For those of you living in Northern California, I just heard about this show in Vallejo about model engines:

http://wemeshow.com/

The Bay Area Engine Modelers club, BAEM, is hosting the 3nd Western Engine And Model Exhibition, WEME, sponsored by Model Engine Builder Magazine. This exhibition will take place at the Vallejo Veteran’s Building at 420 Admiral Callaghan Lane, Vallejo California, on Saturday July 18, 2009 from 9 AM to 5 PM, and Sunday July 19 from 9AM to 3PM. BAEM expect to have exhibited all types of model engineering, including model steam engines, model locomotives, model internal combustion engines, stirling engines, tanks, tether cars and model aircraft engines.