2025-Apr-16 Wed

When getting coffee at lunch today, while running an errand to the post office, I noticed there is a new1 Hobby Shop downtown - Sheldon’s Hobbies! In 2025! With RC2 Nitro3 airplanes hanging from the ceiling for sale on consignment :) It offers kits and supplies for builders, ARFs4, lots of RC car items, and scale plastic models. Even includes an indoor car drifting track. I was impressed - it reminded me of Venture Hobbies in Wheeling, IL :)

Arfs and Cars
(Arfs and Cars)
Nitro Planes Parts and Fuel
(Nitro Planes Parts and Fuel)
Indoor Drift Track
(Indoor Drift Track)
Scale Models
(Scale Models)

  1. “new” - they moved from Milpitas, CA. ↩︎

  2. RC - radio controlled. ↩︎

  3. Nitro - a type of fuel composed of alcohol (75%), nitro-methane (10%) and oil (15%) used in two-stroke combustion engines for model aircraft and cars. ↩︎

  4. ARF - All-Ready-to-Fly models, require only final assembly instead of building/gluing from discrete parts. ↩︎

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