History
Bob King started King's Hobby Shop in Austin in 1973. Mike Krazan was his first customer, and is still a customer today! Purchased in 2009 by Marc Hobbs, a long-time customer and local CPA, King's continues to serve as a community resource and the hub of Austin's traditional hobby community. King's supports the Austin Scale Modeler's Society, Austin Armor Builders Society, Lonestar Military Miniature Society, Lonestar Military Vehicle Preservation Association, Austin Model Cars, Austin Slot Car Club, Texas Military Forces Museum, Capitol Area Council Boy Scouts of America, the local School Districts, and the hobby community as a whole.
Specialties
King's Hobby is the best locally owned hobby store in Austin! Founded in 1973 to support modeling and promote modeling communities, we are your destination for model railroading, rocketry, slot car and plastic modeling. We provide modelers with a wide array of model subjects and scales, including aircraft, cars, armor, ships, and figures, as well as science fiction models from some of the leading manufacturers in the business. We don't only cater to the plastic modeling crowd, however. Our store also carries HO and N scale trains and accessories from the leading companies and an array of die-cast model cars, planes, and other vehicles of varying scales. Our mission at King's Hobby is to promote and support hobbyists. The staff's cumulative expertise spans over 60 years of product knowledge and project know how. Our goal is to give our customers what they need to succeed in their hobby. We want our customers to enjoy their hobbies as much as we enjoy supporting them.