Kit, Model and Collectable Show & Swap Meet

For those of you that are not familiar with this event, it is sponsored by the San Diego Air & Space Museum and is held at their annex at Gillespie Field in El Cajon. The show has been a main attraction within the plastic model kit vendor circuit in the Southern California area for many years now. Buying and selling model kits is only a portion of what really goes on at this event, there are two separate model contests hosted by IPMS San Diego and the San Diego Model Car Club. IPMS SD is the host for the military model builders and the SD Model Car Club is host for the model car builders. This format of combining a vendor show with a model contest has been going on now since 2006, prior to that it was only a vendor show. The addition of a totally separate model car (vehicles) contest was added this year.  Tony Beres is the coordinator for this event and is a part-time consultant for the museum as well. Below is a photographic caption of the venue.


Event banner as you enter the front gate to the museum annex.

The museum's Atlas missile which stands by the front gate.

A small sampling of kits on display

A view behind hV's table and next to Herb Deeks Models

Other vendors in front of hV - it was a very busy day for all!

Mike Kellogg who is always well stocked with kits

This was 1 of only 2 pictures that I was able to get inside the SD IPMS contest room.
Really nice build-up on this F/A-18D Hornet in 1/48th scale

The museum's Hungarian MiG-21MF that was moved out into the weeds sometime in 2010.
Hope they are able to restore soon as the paint is really starting to fade.

Ryan X-13 on loan from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.