KMK Scale World 2015

This show has become one of the major shows in Belgium   And it's only an half hour drive east for me   Arriving around 11AM   The competition room   The Figure categories   Russian Zaporozhian Cossack   Four German soldiers sitting on a bench I liked this little diorama   "Zombieland"   "The Sutleress"   "I have a dream" This was a fun vignette ... making promotion I guess for the 2014 Scale Model Challenge show   "Fierce Resistance" - getting Gold in its category   2nd Missouri Cavalry 1863   The Lone Ranger   Claus von Stauffenberg (Valkyrie)   Sha'Un   "Chaos Champion"   Odi et Ami   "Guardian of the Wild"   There were about 50 military vehicles in the contest... 1/35 Vietnamese PT-76 in Saigon, 1975   1/35 scale MT-T tractor and a mobile launcher ... note the portable concrete mixer in the back of the tractor   Libyan civil war Land Cruiser in 1/35 scale   1/35 scale Bergepanzer Tiger D   1/35 scale RNAS Rolls Royce armoured car - of the The Royal Naval Air Service, 1914   A rusty Su-100 AFV, 1950 (1/35 scale)   I loved this one - a 1/35 scale SdKfz 251/22 Pakwagen   The workhorse of many amries... a T-55 (1/35 scale)   1/35 scale SdKfz 250/5, Normandy 1944   1/35 scale ASLAV-25 I like the name Adrenalin Rush   In the smaller scales... I found this "Rusty Beast" - an 1/72 scale Elefant at the end of its life   1/72 scale Demobbed BDRM-2   1/72 scale ZiL-131 - with seemingly a rough career in UN services   1/72 scale Panther G   1/72 scale Tiger   A dusty T-34/76 (1/72 scale)   1/72 scale Spanish civil war armoured truck   "Prager Frühling 1968" - 1/72 scale T-62   The biggest tank model in the contest - as also in the smallest scale... 1/144 scale Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte   1/35 scale Marder II - nicknamed “Kohlenklau” (coal thief)   Something unusual for me... 1/35 scale Hungarian 44M Tas tank   There were several diorama's... Grenzgeschafte Ural 375 (1/72 scale) Note the pink bike   "The day after the battle" (1/35 scale) - getting Gold in its category   "You better call the sledgehammer" (1/35 scale)   "Die Überfahrt - Fall Gelb - May 1940" (1/35 scale)   "3 Luik Holland / 1939" (1/72 scale)   "3 Luik Holland / 1945" - Wo kann ich Käse kaufen ? (1/72 scale)   "Dogs in service of the US Marine Corps" - Battle of Guam - Pacific 1944 (1/35 scale)   "Tank fight 1916" (1/35 scale) A marvelous diorama displaying the close combat horrors of war...   Note the German soldiers trying to get into the tank... Note the gun shooting from the open hatch...   1/72 scale E-100 prototype   "Hot Summer" (1/35)   Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind (1/35 scale)   "Soviet T-55A - Panishir Valley 1984" (1/35 scale)   I liked this diorama with a destroyed T-55   Moving over to the aircraft categories... 1/72 scale Airco DH.9A - in Spanish service   1/72 scale Mistel 5/6, E377/E377a   1/72 scale P-51D Mustang - with a whirling propeller   1/72 scale TS-11 Iskra - from Mastercraft - and winning Gold in its category   HH60M Rescue Hawk (1/72 scale)   E.E. Lightning T.4 in 1/72 scale   1/72 scale Boeing 247   1/48 scale Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet   MiG-29 (1/48 scale)   1/48 scale F-14B Tomcat   1/48 scale Pacific diorama with a Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat   Note the night fighter radar   1/48 scale Sukhoi Su-25K Frogfoot   1/48 scale BAC Strikemaster   Lockheed PV-1 Ventura - 1/48 scale   "Open House" (1/72 scale) - Vought A-7A Corsair II   1/48 scale Okha   "Coming Home" - Messerschmitt Me-109E-4, Leipzig, Germany (1/48 scale)   1/32 scale Messerschmitt Me-109G-10 R2   1/32 scale Messerschmitt Me-109G-10   Civilian vehicles categories... 1/87 scale Zil-131   "Test the Best" (1/25 scale)   ... which was an interesting diorama with an East German Trabant - breaking through the wall   1/24 scale Citroën 2CV - with a flatbed   1/25 scale 1955 Chrysler 300   1/24 scale MG TC - Monogram kit - and awarded with Gold in its category   With after market wheels, and scratch built engine parts, mirror, steering wheel, wipers, door interior, switches etc...   1/25 scale Ford   ... depicting a tow truck which has seen better days...   1/350 scale SSBN-738 USS Maryland   1/72 scale Selbstloser Einsatz - DGzRS Walter Rose   "The steamfighter" - a tribute to Steampunk   "Hornet Hopper"   Some people looked quite good in the Steampunk era, I must say   The pilot in the Steampunk hornet   Time to explore the rest of the show... Next to the competition room was the demonstration room Andrew Argent explaining the basics of ground work   Other demo's   Checking out the vendor area There were 3 big rooms...   Each filled with vendors selling many kits   And club stands   From Belgium...   ... and abroad   ... hmm a Stanrear for only 5 euro (... shoot... I already have 2 in the stash)   Rarely do I see built kits for sale   And the Airfix BR Mogul also doesn't show up at each show   What else is there... ?   The second room - the sports hall of the school   Again housing several clubs - showing off their work   Books for sale   Paint for sale   Tempting prices   Very tempting prices   The third room...   Where I almost fell for the new Airfix Heinkel He-111   Before hitting the road back home...   Where the Stash could welcome the new members, bought all together for 35 euro   I had a pleasant day - it was good to be back in the model show season after summer... All comments, remarks, suggestions and especially corrections are welcome Thank you

William De Coster / Belgium e-mail  Date created : 25 October 2015