Plastic & Steel 2019

The last year of the war in Europe - was this years theme for this two day show ... also known as the Belgian Nationals   For me it is only a one hour drive west   I left late - around 11 AM   ... and I arrived just before noon   Entrance was free again   The show is - of course - organized by IPMS Belgium   Many local clubs participated...       But there were also a few clubs from abroad ... like from Germany   ... or from France   ... or from the UK     I liked this tribute to Buck Danny ... one of our best known aviation comic book characters   I spent many happy hours reading these in my childhood   The contest area was on a very long table ... in the middle of the big hall   With the aircraft categories at the complete end   Starting with the smaller 144 scale subjects ... with only a handful of entries     1/72 scale subjects...                     An entry in the Collection category ... consisting of 4 or more similar models   However, most aircraft entries were in the 1/48 scale categories                           Some of the very few 1/32 scale entries...     ... and the only 1/24 scale aircraft model   The figure categories (... with the ship categories in the background)       Note the cow in the background - and the dog     A cool steam punk idea...         I bet nobody noticed the tiger in the diorama above ?   ... but you all did see Lara Croft !   The few ships in the contest were high level masterpieces       Civilian vehicles - all scales...         I love the radiator on this party bus     There were also paint demonstrations   ... and 1/1 scale reference material   But I was mostly interested in the many vendor tables   Tempting...         The Aviation Bookstore - from the UK         Discounts... Buy one - get the second one for free   I found two old but suitable kits for the Highstrutter groupbuild   A resin Fieseler Fi-256...   ... and an old AML He-46 These should be a lot of fun   L'Arsenal - from France     Syhart Decal - also from France     A brand new Arado ... though not my scale   Nostalgia in tinlets...   Back to the contest tables ... for the military categories   Only very few small 1/72 scale entries   1/48 scale     As always ... 1/35 scale outnumbered all other scale military categories           Diorama's               The Science Fiction category     Those cute little egg models had their own category         I had my last round through the vendors area Do I need another Neptune - at 20 euro ?         PJ Productions     Special Hobby - from the Czech Republic   ... working hard on new upcoming releases   The biggest surprise was their brand new Potez 25   I hadn't expected this kit to be available already...   AZ Model - also from the Czech Republic     It was already late in the afternoon when I headed back home   ... with quite a few boxes in the backseat   At 15 euro, a reminder to build another Mustang soon   Also at 15 euro - another option for the Highstrutter groupbuild   ... just like this one - at 10 euro   I couldn't pass these by - at 8 euro each   ... nor this at 15 euro   It was a bit of an expensive day... I am still not on speaking terms with my wallet   Thank you for your interest and support All comments, remarks, corrections, suggestions are welcome   Previous reports on Scale World :   by Date Location     Images Plastic & Steel 2016 : IPMS Belgium : Saturday/Sunday 8 & 9 October 2015 : Bellekouter hal   Affligem   Belgium   : 127   by Date Location     Images Plastic & Steel 2015 : IPMS Belgium : Saturday/Sunday 3 & 4 October 2015 : Bellekouter hal   Affligem   Belgium   : 106   by Date Location     Images Plastic & Steel 2014 : IPMS Belgium : Saturday/Sunday 4 & 5 October 2014 : Bellekouter hal   Affligem   Belgium   : 106

William De Coster / Belgium e-mail  Page created : 14 October 2019