Pleins Feux sur le Maquettisme 2016
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: Les Fêlés du Modélisme
: Saturday/Sunday 30/31 January 2016 : Maison Communale annexe Ransart
Belgium |
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The first model show of the year is a two day event Yeah !
Though I visited the show only on Sunday Leaving at 8 AM
It is a 70 miles trip south
And I arrived sometime after 9 AM
The contest room has two tables .... one for all the figure categories
And - you would never have guessed this... ... one for all other model categories
There were not that many aircraft models
Airfix-ing at it's best 1/72 scale : Handley Page O/400
1/48 scale : Lockheed T-33 in French Air Force markings
1/48 scale : J-8F Finback
1/48 scale : Fouga CM.170 Magister
1/48 scale : MiL Mi-24 Hind
1/32 scale : Dornier Do-335B-2
"River Plate" - Lt. Lionel Hicks - 22.Sqn RFC - Bertangles airfield, France - May 1916 1/32 scale : Fe-2B
1/48 scale : P-47N Thunderbolt
Ltn Hans Kirschstein, Jasta 6 1/32 scale : Fokker D-VII
The military vehicle categories ... slightly outnumbering the aircraft entries
Great little model - or little great model 1/72 scale : Merkava
1/35 scale : M-20 Scout Car
"Paix en Galilée" - South Libanon, June 1982 1/35 scale : Tiran 5 Sh
"Support d'artillerie" Somebody will have quite some fun, cleaning up all those empty shell cases... 1/35 scale : M-10
Marvelous camo scheme on this little beast 1/72 scale : Kingtiger
1/35 scale : Kübelwagen
1/35 scale : SAS Jeep
1/35 scale : Schwimmwagen
1/35 scale : Wespe - or... a wasp in winter
"Salaam ou Aleikoum" - Sonderkommando Dora - Libya 1942 1/35 scale : Steyr 1500a
"Trophée de guerre" - Stalingrad 1943 One of two built Sturer Emils was captured at Stalingrad, acting here as a photo background... 1/35 scale : Sturer Emil & Panzerjäger I
1/35 scale : 88mm gun
A paper project in action... 1/35 scale : Löwe
1/35 scale : M36 tank destroyer & M4 Sherman dozer
Another 1/35 scale Stalingrad diorama ... with a well camouflaged gun
US soldiers taking a rest - while German captives pass by... Lots of figures in this 1/35 scale diorama
1/35 scale : Standard Ford ambulance
"Breakdown" 1/35 scale : Mark IV Male
"The Boer War, 1902" 1/35 scale : Foster Steam Traction Engine & 4.7 inch Naval gun
Another gigantic paper panzer
... and I guess it's a good idea to have a ladder on board 1/35 scale : Jagdpanzer E.100paper
A hand full of cars were in the contest
A very popular subject ... certainly as a derelict, old van - on small vignettes 1/24 scale : Volkswagen T1 panel van
1/24 scale : 1939 Chevrolet delivery van
1/24 scale : Renault 4CV
1/24 scale : Volkswagen Golf I
The majority of models in this contest are Figure models The Fantasy Figure category :
It's my favorite category
As it tickles your (really!) fantasy
Now that is bloody... But by Jove, that is a well painted bleeding heart !
Little collections
Impressive !
One of the smallest models in the contest ... the size of a thumb
Not sure which one is supposed to be the real head
Scary realistically !!!
Kayle Kartan
Not a tall figure ... but - again - showing some highly skilled paint work
An original display...
My favorite
Note the little elves
Alice - from Nocturna Models
Sarah Shagal
A bit naughty... And dangerous
Again mind baffling paint work - on this Redfox Miniatures bust Dave
One of the more popular figures from Pegaso Models Ra'eesah Desert's Guard
... and one of the more popular figures from Scale 75 Kitty Reimer
I liked that steampunk bird of prey... Jessica Thunderhawk - another figure model from Scale 75
Another popular figure model from the wide Pegaso Models range Tarathiel MoonElf
Malefika, a figure from Aradia Miniatures Devil's ball
Sympathy for the devil
Moving away from the fantasy worlds... And entering the Historical Figures categories
One of Napoleon's cavalry generals Jean-Joseph Ange, conte d'Hautpoul 1754-1807
Porta Aquila, 3rd rgt. Ussari, 1807
Dans les grande plaines, US, 1880
An amazing display - in the Scratch Built category Carabinier du Roi, 1725
Pilot USAAF, 1944
French soldiers breaking through the door of the farm at Hougemont during the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 Hougoumont, Porte Nord
Napoleon's army under pressure of a Prussians ' flank attack during the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 Plancenoit
The New World... La Nouvelle Terre
Leib Régiment de Cuirassiers, Russie, 1760
A lovely looking bust from Nuts Planet Anne Bonny - one of the more famous female pirates
Ojibwa Trader
La Traversée Périlleuse
No introduction needed I think...
Mister Stevie Ray Vaughan
And finally... Growing in popularity, year by year The Flat Figure category
Jessica Thunderhawk - again...
Besides the quite interesting contest area... This show hosts a lot of model club tables - on 3 floors !
Where you can have a talk
... or buy unwanted and unloved kits
Some of the models on show ... from a visiting French model club from Alsace
A Belgian Air Force collection (of course)
But as always...
I was very interested in the vendor's area
Which is in the large, adjacent greenhouse
With more then 70 vendors looking for your business ... you can buy almost anything
Second hand kits
New kits
I couldn't resist this one
Bargains...
30-40 euro for old classics
Artipresse from France
RetroKit from the UK
... with a nice collection of 144 scale upgrade sets
... and new releases in 1/72 scale under the RetroWings banner (though this picture was taken at another vendor's table)
I bought the 1/72 scale Mosca
DES Kit from France
After market decals from Syhart Decal
Books
Just when I was about to leave the event ... I noticed Minairons kits
Which would go well with my recent Spanish Civil War builds
So I drove home as a happy man
Thank you for your interest and support All comments, remarks, corrections, suggestions are welcome
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William De Coster / Belgium
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