Axel's corner

Recently (October 19th) I visited the Scale Model Challenge event in Veldhoven. Just short of an hours drive from where I live. This was a first for me. Although this event has been taking place since 2007, I've never visited Scale Model Challenge before. Mostly because I was afraid there would be "nothing" to see for me as a (mainly) civil (car) modeller. And as I've been going to the IPMS Netherlands event which takes place just a month later, I've never had the urge to also visit the SMC. How wrong have I been all those years. What an event. A rich selection of vendors and club stands from all over the world adorned the rooms and halls of the NH Koningshof conference center. But the highlight surely was the competition area. The sheer amount of fantastic models (from all disciplines) on display was simply unbelievable. And the models (and their creators) came from all over the world. I think I've never heard more different languages in one place...

This blog has been awfully quiet of late. And yes, I've promised this in the past, but I really (really) intend to be a bit more productive. But more on that in another post. This first post since long will be about the KMK Scaleworld event I visited last June. It's been several years since my last visit to this modelling event, as it clashed with other appointments in the past. The event has been relocated a few years ago and I was eager to finally visit the event at the new location. Luckily this year I was finally able to attend it once again. The event took place at the Thomas More Campus in Geel (Belgium). It's just over a one hour's drive from where I live. For me this is one of the shows with the highest quality of displayed models. Not only in the contest area, but also at the club stands. And there were quite a few of them. The hallways of the campus were filled with vendors and club stands. In the cellar another large room was filled with club stan...