Euro Memories - what stands out for you.

[Nap]

What Stands out for me .......

The friends I met and made old and new .....

The look of glee on faces looking at the models

Trying to "hide" purchases fom Mrs Nap ..she always found them ...HOW!!!!!

The Spitfire fly over

The are my favourite BOS winners ..my jaw dropped

Most of all the happy memories of the show

Nap

 

[DEL]

The journey down from Scotland with my mates, the first pint at the Southcliffe with the usual suspects Carl, Pete Shaw et al.
The second, third and f...... well you get the idea.
Moz, when he's on form telling the most hilarious stories you ever heard. The sadly missed Pete (Diamond Cutter) Morton swashbuckling his way across the breakfast dining room.
Brian Snaddon charming every woman that spoke to him.
The occassions when Euro fell on International Talk Like a Pirate day ....... heading up to the British Lion to ogle the barmaids dressed as serving wenches.
Papas Haddock and Chips. ......... the list goes on.
As for the BOS model that always jumps out for me is Bill Horan's Chickamauga. This was about 20 years ago and was the first time I'd seen one of his diaramas up close.

That same year I remember Stan Cheffey produced a mounted Mongol with the Steppes pony belly deep in snow, a cracking conversion.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Cant remember the name but there was this Italian fellow who made huge dioramas of knights from Agincourt and Crecy?
If anyone have the name or pictures?

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[Nige]

"That same year I remember Stan Cheffey produced a mounted Mongol with the Steppes pony belly deep in snow, a cracking conversion"

That's one of my all time favourite mounted figs Del. Stan was a great bloke as well. Haven't seen him for years.

Cant remember the name but there was this Italian fellow who made huge dioramas of knights from Agincourt and Crecy?
If anyone have the name or pictures?

Might have been Mario Venturi Janne. He did the Montaperti Diorama along with a book..

 

[brian]

Gazza going past Hendry to score at Wembley .......

Oh, sorry, wrong Euro!

Unfortunately Gazza couldn't pass a pub to score.

 

[Babelfish]

Another fond memory of Euro that springs to mind is meeting and shaking hands with Diego Ruina and Pietro Balloni, and hoping that some of the "magic dust" would rub off.

I'm sure it must have done. I'm just still waiting for it to take effect and work its magic!

- Steve

 

[chippy]

What always sticks in my memory was my first Euro . I drove down with my then-now ex brother in law on the Sunday . We left Weston-Super-mare at 5.30 am intending to stop at one of the motorway way service stations for breakfast but we were making such good time at that early hour with no other traffic on the road we decided to keep going on to Show and find a nice greasy spoon cafe in Folkstone where the food would be better and cheaper . To our horror we couldn't find a single place open and when we asked a local lass where we could find somewhere to eat breakfast she just laughed and said everything in Folkstone closed down on the 1 st of September . So we had to kick our heels around until Euro opened where we bought some over priced cheese sandwiches and horrible coffee that would have shamed any motorway service station .
But we still had a great day out .
chippy

 

[smudger1960]

I visited Euro 24 times in 31years,I saw many many great pieces and it's too difficult to name a favourite,however it's not just about the models,I loved it for the social side as well,I too attended my early euros and did'nt know anybody in the hobby,but as time went on I got to meet some lovely people and had some very special times.
I never ever thought this day would arrive when I woukd'nt be going down to Folkestone anymore,I still feel gutted about it,but my lasting memory will be of the great people and characters I met there,one in particular I would like to give a special mention to was Don Mathesson,don used to attend with the other lads north of the border,but was such a character I loved his company.
The show has died but my memories will live long.

 

[John Bowery]

I visited with a group from "Military Miniatures in Review" 10 days after 9/11. All our group wore black bands with the U.S flag on and the organisers put a large "Cheetos" bottle on the stage for a collection for the surviving families. At the end we took home several thousand dollars for the survivor fund. We were also treated to food and drinks by all and sundry.

Cheers
John