ModelExpo 08 Open 2018
Today I spent a few hours at the local IPMS Stockholm show, ModelExpo 08 Open. Lots of wonderful models, some very unique others not so very but still very skillfully made. For various reasons I chose not to participate with any models this year but enjoyed the show nevertheless. Great to see a number of friends from other parts of Sweden and others coming over from neighbouring countries. Mr iModeler himself, Martin Waligorski, looked happy among all display tables. A separate hall filled with vendors and a café kept visitors happy and refueled when they needed a break.
So very many outstanding entries pictured here, one doesn't quite know just where to begin with all the accolades...thanks very much for sharing your trip and photos.
Accolades...why not do them in alphabetic order? Thanks for your comment, Craig.
'Liked' - with a passion. What a great collection, with some of my favourite subjects; Jules Verne's Nautilus, Wurgers, Schwalbes, dios to die for, steampunk, sci-if, and that Sabre...gorgeous.
Thanks, Stellan!
Yes, quite a wide collection of models. Would be unbearable if there were only Pz IVs and T-55s... Did my best to vary the photos but I also think they reflect my own interests.
My pleasure!
V cool selection- thanks for posting!
Happy to please, Rob!
Real nice!
Happy you like it!
Thanks for posting this. We IPMS-Stockholm members haven't been very good at posting pictures of our own event here on imodeler. It was about time somebody did it.
Great pictures!
Hmm have you checked for photos from the event previus years? iModeler isn´t that old so we have not had much chance to fail posting photos... Thanks, Ulf. Very nice to see you again. Way too seldom we see one another these days.
@Ulf 🙂
@Stellan: Thanks for posting, there are some really nice models here! I certainly think the majority is worth being posted here on imodeler...
Absolutely so. Usually the standard is quite high at 08 Open. Happy you like the photos.
Thanks Stellan, more great modelling on display !
Happy to please you, Alan! Hope to be able to make it to SAPMA in Adelaide later this year. Might bring a few of my own models if so.
Lots of really nice stuff there, but I'm particularly knocked out by the Walrus rescue diorama and the damaged B-17. But what I really want to know is, how did that guy get a 1:1 Kawasaki motorcycle up on the table?
Yeah, the Walrus was nice. Strangely enough there were actually two very similar scenes of a Walrus picking up a pilot in a dinghy. Scroll down a bit for photo on this http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9898&sid=e6ff36478f28ab0f17d821e58faf98c0&start=10. The Walruses were competing in this year´s theme class: Rescue. So did the privy you see on the first photo, (child coming with a roll of paper for dad). What 1:1 scale Kawasaki? I only saw a 2:1 model...
Thanks for sharing your pics Stellan. Fantastic work on display on this show.
My pleasure, Ferry! Lots of great models for sure.
Well needless to say I especially liked the final pic 😆 Thanks for sharing!
Martin, you looked so...focused on what you were doing so I had to get you into the frame. However, the Airfix Fury wasn´t too bad either.
Some really great stuff!
Yep! You got it.
Outstanding, Stellan! This looks like another great viewing where we get to see some REAL talent on display. Thanks for sharing!
Yep, lots of talent at this show. Glad you liked it!
Hello Stellan,
Thanks for sharing these pics with us.
Always good to look over your "own"border to see what is going in.
Regards, Dirk / The Netherlands.
My pleasure, Dirk. Why not come on over next April, not very far from Netherlands.
Love the photos.