2016 Annual Meeting Netherlands (Nieuwegein, Province of Utrecht)

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Last weekend, Saturday, I went on my bike from Amersfoort to Nieuwegein, near the town of Utrecht. Nice weather, nice tour (approximately 19 miles).

On the tour itself I took a few pictures of a veteran fire engine, ready to be preserved

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Starting with Hans-Joachim Zimmer from Lemgo, well known for his excellent designed models and built existing models, enhanced with etched parts made by himself.

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As i arrived in the Afternoon, Mr Groen and his two boys were somewhere on the exhibition which is mainly plastic modelling on the highest scale.

There large plane models to be admired; enlarged existing kits.

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One of the models shown by Mainpirat involved a prototype of a passenger tender by HMV of Hamburg, a very nice surprise.

A real novelty.

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A diorama of a Scottish harbour by Mainpirat. What an atmosphere.

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Thanks for the photos.

Fred

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An abundance of detail, also on S.M.S. Thüringen. The ship still has her torpedo nets.

[Richschindler]

Wow, looks like it was a very nice show. Thanks for sharing the photos.

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David Hathaway´s S.S. Brighton, known from the collission with ¨Preussen¨, the only full-rigged five mast ship; built by Mainpirat also.

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Agricuktural models by Eef Smitshuizen and....