I saw my first G-line model airplane in 1944. I'm cleaning up the shop and finding unopened boxes.! Steve It's convenient, but it's just not the same. Most everything comes by USPS or UPS now, after buying online. They only carry SIG fuel, which is ok, but not my usual stuff.
Best hobby shop I get to now is Eugene Toy & Hobby, but I only get there in May, for the NW CL Regionals. Been to Tammie's in Beaverton, OR, twice. Been to Tim's Hobbies in Everett once, but they didn't have anything I wanted (decent fuel being #1 priority). On occasion, I'll stop into R/C Hobbies in Covington, but it's mostly an R/C car shop.
I sometimes go to Hobby Town in Parkland (they are not part of the chain, and got sued for the use of the name, but they had it first). We used to have some good hobby shops here in the Seattle area, but they're all gone now. They had a Borgward, and drove it up the AL-Can to Alaska! They made a few kits.a 1/2a Delta R/C, 'The Ghost' A-1, and Tosh Matsuda's 'Zero' 1/2a gas free flight.they had good taste! I used to know the name of the owner (Rudy ?), but no more. Oh, there was a real hobby shop in Chattanooga, Clover Dale Hobby in Montgomery, and Hobby Craft (?) somewhere in Los Angeles.
When I was a kid, mostly just the PX, wherever.
