Waterloo enthusiast Willy Smout, 56, points at a figurine representing French Emperor Napoleon (C on white horse) on a 40-square-metre miniature model of the June 18, 1815 Waterloo battlefield, in ...

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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 ...

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, ...

SCHAFFEN, Belgium (Reuters) - "The nearest run thing": like the battle itself in Wellington's pithy verdict, Willy Smout's epic model of the field of Waterloo combines a lifetime of effort with a race ...

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.