Good Hobby shop in San Diego?

[Oldmopars]

I will be in the San Diego area this next week. I don't have a good hobby shop for getting stuff close to me, so I thought I would take a look while I am there. Any suggestions. Looking mostly for truck stuff, and scratch building Evergreen. 

[Pete J.]

Hate to say this but there are no standout hobby shops.  It seems that the major shop, Discount Hobby warehouse is closing its main store. 

The only one I am familar with in SoCal is Pegasus in Montclair.  https://pegasushobbies.net/catalog/index.html?osCsid=12h1l3qudptvmp28m0b5jdl850  Worth the trip, but on a good day it is still over an hour and a half or more from San Diego. 

There is also Brookhurst Hobbies https://brookhursthobbies.com/, in beautiful Garden Grove,  but it is also an hour and a half minimum and you get the joy of experiencing the 405.  No worse traffic in California.  

  If you have only one to go to, Pegasus is my choice. Sorry I don't have any better answers for you. Perhaps someone else will be better able to help you out. 

[Dave Ambrose]

Discount Hobbies on Clairemont is the best in the area. I understand that the owner wants to redevelop that property, but that's a few years off. They have at least couple of years on their lease, and the owner is required to give them a year's notice before cancelling it. They have an extensive selection of paints and finishing supplies. They also carry a good selection of Evergreen styrene.

There's also have a location in Escondido. They're reasonably well stocked, but they don't have quite the selection of paint the Clairemont store has. 

To the east is HobbyTown in Santee. They don't have a deep selection of kits, but the kits they have are good. They do have a good stock of paints and finishing supplies. I don't recall seeing any Evergreen plastic there, but I wasn't looking for it either.