Sprawling over 40 sq.m. in his basement in the village of Schaffen, 70 km (40 miles) northeast of Waterloo, the 1/1,000-scale model and its 3,000 handpainted soldiers had occupied Smout since 1975, ...

A Belgian Battle of Waterloo enthusiast has completed a model of the momentous day in 1815 he started four decades ago. Belgium’s Willy Smout has finished a 40m2 replica of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keeping the project largely between family members, Smout has started to share his work with neighbors and friends.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keeping the project largely between family members, Smout has started to share his work with neighbors and friends.