Euro Scale Modelling 2015

Euro Scale Modelling - also known as the Dutch Nationals - always takes place the last Saturday of October   It's almost a two hours drive north for me   I managed to get up early - around 8AM   And I arrived a little after 10AM Entrance fee was 6 euro   A map of the event Note a seperate room for cardboard models - in the lobby   Two big halls, full of plastic fun Number one...   And number two...   Soon I hooked up with our Daniele S ... who is admiring the work of the Spanish Civil War SIG here   Many interesting model cub displays   Brand new kits for sale   Visitors from the UK...   Locals...   I liked this Willy's Jeep   Which had an interesting display of several Willy's Jeep models - in all scales - starting upwards from 1/1200 !   Keeping an eye open for interesting deals   ... proved again to be quite difficult - as there was just too much   Local Airfix distributor   Do I see some HobbyBoss Easy Kits there... ?   The same weekend as this show - we had a HobbyBoss speedbuild on the 1/72 Scale Hyperscale forum So I kept an eye open in case I saw something more interesting then my F-86 Sabre   The contest area   1/48 scale CH-47F Chinook (Italeri) - in Canadian markings   1/72 scale Handley Page Hampden TB Mk.I   PBM-5A Martin Mariner in MLD markings (1/72 scale)   1/32 scale Hansa Brandenburg W.12   1/72 scale CH-47D Chinook - Netherlands Air Force   1/32 scale Bronco (Kitty Hawk Models)   1/48 scale P-47M Thunderbolt   1/48 scale MiG-3   Pfalz E.I in 1/48 scale   Big 1/24 scale Junkers Ju-87B Stuka   And a very small 1/144 scale Heinkel He-219A ... including tow bar and a figure !   1/32 scale Sabredog   With an original display - using the services of an attractive pin-up model   1/144 scale F-86F-30 Sabre - with a lot of extra work !   F-86K "Kaasjager" (cheese hunter) - a Sabredog in Dutch markings (1/32 scale)   The Navy - 1/72 scale Folland Gnat T.Mk.I "Hot Shots"   1/72 scale scratch built Fokker F.XX Zilvermeeuw Beautiful pre-war airliner   Another scratch built project - 1/72 scale Fokker F.XII - in Spanish Civil War colors   The Flying Dutchman - 1/72 scale Lockheed Constellation   1/35 scale Bergepanther   1/35 scale T-62   1/35 scale PT-76 - with some Eduard PE   "Auf der Schiesbahn" - a neat conversion of the Esci Mathilda (1/72 scale)   1/35 scale Quand Gun tractor   1/35 scale KV-1   1/35 scale early production M4 Sherman   "Engine trouble !" - 1/35 scale Quad & 25 pdr   1/35 scale Zil 131 with ZU-23-2   German 10.5cm LeFH(sf) auf. Geschutzwagen - Normandy 1944 (1/35 scale)   "De nieuwe V.23 en een oude D.V" (The new V.23 and an old D.V) - 1/48 scale Fokker diorama   1/72 scale F-18C Hornet diorama   1/24 scale Beetle diorama   ... and another Volkswagen in a diorama - though in a more unlucky state (1/24 scale)   1/72 scale ATS-59 medium tracked artillery tractor - in Belgrad   "Von Mansteins orchestra - Sebastapol 1941/1942" (1/35 scale)   "Propoganda" - 1/72 scale... I liked this one... it's original !   1/20 scale Scope Dog   1/144 scale Space Shuttle   75 mm Steampunk Huntress   "The soul hunter is near..."   Preussisches Trommler   1/16 scale - Les dernières réserves de l'Empire (Aux portes de Paris)   50mm Alice in Wonderland   I like this show because it also has a lot of car entries   "Grandma's sleeper" - 1/25 scale '69 Chevrolet Nova   1/25 scale 1950 Oldsmobile   1/25 scale 1970 Dodge Challenger - and in another color then plum crazy purple...   1/25 scale '57 Chevy Pick-up   1/24 scale Lamborghini Miura   My favorite car - a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am (1/24 scale)   1/25 scale 1949 Mercury Leadsled   1/24 scale UK Beetle   1/25 scale 1948 Divco truck   1/24 scale Volkswagen Golf   There were a few ships in the contest A diorama with Christopher Columbus his fleet grabed my attention - nice work... !   And just outside of the contest area - there was this big magnificent 1/72 scale HMS Hermes ... as she was in 1982 - during the Falklands campaign It also grabbed my attention   Hitting the road back home   Though I had only bought one kit...   ... I again carried home many good memories, and many pictures All comments, remarks, suggestions and especially corrections are welcome Thank you

William De Coster / Belgium e-mail  Created : 11 December 2015 14 December 2015 : 1970 Dodge Challenger properly identified (thanks to Kem Chisholm), previously identified as a Barracuda