Plastic Winter 2016

I had to get up early again Very early !   It was time for Plastic Winter   Three days earlier I had already taken a flight with Czech Airlines   To spend some time at my girlfriend's place in Prague   On Saturday morning I took the 05:52 train to Bratislava   Direction south...   Plenty of time to wake up during the 4 hour train trip   And arriving in Bratislava at 10AM   Our friend Miro was again so kind to pick me up at the station   Together we drove to the event on the outskirts of Bratislava   ... a 15 minutes car trip...   Entrance was free - as usually   ... and there was a lot to do and to see   Miro making inquiries at the entrance desk   I pretty quickly started taking pictures of the models in the contest area The aircraft section...   1/144 scale : Avro Lancaster - from A-Model   1/144 scale : Tu-214SR - from RusAir   1/72 scale : Zlin Z-212 - from RS Models   1/72 scale : PZL-37A Los - from Plastyk   1/72 scale : Zlin Z-42 - from HobbyBoss   1/72 scale : Heinkel He-112 - from RS Models   1/72 scale : DH.88 Comet - from SBS   1/72 scale : Fw-190G-3   1/72 scale : Heinkel P.1078B - from Planet Models   1/72 scale : Northrop Grumman X-47B - from Platz   1/72 scale : Gloster Meteor F4 - from Dragon/Revell   1/72 scale : Me-109G-6 - from Academy   1/48 scale : Spitfire Mk.VIII - a high flyer....   1/48 scale : Avia CS-199 - from Academy/HobbyCraft   1/48 scale : Messerschmitt Me-109G-6 - "Tumpi Bumpi Flostomok", May 1945, Flown by Lt.Av. Dumitru Baciu   1/48 scale : Grumman E-2C Hawkeye - from Kinetic   1/48 scale : Frumman F4F Wildcat - from Tamiya   1/48 scale : Me-109G-2 - from Eduard   1/48 scale : DH Mosquito FB.Mk.VI - in an unusual scheme   1/48 scale : Su-2 - from Zvezda   1/48 scale : Yak-38B Forger - from HobbyBoss   1/48 scale : Saab J-29F Tunnan - from Pilot Replicas   1/48 scale : Republic F-84 Thunderjet   1/48 scale : Gloster Meteor F3 - from Tamiya   1/48 scale : Yak-23 Flora - from Bilek   1/48 scale : Arado Ar-231 - from MPM - in a clever display   1/32 scale : Morane-Saulnier N - from Special Hobby   1/32 scale : Me-109F-2 - with ace Werner Mölders sitting on the cockpit   The military vehicles categories...   1/72 scale : "Uraaaaaaaaaaa..." - Eastern Front 1942   1/35 scale : "Das Auto"   1/35 scale : "Rescue" - Road to Berlin   1/35 scale : "Die letzte Schnapps, kameraden" - Osterreich Mai 1945   1/24 scale : "Winter is coming" ... note the Christmas tree on the roof And the glasses and scissors on the hood And the cat if you can find it   1/72 scale : "Typhoon U" - a Russian MRAP kit from Balaton Models   1/200 scale : B-25 Mitchell Quite impressive - especially given the very small scale   1/72 scale : "Apfelmann" - France 1944   1/35 scale : "Need a brake..." - Russia 1943   1/35 scale : "Hey guys look what I found !!!" - Krupp Raumer S Selbstrantrieb - Germany 1945   My favorite model diorama, but I failed to make note of the name 1/72 scale : Puma   1/72 scale : "Feuerschutz" - Polenfeldzug 1944   1/35 scale : T-80   1/35 scale : "Time for changes..."   1/35 scale : "Artillery in Russia"   1/35 scale : "Land Wasser Schlepper" - Belgium 1942   1/35 scale : PzKpfw III Ausf.N - from Tamiya   1/35 scale : T-34/85 - from HobbyBoss   1/35 scale : 88mm gun   1/35 scale : M911 C-HET with M747 trailer and Abrams tank - Operation Desert Storm 1991 - build by Hyper Scaler Akos Szabo   1/35 scale : Ural 4320 - from Trumpeter   1/35 scale : Scud-B   1/35 scale : Schneider tank   1/35 scale : SdKfz 7/2 with 37mm flak 43 - from Trumpeter   1/72 scale : M911 C-HET   1/72 scale : GMC 353 COE and trailer - Red Ball Express   1/72 scale : FWD Model B3 ton lorry + Schneider 155mm gun - 1917   1/72 scale : Chevrolet M6 and M5 bomb trailer - Tunis 1943 (scratchbuilt)   1/72 scale : BMD-1 - Slavyansk - Ukraine 2014   1/72 scale : Jagdtiger - from Dragon   The civilian vehicle categories were in another room   1/24 scale : German Snow Plow   I liked this conversion very much   1/24 scale : Ferrari 275 GTB - from Italeri   1/24 scale : Mini Cooper - workers edition - from Tamiya   1/24 scale : Ford F100 Ranger XLT - from Moebius Model   1/24 scale : Willy's Pick Up 1940 Rat Rod - from AMT   1/35 scale : GAZ-03-30 Model 1933 - from MiniArt   1/87 scale : Multicar M25 UM12 - from Small Models   1/35 scale : Harley WLA 750 "Bobber GULF Style" - from MiniArt   1/32 scale : Kenworth K-100 - from Revell   1/350 scale : Vice Admiral Popov - Russian coastal defense ship - from Samek Model   1/72 scale : X-Wing - from Bandai   "I will find you wherever you are"   "You are next"   -   "Brock the Wanderer"   -   -   -   Time for a break - in the local bistro   Before hitting the vendors   There were several rooms full with all kinds of vendors   Unfortunately RS Models - a regular - was not at the show this year But the kits could be had from several other vendors   Interesting second hand kits   Old Frog kits (HMS Undine and HMS Torquay) in Soviet boxes   It was the first time I saw BraZModels at this show   Coming over all the way from Italy   I found the Airfix VC-10 correction set very interesting   Promotions   Jan Sobotka from Brengun/Hauler at work   From whom I bought this - 10.99 euro   Karaya had some tempting subjects...   AZ Models... with their KP banner   Unfortunately the new LVG C.VI was not yet on sale But we could already fondle the (empty) boxes   A vendor from Hungary   ... managed to get 19 euro from me - for this beauty   The awards ceremony ... with young girls taking prices away in the junior categories   Indeed... The junior categories had more models then all models together on several other shows I know !   Builds by young girls Lenka and Dominika...   Miro was so kind to take me back to the station at the end of the show   Where I took the 16:10 train back to Prague   During the long trip I could already dream away with my other kit I bought   Arriving past 8PM in Prague   The next day   ... my girlfriend and me visited the Christmas market in Prague To end another wonderful weekend   Before I flew back home - to Belgium   Landing in Brussels ... I couldn't keep this picture for myself   It was a long and sometimes tiring weekend - but I enjoyed every second of it (... well except for that getting up early part) Thank you for your interest and support ... and especially Miro for the company & the taxi services All comments, remarks, corrections, suggestions are welcome   Previous reports on Plastic Winter :   by Date Location     Images Plastic Winter 2015 : KPM Bratislava : Saturday 28 November 2015 : Dom Kultury, Ruzinov, Ruzinovska 28   Bratislava   Slovakia   : 74   by Date Location     Images Plastic Winter 2014 : KPM Bratislava : Saturday 22 November 2014 : Dom Kultury, Ruzinov, Ruzinovska 28   Bratislava   Slovakia   : 100   by Date Location     Images Plastic Winter 2013 : KPM Bratislava : Saturday 30 November 2013 : Dom Kultury, Ruzinov, Ruzinovska 28   Bratislava   Slovakia   : 89

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