Euro Militaire model figure and Military show in Folkestone this weekend had some amazing figure, military and even aircraft models on display – there were several other things of not mainstream model interest like flat sculpted models and vignettes made to look like pictures I found extremely impressive.

Hi modellers! More pictures in this series of “foto” reports of the famous Euro Militaire model figure and Military show held in Folkestone this weekend just past. Most of the stands were selling something or other – but one stand drew my eye for a different reason – It was there to help some of the 200 million less well-off children in the world.
 

Euro Militaire had many interesting people on board manning the stands over the weekend – amongst them was actor Jason Salkey - you may know Jason through the hit television series about the fictional British soldier fighting in the Napoleonic wars called “Sharpe” – Jason played in the series as Rifleman Harris. As well as giving away a prize at the event he was there for a more personal reason.

Hi modellers! Euro Militaire has finished for the weekend and gee it was a fun event!

Rain could not even ruin a “Taste of Tuscany” ( Thanks Pietro) held by Pegaso outside on the outside seaside forecourt interrupted by typically British weather. Inside the halls were warm though with the combined heat of thousands of modellers and collectors, vendors, contestants and judges went about celebrating the most prestigious modelling event in the world.

Euro Militaire was held this weekend just passed – for all of you who may have missed it we have some great pictures and some of the stories of the people behind the show and the models on parade – starting off today I aim to bring you a batch of pictures of the models in contest and the faces young and old of some of the people who attended.

Osprey Publishing of course was of course represented with an excellent stand packed with some great titles and a few staffers ready for a chat on all things Osprey and model related (and some things off topic too!) It was really interesting to talk to the staff about their experiences at Osprey and the books they have worked on and to get some knowledge on the day to day operations and behind the scenes info on the Osprey world – if you are at a modelling show in the future please do pop in to have a chat to the guys there - and just maybe have a look at some of the books they have on sale as well!

There will be more galleries every day this week with figures, dioramas, people and oddities from the Euro Militaire on the Modelling News Click on the link below for part one of the figures pictures

MXPression

Airbrushing Camouflage Patterns

Purely Acrylics

DVD Presented by Mario Eens

A new DVD has arrived that aims to help us all better understand how to paint a great camouflage with the ever popular modelling medium of acrylic paint from new company MXPression. Let’s have a look at the DVD and see if it’s a good (– or as I found after seeing it) a really good investment!

MiniArt

 Russian Street

1/35– Kit no 36026

New from Alpine Miniature this month is a new sculpture in 1/16^th scale of the WWII fighter ace Werner Mölders. From the start i am not going to exaggerate here - i am impressed!

1/48th Great Wall Hobby FW-189 A1 Build.

Part IV – Getting better every day… sealing the deal and ready to paint.

When we left the Fw 189 kit last time we had the whole major structure together and the kit was looking pretty structurally sound. Next was the masking of the glass that surrounds the cockpit and fuselage  and to go to the undercoat and painting stages - but first to seal many of the seams that are created by a twin-boom multi-engined aircraft.

Today we look at a small radio set to match your US vehicles and your American soldier kits of choice  – these resin kits from LZ Models look pretty nice – let’s have a look and see if they go together as well as they look in the pictures.