48 • FEBRUARY 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL
SHOW REPORT
Plastic Winter
Bratislava, Slovakia – 25th November 2017
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SCRAPBOOK
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very year our final show
is Plastic Winter in
Bratislava, the capital
of the Republic of Slovakia.
Compared to many other shows
in Eastern Europe Plastic Winter
is very small about the same size
as the average English model
show but where it is different
is the sheer number of people
attending, though it is supposed
to be open from 10 till 4, it really
starts getting busy from about
eight o’clock in the morning
and stays so right till the end.
As with many European shows
the competition is massive with
over 1055 models on display and
I counted over 550 entries in the
aircraft classes alone. I spentnearly an hour, trying to get close
enough to photograph them
and I still ran out of time before
I could not get near the tables
with the larger scale models on.
As can be seen in many of the
accompanying photographs,
KPM Bratislava show their
appreciation of the models
they like with an etched metal
snowman which is a real nice
touch as they award as many as
they think each class deserves.
Next year Plastic Winter
will be held on the 24th
November 2018 at the culture
centre in Ruzinov, Bratislava.
Visit http://www.kpmbratislava.
sk for more details and to see
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