Euro Scale Modelling 2017
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: IPMS Netherlands
: Saturday 25 November 2017 : Expo Houten Houten
The Netherlands |
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The biggest show in the Netherlands ... had found a new home : Expo Houten
It was still a 1.5 hours drive north for me
I left somewhere after 10AM in the morning
... arriving around noon
At the new location : Expo Houten ... about 50 kms south of Amsterdam
Entrance fee was 7 euro
The event is organised by IPMS Nederland (IPMS Netherlands)
I set out to explore the first hall...
Airliners & Civil Aviation SIG
Many smaller regional clubs were attending the show
Another SIG : the Royal Netherlands Air Force
This was one of the coolest things I have ever seen
One of the regional IPMS chapters had several displays of museums...
In a very cool presentation
There was also a military museum...
People watching an instruction video
... which was really playing
And there was an aviation museum...
This very same idea has been on my mind for a long time
But I never got around working it out
So it was good to see these examples
The Revell promo booth
With a new kit of the Black Pearl
And the new P-51 Mustang built up
I was interested in the many 2nd hand vendors
Very appropiate at this show...
I found a small scale Etendard
... I had to adopt it
Heller inspiration
A SIG visiting from the UK
... and a model club visiting from the UK
More 2nd hand kits
I wonder what the prices will be
Not my scale - but it's the first time I see this kit
Moving into the 2nd hall...
I was looking for a 1/32 scale classic sportscar for a future project
Some 2nd hand reading material
A family selling many old classic kits from a collector who had passed away
The new big scale Tigercat
Local vendors...
Alfred van Netburg was selling plastic aircraft model kits his father made during his life
They sold about 80 of them... still about 550 to go Next opportunity will be the Aviation Collectors Fair at Schiphol Airport / Amsterdam on 25 February 2018
I was thirsty Time for a break
... before moving into the 3rd hall
Where we found a Czech vendor with new Czech kits
... with new Czech kits
This one was at the top of my shopping list
Another vendor had promotions due to damaged boxes
Time to see some beautiful models
... plastic models that is The contest area opened again at 14h - after judging
1/72 scale : F-100 Super Sabre
1/72 scale : Sukhoi Su-15
1/72 scale : Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
1/72 scale : C-2A Greyhound
1/72 scale : Beechcraft TC-45J Navigator
1/72 scale : RFB Fantrainer - Thai Air Force
1/48 scale : Gloster Gladiator
1/48 scale : Hawker Hurricane
I loved all the opened up panels...
1/72 scale : Hawker Fury
My favorite entry was a model in the scratchbuild category : 1/72 scale : Fokker F.VIII
1/72 scale : Consolidated Privateer airtanker
1/48 scale : Mitsubishi Ki-67 - 170th Bakugekitai
1/72 scale : Heinkel He-177A-5/R-2 - Revell
1/35 scale : "Street fighters"
1/35 scale : "Brotherhood Parade"
1/35 scale : "Sturm at dawn"
1/35 scale : "When worlds collide - Cologne 1945"
1/72 scale : Kingtiger
1/72 scale : M-109
1/35 scale : "For sale"
1/35 scale : YW-750 Iraqi Army
1/87 scale : "Rotterdam 1985"
1/24 scale : Nissan R34 GT-R
1/25 scale : 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS - Revell
1/25 scale : Chevrolet Belair
1/25 scale : 1962 Chevrolet Impala
1/25 scale : Kenworth truck
1/25 scale : "1973 Charger at fence"
1/24 scale : 1969 Fiat 500 Lampogas
1/72 scale : RNLI Plymouth lifeboat
"Dragon queen"
"Old host"
1/24 scale : Citroën C4 pompier / fire truck
It was getting late Time for a last walk around... Promotion for a new Revell kit
There was a VW Beetle group build on the forum of IPMS Netherlands
Some of the entries could be admired at this show
A very interesting prototype & what-if collection...
Some of the review models - bult by IPMS Netherlands members
Beasts of Nature was another interesting display
I think you get the theme
Surprising how many kits there were in this collection
These are just a few examples...
I eventually bought this classic 1/32 sportscar kit ... for a future project
And this - since I am in a Mustang period
I was happy I visited the show ... as I was feeling a little under the weather in the morning
But I survived it in good health
I think it was good medication 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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