Kit Show

Hello again Friends and Fellow Hobby Enthusiasts,

We are kicking off the New 2014 Year with our return to Old World Village for our 18th Show. The Show is only little more than 2 weeks away so don't forget to mark your Calendars for the last Sunday, January 26th 2014. This weekend is Strategic because it the weekend that falls just after the last NFL Football Playoff game and just one week before the SuperBowl weekend. We have some great Vendors lined up as usual with quite a few of them blowing out their collections Cheap! The Line-Up includes: Multiple Model Kit Vendors ( Cars, Ships ,Planes, Helicopters, Tanks, and Armored Vehicles), 1/6 scale Figure and Armor Vendors, Toy Soldier Vendors, Miniature Gaming Vendors, Military Book and Decal Vendors, Documentary and Movie DVD Vendors, Die-cast Toy Vendors and so on. Also present will be the 3rd Armored "Spearhead Div" 1/6 Remote Control Vehicle Enthusiasts Club running their amazing machines...as well as several Re-Enactors and Military Vehicles coming out. We will be having our traditional Model Make and Take for first-time Builders to educate and instruct our future Model builders of America. If you have stuff you would like to sell please contact ASAP as table space is going fast. Our Tables are 8ft as usual, and on $55. Feel free to download the Vendor form on the Website at brewer-brothers.com don't forget the dash. I look forward to having a Great Show and Kick-Off before the Big Kick-Off. Hope to see you all there! Please find the Show Flyer attached.

History Hero's & Hobbies!
Chris Brewer and the Brewer Brother's Staff

Haul from the Show

At the Westcoaster show I managed to pick up some dogs and white ring hand figures.  The dogs were like new and the ring hand guys were very dingy.

Soldiers always have dogs around, so I like to have a few as mascots, pets and guard dogs.

This is a recast Marx undersea vehicle.

It's sort of an undersea bulldozer with grappling claws.  Works in space too.

While I have lots of green ring hand figures I needed some colored ones.

I use the colors for civilian employees, and special jobs.  The gold ones are space men; US Army Astro Rangers.

I was lucky enough to get a missile launching pad and a raft.  I love these rafts, I don't know why, I would buy 50 of them if I could.

Kit Show

The Brewer Brothers' Model Kit Expo is Sunday, April 17, 2011. It is open to the public from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00. Location is Old World Village German Hall & Restaurant 7561 Center Ave. #49 Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (714) 895-8020 Contact Chris Brewer at (562) 569-2509 modelkitexpo@hotmail.com They have over 80 tables of items for sale. I will be there sometime after noon. Hope to see you there!

Brewer Bros Model Kit Expo!

Today was the Brewer Brothers Model Kit Expo at Old World Village in Huntington Beach, CA. They expected up to eighty tables and while there were a few empty ones, the turnout was pretty good. Each seller gets one or more tables and then offers new, used and often vintage model kits, accessories and other hobby items. Larry and Dimitry chat at Dimitry's table loaded with hundreds of 1/72nd scale military models.

This expo was much more diverse than most I have visited. They had military models, loads of car models, model railroad accessories; some vendors stacked models eight feet high!

My daughter Sarah had a great time with the slot car race cars. Back in the 1960's slot cars were very popular and they are making a come back. This figure 8 track was a huge hit with the kids. Slot cars have become very high tech and even use computers to keep track of laps and times.

Wiatt The Odd with a portion of his collection of vintage model kits. He has been cleaning out the garage and managed to provide many bargains to expo goers. I got four of his old B-17 kits in 1/72nd scale; they may end up as German versions. A great value, thanks Mr. Odd!

A nice selection of videos and DVDs were also on sale at the Expo. Prices were good and sales seemed to be pretty good. I got there at noon, and stayed for three hours. Afterwards several of us went out for lunch to discuss our finds. This is a good venue, parking is free and it is adjacent to a full bar and restaurant, with waitress service in the Expo.

The next Brewer Brothers Model Kit Expo is Sunday, August 16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The admission is only $5.00 and kids under 12 are free.

modelkitexpo@hotmail.com is the contact for Chris Brewer the Event Coordinator. Tables are not expensive and a good place to sell any hobby items.

Kit Collector Show

I know many of you are thinking that you will be in Southern California on May 17, 2009 and sure there is Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, Hollywood, the Queen Mary, surfing and all that but what can I do that's hobby related? Good news, there is a kit collector show that Sunday!

The Brewer Brothers have put together a kit collectors show on Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 9:00 am. to 3:00 p.m. It will be at the Old World Village, German Hall & Restaurant, 7561 Center Ave., #49, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, (714) 895-8020. Admission is $5, but if you are under 12 years old, it's free!

For more information call Chris Brewer, (562) 569-2509, or (562) 343-2805 or modelkitexpo@hotmail.com

The site is freeway close to most of Southern California, and is across the street from Bella Terra shopping center. Old World Village is a great destination on it's own with lots of old world style shops and even a hotel and church!

I go to a kit show at least once every couple years to pick up old models that are out of production that I am still looking to add to the collection. There is nothing worse than needing that last airplane for the squadron and having it go out of production. Sometimes you pay a premium, and other times you get real bargains. This is the first show for the Brewers and should be a good one. Chris is a good guy and a great hobbyist and so set aside a few hours to stop by and tell him the Bunkermeister sent you!