Chicagoland

[Danno]

Any good, can't-miss-it hobby shops or hobbyist sites one should not miss whilest in C-land?   Better than twiddling thumbs on the North side of O'Hairy?

[Lownslow]

Americas best toys and trains

Forever timeless city

[Nytrozilla]

Hobby Shop, Schmobby Shop, bring me back a Deep Dish Monstrosity.

[slusher]

Remember the hobby shop on the way to school. i use to stop in once a week to look. Thinking back i guess it got aggravating to the guy.  

[chitownbri]

Not many hobby shops left anymore, but Berwyn's toys and trains is ok, Walts hobbies in Joliet is pretty good.

Theres also Lagrange hobbies in Lagrange and Leisure Hours hobbies also in Joliet.

[1930fordpickup]

Harry is not taking you on a Tour? LOL 

[Don Sikora II]

Ron's Mundelein Hobbies is more of a train shop, but I was in the area and stopped in last week. It had been a while but I was pleasantly surprised how many car kits he had in stock and he seemed to have a lot of supplies too. The Hobby Town USA off Waukegan Road in Northbrook is decent too.

 

[Joe Handley]

I work for the St. Charles HobbyTown, we have a good selection of paints, supplies, tools and kits, some of which are way better than retail priced.  We even have a bunch of 1/16 and 1/25 snap General Lee kits!

[BIGTRUCK]

Basically Danno theres is nothing here you cant get at home, The closest place to get or see older kits may be Model Empire near Milwaukee, and Im not sure about them its been a while since I been there.Pretty much any hobby store that was above average is gone. Unless you need a bottle of blue paint or yesterdays release of a kit you can buy any place, go to Portillos and have a nice lunch and read a model magazine [you'll know which one]. Have a pleasant trip to our fine city.