Flanders Modelling Festival 2017

I had to get up early ... for my favorite model show   There are really A LOT OF vendors ... but you have to get up early to get the best bargains   It is a 45 minutes drive west ... to the suburbs of Antwerp   Arriving around 8AM ... parking on the school play ground   The event takes place in a school   And slowly vendors were filling the available rooms   The hunt could begin...   I had never seen this before ... though it looked like my age   Big Airfix kits   I liked that Matchbox Porsche - at 15 euro (though it was started) 30 minutes later it was already gone...   Plenty of classic kits to browse through...   With the Heller group build in full swing...   A rare GRB-36 At 70 euro - too pricey for me ... but a few hours later it was also gone...   Dynavector vacs Luckily not my scale   The new Mach 2 Avro York   Plastic temptation rarely looked better...   More Airfix classics...   What about the classic Airfix Braniff International Jumbo Jet ?   ... or any of the other airliners   The contest area   The small scale entries... Though these can still be big subjects         1/72 scale subjects...       And moving to the bigger 1/48 scale categories...             There were a few 1/32 aircraft kits in the contest           This was a very cool 1/48 scale diorama My show favorite...   Some entries from other categories...                                 A very impressive diorama   ... with a lot of things to see on it...   ... including a girl taking care of her cats               Time to go hunting again Modellbaustudio Rhein-Rhur is one of my favorite vendors at this show...   They are the main distributor of Classic Plane   A Privateer tanker...   ... or some rare Antares Models subjects   Luckily I had read a review of the Bleriot 125 ... it's a little rough   Sooner or later I will not be able to resist this ... even if it is a vac kit But not this year !   Let's keep things easy...   ... and try to add something to my national Chinese Air Force collection     I had never seen nor heard about AirKits   ... but they have some cool old Soviet subjects...   The old Red Hurricane Tu-14 ... which is also a little rough around the edges   This one I already have   But not this one But it was kinda expensive...   Some oddball Belgian types   Aha ! One of my most anticipated releases of the previous year...   Such an elegant aircraft   And while we were at it...   But I had to let this one go Too many wheels and propeller tips to paint !   Inspiration for the Latin America & Africa group build   A promotion... The new Revell Halifax - complete ... but in a B-17 box   Some RS Models resin kits   The Tu-4 AWACS in the bigger scale...   Something for the old school modellers...   Bargain boxes...   The friendly people from WhirlyBird   ... sold me some ideas for the Latin America & Africa group build   I also picked up some reading material   Supporting local writers/publishers...   ... before I drove home in the late afternoon   Additions to my stash of shame   Thank you for your interest and support All comments, remarks, corrections, suggestions are welcome   Previous reports on Flanders Modelling Festival :     by Date Location     Images Flanders Modelling Festival 2016 : IPMS Antwerp : Saturday 27 February 2016 : Don Bosco   Hoboken   Belgium   : 105     by Date Location     Images Flanders Modelling Festival 2015 : IPMS Antwerp : Saturday 7 March 2015 : Don Bosco   Hoboken   Belgium   : 50     by Date Location     Images Flanders Modelling Festival 2014 : IPMS Antwerp : Saturday 8 March 2014 : Don Bosco   Hoboken   Belgium   : 104

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