R/C Hobby Shops in Ilinois
Note: Chicago went through some area code changes; most codes in
the city but outside the Loop are now 773 rather than 312, and the
more remote suburbs are 847. Sorry but I haven't verified the stores'
numbers recently.
Here are some addresses taken from R/C Modeler, phone books, etc. If you
have any additions, corrections or comments, please send mail to
behr@math.niu.edu.
Rockford area
- Brass Whistle, Inc., 630 Hollister Ave., Rockford
- Hobbicraft, Belvidere (815) 544 2609 [east of Rockford]
- Hobbyland, 8750 N. 2nd St. 2B, Machesney Park [shopping center
north of Rockford; decent inventory, many engines]
- Rockford Hobbies, 619 S. Rockford Ave., Rockford
- Royal Hobby Shop, 3920 E. State St., Rockford
Chicago
(note: some of the area codes may be wrong)
- All Models Ltd., 5645 N. Lincoln Ave., (773) 728 3333
- Chicagoland Hobby, 6017 N. Northwest Hwy., (773) 775 4848
- Emperor's Headquarters, 5744 W. Irving Park Rd., (773) 777 7307
- Pilot Model Shop, 5450 W. Belmont Ave., (773) 736 0451
- Ram Train and Hobby Shop, 6603 W. Higgins Ave., (773) 775 3382
- S F & C Trains & Hobbies, 2329 W. Belmont Ave., (773) 472 1710
- Stanton Hobby Shop, 4718 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60630-3614,
(773) 283 6446, e-mail sales@stantonhobby.com [gone 9/2004]
- Trost Modelcraft, 3129 W 47th St., Chicago, (773) 927 1400
Chicago suburbs
- Al's Hobby Shop, 121-123 Addison St., Elmhurst, (630) 832 4908
[very good, large inventory, good prices; 9:30 - 5:30 - closed
Sundays and Tuesdays?]
- Des Plaines Hobbies, 1468 Lee, Des Plaines, (630) 297 2118
- Plaza Pet Hobby, 18415 S. Halsted St., Glenwood, IL 60425-1009,
(708) 755-1380 [used to be Don's Hobby World]
- Downers Grove Hobbies, 6234 S. Main St., Downers Grove, (630) 960
5900 [mostly railroad, but the R/C section isn't bad] [reported out of
business 8/2005]
- Felker Hobbies, 1230 Davis Rd. Woodstock IL, (815) 338-1007
- Grayslake Hobby World,
140 Center St., Grayslake IL, (847) 543-4756
- Hobbytown USA, 15870 S. LaGrange Road, Orland Park, IL 60462,
(708) 349-TOYS (8697),
www.orlandparkil.hobbytown.com,
htusaopil@sbcglobal.net
- Lagrange Hobby Center, 25 S. Lagrange Rd., Lagrange
- Lake County R/C Hobbies, 37632 N. Sheridan Rd., Waukegan
- Mainline Hobbies, Inc., 535 South Main Street, Princeton, IL 61356,
815-TRAINSS (815-872-4677), www.mainlinehobbiesinc.com [opened
Oct. 2004]
- Orland Hobbies, 16952 Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, (630) 429 9911
[closed 1999?]
- Palatine Hobby, Ltd., 772 W. Euclid Ave., Palatine [gone - 9/2004]
- Pat's Hobbies and Crafts, 5730 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn, (708) 424 6131, info@patshobbies.com
[south of Midway airport]
- Schuham Ace Hardware (?), 485 W. Roosevelt Rd., Glen Ellyn [gone -
4/2003]
- Scottsdale Hobby Center, 4806 W. 83rd St., Burbank, IL, (708) 952 9550
- Stricker Bro.'s Hobby Shop, 898 N. Lake St., Aurora
- The Hobby Works, 160 W. Wilson St., Batavia [closed Tuesdays;
mid-size, not bad] [I'm told it's no longer there - 2/2003]
- The X Shop, 511 Ridgeland
Ave. Suite B, Waukegan, IL 60085, 847-775-7277, thexshop@hotmail.com
- Tom Thumb Family Hobbies, 1026 Davis, Evanston, (847) 869 9575
- Venture Hobbies, 23
Huntington Lane, Wheeling, (847) 537 8669
- Walker's Hobby Shop, 202 E. Main St., St. Charles [gone -
2/2003]
Other
- B & J Hobbies, 311 Boyce Memorial Dr., Ottawa [east of
Oglesby; small, family-run store; there is an RC field nearby in
Mathiessen State Park, East side]
- Boney's Farm Store, 2201 S.E. 3rd St. (Hwy 17 East), Aledo [south
of Quad Cities]
- Central RC Hobbies, 817 E War Memoria Dr, Peoria, IL 61616, 309-686-8004
- Depot Hobby Shop, 180 S. Seminary St., Galesburg [south of Quad
Cities]
- Die Hard Supply, 503 N. Main, Kewanee [south-east of Quad Cities]
- G & D Hobbies, 1950 W. Church, Sandwich [probably gone - 2/2003]
- Fun 4 All, 1227 W. Glen, Ste B Peoria, IL 61614, 309-379-4602
- Hammer's Hobbies, 1959 E. Pershing Rd., Decatur
- Hobbyland, 616 N. Main St., Bloomington
- Jim's Hobbies Ltd. Inc, 814B Front St., Mchenry, Illinois 60050,
815-363-0333, jimshobbies@prodigy.net
- Johnson's Hobby & Sport Shop, 9 N. Main St., Sandwich
- Just Plane Hobbies, 13 E. Main St., Chicago Heights [south side]
- Leisure Hours Hobbies, 2712 Plainfield Rd. (Rte. 30 at I-55), Joliet
- Leisure Time Pet & Hobby, 807 N. Mattis, Champaign
- Marty's R/C Hobby, 1335 E. Broadway, Bradley [north of Kankakee;
closed - 2/2003]
- Quincy Hobby Center, 3632 Maine (?), Quincy,
qhobby@rnet.com
- R&D Hobbies, 4217 Franklin St. (Rte. 421), Michigan City, IN
- Railsend Hobbies, 669 S. Main, Creve Coeur [near Peoria; closed
2005]
- Slot & Wing Hobbies, 1615 W. Springfield Ave., Champaign
- Tony's Hobby & Key, 830 15th Ave., East Moline
- Walt's Model & Hobby, 1701 N. Larkin Ave., Crest Hill [near Joliet]
- West Side Hobby, 2629 W. Main St., Belleville [near E. St. Louis]
- Will-O-The-Wind, 603 Harris Ave. (Rte. 127), Greenville [north-east
of St. Louis]
- Woodstock Hobbies, Ltd., 124 Cass Street, Unit 1,
On Woodstock Square, Woodstock, IL 60098, (815) 337-8770,
(815) 337-8782 (Fax); woodstkhobbies@sbcglobal.net,
www.woodstockhobbies.com