Monday,
Aug
31 2009 |
Malaysia National Day |
Trinidad and Tobago National Day |
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In case
you missed it.....there was a big Turkish update on ARC yesterday. |
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I tried
to get this update finished hours ago but I was sidetracked with
some minor computer problems. But here it is.....the special
2009 Malaysian update. Thanks to all those that sent in
articles today. |
Happy Merdeka
2009 everyone. |
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KH
Lee get this special update started with this 1/144 Revell
BAe 146.
This is a
“What if” Malaysian private airline and the very attractive
artwork/decals were home made. |
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KH
Lee joins us today with the tiny 1/144 Trumpeter SU-34.
This little Sukhoi is finished in
Malaysia Air Force markings. |
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Enghui
has done a lovely job on this 1/48
Italeri C-13H. This
model was built for a friend and is posed as an in-flight model
and decked out in Malaysian markings. |
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Thomas
Ng is also
hare with a 1/72 Heller Mirage IIIO with a
Australian connection. Thomas gave his Mirage added detail
in the cockpit before finishing it off with a great looking camo
scheme complete with a diorama base and Australian patch. |
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CK
Loo has done an
exceptionally nice weathering job on this 1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima Ki 43-I Hayabusa (OSCAR).
Read the trick used for the paint chipping........it is a very
simple and easy to use technique. The paint work is
beautifully done. |
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Brian
“Mr B” Param joins
us with his 1/32 Kinetic Avon Sabre Conversion. Brian
added cockpit detailing before giving his ex-RAAF Avon Sabre a
realistic looking chipped paint job. |
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Thomas
Ng has been
busy building his 1/72 Hunter & Canberra – Operation
Confrontation, both have Malaysian connections. The
hunter is finished in RAF markings and the Canberra is wearing
RNZAF colours. Nicely done Thomas. |
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Brian
Param and Thomas Ng are
here today with their 1/48 DH Venom & Vampire – Operation
Firedog, both have connections to the early days of
Malaysia. The bare metal Vampire by Thomas is finished in
RAF markings and the Venom by Brian is wearing RNZAF markings and
camo. Both look excellent. |
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KH
Lee had a
somewhat challenging time building the 1/144 Airfix DH Comet 4.
Home made decals were used to make this a Malaysian Airways Comet.
The Comet is a pretty cool looking jet airliner. |
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Sunday, Aug 30
2009 |
Turkey Victory Day |
Kyrgyz Republic National Day |
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Baran Cakmak
starts
this special Turkish update with this wonderful looking 1/48 Esci F-104S.
This one has a very realistic looking camo paint job and is
finished off in Turkish Air Force - TuAF markings. |
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M.Tarik Soylu
is here from Turkey on this special update with this 1/72
Revell F-4E. There are scratchbuilt details added and the
"Black Hawk" paint scheme is a special scheme for the
farewell of TuAF 172.Squadron.
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Sabri Sencer has
created a perfect looking bare metal finish on this 1/72
Academy F-84G Thunderjet in TuAF markings. The decals for
this Thunderjet are home made.
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Murat Yağan
has done a great job building and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire
MkIXc. This good looking Spitfire was finished with Polish
markings. |
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Ilyas Orhan
has done an amazing
job finishing his 1/72
Italeri F-5A Freedom Fighter. The bare metal finish
is weathered and finished in Turkish markings.
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Zafer Yakar
joins us with his beautifully
done1/72 Italeri H-19B Chickasaw in TuAF markings. The
nose and cargo door are open to show the detail.
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H.Nejat Arta
has done an expert job finishing and weathering this 1/48 Revell F-4F.
I love the artwork on the tail of this Turkish Phantom.
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Murat Yagan
is here with a seond model today. This is the 1/48 Tamiya P-51D
Mustang finished off in the very well known markings of the Blue
Nosed Bastards. A lovely looking Mustang with a very well done
bare metal finish. |
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Zafer Yilmaz
joins us from Turkey with his 1/48 Tamiya Fw190A-3a3.
This is one of the more interesting fighters used by Turkey and I
love how well this one looks. Zafer dressed up the cockpit
with Eduard PE seatbelts and then used Turquise decals to get the
proper markings. |
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Saturday,
Aug 29
2009 |
Slovakia National Day |
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Friday,
Aug 28
2009 |
Polish (Military) Aviation Day |
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Hugo Cabral
gets things started today with a most amazing diorama. This is
his 1/48 Signifer G-44 Widgeon which is a very well done
resin model, but you must have a close look at the water behind the
aircraft......it looks fantastic.
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Warren Osborne
has revived an old project. This is his 1/32 Revell Mig21MF
with some scratchbuilt cockpit detail and finished in the
markings for the Former East German Air Force. Warren also
gave his MiG weathering to add realism.
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Hal Marshman
Sr has been busy building his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109K-4 in
a late war camo scheme. Hal added detail in all the important
places before giving his 109 one of his first class paint jobs.
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Heico van der Heide
has been busy building the 1/48 Italeri F-22 Raptor. Heico
used some metallic to try to get that special sheen that is on the
F-22......I like the finished model......it looks very good.
This F-122 also has a full weapons load.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Su-15 Flagon wheels & paint masks from Aires.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
P-47 Thunderbolts - Part 3 decal sheet from Barracudacals.
This decal sheet provides markings for three P-47D Thunderbolts.
Each of these aircraft includes noseart including one with sexy
noseart.
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Thursday,
Aug 27
2009 |
Moldova National Day |
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Vince Lucente
begins today with one of the more colourful F-16s. This is his
1/48 Tamiya General Dynamics F-16
built out of the box to a very high level of quality.
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Armin KNES
has been very busy building his Russian Project - 1/48 Mil Mi-8MT.
Armin spent over 200 hours on this project doing kit bashing and
scratchbuilding to make it possible to build this model.
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Paolo Yuen
joins us today with his very small WW2 Aircraft carrier. This
is his 1/700 Aoshima WWII HMS Illustrous
loaded with additional detail sets and scratchbuilt details and then
given one of those camo patterns that was common during WW2...
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Marat Sharapov
has done some very special work on this 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt.
Improvements include lights behind the gauges and a spinning
prop. You have got to check out the instrument panel with the
lights on.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
P-40B/C Warhawk Exhaust
from QuickBoost.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
NATO Flying Training Centre Hawk decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models. This sheet is also available in 1/48. |
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Wednesday,
Aug 26 2009 |
No update today.
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Tuesday,
Aug 25
2009 |
Uruguay Independence Day |
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Theodore Tan
begins your Tuesday update with
his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C SpitCon or FalFire. This is
the famous Belgian F-16 with the Spitfire painted on its
back. Theodore handpainted the Spitfire on his F-16 with
excellent results. |
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Doug Fede
has done a gorgeous job building and finishing his 1/48 Italeri AH-1D Huey Slick. Doug
finished his Huey in markings for the 7th Air Cav. as it would
appear during the Vietnam War. He then made a diorama base to
display his Huey on.
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Serge Dompierre
is here with his 1/48 Otaki Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat that he
built long ago. Serge finished his Hellcat in the markings for
an Ace with VF-6 onboard USS Intrepid aircraft carrier in February
1944. |
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Ian Cooper
joins us today with his very well done 1/48 Hobby Boss A-10A.
Ian built his A-10 as it appeared in East Anglia in 1986.
Ian did a super job on the panel lines and then added a centre line
fuel tank and an ALQ pod to complete his A-10.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
F/A-18E Tophatters 2008-2009 markings
from Hobby
Decal. This decal set uses a combination of regular
decals and dry transfers. This decal set gives you the choice of
5 different F/A-18E with the Tophatters from 2008-2009.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Bf 109K Exhaust resin set from QuickBoost.
These exhausts are hollowed out.
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Monday,
Aug 24
2009 |
Ukraine National Day |
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Tony Curtis gets
things started today with his first article on ARC. This is
his very well done 1/48 Academy P-47N "Aloha Bolt" done up in
markings for a Thunderbolt with a Hawaiian connection. I do
like how this one turned out and I look forward to seeing more of
Tony's models on ARC in the future. Welcome to ARC
Tony!!!
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Artur Oslizlo has
been busy detailing and weathering his 1/48 MiG-15 Trumpeter.
Artur added Eduard PE, Aires resin engine and some Part PE and then
finished it all off with a very realistic weathering job..
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Matthew G.
has done a great job building and finishing his 1/48
Revell-Monogram B-17G Flying Fortress. Matthew
chose to build this older kit out of the box in the markings for "Chow
Hound" with
the classic paint scheme worn by this well known Fort as it fought
in the daytime skies over Europe. Matthew finished it off with
weathering for added realism.
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Micah Reysio-Cruz joins
us from Manila with his diorama entitled The Hornet's Nest: Manila, 1945.
This article tells the family story of the battle for control of
Manila as the American forces drove the
Japanese from the city. It's a very
interesting story of escape and the diorama is also VERY well done.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
F/A-18C exhaust nozzles - opened
from Aires.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
"Working the Sands" decal sheet
from Wolfpak
Decals. This new
decal sheet includes markings for 11 different 1/72 scale aircraft
and most of them with artwork of some sort.
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Saturday,
Aug 22
2009 |
Beginning
of Ramadan the Muslim month of fasting |
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Friday,
Aug 21 2009 |
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Harv
gets today started with his Grave Digger F-14 Tomcat.
Harv painted most of the markings on his Tomcat to match the paint
scheme of the Grave Digger Monster truck. The airbrushing of
the artwork on this model is very well done.
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David Rapasi
has done an
exceptionally nice job finishing and weathering his 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109 K-4.
David gave his 109 just the perfect amount of shading on the paint
job to add realism. This is a very attractive camo scheme.
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Michael Katz
is here today with his first article on ARC. This is his
very well done 1/48 Revell A-10 Thunderbolt II with a full
weapons load and added detailing. Michael then mounted his
A-10 in a in-flight diorama as it would appear on a
mission. I like it. Welcome to ARC Michael!!!
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
is here with one of the better looking Herc camo schemes. This
is his 1/72 AMT CC-130E Hercules
finished in Canadian markings. Shawn built this Herc for one
of the Group builds here on ARC. I love the job Shawn did on
the camo.
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Jael Taillefer aka "Neo"
has done a first class job building and finishing this 1/48 Revell F-4J Phantom II.
This is not the best fitting kit, but that didn't stop Jael from
getting it looking just right. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
MiG-21 MF/bis/SMT Air Intake from QuickBoost.
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Thursday,
Aug
20 2009 |
Hungary National Day |
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No update
today
due to summertime family activities. |
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Wednesday,
Aug 19
2009 |
Dieppe
Raid 1942 |
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No update on Thursday
due to summertime family activities. |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
New Hot Babe of the Week this week are pics of some
Hoovers from VS-22. The Checkmates were the last squadron to fly the
Hoover in combat and Jose "Fuji" Ramos has graciously
provided pics for this week. Look for these markings to be released
soon. Last of the Hoovers!
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Eduardo Arguijo
joins us from Guatemala with his very well done 1/72 Testors AC-119K.
Eduardo added seatbelts to dress up the cockpit and
painted his AC-119K in Vietnam era markings and then gave it
postshading for added realism.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar
is here with not one but two of his 1/48 Trimaster Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a.
I tip my hat to Rafi for being able to complete two of these
Trimaster 262's.
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Hoa Long
has some very impressive 1/72 VNAF Chinook & A-37 digital Art Work.
Hoa tells the story of the Chinook and the A-37 and the mission they
flew together.
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Gonzalo D. Mendoza
has been busy building his 1/48 Hasegawa AV-8B. Gonzalo
added a full weapons load to finished this very realistic
looking Harrier. I like how it turned out.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Mistel 1 conversion set version 2 from Aires |
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I have a review of the new 1/48
P-47 Thunderbolts - Part 3 decal sheet from from from Barracudacals.
All 3
aircraft have noseart including one with sexy noseart. |
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Tuesday,
Aug 18
2009 |
Afghanistan Independence Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter
is up. This is the last newsletter before the US Nationals begins
in a few days. Twobobs
will be debuting eight new decal sheets
at the show as well as having preview
images of the T-2C Buckeye kit. Twobobs will be offering a 10% discount at their booth on their
products. There will be a raffle sponsored by
Twobobs, Twomikes and Microscale for some pre-loaded Visa
cards . 15 cards will be won during the convention and
tickets are $1.00/ea. There will be no
Twobobs party this year.....but that
party will return next year. Drop
by Bob's booth and say "Hi". |
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Eric Hargett
has done a fabulous job detailing, finishing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104C Starfighter.
Eric tells the history of the Starfighter in South East Asia.
Eric gave his F-104 a impressive weathering job and finished it off
with noseart and US markings. |
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Theodore Tan
has dropped by today with his very nicely done 1/72 Esci Fokker
F27. Theodore changed a few things on the kit to make it
more accurate and then gave it the bright markings of the Philippine
Air Force Maritime Patrol markings.
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Osni Vieira Junior
joins us from Brazil with a very interesting 1/48 Gloster Meteor F-8
GIIC. This Brazilian Air Force plane is painted in a
special scheme honouring German WW2 Ace IIGM, Major Walter "Nowi"
Nowotny. It's good to see a model of this special Meteor.
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Carlos Reyes
has done an outstanding
job finishing his baremetal 1/48 Hasegawa P-38. Carlos
chose to finish his P-38 in the Virginia Marie markings with the sexy
noseart and the blue accents on the baremetal finish. This is a
very attractive P-38. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
IL-2 Stormovik Stabilizer
from
from
from
QuickBoost.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Hard Corps Scooters decal sheet from
MAW
Decals.
This decal sheet includes 3 different USMC
Skyhawks.
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Monday,
Aug 17
2009 |
Gabon Independence Day |
Indonesia Independence Day |
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Just a
small update today. I was busy all day Sunday at a car show
and didn't have a chance to work all day Sunday to get articles made
up. I'll get some content made up today and get back to larger
updates on Tuesday. |
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Brian Param a.k.a Mr B
is here to honour the
Indonesia Independence Day 1/48 Hasegawa A-4 E TNI-AU.
Brian did some kit bashing to get things right and then finished it
off with one of the more attractive camo schemes I've seen.
Nicely done Brian. |
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Saturday,
Aug
15 2009 |
India Independence Day |
Congo National Day |
Republic of Korea National Day |
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Polly Singh
gets this special
India Independence Day update with his beautifully done 1/24 Trumpeter Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC.
Polly has included the fascinating story behind a very important
leader in the Indian Air force.....it's well worth reading.
Darn fine job on the Hurricane Polly.
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Murli Rajan isa
also here in a big way today to honour India with his great
looking 1/48 Academy MiG-21bis. I love the look
of the camo on this MiG-21.
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Murli Rajan is here
with his in-flight 1/48 Academy Su-27UB (Su-30MK1). Murli
gave it the grey and blue camo and full weathering before posing in
on a stand as an in-flight model. I really like the look
of this one.
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Leonard Prakasam has done a gorgeous job building and finishing his 1/72
Revell Mirage 2000 H. Leonard
added a full weapons load and finished his Mirage in the rare light
brown and dark green camo scheme. |
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Murli Rajan
explains in his article what is required to build an accurate 1/72 Italeri Bae Hawk Mk100
(132)
as used by the Indian Air Force. Murli gave his Hawk a
beautifully done weathering job to give it more realism.
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Murli Rajan
finishes up this Indian update with his 1/144 Boeing 737 (P8-I Poseidon).
Murli did the correct mods to build an Indian version of this
aircraft. A perfect end to this special Indian
update. Jai Hind
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Friday,
Aug 14
2009 |
Pakistan Independence Day |
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Stuart Saville
starts today with his Blue Nosed 1/48 Dragon P-51K. Stuart
used no aftermarket detail items and preferred to build his Mustang
out of the box. He built his P-51 with opened the gun bays and
engine compartment, which shows off the wonderful and beautifully
painted detail very well. |
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Serge Dompierre
joins us with another gem. This is his 1/48 Hobbycraft F7U-3M
Cutlass built out of the box in those colourful markings from an
earlier era. |
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Paul joins
us from Russia with his beautifully detailed and weathered 1/35 Academy MH-60L.
Paul gave his MH-60L a fully weathered finish to complete this
beauty. |
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Burt Gustafson
has done an exceptionally fine job building his 1/48 Tamiya F-84G
Thunderjet. Burt used Alclad to get a perfect bare metal
finish and then gave it very colorful markings to finish it off. |
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Zotz
Decals has a new A6M5
'Gekitsuio' aircraft decal sheet coming out.
This sheet will be available in 1/48 and 1/32. Click
the image to see a larger version. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
P-38J Lightning Correct Air Intakes from QuickBoost.
These are designed for the for Academy kit.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Sk35C Draken 2 seater conversion by Maestro Models Conversions from
Rebell Hobby.
Wow this is quite the set. |
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Thursday,
Aug 13 2009 |
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Todd Young
is here with his first article on ARC. Todd is just
re-entering the hobby after a 10 year break. This stunning 1/48 Hasegawa Corsair II
A-7E diorama is titled "Last
Minute Fix" VA-46 and was built 10 years
ago. Welcome back to the hobby and ARC Todd. I look forward to
seeing more of your work on ARC in the future. |
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Rafi Ben-Shahar
has stepped out of his usual scale to build the 2 seater night
fighter 1/72 Dragon P-38M Lightning. Rafi has a very
high opinion of this P-38 kit and the finished model is up to Rafi's
very high standards. I like it!!!
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Gabriel Hawk
is one of the first people to build the 1/48 Academy F-22 Raptor.
Gabriel built this great looking Raptor out of the box and
then posed it in a diorama. I do like the look of the finished
model in the diorama.....everything looks just right. |
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Michael Mou
has done a wonderful
job building and finishing his 1/72 Dragon
Do335A12.
Michael gave his Do335 2 seat trainer paint chipping to add realism.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Junkers Ju 87D Stuka air coolers from Aires.
These are the under the wing units, but you also get some PE
parts for the chin radiator..
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Hard Corps Scooters Part 2 decal sheet
from MAW
Decals.
A very good variety of
paint schemes on this decal sheet.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
P-47 Thunderbolts Part 3 decal sheet
from Barracudacals.
This new release provides markings for three P-47D Thunderbolts.
with noseart including one with sexy noseart.
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Wednesday,
Aug 12 2009 |
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David Rapasi
starts today with his beautifully finished 1/48 Pro Modeler SB2C Helldiver.
David chose to build his Helldiver in USMC markings and then he
gave it a very realistic weathering job.
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Manuel Negri
is here today with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104J. Manuel
finished his Starfighter in Japanese Self Defense Force markings.
He included many photo of the build process of his excellent
Japanese F-104.
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Harv
has done an outstanding
job building and detailing his 1/48 Academy CH-113 Labradors.
Harv added scratchbuilt details and then grabbed markings from various
sheets to get the markings he needed to complete both of these
Canadian choppers.
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Alan Williamson
is taking a break from aircraft today. This is his 1/48 British Universal Carrier Mk.II
given some weathering and finished it off in British markings.
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Zotz
Decals has a new P-38 decal sheet coming out.
The P-38's on this decal sheet are loaded with noseart.....including
some sexy noseart. This sheet will be available in
1/32. Click
the image to see a larger version. |
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I have a review of the new1/48
Spitfire Mk. IXc Cannon Barrels
from QuickBoost.
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I have a review of the new1/32
German aircraft machine gun MG-131 barrels (2pcs) from Master.
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Tuesday,
Aug 11
2009 |
Chad Independence Day |
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Juan Luis Daleney
is here with his Bolivian Air Force 1/48 Revell F-86F Sabre.
This Sabre was given a very realistic looking
bare metal finish by using 3 different shades of silver. The
finished model looks excellent.
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Olaf Sprenger
has done a wonderful
job building and finishing his 1/48 Revell Spitfire Mk IXc. Olaf
finished his Spitfire in the markings of a late war RAF machine.
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KNES Armin
has been very busy kit bashing to create his 1/48 KoPro Suchoi Su-7 IG.
Armin also did some scratchbuilding to create his swing wing Su-7 IG.
A very cool looking model of this very interesting aircraft.
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Tigre del Aire
is here with something to make the James Bond 007 fan
grin. This is his Scratch 1/72 The Little Nellie. This
model is unavailable in Colombia, so Tigre del Aire
scratchbuilt it from pictures. He also includes the real life
story behind this famous auto-gyro and it Wing Commander
designer/builder.
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I have a review of
the new 1/48
F-4 (Long nosed) Pitot Tube & AOA Probe set from Hobby
Decal. Hobby
Decal has a large assortment of metal detail parts for a
variety of jets and I will features them all on ARC in the coming
weeks. |
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I have a
review of the new 1/32
F-16C block 30/40/50/60 exhaust nozzle from Aires.
This set includes resin and photo etch parts.
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I
have a review of the new 1/72
Hunters Hornets & Strikes decal sheet
from Wolfpak
Decals. This new
decal sheet includes markings for 6 different 1/72 aircraft
including an A-10, NEA-18G, F-15E, F-18C, WC-130Jand a C-141A.
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Monday,
Aug 10
2009 |
Ecuador Independence Day |
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Fabian Mario Vera gets
your week started with his 1/48 Mirage Resin Models FMA IA-58 Pucara.
This special model is built from a resin kit and finished in the
camo and markings for an Argentine IA-58 Pucara. This look
like quite the nice little kit to build.
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Bill Dedig has
added quite a bit of resin items to his 1/48
Hasegawa F-16D. Bill used resin from CMK, Black Box, Seamless Suckers
(including resin cockpit, conformal fuel tank, and so much more).
He then finished off his Polish Viper with Twobobs decals with a
flawless paint and weathering job.
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Steve Negley used old
fashioned modelling skill to build his 1/32 Revell P-38J-10 Lightning.
Steve put effort into making sure all the parts fit well before
he began building his P-38. He also rescribed the panel lines
and used aftermarket decals for a famous American Ace.
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Osni Vieira Junior
joins us from Brazil with his 1/144 Minicraft Boeing 707-320 Beta Cargo.
Osni finished his airliner in the livery for Beta Cargo using
FCM Decalques. This one turned out looking very good.
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Zotz
Decals has a new P-40 decal sheet coming out.
The P-40's on this decal sheet are loaded with noseart.....including
some sexy noseart. This sheet will be available in 1/48 and
1/32. Click
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I have a review of the new 1/48
MiG-17PF Fresco D Correct Ventral Fin
from QuickBoost.
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I
have a product announcement of the new 1/48
M-261 19 Shot Rocket Pods
from Werner's
Wings. These
are available now and will also be at the IPMS/USA Nationals in
Columbus, OH along with all the other Werner's Wings stuff,
including the new AH-1F decals.
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Sunday, Aug 9
2009 |
Singapore National Day |
Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Aug 9 1945 11:02AM |
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Peacekeeping
Day in Canada |
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In
memory of 9 peacekeepers killed on Aug 9 1974 |
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David C S Teo
begins this special Singapore update with his 1/144 Minicraft Singapore Airlines B777-200.
David did quite a bit of extra work to make the markings and
engines correct for this particular 777 with excellent results. |
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Mark Chen
has put much effort into building and detailing his 1/48 Kinetic F-16D.
Mark chose to build the F-16 used by the Republic of Singapore Air Force.
To do this he was off to an excellent start with the Kinetic kit and
with the addition of aftermarket items from Dr. Pepper Resins and Royale Resins
plus parts from other kits to get the drop tanks and weapons load he
wanted. Then he gave it an absolutely stunning weathering job.
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Leslie Choy
is here with two lovely 1/72 Airfix BAC Strikemaster. Leslie
chose two different paint schemes used by the Republic of Singapore Air Force.
Both Strikemasters came out looking very good indeed.
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David C S Teo
is here with a second Singapore airliner today. This is his
1/144 Revell Singapore Airlines 50th Anniversary B747-400. Another
beautiful model from David. |
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Chuang Xue Qian
has been very busy on his first ever 1/32 model. This
stunning 1/32 Academy F-16C "Strike Phoenix" had much
effort put into it and you'll see this when you read the article and
look at the pictures. The bombs even have messages written on
them.
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Friday,
Aug 7
2009 |
Cote d'lvoire National Day |
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New
Twobobs
Hot Babe of the Week is up and this go-round it's the
Kara Sahin F-4E Phantom from the Turkish Air Force. This sheet will
debut at the IPMS Convention in both 72nd and 48th scale.
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Ørjan Johannesen
joins us for the first time today on the ARC homepage with his big 1/32 Academy F-16CJ.
Ørjan did a beautiful job building and finishing his F-16 and I
look forward to seeing many more of his models on ARC in the
future. Welcome to ARC Ørjan !!! This F-16 came out
looking very good indeed.
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Fabrice Godart
has done a wonderful
job building and finishing his 1/72 Academy P-51D Mustang. Fabrice
built his Mustang mostly out of the box and finished it with Ventura
Decals.
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Zdeněk Eliáš
has built one of the coolest looking 1/72 Academy Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly.
This Dragonfly is finished in the Dragon markings used by the Fuerza
Aérea Colombiana on this aircraft....these decals were custom made
for this model. Extra detail was added using a Eduard PE as
well as some scratchbuilt work to make this a correct Colombian
Dragonfly..
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Chris Lai
has an enjoyable time building the 1/72 Hasegawa Mi-24D Hind.
Chris built his Afghan Hind mostly OOB with some decals from
Linden Hill Imports. It's good to see a Hind in Afghan
markings and the camo scheme looks particularly attractive.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
A-4 IDF Skyhawk Exhaust Nozzle from QuickBoost.
This nozzle includes fan blade detail inside the nozzle.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
J35 Draken wheels & paint masks from Aires.
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Thursday,
Aug 6
2009 |
Bolivia Independence Day |
Jamaica National Day |
Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Aug 6 1945 8:15AM |
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Ted Bunn has done a
flawless build of the 1/72 H8K2 Type 2 "Emily" Flying Boat.
Ted built this beauty out of the box and dressed it up with
weathering for exceptional results. This really is a sharp
looking Emily.
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Alexander Gromov
has been busy building the big 1/32 Tamiya F-15E Strike Eagle.
Alexander built his Strike Eagle out of the box to a very high
level. I particularly liked how the panel line darkening
turned out as that really shows of the quality of Tamiya's Big
F-15E.
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Thomas Neuss joins
us today with his sharp looking 1/35 Dragon TH-6B "Navy Cayuse".
Thomas chose to build the USNTPS version of this chopper,
so he added some aftermarket conversion parts to get the long legged
skids and then some added details from Eduard to dress up his
model. This was all finished off with some colourful
markings.
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Kare Sláma
has done a fine job
building and
detailing his 1/72 KoPro Mig19S.
This MiG-19S
is an Airshow Bird from 1958 and is finished in the markings for the
Czech Air force.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Mi-17 Hip H wheels & paint masks
from Aires.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
RCAF 1955-1956 Sky Lancers Display Team from Leading
Edge Models. This sheet also comes in 1/48. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
J35/S35 Draken Boarding Ladder from Rebell
Hobby |
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Wednesday,
Aug 5
2009 |
Russia
- End of Kursk operation (1943)
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Croatian
Victory Day or Dan Domovinske zahvalnosti (similar
to a Thanksgiving Day) |
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Kim Seok Joong
starts your Wednesday update with his
1/48 Tamiya A-1J Skyraider. This Skyraider has
weathering, panel line shading and a full weapons load. It
looks perfect.
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Panos
Kalaitzis joins us today with his 1/48 Academy F-16C Block 30.
This is a beautiful F-16 with beautiful photos.
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Alan Williamson
has been busy adding aftermarket detail goodies to his 1/48 Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire
MK.Vb with excellent results. Alan then finished it in the
markings for Fighter Command, Wing Commander, Adolph G. Mallan
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Warren Osborne
has dropped by today with his very colourful 1/48 Italeri MB326.
Warren built it mostly out of the box and finished it off in
Italian Air Force markings and displayed it on a tarmac display base
to get the perfect look.
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Zotz
Decals has a new A6M5 'Gekitsuio' aircraft decal sheet coming out.
This sheet will be available in 1/48 and 1/32. Click
the image to see a larger version. |
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I have a review of the new 1/48
SB2C-1 Helldiver Exhaust from QuickBoost.
These are designed for the for Accurate Miniatures kit
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Here's
a product announcement for the new 1/48
Messerschmitt Bf-109V-13/-14 Conversion set from Werner's
Wings. There
is a limit number of these sets being made. They will be
available at the US Nationals and also from the Werner's
Wings website, get it
while you can.
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Tuesday,
Aug 4
2009 |
Burkina Faso National Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up and it's a big one!! Bob has plenty of
news about the new 1/48 Buckeye kit, the release date has
been delayed and will be after the US Nationals. Twobobs will
have plenty of the various Buckeye decal sheets available at
the US Nationals. Bob has news on the new Turkish Kara
Sahin F-4E Phantom decal sheet as well as the new 1/48 B-1
decal sheet. |
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Kin Wong
has been busy adding
details to his beautiful looking 1/72 Hasegawa F-14B. Kin
added some aftermarket details to dress up his Tomcat and then
finished it in one of the classic F-14 paint schemes on a carrier
diorama base. Well done Kin.
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David Rapasi
has done a gorgeous job
finishing and weathering his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures IL-2
Stormovik. David chose to build his Stormovik as its
winter version on skis with a dirty white paint job. Amazing
results David.
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Osni Vieira Junior
has done a fine job on his
1/144 Minicraft Boeing 707-320. This 707 is finished
in the Aerobrasil Cargo livery using
RBX-Decalques. Osni tells the story of the crash that
destroyed this aircraft, thankfully the crew survived.
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Tigre del Aire
joins us from Colombia with
his great looking 1/72 Revell Fokker EIII.
Tigre del Aire chose to finish his Fokker in the markings for
Ernst Udet.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Spitfire Mk. XIV Cowling and Exhaust - Round
from QuickBoost.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Bf 109 E3 - E9, T armament set (MG 17 tips, MG FF barrels) from
Master.
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Monday,
Aug 3 2009 |
No
update today. Today is a holiday for us and I'll be spending
time with my wife and kids. |
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Sunday, Aug
2 2009 |
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Former Yugoslavian Republic of |
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Macedonia National Day |
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Saturday,
Aug 1 2009 |
Benin Independence Day |
Switzerland - Foundation of the Swiss Confederation |
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