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Not lately, but I recall some stores from years ago. Gettysburg PA Steinwhier Ave had a Gilberts for many years, it is a gift shop now. I think his Nephew runs his own hobbyshop near the square now. Hobby City of Baltimore. A very small store that apparently got buried by his own mortage to Equitable Bank. The sales probably did not match the bills. The last I saw of it was in the late 80's news article ranting about the large interest on a mortage of that store. A few times I thought the internet will finish stores like MB Klein that have been around forever. Lo and behold, the internet is simply another revenue stream for them as they take advantage of it. The hobby store will probably endure for a long time yet. We will always need Kaydees, metal wheels, engines, paint, detail magazines etc. etc. But the day walmart gets into the HO scale business will see me totally getting my supplies from the internet. At this time last year I ranted about a deep distrust of the net for buying and selling. Have had no problems what so ever getting what I needed that the hobby shop did not have from the net. Awesome.
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