Panther's Cup 2014

March 15th 2014... My first Czech model show of the year   I combined it with some time off in Prague where my girlfriend lives   Leaving from Brussels on Thursday evening with Czech Airlines   Visiting Karlsteyn with my girlfriend on a beautiful Friday   And enjoying Prague in the evening   Before heading to the model show on Saturday morning - by a 15 min taxi ride   It was a rainy day... so it was not so hard to get permision   Entrance fee was 30 CZK   First stop was at HR Model A few months earlier I had bought the new Phönix C.1   Now I had finished it just in time   To show the pictures to Jan Hora - the man behind HR Model   Eduard had parts of their soon to be released 1/48 scale Gustav on show   Including sprues   Vendors were located in several class rooms   Things to make modeling life easier   MPM Production had their own class room   Kits on the right - update goodies on the left   So much temptation...   Do I see the new PZL P.11 there ... ?   Test shots of the new Fouga Magister   Time to head to the contest area   Where a few more vendors were located - the guys from Aires   AZ Model - with several build up examples of their kits   A lot of aircraft models - in all scales - in the junior category (< 18 years) Though I skipped taking individual pictures - otherwise it would be too much...   So moving on to the regular aircraft categories Starting with the smaller scales...   1/144 scale Eduard Spitfire Mk.IX - with a lot of open panels   1/144 scale X-15 A2   Scratch build 1/72 scale Curtiss Bleecker XR-51   A very sharp 1/72 scale Latécoére 28-3 from SBS Model from Hungary, their first full aircraft kit   1/72 scale scratch build Theodorescu   A rather attractive build of a terrible plane was this 1/72 scale Aero Bullet   Mentor and Turbomentor trainers duo in 1/72 scale   Colorful (15.000th built) P-40 Warhawk in 1/72 scale - from Hasegawa   A model you don't see so often - the Williams Bros 1/72 scale Boeing 247   Fabulous work on an 1/72 scale B-26   1/72 scale Tomahawk (HobbyBoss)   Sword 1/72 scale T-33 US Navy trainer   1/72 scale Israeli Mirage III CJ Izunuit - by AML   A very sharp 1/72 scale Canadian CF-5B Freedom Fighter - from Italeri   1/72 scale Hasegawa Schwalbe - with an exposed engine   Sack S.6 in 1/72 scale   Zlin Z42M - the 1/72 scale HobbyBoss kit   1/72 scale Kingfisher - from Pavla   Airfix 1/72 scale F-51D Mustang   Another magnificent Tamiya built - 1/72 scale F4U-1 Corsair   A captured Stuka - in 1/72 scale   1/72 scale Folgore - with a different wing I liked this   1/72 scale Tamiya P-47 Thunderbolt   1/48 scale model entries...   1/48 scale Finnish Fokker D.XXI - with a lot of added detail   Albatros D.III Oeffag 153.27 - from Eduard (1/48 scale)   Egyptian 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk.IXc   Messerschmitt Me-109G-6 Black 16, the Hasegawa kit in 1/48 scale   Tamiya P-51 Mustang in 1/48 scale   Close up of the lovely markings   Gloster Pioneer in 1/48 scale   Another pioneer... Lilienthal - in 1/48 scale (Aerobase)   1/48 scale Grumman F9F-2 Panther - from Trumpeter   Impressive piece of resin - an 1/48 scale Il-28 Beagle in military Czechoslovak markings   Close up of this magnificent build of the HPH kit   Swiss Air Force F-5E Tiger II in 1/48 scale - from AFV   Tamiya 1/48 scale F-16C   1/48 scale early MiG-21 F13 - in captured Israeli markings   Another MiG-21 (but an MF) in 1/48 scale - from Academy   1/48 scale Kiowa helicopter   Lovely F3H Demon in 1/48 scale from HobbyBoss   Big scale aircraft in 1/32 scale With 8 participants, what is still an impressive number for this scale   Big and beautiful 1/32 scale B-25 Mitchell   Offering a lot of lovely detail for viewing pleasure   Splendid Corsair in 1/32 scale   1/32 scale Messerschmitt Bf-110 C4 - from Dragon   Aircraft and dioramas Not easy to do an air to air action diorama - but it can be done... B-24 Liberator under attack of an Me-109 - in 1/72 scale   Tamiya P-47 in 1/72 scale   Lippisch P.13A - in 1/48 scale - from Revell   "Problem" Another original 1/72 scale diorama   Close up of the people in the small boat   Based on a picture   Underwater.... note the shark...   "Gut Schuss, aber wo ist der Flieger ! Rusland 1917"   Or... Nice shot, but where is the pilot ! Russia 1917   Fantastic work

Moving over to the military categories - starting with the small scale (1/72)   1/72 scale Swedish S-Tank from Trumpeter - note the fitting sign   M4 Sherman in 1/72 scale from Dragon   BTR-80 APC from Trumpeter again - and also in 1/72 scale   Tiger I ausf.E in 1/72 scale   Magnificent work on this 1/72 scale SNAR-10 from Ace Warrior MCV from Revell (1/72 scale)   1/72 IS-2 from Zvezda   T-34/122 - an 1/72 scale conversion from Black Dog   Another 1/72 scale Black Dog conversion - was this experimental IDF M113   Russian T-90K - from Revell (1/72 scale)   1/72 scale Churchill Mk.IV - from Dragon   Beautiful Panter D in 1/72 scale from Zvezda   Soviet M4A2 Sherman - in Soviet markings (1/72 scale)   1/72 scale StuG III ausf.F from Trumpeter   1/72 scale resin Praga V3S AD080 - from JMPK   Another "Vejtřaska" as it is locally known... nice My favorite model in the contest   1/48 scale Marder III M - from Tamiya   1/35 scale BRDM-2 from Trumpeter   1/35 scale Steyr 1500 - also from Tamiya   UAZ-469 from Trumpeter (1/35 scale)   1/35 scale T-62 from Trumpeter   1/35 scale T-90A   1/35 scale PzKpfw IV ausf.D - from Tamiya   JSU-152 in 1/35 scale   1/35 scale Steyr RSO - from Dragon   Tiger I in 1/35 scale - from Dragon   Moving over to the figure categories   Jacobite Highlander - Culloden Moor, 1746 - from Heroes & Villains Miniatures   European knight XIV-XV century - from Tartar Miniatures   Henry VIII, 1537 - from Andrea Miniatures   Sever proti Jihu (North against South)   Generale Emmanuel de Grochy - from Pegaso Models   Nobleman - end of XVI century - from Castle Miniatures   Hostinsky Josef Palivec - from Golem Art "... ale, stoji to za hovno, vasnosti!"   Persian Immortal - from Aitna   Sgt Major americké kavalerie a indiansky zved... - from the Yankee scout and tracker Master Box kit   Zayna - from Draconia Fantasy Miniatures (54mm)   Velociraptors - from Tamiya   Marbella - from Cool Mini or Not (32mm)   Turtle Daddy - from EMiC (40mm)   Chaagmuth, the jaw-taker - from Banelords   TOT soldat - scratch build   Pes   This show is also one of the few shows where you can admire small scale (1/87) civilian trucks I have a certain weakness for these ... hence several pictures   1/87 scale Robur Garant - from Brekina   Another quite exotic Robur light truck - the LO2500 - also from Brekina (1/87 scale)   Splendid weathering work on this 1/87 scale MAN TGA 8x8 truck - from Herpa   Praga V3S CR - in 1/87 scale - from JMPK   1/87 scale Skoda 706 RTC truck - from MMB   Something quite unusual - an 1/32 scale Daihatsu Midget - from Arii   1/87 scale Zetor 35 P   Beautiful Tatra T-138 S1 truck - from Igra (1/87 scale)   Impressive Tatra T-815 TP - from MM Brno (1/87 scale)   Moving to bigger scale civilian vehicles... Canard à l'orange... with an 1/24 scale Citroën 2CV as centre piece (In French the Citroën 2CV is often refered to as a Canard = duck, and duck à l'orange is a classic French recipe)   Continuing on the same theme - 2CV parking only (1/24 scale)   Subaru Sambar - Tokyo Post - in 1/24 scale, from Fujimi   Mercedes SL63 in 1/24 scale - from Aoshima   1/350 scale IJN I-400 from Tamiya Note the Seiran in US markings   A famous French exploration ship, the "Pourquoi Pas ? IV" - Heller - 1/400 scale   Sci-Fi & Fantasy category... always fascinating and inspiring Also this year Some entries... Avia S.192 (1/48 scale - from Monogram/Revell)   "Mam to za sebou..." - scratch build (1/87 scale)   XP-M4 "Little John" - 1947 - 4th battle of Charkov (1/72 scale - from Black Dog)   Akujaku - from Tasca (1/48 scale)   A close up of the crew... really lovely critters   The show also has a category for paper and/or cardboard models Cardboard Praga V3S "Vejtřaska" - from Ruzni (1/32 scale)   "Krmení čmeláka" (or Bumblebee feeding) - from Ripper works (1/32 scale)   At the end of the day, all what was still needed was buying some "souvenirs" Phönix C.1 - because of having just finished one, and liking it very much   Avia B.534/IV - from the 1937 Zürich Race (including an new, unarmed resin fuselage)   Azur Vampire - well that French blue definitely has something je ne sais quoi...   And then... the taxi back   And the next day - flying back home   All comments, remarks, suggestions and especially corrections are welcome If you want to see more - visit the Results from KPM Pantherscup website Thank you

William De Coster / Belgium e-mail  Last update : 30 July 2014