Plastic Winter 2014

The biggest model show in Slovakia, Plastic Winter, celebrated it's 10th anniversary   From Prague it is a 4 hours train ride south   What means getting up VERY early (... that's indeed 5:39AM on the clock...!)   But you have plenty of time to wake up   Arriving in Bratislava around 10:00   Grabbing a taxi for the 10 minutes ride   ... to bring me to the show's location, just outside of Bratislava   What I like about this show is the free possibility to drop your jacket & other stuff Not many shows have this...   So far everything went well... But, I had borrowed my girlfriend's tripod, as I had left mine in Belgium Upon unpacking the tripod... I found out it was missing the pad to fix the camera on   So I had to take my pictures while using the tripod as best as possible as a support I looked like an idiot ... but it kinda worked - sometimes   Not the new A-Model kit - but the Mach 2 kit - a very colorful, pre-war Dornier Do-26 (1/72 scale)   The new 1/72 scale Bloch 152 from RS Models   Another new RS Models kit - the 1/72 scale Yak-11   Morane Saulnier J - from Temsk - out of the box (1/72 scale)   Pfalz A.II from AZ Model - in Swiss Air Force markings (1/72 scale)   Grumman E-2C Hawkeye in 1/48 scale from Kinetic   Exotic looking Wildcat on floats (1/48 scale)   Aichi Seiran - in 1/48 scale   Eduard's 1/48 scale Me-109G - a splendid build   Yak-9 (1/48 scale) from Eduard   1/48 scale Me-109G-14 from Eduard - with the Royal Class fragment of a real 109   1/72 scale Catalina from Academy   1/72 scale Nakajima G8N Renzan bomber   Australian Mirage IIIO (High Planes) in 1/72 scale   Me-262 A-1a/U4 from Revell in 1/72 scale   Albatros Dr.I (1/72 scale)   A skinned Eduard DH.2 in 1/48 scale   ... And then someone does the same with a DH.2 in 1/144 scale   Lloyd C.V from Special Hobby (1/72 scale)   A big beast... Mil-26T from Zvezda in 1/72 scale   Mil-17 (also) from Zvezda - in SAR markings (1/72 scale)   P-40N Warhawk - in 1/48 scale   The old Smer kit Macchi MC.72 - in 1/50 scale   Me-262 A-1 - from Tamiya (1/48 scale)   A forgotten and seemingly abandonned MiG-15 - in 1/48 scale   Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc in 1/48 scale   Armored vehicles categories   Skoda RSO - from Riich (1/35 scale)   AEC Mk.I - from Miniart (1/35 scale)   1/35 scale BVP-1/ZU-23-2 - Afghanistan - Kabul, 2001   Su-100 in 1/35 scale (Dragon)   Syrian T-55 in 1/35 scale   BMP-2 from Zvezda (1/35 scale)   GAZ-69 Snapper - from Gran/Armo - in 1/72 scale   Skoda PA.II Zelva (Turtle) in 1/72 scale (from Planet Models)   1/72 scale Chevrolet M6 bomb servis & trailer A3 fuel servicing 600 gal   1/72 scale E-100 'Turm Hinten" from '46 Models   "Logging and tractor repair shed" in 1/48 scale   "Haben Sie nicht meine Mutti gesehen" (Haven't you seen my mummy?) - 1/35 scale   Kursk 1943 (1/35 scale)   SdKfz.234/2 Puma, 1944 Normandy (1/35 scale)   Soviet KV-2 Model 1939, Lithuania, July 1941 (1/35 scale)   1/35 scale Mercedes L4500R from Zvezda   Komintern & ML-20 from Trumpeter (1/35 scale)   Tatra 815 AV-15 - in 1/35 scale   The trucks and car categories were located in another room   I always liked the impressive sight of the Tatra T-815 TP - 1/87 scale model from MM Brno   Tatra T-148 AD20 - from Icar - 1/87 scale   Zil 131 Wood transport - a very nice conversion from the ICM model - in 1/72 scale   1/35 scale Steyr 480 Feuerwehr   1959 Cadillac ambulance from AMT (1/25 scale)   An overview of some of the cars in the contest   1970 Dodge Charger from Revell (1/24)   Gaz 69A TAI from Bronco (1/35 scale)   Gaz 69A Hasici from MMK (1/35 scale)   Ship categories   IJN Amagi (1945) from Aoshima - 1/700 scale   Koreiets 1890 - from Box 261 - 1/350 scale   The remains of the Titanic - scratch build   The figure categories... not idealy placed I had to take pictures against the light from the windows   So all where not that good But this I like to show because of the Interesting Composition Nice !   And hey... let's also show this   There was also a category with paper models Neat work - and I liked that dog   The junior categories   1/48 scale MiG-3 looking fabulous, and getting one of the awards in the junior categories   A spotless 1/24 scale Alfa Romeo GTV, also getting one of the awards in the junior categories   A walk through the vendor area ... the folks from HPH Models - with their giant 1/48 scale Concorde   The MPM room   With 20% discount - on new kits no less   And test shots of the new 1/48 scale Sabre Dog - and 1/32 scale Tempest   But I was particularly interested in this 1/72 scale resin conversion set - on sale next year (2015)   Another retooled release   RS Models and Fly   With the new 1/32 scale Arado 232   Hey.. a small scale Battle !   I just love browing through 2nd hand resin kits...   This caught me by surprise - a Faun tanktransporter - in 1/72 scale ... sadly I forgot to buy it (that's what happens if you don't buy immediatly) !   The new 1/72 scale "Löwe" from Armory   1/144 scale Valiant - and the all new 1/144 scale Yak-11s - from a friendly vendor coming all the way from Ukraine   More temptation (which I managed to resist)   AZ Model   Soon it was time to say goodbye to the show   And get a taxi back to the central station ... 20 minutes early   The train was a little late   And four hours later I was back in Prague   Some of the things that followed me home   But my favorite - by far - was this new KP kit Not often exotic aircraft get tooled so sharply with high quality   Thank you all for your interest and time ... and my apologies for the lower quality of many pictures All comments, remarks, suggestions and especially corrections are welcome Thank you

William De Coster / Belgium e-mail  Last update : 22 December 2014