Regional Meeting of "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau" and forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" in Augsburg / Germany on 14th March 2020

[Uwek]

In March some members of the german Association "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau e.V." and of the german forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" will meet for one day in Augsburg / Germany, in order to talk, show, look and chat.
We expect appr. 50 modelers coming together with their models. So much more modelers and also much more models like last year.

I am very happy to see there once more some friends, which also participated in October 2018 at the Convention in Rochefort
https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/...chefort-france-18-th-21-st-october-2018.2050/
and the last regional meeting near Frankfurt last May 2019

Regional Meeting of "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau" and forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" near Frankfurt on 11th May 2019

Next Saturday, the 11th May 2019, some members of the german Association "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau e.V." and of the german forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" will meet for one day, in order to talk, show, look and chat. We expect appr. 20 modelers coming together with their models. I am...

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but also some other very interesting modelers.

Also some of our SOS-members from Germany (or other countries) will be there.
As I know from the list of participants I will meet there the following members from SOS:

@Foxtrott ,
@Olivers Historic Shipyard ,
@AnobiumPunctatum ,
@Hanseat ,
@Ivan Trtanj ,
@Achilles,
@Jeronimo
and
@Joachim

and also see there beautiful models - If I missed somebody from our members, maybe forgot to mention or because of different nicknames in the different forums, please shortly post here.
I am so happy to see you all ..... this is than really a bigger "Meet and Great"

I will arrive already Friday afternoon / evening and will stay until Sunday, so if somebody is interested, maybe we can meet for a beer (or two) - I am in the Cityhotel Ost am Koe, where we have also the breakfast on Sunday morning.

So stay tuned .... I will report afterwards and show some of the models

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Hi Uwe,
my wife and I will also stay in the Cityhotel Ost. I am happy to see you there

 

[janos]

And can we see some photos about the event afterwards?
Janos

 

[Uwek]

And can we see some photos about the event afterwards?
Janos

off course I will take my camera with me, with an empty memory card and fully charged.....

........
So stay tuned .... I will report afterwards and show some of the models

 

[Uwek]

Here I want to list only some of the models, so you can understand how interesting this meeting will be.

Royal Caroline 1749 1:50
english 74-gunner 1:48
Several "Phantom" - group built project
Saint Albans 1687 of Foxtrott
Royal William 1719
Zeesboat 1:20
La Belle 1:36 of Oliver
Bonhomme Richard in 1:75
Triton in 1:48
spanish Shebeke and venzian Galeotta
SMS Thetis
Unicorn
Le Frederick
Yacht Harlingen of Ivan Trtanj
SMS Fürst Bismarck
Santa Maria
L´Aurore
Sovereign of the Seas
La Salamandre scratch
Halifax
Le Coureur
Bretagne
Bow of Bonhomme Richard of Geronimo
Warrior
Le Fleuron of Joachim
....... and and and

I guess we can expect appr. 70 models to see - either finished ones or under construction

If you are interested in this meeting, do not hesitate to visit us at this day (if you are in town or region) no matter if you are a member or not

 

[Norway]

UWE, I wish I could be there to see a lot of amazing models, Questions, can you say a little about this project,
More "Phantom" -
group-built project Saint Albans 1687 by Foxtrott ?.
Regards-

 

[Jimsky]

Well, you cannot wait to be there, I cannot wait for your return with the camera full of photos. Maybe you should take a spare flashcard, you never know...

 

[Uwek]

UWE, I wish I could be there to see a lot of amazing models, Questions, can you say a little about this project,
More "Phantom" -
group-built project Saint Albans 1687 by Foxtrott ?.
Regards-

Hallo Knut,
The Phantom group built is a group project of the german forum building the Gaffel schooner Phantom:

Regional Meeting of "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau" and forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" near Frankfurt on 11th May 2019

Next Saturday, the 11th May 2019, some members of the german Association "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau e.V." and of the german forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" will meet for one day, in order to talk, show, look and chat. We expect appr. 20 modelers coming together with their models. I am...

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the Saint Albans by Alexander alias @Foxtrott is this project, which he will show also in Augsburg

Saint Albans 1687 in Navy Board Style - 1 : 48 scale [COMPLETED BUILD]

It took long time to decide which project I should undertake next. Inspired by plans, drawn by Herbert Read in 1926, I began modelling the St Albans of 1687. This was a 50-gun ship. Robert Spence was the owner of the original model and he built a copy of the model in the 1940s. I wanted to do...

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[Uwek]

Hallo my friends,

in the meantime the number of modelers once more rised, so we can expect appr. 80 modeling friends to meet there

Important Information for the participants:

@Foxtrott ,
@Olivers Historic Shipyard ,
@AnobiumPunctatum ,
@Hanseat ,
@Ivan Trtanj ,
@Achilles,
@Jeronimo
and
@Joachim
and everybody else not listed here......

Important Info related to the footwear !!!

Due to the fact, that we have the meeting in a gym (Turnhalle) it is requested, that the visitors are wearing sneakers, sport shoes or slippers (Hausschuhe)

Please have this in mind

Also bitte Sportschuhe oder Hausschuhe in der Halle tragen

 

[Uwek]

It is a very special time.
Unfortunately I had to decide not to go to the meeting in Germany.
I hope, that some of our members visiting the event are making a lot of photos and post them here in a topic.

 

[Uwek]

I was travelling to Augsburg, but a friend of mine visited the event. At the end there were only 35 modelers with their models.
But next year ......
Many Thanks to Matthias (alias hanseat in the german forum), who accepted to use his photos - Enjoy

Some really beautiful and interesting models were shown





















Our member @Ivan Trtanj was also present




















and also the HMS Victory of Daniel


and Daniels "Schnittchen" of the HMS Victory showing the appearance of the ship in different periods

 

[NMBROOK]

Uwe,very nice models indeed,thanks for posting and to Matthias for sharing the images.

Kind Regards

Nigel

 

[Jimsky]

What can I say? It is proven, that we have talents across the globe. Great models! Many thanks Uwe for sharing with us!

 

[Uwek]

Many thanks to my friend Daniel, called dafi, that I am allowed to show the photos he made during the meeting, so please take a look at the beautiful models.
Imagine the same meeting without Corona.....with more than double modelers...... But next year .......

Enjoy !

 

[Uwek]

 

[Uwek]

and the well known "plastic" Victory from dafi



and his "Schnittchen"














once more, many thanks to Daniel for the photos

 

[Jimsky]

Many thanks Uwe and Daniel (Dafi) for the chance to see those great photos, and beautiful models! Yet, another proof that so many talented craftsmans\modelers around the globe! And home many still unknown???

 

[NMBROOK]

Brilliant,thanks Uwe and Daniel.I wouldn't like to think how many Victory kits Daniel has cut up,he must have shares in Heller

Kind Regards

Nigel