Anchorage House of Hobbies LLC is Alaska's oldest, largest and best family owned hobby supplier since 1964. We have a 6300sf two story super store and are dedicated to helping serve all your hobby needs in a friendly courteous manner. We have a computerized inventory of over 50,000 lines of items carrying all the best of the best brands.
On our first floor we specialize in all types of R/C, we have radio controlled models in: Kits, (BNF) Bind and Fly and Ready to Run (RTR) as well as scratch building supplies and parts for: Airplanes: both powered,& glider; Boats: scale, racing & sail; Cars in: Street, Race, Drag, On-road, & Rally; Heavy Equipment in: tractors, cranes, forklifts; Helicopters: scale, 3D, beginner coaxial as well as single rotor; Quads & Hexes for fun and taking videos & FPV; Submarines, Tanks, & Trucks: monster, short course, crawlers & Semi's. The above types are available in Gas, Nitro or electric powered. We carry parts and supplies for most of the above types of models and can special order most others if needed.
We also do repairs and service on the many types of R/C models that we sell. We have radio control experts standing by to serve all your R/C needs.
On display are many magnificent custom and rare models hanging and in or on cases for your viewing pleasure.
Upstairs we have all the General hobbies not related to R/C. Come see our operating 4 scale Alaska Railroad train layout. You and up to 5 others at a time can also try out our Scalextric digital 1/32 slot car track, set up for you to try for your racing pleasure. We sell Slot car sets cars track and parts in HO and 1/32nd scale by: Aurora, AFX, Scalextrics, SCX, Tyco, Tomy and more. We sell many Plastic, Wood and Die-cast model kits as well as prebuilt collectables. We stock Scale Wood Ship Model kits in sailing and powered types as well as the tools and supplies for building them. We are your headquarters for Model Rockets by: Aerotech, Estes, Quest, Skyward and more, in sizes from mini T to large G size engines.
We have a huge Pine Wood Derby supply by Pine Car, Pine Pro & Revell.
We stock the largest selection of glues, paints and model building supplies in the state.
Miniature power tools by: Dremel, Foredom, Excel, K&S, General Tools, Grobet, Inland, Maxxon, Taig, Unimat, Ungar, Weller, Xacto, Zona and more.
We are your Airbrush headquarters, selling quality spray equipment and compressors for beginners or experts by Badger, Iwata, Grex, Paasche, and Binks. Along with Art tool and Medea custom masks and frisket film.
There's Wood carving supplies both powered and hand types by Warren, Excel, Mascot, Xacto and more.
We are Alaska's biggest Ivory carving tool supplier with bits, polish and power tools by Foredom, Dremel, Grobet & more. Many local Native Ivory carvers shop here for their supplies.
We have Model Trains from Z to G guage by Lionel, Bowser, Bachmann, Atlas, Athern, Intermountain, Micro Trains, Marklin, MTH, Kline, Aristo, USA, Walthers, Life Like, Model Power, KaDee, Woodland Scenics and more. As well as track, parts, locos, cars, buildings and scenery building supplies to build your own miniature world or diarama. On display for your viewing pleasure & some for purchase, are many Antique trains & accessories by Lionel, American Flyer, Ives, and Marx. We also repair model trains and slot cars and can get parts for many out of production items still.
We are Alaska's Science and Telescope source. With telescopes from Celestron, Orion, & Tasco & accessories like eyepieces, filters, & photo accessories, along with the know how to help you use them.
We are your Science fair project supplier, with Microscopes and accessories, as well as Science learning kits for chemistry, biology, physics, electronics, magnetism and lab ware for most of you mad scientist's out there.
We have Magnifiers of all sorts in jewelers eye lopes, handheld, bench mount and head band styles.
For you rock hounds and miners we have Thumblers Rock Tumblers, Rock specimens, tumbled rocks and Metal detectors and Gold Pans by Garrett.
We also stock puzzles in flat and 3D, as well as Games in board and role playing.
We have Kites & Para-foils and supplies in single & stunt types by Gayla, New Tech, Premier, Brain Storm, Revolution & Sky Dog,
We have the largest supply of Live Steam engines in kits and ready to light, for Stationary, Locomotive, and Tractor, by Wilesco, Mamod & Midwest.
We stock: Plastic models in all types by: Academy, Airfix, AFV, Aoshima, AMT, Arii, Bandi, Bronco, Czech Model, Dragon, Eduard, Encore, Gundams, Hasegawa, Heller, Hobby Boss, Hobbycraft, ICM, Italeri, Kenetic, Lindberg, MPC, Meng, Minicraft, Mobeius, MPM, MRC, Monogram, Panda, Pegasus, Polar Lights, Revell, Roden, Tamiya, Testers, Trumpeter, Zvezda.