Plastic Winter 2013

It's the only time in the year I get up in the middle of the night   Leaving the girlfriend behind dreaming   To catch the 05:39 train from Prague to Bratislava   A four hour train ride   Plenty of time to wake up   Before arriving in Bratislava around 10 AM   Getting a taxi to take me to the Cultural Center of Ruzinov on the outskirts of Bratislava   Where I arrived 15 minutes later   Entrance was free - but you could make a donation (what I did !)   Again many people - and many models   Not having so much time I started quickly with taking pictures of the models in the contest Starting with the aircraft in the (very) small scales 1/144 scale Beriev Be-12 from A-Model   1/144 scale duo of X-15's from Dragon   1/144 scale Tupolev Tu-134A from Zvezda   1/72 scale Airbus A400M from Revell   My favorite model in the contest : 1/72 scale Arado Ar-232B from Mach 2 - the first time I see one completed   1/72 scale Sikorsky Ilya Muromets from ICM   1/72 F4U-1 Corsair from Tamiya with some marvelous weathering   1/72 scale Mitsubishi F1M2 "Pete" from Fujimi   1/72 scale Ilyushin Il-14 from Fox Model   1/72 scale Dornier Do-217K from Italeri, another model you rarely see in a contest   1/72 scale Focke-Wulf Fw-190 A4 from Tamiya in JG.54 markings   1/72 scale Grumman F9F-2 Panther from HobbyBoss - in unusual Argentinian Navy markings   1/72 scale Natter from Brengun   1/72 scale Dornier Do-24T from Italeri - in again unusual Swedish Air Force markings   1/72 scale Grumman F-14B Tomcat from Hasegawa   1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Mk.I from Academy   1/72 scale Messerschmitt Me-108B from Fly   1/48 scale Fairey Fulmar from Eduard   1/48 scale PV-1 Ventura from Revell   1/48 scale Messerschmitt Me-109E from Eduard   1/48 scale Avia S-99 from Revell   1/48 scale Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless from Italeri   1/48 scale Spitfire LF Mk.IXc from Eduard   1/48 scale Regianne Re-2000 from Smer   1/48 scale Heinkel He-162 A2 from Revell   Moving over to the military vehicles categories - and again starting with the smaller scales   1/72 scale VK45001 from Revell/Dragon   1/72 scale BT-D-38 from UM   1/72 scale Panzer III Ausf.L Spät from Dragon   1/72 scale SNAR-10 from Ace   1/72 scale Panzerfahre LandWasserSchlepper II from Dragon   1/72 scale T-55 C1 from Trumpeter Memories of the Balkan War, T-55 with KMT-5, Slovak Army   1/72 scale T-34/85 - Yugoslav War 1995   1/72 scale Hetzer - Prague May 1945   1/72 scale T-34 with 88mm flak 36   1/72 scale Panzerhaubitze 2000 from Revell   1/72 scale JS-2 from Zvezda - Berlin 1945   1/72 scale BRDM-2 from S-Model - Iraq 1992   1/72 scale CMP Chevrolet C15A from IBG   1/72 scale BRDM-2 from S-Model   1/48 scale "Captured Kingtiger" from Tamiya   1/48 scale Panther Ausf.G   1/48 scale Magirus A330 cargo from Hauler   1/48 scale Su-122 from Tamiya   1/48 scale SdKfz 232 from Tamiya   1/48 scale Panzer IV from Tamiya - 3 SS Panzer Division Totenkopf - Hungary 1945   1/48 scale Hetzer from Tamiya - in CSR markings, Prague 1945   1/72 scale Hummel from Revell   1/72 scale "Gleisbett" from MIG/Verlinden - Germany 1945   1/72 scale "Achtung Jabo" from Revell & Zvezda   1/72 scale "Ghost C-47" diorama   1/35 scale STZ-601(r) from Vulcan   1/35 scale Jagdpanzer 38 sIG 33/2 - Wiesbaden April 1945   1/35 scale "Little Monster" BT-42 - Finland - from Tamiya   1/35 scale 38.M Toldi I. from HobbyBoss   1/35 scale Su-122 from Tamiya   1/35 scale SdKfz 251 Ausf.D with APX R turret - France 1945   1/35 scale Su-152 - Carpatho-Dukla offensive - autumn 1944   1/35 scale Panzer III   1/35 scale T-90A from Zvezda   1/35 scale T-34/76 from AFV   1/35 scale T-62 mod. 1962 from Trumpeter   1/35 scale M113 Australian Mine Roller "Bukoo Boom Boom" - South Vietnam   1/35 scale MAZ-537L from Trumpeter Airbase Bagram, Afghanistan 1981   1/35 scale V3000S/SS M Maultier with Flak 38 from ICM   1/35 scale Bedford QLD from IBG   1/35 scale BTR-60-R-145MB from Panzershop   1/35 scale Chevrolet LRDG truck from Tamiya "Landing Zone" - North Africa 1942   1/35 scale StuH 42 Ausf.G from Dragon - Eastern Front 1945   1/35 scale "Počkáme na nepriateľa" (or we'll wait for the enemy)   1/35 scale Mack DM 800 from Ertl   My last available hour I spent checking out the many vendors HK Models importer showing tooling samples of the new 1/32 scale Meteor from HK Models   MPM had also some new tooling samples on show   And AZ Model topped it off with some build examples of their new Gustav series   No new tools on show for Sword, but they had irresistable prices   Then I had to leave - to catch the 14:20 train   For a 4 hour ride back to Prague   While I could have a first glance at my new stash additions   13 hours after I had left Prague I was back in Prague's main station   Despite spending 8 hours on the train (where I could catch up on some lost sleep) and only a few hours at the show - I liked it again very much Buying some brand new kits at very affordable prices helped of course A big thank you for your interest and support All comments, remarks, corrections, suggestions are welcome Thank you Visitor counter automatically reset from 596 to 0 on January 22nd 2016, after 30 days with no visits The downside of a free counter ...

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