Ciney Militaria show

[Tapper02]

Reposted from the G503:

Hey guys,
  Just got back from a weekend trip, mainly to check out the Ciney Militaria show in Belgium.  It's apparently the largest such show in Europe, but is not widely publicized...over 550 vendors in two huge halls, and lots of vendors outside as well at makeshift stands.  Watching videos of past shows, I saw a lot of vehicle parts so thought I would give it a go.
  I used Friday and Saturday to hit up the Ardennes American Cemetery, the German Cemetery in Foy, and the multitude of museums/memorials in the area, with the show on Sunday.  While the show was definitely focused more on militaria, there was some amazing vehicle related stuff.  The German stuff was incredible, from kettengrad parts to sd.kfz to Panzer, Panther, Tiger and King Tiger items.  Jerry cans galore, at very reasonable prices (from 10 euro to 50 euro), German and American ammo cans, German and American crates of all kinds, crates of tombstone ammo cans, brass and projectiles, marble reflectors, etc....you name it, it was probably there.
  I managed to score a long pintle .30/.50 combo cradle with tray bracket for 350 euro, and a .30/.50 ammo tray for 35 euro, tail lights and reflectors for my M10, trailer light socket and a couple of other odds and ends.  Passed a few items up early in the day with the plan to go back and either couldn't find the table again or the item was long gone. 

  Below a few pics of some interesting halftrack items (not pictured are the NOS crated front roller and the two crates of NOS bogies).
First thing I ran across was an NOS fuel tank in the crate...no joke!  I wish I had thought to ask how much, but it wouldn't have fit in my suitcase:


Searched for 3 years for one of these MP-52 radio base brackets before finding one in France.  Cost me an arm and a leg to get it to the US.  Ran across two (2) at the show...one for 80 euros and one for 100 euros...ugghhh:


M3A1 canvas top


Air cleaner




Another .30/.50 long pintle combo cradle w/out the tray bracket.  He was asking 300 euros:


I didn't want to waste the 8 hours the show was open to take video or photos of the Halls.  If you're curious what it's like, just do a search on Youtube for Ciney Militaria, sit back and enjoy.

Want to throw out a special thanks to Remy for meeting me at the show to hand off an M10 trailer receptacle box.  It was great meeting and talking to you!

I met a few other contacts for radio gear and halftrack parts...maybe they will pan out.

-Tom

[Machman]

I was there too, it puts Stonleigh and Malvern into perspective!

I collected 16 NOS bogie wheels and picked up a couple of guages missing from my restoration.

Where was the crated roller? Missed that !!

[prestone]

When someone from the forum comes to Ciney that he prevents, so we will meet around a beer ..... Belgian.

All agree with you Tapper, there are beautiful pieces of HT on the Ciney stock market.
For us other the prices of some room are exhorbitant, by cons of more than reasonable,

The mount for .30 or .50 to 300 € are already very high, the antenna supports also,
On the other hand the reservoir Nos at 400 € is really exceptional, unfortunately there is the doubt to use it with modern essences !!!!
The bulls of M3A1 in reproduction at 450 € it is free !!

When we think about it, we must recognize that in our countries, Belgium / France / Holland and at home in the States, there are different parts that would be pleasant to exchange, the BIG PROBLEMS is the taxes fees when the pieces arrive in Europe.
They cost us very, very, very expensively.

[Tapper02]

You're right Prestone....I should have posted up to see if anyone else was going.  It would have been great to meet you.  I did meet up with Remy, but we were too busy trying to see everything to sit down for a beer!

Cheers, Tom

[prestone]

Maybe another time
It's true that Ciney is from 7 00 am until 5 00 pm has to do that walk and look for the good deal?

[steve1973]

When we think about it, we must recognize that in our countries, Belgium / France / Holland and at home in the States, there are different parts that would be pleasant to exchange, the BIG PROBLEMS is the taxes fees when the pieces arrive in Europe.
They cost us very, very, very expensively.

Prestone, I agree with what you said. In the past five years I have noticed that it is getting harder to ship over seas and way more expensive to the point that it isn'the worth it. The package I sent you I had problems with the customs form. I sent another one yesterday to the UK and found out I can no longer use the small flat rate box from USPS. All carriers, USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL all ship by air only going over seas which makes everything very expensive. The last halftrack data book I mailed over seas cost over $60 and that was the cheapest way for me to send.

I do have something in the works with the help of Tapper02.

Steve A.

[steve-0]

Tapper02

thanks for posting pics

there sure is alot more stuff over there at those events.

[yd328]

That looks like a great show with a lot of nice parts. Thanks for posting.

Gary