Scale World 2016

I always look forward to this show It is - for me - the first show in Belgium after summer The theme for this year :   It is only an half hour drive east for me   Much to my surprise, I managed to get up early (for a Sunday anyway)   And I arrived shortly after 10AM   This event gets bigger and bigger every year   Currently already 3 big spaces in the building (a school) are being used   All filled with vendors and clubs   The organizing club room : KMK   The contest itself has moved into a smaller classroom   I started taking pictures almost right away The aircraft categories :   1/48 scale : IAI Kfir TC.2 - from Wingman   1/32 scale : F-86D Sabredog   1/72 scale : Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" - from Airfix   1/72 scale : Mitsubishi A6M3 Model-32 Zero - from Tamiya   1/72 scale : P-47D Thunderbolt   1/72 scale : Westland Wessex   1/48 scale : Su-22 Fencer - from Trumpeter, with Authentic decals   1/48 scale : Boeing CH-47D Chinook - in Dutch Air Force markings   1/48 scale : Focke-Wulf Ta-183A - from Tamiya   1/48 scale : Nakajima Ki-43-II early version   1/48 scale : TF-104G & F-104G Starfighter   1/48 scale : Lockheed PV-1 Ventura nightfighter - with many corrections, including new cowlings & propellers   1/48 scale : Lockheed PV-1 Ventura - with again many corrections, including new cowlings & propellers   1/48 scale : F-15E   1/48 scale : Bristol Beaufighter TF.X   1/48 scale : Saab JAS.39 Gripen   1/48 scale : C.C.F. T6 Harvard - with HaHen Aircraft Accessories decals   1/48 scale : MiG-29A   1/48 scale : Bell UH-1H Iroquois - in Australian Army colors   1/48 scale : Morane Saulnier D-3801 - from AZ Model   1/48 scale : Messerschmitt Me-109E-7 Trop.   1/32 scale : Shenyang F-6   1/32 scale : "Letzter Flug" - the last flight of a Gotha G.IV bomber.... It was unfortunately very difficult to get good pictures of this model...   A close up of the Gotha - with flashlight Note the missing engine panel - and engine fire....   Note the panel faling in the water ... scaring some poor ducks !   The many entries in the military vehicle categories   This year there was quite a big participation in the "smaller then 1/35 scale" category   1/72 scale : IDF Puma "Carpet"   1/72 scale : Strv 122A - from Revell   1/72 scale : Challenger II   1/72 scale : FT-17   1/72 scale : SdKfz.132 Marder II - SS Motorized Division "LAH", Eastern front - summer 1942   1/72 scale : Cromwell Mk.IV - 11th Armoured Div. - Normandy 1944   1/72 scale : Maus heavy tank   1/72 scale : PzKpfw. II Ausf. J   1/48 scale : Dingo Mk.II Scout Car - from Tamiya   1/72 scale : Long Range Desert Group Patrol Car - from Dragon   1/72 scale : Mack AC Bulldog - from RPM   1/72 scale : Panzerfahre Gepanzerter Landwasserschlepper Prototype Nr.II - from Dragon   1/72 scale : GMC AFKWX-353   1/72 scale : PTS-M Amphibious vehicle - loaded with an Ural 43203 Command vehicle... nice combination   1/72 scale : Chevrolet C15A   1/72 scale : GMC-353 + Bofors - Division Leclerc, Normandy 1944   1/72 scale : M-1126 Stryker - from Academy   1/72 scale : "Afrika Korps 1941-1943" - with a SdKfz.222   1/48 scale : Humber Mk.IV   I needed a break Before moving on to the the bigger scale military vehicles   So I walked around a little bit There were several club stands   And there were many vendors... All things Airfix you ever wanted to buy - as long as it is new   I found a box with old Airmodel conversion sets ... sadly I didn't buy the Airmodel Wellington Mk.I / GR Mk.XIV set immediatly - it was gone later...   Luckily I already had a Monogram B-52 25 euro is a bargain   More 2nd hand classics ... oh - and now I see a Novo Oxford - with 2 kits in the box - for 4 euro - !   Some exotic 2nd hand classics...   And everything had a 20% discount   More kits looking for a new home...   ... and even more   It didn't end   I picked up some ideas - for things to buy later ... while I moved back to the contest room To enjoy the bigger scale military vehicles   1/35 scale : IDF Sho't Kal Gimel 1982   1/35 scale : BT-7   1/35 scale : T-34/76   1/35 scale : Einheitsturm Reichswerke Hermann Göring 1947   1/35 scale : PzKpfw III Ausf.N   1/35 scale : 12.8cm PAK-44 Waffenträger Krupp 1   1/35 scale : Panzerkampfwagen 17R/18R   1/35 scale : "Ammuskuljetus 19.4.1942"   1/35 scale : KRAZ-6446 Tractor with BMP-2 - in Ukrainian markings   1/35 scale : "Kraanavaunu Rukajärvi 1942"   1/35 scale : Büssing-NAG Maultier   1/35 scale : Panther D with Stadtgas fuel tanks   1/35 scale : PzKpfw IV Ausf.D   1/35 scale : E75 paper panzer   1/35 scale : V3000S/SS M Maultier - from ICM   1/35 scale : SdKfz.254 Saurer   1/35 scale : PzKpfw.I Ausf.A (früh) - 5. leichte Div. - Lybia 1941   1/35 scale : Sherman M-51   1/35 scale : BRDM-2 - in Serbian Militia Police markings - Yugoslavia 2000   1/35 scale : Opel Sankra   1/35 scale : Jagdtiger   Yes... another one 1/35 scale : BRDM-2 - in Serbian Militia Police markings   1/35 scale : M-47 Patton   1/35 scale : PT-76   1/35 scale : Churchill Mk.III Avre   1/35 scale : Stalinets S-65 tractor   1/35 scale : Bishop   ... with a detailed turret interior   Soldiers always find a place for a pin-up   1/35 scale : Krupp 21cm Mörser 10/16   1/35 scale : Russian GAZ-MM - a 15 ton cargo truck - model 1941   Time for another break I have to try one of these sets... but which one ?   A Supermodel Fiat CR.32 for 9 euro... Tempting !   Fruilmodel   I like that newly released 1970 Pontiac Bonneville Pick Up...   ... and the Airfix USAAF bomber resupply set   Books   And second hand magazines...   Yes... I picked up some more ideas to spend money But I still had to take some pictures   The diorama categories : 1/72 scale : "Hiding the M10 at the farm"   1/35 scale : "Where is Joe ?" - The Ardennes 1944-1945   The backside of the same diorama...   Try to find where Joe is...   1/35 scale : "Officers briefing today" - SS Pathfinder - Lüchs (VK1301) and VW Type 82E   1/35 scale : Panther Ausf.G - near München, April 1945   1/35 scale : "Checkpoint Charlie" - Berlin 1961   The same diorama - from another angle...   1/35 scale : "Last look at Budapest"   1/35 scale : "The end of 222" - Overloon, the Netherlands - October 1944   1/35 scale : "Che Cazzo ?!?" - Italy 2015   1/35 scale : SdKfz.251/17 - Russia 1943   1/35 scale : GAZ-69   1/35 scale : "Vergessene Helden (Forgotten Heroes)" - Zum Gedenken and die Gefallenen 1914-1918   1/35 scale : PzKpfw.I Ausf.B - Afrika - November 1941   1/16 scale : PzKpfw IV - Afrika Korps   1/16 scale : T-34/76... destroyed   1/24 scale : "Büssing 8000 S13"   1/35 scale : "Oops !!! Sorry..."   1/35 scale : "Bones"   1/25 scale : Hardcastle and McCormick   1/35 scale : Volkswagen T3 Transporter double cab - from Takom   1/35 scale : UAZ-452 OSP "Modelowo Wielkie"   1/35 scale : Heinrich LANZ Mannheim - with a Lanz Bulldog   1/12 scale : Fiat Mefistofele - from Italeri   1/35 scale : Terra 2099   1/35 scale : ?   Napoleonic Artillery workshop   "Waiting for the Winter Storm"   My back was starting to hurt again Too much bending over to take pictures I needed a walk again !   ResiCast   With some very interesting releases ... sadly (for me) all in 1/35 scale   More discounts   It means I can have the Airfix Walrus for 8 euro...   Is that the Tirpitz in the ... ... ah no it's the Bismarck   Somebody doesn't like B-52s anymore   IPMS Belgium   Advertisement for a German show next year   Back to the contest room For the final pictures...   The figure model categories :   Bunker   KISS   -   -   Santa   Gepetto   Dunkelelfe   Scharfschütze   Russian Zaporozhian Cossack   Officer Marine Artillery - Toulon Siege 1793   Officer Allemand 1943   Sans Culotte   Farewell   Beauty   DAK Panzer Officer   -   Kid Dancer   Rembrandt Van Rijn   -   US 101st Airborne "Easy Company" Lt. Winters   Easy Company - Bastogne 1944   Tomoe Gozen   And that's it... It was now time to buy some things The MPM Group corner   The new Bücker - and the new Yak-3   Do I need a new resin kit ?   Another vendor with 20% discounts   With some rare Pavla kits - that KI-102 Randy is not a beastie you see on every show !   This is what I eventually bought :   There is a US Navy project for me in the near future   Surprise of the day ... something to put next to my Fokker & Albatros fighters   Sadly the Pontiac Bonneville Pick Up was gone And I decided to pass on the Supermodel CR-32... as I already have one   It was again a fabulous day - which ended much too soon Thank you for your interest and support All comments, remarks, corrections, suggestions are welcome   Previous reports on Scale World :   by Date Location     Images Scale World 2015 : KMK : Sunday 13 September 2015 : Technisch Instituut Sint-Paulus : Mol (50 miles north east of Brussels)   Belgium   : 110   by Date Location     Images Scale World 2014 : KMK : Sunday 14 September 2014 : Technisch Instituut Sint-Paulus   Mol (50 miles north east of Brussels)   Belgium   : 131

William De Coster / Belgium e-mail  Page created : 18 September 2016 "Napoleonic Artillery workshop" and "Terra 2099" diorama's identified : 19 November 2016