KMK Scale World 2014

This year's Scale World model show had as main theme World War One   I managed to get up early on a Sunday   ... for a half hour ride (not even 20 miles)   And I arrived around 10AM... which is unusually early for me   Heaven...   Actually 3 heavens, as the event takes place in 3 big rooms   With a lot of temptation...   My brain was whispering I still didn't have an Airbus in my collection   I told my brain to shut up   But how can I resist this ???   The competition room   Aircraft category - smaller scales   Heinkel He-177 Greif in 1/72 scale (Revell)   Another Heinkel, though a He-111B-2, nick named Pedro by the Condor Legion (1/72 scale)   1/72 scale CH-113 Labrador   First time I saw a PWS-10 (1/72 scale) Pretty cool !   A very colorfull Sopwith Camel - RAF training aircraft, late 1918 (1/72 scale)   1/72 scale Fokker Dr.I strip down kit from Eduard Note the guns and spoked wheels   A pretty clean Tigermeet Sukhoi Su-22 (1/72 scale)   A specially marked Phantom F-4F of JG-71 "Richthofen" - in 1/72 scale   1/144 scale Tomcat - the smallest aircraft in the show   There were slightly more models in the bigger aircraft categories   A Belgian TF-104 in 1/48 scale Note the Tigermeet drop tanks   1/48 scale Messerschmitt Me-410 with an exposed engine   Some amazing weathering on this Junkers Ju-87D-1 Stuka in 1/48 scale   Czech Air Force MiG-29 in 1/48 scale   The detail was amazing - and the model took away Gold in it's class   1/48 scale Il-2 Shturmovik   First production FB-111A in July 1968 (HobbyBoss 1/48 scale)   Musthave! (I still have to get used to this company's name) F-86K Sabredog in 1/48 scale   1/48 scale Mil Mi-24V Hind of 231 Tiger squadron, Czech Air Force   Sukhoi Su-24M "Fencer D" - in 1/48 scale   Again a well detailed model of a Soviet/Russian type   A very nice display for this Heinkel He-100 (1/48 scale)   A big 1/32 scale Harrier GR.9   MiG-23 in 1/32 scale   The biggest model in the contest was this French Ju-88A-4 (Revell 1/32 scale)   1/32 scale Albatros D.Va   There is also a category for naked (unpainted) models   Interesting to see how many different parts are used on a model   The Science Fiction / Fantasy category...   "A girl and her pickup"   Queen Kerosin   The fast and the furious   A few ships were competing in the ship category   Well detailed 1/700 scale IJN Kongo   The car categories had more entries Fujimi 1/24 scale Toyota Corolla Levin TE27   Bright, spotless red Ferrari Testarossa (1/43 scale)   1/43 scale Maserati Mistral   "Flower and (Ford) Power)" (1/25 scale)   A nice conversion - based on a picture   I liked this ZIL-157 "Logging truck" conversion (1/35 scale)   Time for a small break   And a short walk   RetroKit had (as always) several nice things on offer - sweet Sweet kits which you don't find so often over here   First time I saw Uschi van der Rosten   The 3rd room   The mighty G6 is available at last   New and old kits...   In all scales...   There were also club stands   Promoting the hobby   Putting their work on show - such as this splendid Fokker Dr.I collection   Very varying collection   Working on a ship   Folks from Scale Model Factory   Awards to be won   There were several demonstrations during the day   Chris Jerret explaining Weathering with pigments   Hugo Luyten explaining some of the techniques he used...   ... on his splendid, award winning Italeri Wessex   Time to enjoy the remaining categories of the contest   1/72 scale PzIV Flak 36 Flakpanzer   Crusader Mk.I in 1/72 scale   A Kingtiger thundering down a country road (1/72 scale)   This New Jersey Army National Guard monument will be very difficult to top on colorfulness...   Very original 1/72 scale work - based on pictures - of an M-60 Patton   Interesting conversion work on a small 1/76 scale Matilda   "Krasnaja Zvezda" (Red Star) spring 1942 (1/72 scale)   "All for one... one for all" - Langemark 1918 (1/72 scale)   I liked the muddy look in the display with this 1/48 scale Sherman   BT-42 in 1/35 scale   KV-I in 1/35 scale   1/35 scale M3 Scout Car in Soviet markings   Beautiful winter Tiger I (1/35 scale) on the Eastern front, January 1944   Michael Wittmann himself   M4 Sherman driving into Coutances, Normandy - August 1944 (1/35 scale)   Though the main theme of the contest was World War One - there were (understandingly) only a few models fitting this theme This 1/35 scale Whippet was one of them   My favorite model in the contest... I just loved the "hanging down" look in the rear 1/35 scale Henschel 33D1 - Gothic Line - Italy 1944   Char B bis (1/35 scale) in German winter markings   Soldiers ready for action   I couldn't keep my eyes of the canvas sheets on this Kingtiger   Very well done - adding a lot of realism to the model   A Czechoslovak T-55 AM2B "Kladivo" - in 1/35 scale   1/35 scale Shilka   A well used T-72 tank (1/35 scale)   You can't have a contest without an M1A1 Abrams tank (1/35 scale)   "Scorched Earth" - Russia 1943 - with an abandonned T-34 (1/35 scale)   "Vogelkunde" (1/35 scale)   An early factory fresh Brummbar (1/35 scale)   "First in Bastogne" - 1/35 scale diorama   "What if... the story is gone?" Abandonned 8.8 Flakgun with Befehlskreuzlafette, Cologne, March 1945 (1/35 scale)   An unlucky Brummbar (1/35 scale)   Semovente M40 in 1/35 scale   1/35 scale diorama "Over de Desna rivier"... or crossing the Desna river   1/35 scale Char B bis   "Halte aus Ursel zieht dich raus" - Eastern front, summer 1942 (1/35 scale)   "Officer's privilege" (1/35 scale)   The figure categories   "Ypern - Letter from home"   "Mustard agent"... somewhere on the Western front   "Pirate Party"   "A mermaid's song"   "Mother of all Pirates"   "Alles Meins"   "Shit !"   "The lady in red"   "This must be Belgium"   Kuifje (Tintin)   Halt !   Venetian   Oddball   "Fallschirmjäger 1944"   Most important is that one doesn't forget to shop at a show...   The new 1/48 scale Fouga Magister .... wrong scale   I remembered I still didn't have the new Airfix Blenheim .... maybe next time   Ooow ! Sales bins !   Now there were some titles I could use...   Yes sir !   And I also picked up a Zakhar refueler... something I can smuggle into an aircraft diorama... one fine day   Driving home I realized the end of summer isn't so bad ... we can visit model shows again   All comments, remarks, suggestions and especially corrections are welcome Thank you

William De Coster / Belgium e-mail  Last update : 24 September 2014