Hey bud, yes I know about King's Hobby. Sadly, its across town from where I live. I've driven by several times but always at hours when it was closed. I heard that was one of the last hold out true hobby shops in Austin. There are plenty of Hobby Town's and Hobby Lobby's here in Austin but nothing that really offer pro-level stuff. So we have to suffer in silence and go on eBay or Amazon, or online for everything.
Austin has gotten ridiculous, our traffic is now worse that New York's if you can believe that. Its gotten way too expensive to live here even with a decent wage.
Good to hear from ya, Have a good one!