Ciscos SMC Eindhoven/Amsterdam 16-21 Oct09

treetop · Post by **treetop** » Thu 25th Feb 2010 11:12 pm

Thanks for the trip report. Have enjoyed reading it so far. Actually thought the 1st few pics were the models you were making and was thinking wow these guys are good!

Are you into collecting militaria at all besides the models? I mention it because it is a hot property right now.

What were your overall impressions of the city? Worth visiting or better to stick to Amsterdam? From what you wrote did not seem a whole lot cheaper than the out of centrum coffeeshops and not quite so tourist friendly as the dam.

baked · Post by **baked** » Thu 25th Feb 2010 11:49 pm

nice read. looks like you had a good time!

bishy69 · Post by **bishy69** » Fri 26th Feb 2010 12:57 pm

NICE READ M8 .... but you should have got your m8 to be your wingman in them women invested times he didnt have to jump in at the end lol

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Fri 26th Feb 2010 09:47 pm

Pauli Wallnuts wrote:gotta be honest when i clicked on this thread i thought it would be only about model building in eindhoven
real good reporting, so cs Upstairs was you fav, right? how would you rate the smoke compared to dam, quality/price?, have thought about going eindhoven, ryanair do cheap flights, but remember reading liquidswords report last year & he said it wern't nowhere near as good as dam, have heard of that street with the bars, supposed 2be 1 of the longest entertainment streets in europe??

thanks PW yeah Eindhoven is a nice place i would say the weed is no where near as good as the Dam or Edinburgh for that fact ! so if you were jus to go for weed go to Amsterdam or any other place with a good rep Haarlam etc . Upstairs had the best weed but for ambience/comfort etc it would be between Meeting Point or Eurogarden ! I am always suspicious of streets with bars/restaraunts but thats more from going to Mallorca/Ibiza where these streets are tourist orientiated , which is not the case in Eindhoven i think ? still a nice place to visit , i shall be returning in Oct ! cheers

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Fri 26th Feb 2010 10:20 pm

i think im gonna check it out, just go for a weekend, i just had a look on ryanair & can get a return flight for £37, cheaper than going down pub

thanks for the info

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Fri 26th Feb 2010 10:25 pm

No probs man glad to help any other Qs fire away and i will do my best !

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Fri 26th Feb 2010 10:29 pm

treetop wrote:Thanks for the trip report. Have enjoyed reading it so far. Actually thought the 1st few pics were the models you were making and was thinking wow these guys are good!

Are you into collecting militaria at all besides the models? I mention it because it is a hot property right now.

What were your overall impressions of the city? Worth visiting or better to stick to Amsterdam? From what you wrote did not seem a whole lot cheaper than the out of centrum coffeeshops and not quite so tourist friendly as the dam.

Cheers TT whats up ? glad you enjoyed my report so far , im not really into the militaria but there are a couple of things i would like to own i suppose ! see post couple above on overall impressions , defo not as tourist friendly but certainly not unfriendly (if that makes sense?)

PecosTheCat · Post by **PecosTheCat** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 03:29 am

How about a couple photos of your prize winning models?

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 03:05 pm

Certainly KKC here we go ! just to give you more details on size etc the Challenger II is 1/72 scale and is just under 6inches long !

my Schwimmagon is 1/48 scale and just under 3 inches long !

The Challenger was Bronze the schwim silver ! heres a few more images from the show that i liked !

Thats all for now i will hopefully get Amsterdam written up this weekend

cheers

StonedSince67 · Post by **StonedSince67** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 03:28 pm

really nice ... thanks for posting the photos of your models

Toker70 · Post by **Toker70** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 03:44 pm

Nice pics m8,those things are just crazy with detail

Twichaldinho · Post by **Twichaldinho** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 05:38 pm

WTF is Frank Zappa doing in the middle o all them military models?

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 07:17 pm

Twichaldinho wrote:
WTF is Frank Zappa doing in the middle o all them military models?

I know man ! its well done though eh ? quite inspirational! the guy who done it is very talented ! the 3 figs in the shot are his the Scottish piper dude is amazing dare i say it ? EPIC

before i saw this in the flesh so to say, i thought it was about 120mm or larger its 54mm !!! i will try find a better pic , cheers now on to Amsterdam i shall be writing tonight so stay tuned !

Valo · Post by **Valo** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 08:36 pm

That is some talent you have cisco, and a most rewarding hobby for sure.

The little battle (or action) scene models are my favourite ones!

gixxer · Post by **gixxer** » Sat 27th Feb 2010 09:03 pm

can you get models of other guitarists???? if so i would,nt mind starting a collection ( if someone was to make them for me

) that would really be EPIC

( soz could,nt resist

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