It's war at model and hobby expo in Huntington Beach

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Tim Cano, sitting in a World War II jeep representing the Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team composed of Americans of Japanese descent, chats with Russell Nakaishi while Chad Mullen wears a German uniform at Sunday’s Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo at Old World in Huntington Beach. (Spencer Grant)

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Luke DeSousa, 8, explores a display of military action figures with his father, Ben, at the Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo on Sunday at Old World in Huntington Beach. (Spencer Grant)

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Chanh Tran eyes a huge display of model airplane kits at the Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo at Old World in Huntington Beach on Sunday. (Spencer Grant)

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Alex Haughton and Aaron Dolan show their 1/6-scale tabletop tableau of British forces in World War II North Africa at Sunday’s Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo in Huntington Beach. (Spencer Grant)

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Troops patrol the Mekong River in Vietnam in a patrol boat and personnel carrier in a 1/6-scale representation at the Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo in Huntington Beach. (Spencer Grant)

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Models of a B-29 bomber and P-51D fighter are displayed on a vendor’s table at Sunday’s Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo at Old World in Huntington Beach. (Spencer Grant)

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Reicher and Sarah Yapelli look over a 1/6-scale model of a Vietnam War-era M113 armored personnel carrier at the Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo on Sunday at Old World in Huntington Beach. (Spencer Grant)

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Carlos Santos puts the finishing touches on his 1/6-scale model of a Vietnam War-era M113 armored personnel carrier at Sunday’s Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo. (Spencer Grant)

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Army veteran Vince Jackson lifts a big order of model airplane kits from Bob Morrill at Sunday’s Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo at Old World in Huntington Beach. (Spencer Grant)

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Phillip Cole shows up at Sunday’s Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo in his 1950s Studebaker Commander. (Spencer Grant)

By Daily Pilot staff

Jan. 20, 2020 11:36 AM PT

Military history buffs and model enthusiasts of all stripes were drawn to Old World in Huntington Beach on Sunday for the Brewer Bros. Model Kit & Hobby Expo.

The six-hour festival featured military vehicles and historical model displays, a veterans symposium, re-enactments, remote-control vehicle demonstrations, historical miniature war gaming and more.

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It’s war at model and hobby expo in Huntington Beach

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