About a month ago, I got a phone call from my modelling friend Grega: “Hey! What are you doing on the weekend of 5th, 6th October? Are you interested in travelling with me to Šumperk in Czech republic for a modelling competition? I’ll drive.”
Grega is a world class modeller with numerous international modelling awards and was invited to have a weathering workshop at Modelfest. After getting a green light from my Mrs. I had no other choice but to confirm!
So on Friday morning I travelled to Ljubljana (Slovenia) to Grega’s place where we embarked on a 700km journey.
Road took us NorthEast via Vienna and border crossing at Mikulov.
Mikulov castle
via Brno through Moravia towards Šumperk
First road sign towards Šumperk near Olomouc
After arriving to our hotel and meeting the organizers, it was time for a nice dinner Czech style and a good night’s sleep before a very busy day.
Organizers received 420 entries via internet applications and at the end of the registration, the total was almost 700 models!
Below is a small selection of models on display sorted by theme.
Aircraft 1:72 – props
Aircraft 1:72 – jets
Aircraft 1:144
Aircraft 1:48 – props
Aircraft 1:48 – jets
Aircraft 1:32
Helicopters – all scales
Armor, guns, dioramas
Ships
Cars, trucks, motorcycles
Figures, busts, sci-fi, what-if,…
Junior categories
Paper models
General views of the exhibition hall
Small WW2 exhibit at the entrance to the hall with some really nice aviation artefacts from that era.
Grega Križman aircraft weathering workshop
Big thanks to Modelklub Šumperk z.s for great organization and warm hospitality and to EastModels.sk team!
See you in 2020!
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