Premier Hobby Show in SoCal

Sunday, July 14, 2019 - The Premier Hobby Show in the SoCal area will take place at the Community Center in the City of Garden Grove. Doors open to the general public at 9AM. Show concludes at 3PM. Look at flyer for additional details about show.

Stay cool and attend the Kit Collectors Show. There will be over a hundred vendors selling (and a few buying) from around the West Coast area.

hobbyvendor will be there helping Herb Deeks Models.

Train Shows in Southern California Area

Below is a current listing of Model Train Shows in the Southern California area.  If there are other train shows that are not listed, please email me and let me know event and location.

Train Shows in the SoCal Area

January 26-27, 2019 (Sat. & Sun.) - Great Train Show - Ventura
Show Hours: 10AM to 4PM
Location: Ventura County Fairgrounds (Seaside Park) 10 W. Harbor Bvld., Ventura, CA.

March 9, 2019 (Saturday) - 2019 Spring Railroadiana SWAP Meet
Show Hours: 9AM to 2PM
Location: Southern California Railway Museum (formally Orange Empire Railway Museum)
Contact: 951-943-3020
Link: Spring Railroadiana SWAP Meet
NOTE: Annual Event

June 15-16, 2019 (Sat. & Sun.) - Cajon Division-CIM3 Summer Meet
Show Hours: Look at this link - CIM3 Summer Event Schdule
Location: Outdoors Education Park in Irvine Park
Contact: Gary Butts Director@cajondivision.org
Link: Cajon Division-CIM3 Summer Meet flyer

July 7-13, 2019 (Sun. thru Sat.) - NMRA National Convention, Salt Lake City, UT

For More Information on this Event: NMRA 2019 Salt Lake City - Utah

July 27, 2019 (Saturday) - Old Santa Fe Train Station SWAP Meet
Show Hours: 8AM to 11:30AM
Location: Santa Fe Train Station 1170 W. 3rd Street, San Bernardino, CA.
Contacts: Larry Kucharski larry@dslextreme.com or Gary Wintergerst gwintergg@gmail.com
NOTE: Previous show date, February 23, 2019 - Same location and show hours

August 10-11, 2019 (Sat. & Sun.) - Great Train Show-Pomona

Show Hours: 10AM to 4PM

Location: LA County Fairplex, Building 7, 1101 W. McKinley Ave. Pomona, CA.

Link: Great Train Show - Pomona, CA

August 24, 2019 - Santa Susana Depot SWAP Meet

Location: 6503 Katherine Road, Simi Valley, CA. Map: Santa Susana Depot Location

NOTE: For Additional Information About SWAP Meet - SSRHS SWAP Meet

October 19, 2019 (Saturday) - Southern California Airline, Railroad and Transportation Show and Sale

Location: -New Location- Expo Arts Center 4321 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA. 

Link: SoCal Airline, RR and Trans Show and Sale  flyer

October 19, 2019 (Saturday) - Old Santa Fe Train Station SWAP Meet
Show Hours: 8AM to 11:30AM
Location: Santa Fe Train Station 1170 W. 3rd Street, San Bernardino, CA.

Kit, Model and Aviation Collectible Show and SWAP Meet - Gillespie Field

Saturday, June 1, 2019: Kit, Model and Aviation Collectible Show and SWAP Meet

Kit, Model and Aviation Collectible Show and SWAP Meet hobby show is presented by the San Diego Air & Space Museum, and Produced/Organized by Tony Beres.  The show takes place at the San Diego Air & Space Museum Annex at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, CA.

This show incorporates two model contest, military and model cars. Contests are hosted by: IPMS San Diego and San Diego Model Car Club. For more information and updates:  www.ipmssd.org

The large hanger space is reserved for the vending area where several vendors will be set up for selling scale model kits, accessories, and collectibles.

Museum staff will be selling food and drinks outside of the hanger area. There will also be a raffle with many model kits and other items.

Show Hours:

Vendor's Retail Area - 8AM to 1PM

Contest - 8AM to 4PM, Refer to flyer (back side - p.2) for specific hours concerning contest registration and awards presentation.

Brewer Brothers - Old World Village Hobby Show

Sunday, May 19, 2019: Brewer Brothers Model Kit, Hobby & Toy Expo

If you are in the Southern California area, the Brewer Brothers hobby show is this Sunday at Old World Village in Huntington Beach. The hobby show takes place in the German Beer Hall. hobbyvendor will be attending the show, and will have kits, decals and some detail parts for cars and aircraft models.

The Brewer Brothers show opens at 9AM and ends at 3PM. Flyer shows address or search on the Internet for additional information. The show is presented by: Chris Brewer

Website:  www.brewer-brothers.com

RIP - George L. Creed

George L. Creed - Valley Con, Pasadena Modelers Society

I found out today that George Creed, founder of Valley Con had passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.  George was well known in the scale modeling community around the SoCal area, and beyond. He was probably best known as organizer/producer of Valley Con and The Pasadena Modelers Society. Rest in Peace George, you will always be remembered by all who attended your hobby shows and events.

SoCal Open Model Car Show

SoCal Open Model Car Show - Sunday, April 5, 2019  Show Hrs: 8AM - 3PM

If you like Scale Model Cars, go and check out Art Laski's SoCal Open Model Car Show today. It just started about an hour ago. Click flyer image to find out more information about show. Since there are only 1-2 model car shows in the SoCal area now, this show will be well attended, don't miss out.

Kit Collectors Show - Sunday, March 10, 2019

Kit Collectors Show just opened its doors to the general public. There will be many vendors there selling a lot of kits, some Rare, some Hard-to-Find, some True-Collectibles, a lot of Common & Current kits, and there is even a vendor that dumps junk kits that are hardly worth looking at let alone buying the POS kits.

hobbyvendor will not be attending this show nor the one in July (July 14, 2019). We will be returning in November 2019.

Above photos are from the November 2018 show. The November show was not quite as busy as past shows, November show is usually well attended, but not as busy as the March show. These pictures were taken before the doors opened to the general public, and does not reflect the true attendance level.

Kit Collectors Show takes place three times a year: March, July and November. It is the most senior of all hobbykit shows in the SoCal area. Its history begins in the 1980s when Bob Keller organized and ran the show for almost two decades. Edie Keller continued running the show after Bob had passed away.

In 2017, Kit Collectors Show was passed on to a new organizer who moved the show to its current location in Garden Grove, CA. The show remains as it was (for the most part) when the Kellers ran the show.

The Kit Collectors Show is still the largest hobby show that specializes in Scale Plastic Hobbykits on the west coast. Those who reside in the SoCal area have been very fortunate to have such a show at our disposal for many decades now. It is still a great bargain to attend the show, only costing $5.00 to enter the venue hall. This small fee allows access to the largest number of vendors selling a wide variety of model kits and related accessories from around the world.

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