed the Quonset many times but never have stopped in there. I also have work done on my vehilces at Strang Automotive.

[mikemodeler]

Jeff & Nick- stop talking about Quonset pizza, you are making me homesick!

Jeff- I was born and raised in Waukegan, moved out in '98 when it started going downhill. I get back there once a year and it is sad to see the town in such decay, I had a lot of great times growing up there!

Nick- Dick Strang is probably one of the top shops in the area and you found it!

Jeff, you can order Quonset pizza and have it shipped to your door, a lot cheaper than driving all that way!

Thanks

Mike

[High octane]

I've been doing business with Dick Strang Automotive on and off since the mid 80's and they DO know there stuff.

[Beavis]

does the "secret" place on belmont have alot of older kits?