Pilsenkit 2016

This is usually the first model show after summer for me It was also the first Czech show of the year for me   I already left a few days before   ... to spend some time with my Czech girlfriend - in her father's small hometown - about 50 kms north of Prague   And on Saturday - the day of the show - I had to get up very early   For a 2 hours drive to Plzen   Through a sleepy Czech countryside   I arrived a little before 9AM   Entrance fee was 50 czk (about 2 euro)   For the first time - this show took place in the sportshal of TJ Lokomotiva   Things officially started at 10AM ... so many vendors were still unpacking   But I could already snoop around Ah... the new Marmon Herrington from Attack Hobbies   I always liked these types...   I was tempted to buy a Czech magazine - to go with it...   Attack Hobbies also had a 1/72 scale Puchs in the works ... to be released end of September   Other tempting recent releases...   Sira Hobby washes   Armycast   ... who had a lot of upgrade sets for 1/72 scale Apache and Cobra helicopters   Second hand kits   New kits ... including several new Mark I Models releases   T-shirts   The organizing club stand : KPM Plzeň   The Eduard corner   Promoting their new Steel Belts   ... a look inside the Eduard kingdom   The people from Marabu   I guess I have to build another 144 scale Beaufighter !   The contest area...   The aircraft section   ... spread out over 2 tables   1/144 scale : C-17 Globemaster III - from Revell   1/48 scale : Spitfire FR.Mk.XIVe - from Academy   1/48 scale : MiG-17   1/48 scale : Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - from Eduard   1/72 scale : MiG-15 UTI - from Eduard   1/72 scale : Seahawk FGA.6 - from HobbyBoss   1/72 scale : Bristol Beaufighter TF.X - from Airfix   1/72 scale : Messerschmitt Me-109G-6 - from AZ Model   1/72 scale : Beriev Be-12 "Tschaika" - from Modelsvit   ... and this bellow was not even the biggest 1/72 scale aircraft in the show ! 1/72 scale : Blohm & Voss BV-222 V-3 - from Revell   1/72 scale : Dornier Do-24T-1 - from Italeri   1/72 scale : Nakajima A2N1 - from Fine Moulds   1/72 scale : Messerschmitt Me-109G-10 - from Revell   1/72 scale : Macchi Mc-205 Veltro - from Italeri   1/72 scale : North American X-15A-2 - from Monogram   1/72 scale : Folland Gnat T.1 - from Airfix   1/144 scale : Junkers Ju-52/3m Lufthansa - from Eduard   One of the smallest models in the show... 1/144 scale : MiG-15 - from Eduard   1/144 scale : Nieuport XI... scratchbuild   1/144 scale : Albatros D.V... also a scratchbuild   Something quite unusual for me.... first time I see one of these models 1/48 scale : Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - from Jasmine Models   1/48 scale : Fouga Magister - from AMK   1/48 scale : Saab Viggen - from Special Hobby   1/48 scale : MiG-31 Foxhound - from AMK   1/48 scale : Bristole Beaufighter Mk.VIc - from Tamiya   1/48 scale : Messerschmitt Me-410 B-2/U-4 - from Meng   1/48 scale : Grumman TBF Avenger - from HobbyBoss   1/48 scale : Messerschmitt Me-109G-6 - from Eduard   1/48 scale : de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22 - from Classic Airframes   1/48 scale : Dornier Do-215 - from ICM   1/72 scale : MiL Mi-17 Hip H - from HobbyBoss   Yes.... My favorite model in the show Completely unknown to me before 1/72 scale : Chu CJC-3 - scratch build   1/48 scale : Avia B.534 IV series - from Eduard   1/72 scale : Learjet 60XR - from A-Model   1/144 scale : Ilyushin Il-62M - from Zvezda   1/32 scale : Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero - from IMCTH   1/48 scale : Bristol M.1C - from Special Hobby   1/48 scale : F-4C Phantom II - from Eduard   The 101st thing you can do with a Messerschmitt... 1/48 scale : Messerschmitt Me-109E-4 SVZ - from Eduard   ... proof !   1/48 scale : P-47D Thunderbolt   1/35 scale : UAZ 452 Sanita - from Bilek Models   These were 2 magnificent cardboard (paper) models.... 1/25 scale : Star 20 GM8 and Star 21 SBM 2000/8 - from Modelik   Moving over to the military vehicles... ... also on two tables - but dopey me goofed up the other picture   1/72 scale : Topol SS-25 - from Zvezda   1/48 scale : Beford MWD - from Airfix   1/35 scale : M-18 Hellcat   1/35 scale : M3A1 Scout Car - from HobbyBoss 4th Armored Division   1/72 scale : Autocar Isobloc W240F2 Holzgas - from Al.by   1/72 scale : Sd.Kfz.7   1/72 scale : Sd.Kfz.7/1 - from Revell   1/72 scale : 12,8cm Flak 44 + Flak Trailer Sd.Anh. - a resin kit from Attack Hobby Kits   1/72 scale : 88mm Flak 36 - from Revell   1/72 scale : "2035 Konec akce" - from Trumpeter   Note the tiny helmets ! 1/72 scale : Tiger I Ausf.E - from Revell   1/72 scale : Morserzugmittel 35(t) + Pak 40   1/72 scale : Opel Blitz T.Stofftankwagen - from Academy   1/35 scale : Harley Davidson - from Bilek Models   1/72 scale : Pz.Kpfw.IV Bergepanzer - from Planet Models 116 tank Division - Zap. front - summer 1944   1/72 scale : Challenger - from Revell   1/72 scale : TOS-1A Heavy Flame Thrower System - from ModelCollect   1/72 scale : Rolls Royce armoured car - from Roden   1/72 scale : Sd.Kfz.10 & Pak 38-50mm - from Caesar Miniautures   1/72 scale : Humber Super Snipe Lorry 8cwt - from Ace (FFW fitted for wireless) 1. Belgian Brig. HQ1 Motorized Inf. Company - June 1944   1/35 scale : Object 279 - from Panda Models   1/35 scale : M36 Jackson - from Academy   1/35 scale : M60A2 Starship - from Academy   1/35 scale : T-34/85   1/35 scale : Soviet Object 704 SPH - from Trumpeter   1/35 scale : M8 Greyhound - from Tamiya   1/35 scale : Sd.Kfz.10/5 - from Dragon   1/35 scale : JGSDF type 87 AW - from Trumpeter   1/72 scale : "Nejdeme pozdě ?" - with a Saurer BT4500 from Mars ... or "We are not too late ?"   1/72 scale : Mark IV Male - from Emhar   1/72 scale : Tak dalsi... - from Retro Models   1/35 scale : Zetor Super P - from SKP   1/35 scale : Bailey Bridge 4th Armored Division, July 1944 - Meuse river   1/35 scale : "Tenky led" - with a Gaz MM from Zvezda ... or "Thin ice"   1/35 scale : "Rasputika" Zis 5V   1/35 scale : "Cesta do pravěku" "A journey to the beginning of time" ... is a 1955 Czechoslovak children's science fiction feature film directed by Karel Zeman (Jurassic Park avant la lettre)   1/35 scale : Leopard AS1 - from Meng   1/35 scale : M4A4 Sherman Crab - from Dragon   The figure model categories   Paul von Hindenburg   Jacobite Highlander   Scottish docter   Lilith   Bivoj   -   Nefertite   -   Joanne d'Arc   "Saporoger Kosaken" - 1676   Various other categories   1/350 scale : Class 101 Transport - from Pit-Stop   1/35 scale : Tatra 148   1/12 scale : Fiat 806 - from Italeri   There was also a nice What If selection.... as is usual for this show/contest 1/72 scale : Boeing B-52 Kangeroo - from Monogram   1/72 scale : Northrop B-55 Corona - from Revell   1/72 scale : Ho-98 G-2 Moskito - from Tamiya   "Pinokio"   "Kurland 1944"   1/24 scale : Ford F60 Holmes - scratch build   1/24 scale : Citroen Type H flatbed van   1/35 scale : KrAZ 214B - from Roden   1/35 scale : Tatra 128 - from MMK   1/24 scale : Volvo F89   1/72 scale : Tatra 815 NTH - from Brassica   Children's corner   Workshops...   ... and most importantly, an opportunity to take a break   Before driving back to Prague...   With another kit which was high on my Want List   Thank you for your interest and support All comments, remarks, corrections, suggestions are welcome   Previous reports on PilsenKIT :   by Date Location     Images Pilsenkit : KPM Plzen : Saturday 24 August 2013 : Area of shooting-range Dukla, Lobzy   Plzen (50 miles west of Prague)   Czech Republic   : 150   by Date Location     Images Pilsenkit 2014 : KPM Plzen : Saturday 6 September 2014 : Area of shooting-range Dukla, Lobzy   Plzen (50 miles west of Prague)   Czech Republic   : 39

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