Rheinberg 2008

[Konrad]

Yesterday I have visited our dutch friends on a fair in Rheinberg.
It was really a nice day and we had time,to talk a lot about our hobby.





The great waterloo-diorama from Hans.


What a work!


....it is still extended!




Benno and Martin


Sander and Hans


Hans works on a new project.A tank battle in WWI.I be sure,it will be great again.


But the best was,to see all my dutch friends again.
These boys are really excellently mates.
And next year see them all again in Kampen.
(And you too?)

[Susofrick]

Thanks for the pictures, Konrad. Great to see them. I have some serious troubles coming (distance is one) and in this way I can visit too. [/list]

[Peter]

Indeed, thanks for posting Konrad!

Hey guys, it looked like great fun

Greetings Peter

[Benno]

Back home from a great weekend with Sander, Martin and Hans at the Modellbau West in Rheinberg (Germany).

Sander brought a lot of WW1 stuff with him to wargame with, and I was really impressed by what he had done with the figures and tanks. They all looked very cool! I'm thinking of starting on some WW1 stuff too. Great stuff Sander.

Hans brought a lot of WW1 stuff with him too, as some of you may know he's working on a WW1 diorama of the battle of Cambrai (can't blame him after painting Nap's for 10 years!). The whole line up of MKIV's was awesome!

Martin was still working on his French infantry for the second part of the Waterloo diorama. He got some 1000 painted now, and needs another 800. He even thinks he'll need more!

And me? I painted two.. TWO.. whole miniatures! Yeah I don't paint that fast..
I also had a cold, sneezing and coughing all the time.. yuk.

Saturday Konrad visited us at the fair. He brought his GNW diorama with him as a gift to me. Thanks again Konrad! And thanks for putting up the pictures! We talked a lot together (me trying to speak German, but failing every time ). We had a great time with you being there with us!

On Sunday Tom-Pedall Winterkamp paid us a visit with his wife. Great guy!




Here's a selection of the 400 photos I made:


Yeah.. I'm kinda.. concentrated..



My showcase and painting desk.



Me, Martin and Konrad.



My showcase.



Konrad's GNW diorama.






Martin's French light cavalry.






Tom paid us a visit too.



Martin's part of the stand, working on his French infy (another 800 to go!).



Martin's view most of the time, painting 100+ french infy figs.



Martin painting.






Hans is working on his T Ford.









The 'sensai' looking over Hans' diorama.



Our 'neighbours' with their Zwolle/Alps track.



Our other 'neighbours', beautiful scenery next to the train tracks.



An American RC tank on a small diorama (for the WW2 enthousiasts).



Hans' plastic T Ford (left) and Sander's resin T Ford (right). Superb model!



Two tanks painted by Sander at the fair.















Charge!



Overview of the other side of the hall.



Thanks for the great weekend guys!

[Roland_Kupski]

It´s a pity that your are so far away from me...

[Martin]

Hi All,
Yes it was a pleasure to be at this fair. A lot of people passed our stand and the OOOH's and AAAH's were heared often.
Most of the visitors were train-minded and could also admire other types of hobby. 4 Days (1 preparation and 3 days of fair) are still enough.
Next opportunity to see us alive is: 21 June in Kampen (NLD).

[Benno]

And of course the wahnsinn's, gute arbeit and so on..

[Waterloo]

@ Martin.

Just curious, but I was noticing the Benno picture of your figs entitled "French Light Cavalry" and I was wondering if these figs were the 1st Cavalry Division cause it looks to be made up of the 3rd Chasseurs and the 3rd & 4th lancers.
Is that correct Martin????

Colin

[Martin]

Hi Colin,
You are completely right: 3rd and 4th Lancers and 3rd Chasseurs of the 1st Cavalry Division lead by Gen. Jacquinot.
There just a part of what I have ready.

[Martin]

Some more pics:


building the diorama.

The three others painting.


Couple of the many visitors.

Hans and Sander talking. Benno makes one of his 400 pics.

The magnificent scratch-build Hougoumont.


The struggle inside the farm.


More French want to go in, but the gates are being closed.

[Peter]

Hey Martin, if that are the Third Chasseurs, the color of the cuffs are not right. Now you have them red, but the Third had green ones.

1st: Facing scarlet with scarlet cuffs
3th: Facing scarlet with green cuffs
4th: Facing primrose with primrose cuffs
6th: Facing primrose with green cuffs
8th: Facing pink with green collar
9th: Facing pink with green cuffs
12th: Facing crimson with green cuffs

This is no critic, just want to help. Thes are beautiful figures in a nice dio!

Greetings Peter

[Waterloo]

Just curious Peter, where did you got that info from? I thought it was red cuffs for the 3rd Chasseurs. I think Martin's right.

Look:

http://www.mont-saint-jean.com/cent_jours/detail_UuniteFR.php?unite=86

Colin

[Peter]

The information is from the book: the armies at Waterloo from Ugo Pericoli. Sometimes there is no great difference between the uniforms.
I will check it in the Waterloo Compagnion when I 've got more time.

Greetings Peter

[Benno]

Haha awesome!

[Martin]

Hey Benno,
We decided that you would do a bit of Photoshopping of the back of my head?

[Benno]

Hehe

[Sander]

Hé Martin now looks like Jamie from Mythbusters! Nice pics Benno and Martin!

But to all you other guys: Benno did an ad hoc conversion at the fair of a HäT WW1 Grenadethrower ito a soccerplayer which is so brilliant that I am going to try myself! Benno put up some pics!

Cheerio Sander (who has too much at hand to visit this forum more regularly )

[Adam]

Look slike you had a great time guys, (as long as you mak esure you pop in and say hello every now and then sander we'll forgive you )

[Peter]

Hey Benno there is "drop" on Martins head

Greetings Peter

[Martin]

Hey don't call me "drop"head.
I rather have something like this on my head than a sombrero (too big).