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We visited: Moson Makett Show 2022

Goran Krunić, 26th April 2022

We arrived around 9:30 in the morning, starting from Sopnica in the eastern part of Zagreb around 5 in the morning, we would have left earlier, but I turned off the alarm just in time.

A cheerful five-member crew of which only me and the road leader Josip went with the intention of participating and exhibiting at the show, he brought home and wallpaper for the animated picture, while I brought one bust, 3 figures and eyes from a miniature painting workshop from February .

The hall is quite an impressive building called the United Foam Manufacturers Arena (UFM), so we accidentally parked a little too far from it, as we were guided by navigation via address rather than actual location. It was already very crowded from the early morning, but despite that, we successfully completed the process of registration and submitting the model for trial and competition in 10-15 minutes.

Given that this is one of the two largest model-miniature competitions in Europe, the space where exhibitors sold hobby equipment and models was, to put it mildly, impressive. There was really everything, from a variety of tools, models, models, busts, paints, brushes, glue, etc. The exhibition space itself was organized in two locations, side by side. The already mentioned UFM Arena, as well as the school next door.

I only discovered the said school on Sunday, but I was really impressed with the amount of exhibitors they placed in the classrooms, ground floor and first floor of the school.

Among other things, I was fascinated by something that, despite considerable interest, is almost impossible to buy in any form in Zagreb, and that is wooden stands for busts and figures (plinths). I took myself and Marko a few pieces, it’s always a welcome purchase.

As for the exhibited models from a miniaturistic perspective, the quality of painting was really enviable, and at first I was convinced that our best miniaturists would not easily get medals, but in the meantime I learned that the way of judging is such that every exhibition satisfies the judge the criterion for a bronze, silver or gold medal, he really gets that medal. This seems fairer but also requires significantly higher costs due to the possible number of medals required.

I took the opportunity to give a few gifts, primarily to Miklos Bute as one of the organizers and Zoltán Budavári, the owner of Buco Model Base, this little token of attention consisted of our bag containing one of our monographs and homemade cherry liqueur, made with love by my mother.

I also met Bine Logar from Slovenia, our dear friend and welcome guest and exhibitor at Black Queen.

Then, with Marko's wholehearted help, I set out on the challenging task of awarding our Best of Show as voted by UMS Agram Medal. This was not an easy task considering the already mentioned high quality of paintjobs.

However, in the end, we unanimously decided to award it to Roberto Del Cima, because of the extraordinarily painted bust of a woman in a war environment, which at the time of writing this text has a lot of weight and meaning.

Roberto is a very kind and approachable person, who tirelessly and superbly paints miniatures, even on the show itself.

We attended the awards ceremony on Sunday afternoon. I can proudly say that several Croatian and Agram miniaturists and modelers have won notable awards. The organizer also thanked us in front of the full hall for the gifts, which I consider an extremely nice gesture on their part.

Finally, I would like to mention the considerable "catch" of the purchased goods from the show, in addition to the already mentioned wooden stands, I bought a few busts - The bootsman, Mexican Outlaw (to me personally the most impressive of all because of the details on the face), Zombie Knight Anu, who loves the subject), Crabcather, and Samurai Daimyo. I also bought a Renault Alpine A110 model on a smaller scale for a very affordable price considering the quality of the model.

In addition to the mentioned items, I also bought the entire collection of miniatures from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise at Brother Vinnie's stand, thus rounding off the already meaningful and fulfilling weekend.

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