Friday,
Nov 30 2007 |
Barbados National Day |
Scotland - St. Andrew's Day |
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Christmas
Sale 2007!!!
at
Meteor
Productions. 5
days only....ends Dec 5. Click
here for all the details
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Albert Moore is
here with his first class 1/72 Hasegawa F-15C Eagle.
Alby added quite a few aftermarket resin and photo etch goodies to
bring up the detail on his Eagle.
Alby then had to strip the paint to get it the way he wanted it before
finishing it off in Afterburner
Decals to get this cool desert camo scheme. Alby's persistence
was well rewarded.
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Gianni Chirico has
been busy building and finishing his 1/72 Supermodel Macchi MC.205V Veltro.
Gianni was challenged by this older kit, but he still managed to
rescribe the panel lines and give it a flawless camo paint job.
I love the camo used on these WW2 Italian fighters.
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Shmuel Boyarski has
gone to extreme lengths on his 1/32 Tamiya F-4E Phamtom II.
This plane has a SEA camo and Israeli markings and was completed using
a Cutting
Edge
conversion set.
Shmuel added lighting to his Phantom including inside the burner cans
and cockpit. You have to check it out.
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Tom Di Maggio is
here with something different. This is his
1/100 Bandai Tactical Pod Glaug
which is based on a TV show. I've never
heard of this TV show but this battle damaged robot looks pretty cool.
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Thursday,
Nov 29 2007 |
Albania Liberation Day |
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No update today.....I'm
focusing my time on some behind the scenes work on ARC.
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Wednesday,
Nov 28 2007 |
Mauritania Independence Day |
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Steve Negley
has been busy adding extra detail to his
1/32 Special Hobby North American X-15A-2.
Steve took this kit and with some good old fashioned skill he turned
it into a stellar mode of the classic X-15 test aircraft. Steve
explains what he did during the build and tells the history of the
X-15 program.
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Hans Martini
has added some excellent detail to his
1/40 SMER Fokker S-11
instructor.
This is a rare little aircraft and Hans tells the history of this
aircraft as well as what he did to create this little gem.
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Pete DeLuca (superhornet1015)
is here with
his first article on ARC. This is Pete's
1/48 Monogram P-40B
that he added a resin cockpit to as well as
scratchbuilt details. Check out Pete's technique for the peeling
paint effect....a very good idea that is well worth
trying. Welcome to ARC Pete!!!
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Dennis Brackett
joins us
today with his 1/72
Heller TF-104 G.
This is the 2 seater kit and Dennis did it up right in an in-flight
display. Nice one Dennis.
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Francis Gallemi
of Hobby Gryffon
is here with a selection of photos from the recent Gryffon Expo 2007
contest and show.
This show looked like it attracted some exceptional models.
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Tuesday,
Nov 27 2007 |
Sprue Bros Models'
Turkey Leftover Sale
10% off all orders
over US$30.00 from Now until midnight (US Central time) Wednesday
November 28. Go to www.spruebrothers.com
for sale details and rules.
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Barkin BAYOGLU/Cüneyt ÖZEN
have done an
amazing job lighting and weathering the
1/2256 Republic Star Destroyer.
This model is loaded with a huge number of fiber optic strands to
light up all the tiny windows with great effect. I love sci-fi
and this Star Destroyer is spectacular.
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Michael
is here for
the first time with his 1/48 AA J-8II.
This model is beautifully done and has a perfect weathering job to
finish it off.
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Laurent “Angus” Beauvais
is here with
another of his gems. This is his
1/48 Eduard Yak 3
with a French connection. Laurent
has done his usual high quality job on this Yak and included the
history behind this plane and it's French pilot.
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Sean Campbell has
been busy wandering down memory lane as he built his award winning 1/48 Academy
Mirage IIIR.
Sean scratchbuilt the cockpit and other areas of his Mirage with very
good effect. He also tells the very heart warming and amusing
tale of building this kit as a young lad with his Dad. Nice one
Sean.....thanks for the memory.
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Monday,
Nov 26 2007 |
www.solomaquetas.com
is celebrating their
Anniversary with their Annual Model Expo
from Nov 20 to Dec 16. If you are going to
be visiting Chile in the next month, then this show is well worth
visiting.
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Oxiel Carrizo
(Necsac)
and IPMS-Chile has sent in some photos of their
20th Anniversary
Expo which is going on for the next month in
Santiago, Chile. If I was
closer, I know I would be attending. Enjoy
the photos and use the slideshow feature to view them easier.
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Mike Grant of
Mike
Grant Decals is
here with a very unique 1/72 AMT QF-104 Drone.
Mike is an exceptional modeller and this QF-104 is yet another of
Mike's masterpieces. Mike went a step further and if you look at
the base for his QF-104 you'll see what I mean.
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Ceki Erginbas joins
us from Turkey with part 2 of his 1/48 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X.
Sadly this article was intended for the Turkish Republic Day update
but it arrived too late to make the update. This Beaufighter
looks perfect....and in D-Day stripes.
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Kep Ar joins
us from the southern section of South America with his
1/72 Eastern Express MIG 29 9-13
F.A.P. Kep Ar added aftermarket
goodies from Eduard and Aires and then finished it off in
Aztec Decals with the attractive Peruvian Air Force markings.
This is a sharp looking MiG and I look forward to seeing more models
from Kep Ar on ARC in the future. Welcome to ARC Kep Ar!!!
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Nancy Samson
joins us
today with her 1/32 Revell Eurocopter EC-145.
The bright markings for this helicopter are for the
Sécurité civile in France. Nancy built this beauty out of the
box with excellent results.
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Meteor
Productions
is looking for some help on their current B-52 Decal sheet.
There is some artwork they need to complete this decal sheet.
Please click the photo to the left and see if you can help. They
need reference photos of one item of the artwork.
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Sunday,
Nov 25 2007 |
Suriname Independence Day |
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Massimo Busolini start
today with his very well done
1/48 Hasegawa RF-4C Phantom II.
Massimo added quite a few resin sets from Aires to super detail his
Phantom and added Decals from Hi Decal line as well as full
weathering.
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Mick G joins
us today with his sharp looking winter camo
1/48 Academy Polikarpov I-16.
Mick did an excellent job capturing the worn look of this winter camo.
Looks great.
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Saturday,
Nov 24 2007 |
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José Carlos Simón is
here from Spain to begin your Saturday update with his
1/144 Eduard Ju-87 G-2.
José built his tiny Stuka out of the box with a first class
paint job and carefully done weathering. His Stuka also includes
those big anti-tank guns under the wings that I like so much.
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Franco Giacon has
been very busy getting thing right on his
1/48 Heller Fiat G91-R3 "GINA".
Franco did quite a bit of scratchbuilding to his Fiat G91 to improve
the cockpit detail on this older kit. His efforts were rewarded
with a great looking model of this great little jet.
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Friday,
Nov 23 2007 |
Euro Scale Modelling
at the Nieuwegein Business Center, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
on Saturday November 24 Click
here for more info
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5th IPMS Philippines
Bert Anido Nationals
Monday Nov 26 to Thursday Nov 29
Click
here for more info
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Vladimir Nazarov aka Nazar
is here from
Saint Petersburg with his 1/48 Grand- Phoenix McDonnell F3H Demon.
Vladimir put much effort into all areas of this kit and he was
rewarded with a truly amazing Demon.
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Laurent Boildieu
is here with
his out of the box 1/48 Hasegawa A6M3 model 32.
Although this Zero is OOB, that didn't stop Laurent from producing a
first class paint and weathering job.
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Ermanno Bonafin has
done an outstanding build on his 1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Me262 A-2a.
Ermanno used some aftermarket goodies from Eduard and displayed this
beauty in a diorama complete with the kettenkraftrad tow
vehicle. needless to say I love seeing 262's.
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Martin Støyl is
here today with his first model in a long time. This is
his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt
finished in a bare metal finish that looks flawless. Nice
one Martin....keep them coming.
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Thursday,
Nov 22 2007 |
Lebanon National Day |
US Thanksgiving Day |
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Laurent Boildieu starts
today with his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf 109 G-4.
Laurent added a Verlinden detail set to add the extra engine and other
detail to his 109 and then finished it off with a well done weathered
camo. Beautifully done Laurent.
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Burt Gustafson is
here with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/72 Dragon EA-18G Growler.
It's a special treat to see this new aircraft configuration in the
prototype form. Welcome to ARC Burt!!!
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Colin Whitehouse has
put much extra effort into his 1/48 Belcher Bits Westland Lynx.
Colin used
the Belcher Bits resin set to do the conversion on his Lynx to get
some stellar results.
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Gianni Chirico has
been busy adding scratchbuilt detail and aftermarket detail items to
his 1/72
Hasegawa MiG-25P.
Gianni then finished her off with a skillfully applied paint job
followed up with weathering.
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Wednesday,
Nov 21 2007 |
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Ben Vogt is
here on ARC for the first time with his 1/48 Tamiya Focke-Wulf FW 190.
Ben built this great looking Fw-190 out of the box and then created a
diorama that would put his 190 into a proper setting. Excellent
job Ben.....welcome to ARC!!!
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Karl Sander has
been very busy superdetailing his 1/48 Monogram EA-6B Prowler.
Karl knows the Prowler better than most and this permitted him to get
the detail right. He used a resin cockpit, a wingfold set to add
life a realism to his Prowler. To deal with some of the issues
with this older kit Karl used a correction set from Cutting
Edge. After all that Karl has a Prowler that is truly first
class.
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Jerry Hawhee (Old Blind Dog)
has been busy adding details to his
1/32 21st Century Toys F4U-1D Corsair.
Jerry used a combination of aftermarket detail items and scratchbuilt
details along with good old fashioned modelling skills to take his
Corsair to a wonderful level of detail.
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Lyle Brown is
back today with another of his piece of art. This is Lyles
pencil drawing he calls Swedish Escort.
I get a real kick out of seeing Lyle's latest artwork.
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Tuesday,
Nov 20
2007 |
Mexican Revolution Anniversary |
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Rafi Ben-Shahar starts
your day with his 1/48 B-24J Liberator
done
up in the paint scheme of an Assembly
Ship.
These brightly painted bombers took off and were used by the combat
bombers to help them form up over England before continuing on to
their missions. These assembly ships would then land back in
England safe and sound.
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RC joins
us from Singapore with his 1/48 Tamiya F-16CJ Block 50.
RC has very high praise for this new kit from Tamiya and after reading
his article and seeing the finished model, I have to agree with
him. His sharp looking Viper is painted in Tiger Meet markings.
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Jan M. Visser stopped
by the ARC Corporate offices in the Netherlands with his
1/35 Academy IAF UH-60L.
Jan has a love of the Black Hawk and it shows when you see all the
work he put into his latest IAF version of the Black Hawk.
Beautiful work Jan.
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Jeremias Nicolas Luchina
is here with
a very special 1/72 Esci C-47.
This colourful aircraft flew to the South Pole in 1960 and Jeremias
put much effort into getting this paint scheme just right. It's
a great looking C-47 in a very eye catching unique historical paint
scheme.
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Louis Chang
has been very busy super
detailing his 1/48 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat.
Louis added a variety of aftermarket detail items along with his usual
scratch building that really brings his models to life to create this
awesome Hellcat..
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Hal Marshman Sr. is
here with a report on his weekend at the Gathering of Legends Airshow & USAF Museum.
After reading Hal's article and seeing the photos......I know he'll
have a hard time ever having a batter weekend. He's also
included one pic of Glacier Girl.
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Here is
a preview for the Creature
Eyes decal sheet
from Zotz
Decals.
This decal sheet is going to be a hugely popular item with the
figure modelling crowd. It's crazy to see the gigantic variety
of eyes on this decal sheet.
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Monday,
Nov 19 2007 |
Monaco National Day |
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Oliver Peissl is
a very talented modeller and his 1/48 Eduard Fw 190 A-8
I a good example of his commitment to our hobby.
This is his stunning Fw-190 with plenty of extra work and detail
added. All this is topped off a stellar paint and weathering job
and excellent photos.
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Francisco Lara "Manimal"
dropped by
the ARC Corporate office in Spain today with his 1/32
RF-4C Phantom.
Fran titles his article "Titanes Phorever"
and it features a Spanish Phantom in a commemorative
scheme to mark the retirement of the Spanish Phantoms. Fran
added plenty of aftermarket detail items and his excellent skill to
create a truly impressive Phantom.
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Erik "Kurfuerst" Alles
joins us with
his impressive 1/48 Trumpeter Westland Wyvern S.4.
Erik built his Wyvern out of the box with the exception of an
aftermarket seat, but when it came to shading the panel lines and
adding weathering....this is where Erik took his Wyvern to a much
higher level. Amazing.
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Massimo Giugnoli is
here with a very special 1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Me.109 G-6/R3/R6.
Massimo did his 109 in Italian markings including a very complicated
and challenging camo scheme with the addition of underwing 20mm
cannons to give his 109 the extra punch. Massimo also did an
excellent job bringing out the detail in the cockpit.
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George is
visiting ARC air today from the Czech Republic with
his 1/48 Monogram F-100D.
George rescribed the panel lines and went on to take this old but much
loved kit and make it into a beautiful model of the Hun. Nice
job George.
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Sunday,
Nov 18 2007 |
Oman National Day |
Latvia National Day |
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No update today......I've
been working all weekend on rebuilding ARC.
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Saturday,
Nov 17 2007 |
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Nick England starts
off today with his 1/48 Tamiya J2M3 Raiden.
Nick has done a truly amazing job on the weathering and chipped paint
on his Raiden and he includes some background history on the Raiden as
well.
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RC
joins us from Singapore
with his 1/48 Tamiya F-15 C Eagle.
RC did an excellent job on his Eagle with the noseart, full weapons
load and sharp looking camo paint scheme.
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Friday,
Nov 16 2007 |
IPMS
UK has
uploaded pics from the recent Scale Modelworld 2007 in Telford.
Click
here to go to see the pics.
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IPMS
Avon has uploaded pics from the recent Scale
Modelworld 2007 in Telford. Click
here to go to see the pics.
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Norwegian IPMS has
uploaded pics from the recent Scale Modelworld 2007 in Telford.
Click
here to go to see the pics.
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IPMS
The Netherlands has uploaded pics from the
recent Scale Modelworld 2007 in Telford. Click
here to go to see the pics.
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Guilherme Kosciuv (guick)
is 15
years old and is here for the first time today with 3 articles
intended for yesterdays update to honor the Brazilian Republic
Day. First up is a excellent looking
1/72 Academy PBY 5A Catalina
complete with weathering in a diorama.
Welcome to ARC Air
Guilherme!!!
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Guilherme Kosciuv
(guick)
is back with
a 1/72 Academy P-47D
in FAB (Brazilian Air Force)
markings. Guilherme
has gone back and stripped this model and redone the paint and decals
with very good results.
The markings represent an aircraft that operated in Italy
1944-1945. Well done Guilherme.
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Guilherme Kosciuv
(guick)
is back today with
a nicely done 1/72 Academy T-6.
This special little trainer was finished in Brazilian markings and a
baremetal finish with high visibility orange.
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Tim Groombridge is
here with his sharp looking
1/72 Academy F8E Crusader.
Tim built this beauty out of the box with some great looking
markings. Nicely done Tim.
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Ian Buick
to great
lengths to improve upon the very nice 1/72 Scale Revell Typhoon F.2.
Ian used his scratch building skills complete with his well honed
modelling talent to create his eye catching Typhoon F.2. Read
Ian's article to learn how you can make a stellar Typhoon F.2 just
like his.
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Fernando del Pino
"Myrsky" has
been very patient building his 1/72 MPM Fokker G.1.
This is not an easy kit......but as Fernando has proven......if you
stick with it you can get a great looking model for your display
cabinet.
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Thursday,
Nov 15 2007 |
ARC
Air 8th Anniversary!!! |
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Regarding the launch of ARC
armor. I will be delaying the launch of this new website for a few
weeks as I'm still working on it. I will keep you posted.....sorry
for the delay.
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Turecki from the ARC Air forums has posted some pics from Scale
Modelworld Telford 2007.
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Oscar Ochoa begins
today with his first article on ARC. This is his excellent
looking 1/72 CASA C.2111 "PEDRO".
Oscar added quite a bit of scratchbuilt detail and aftermarket items
to create his custom model of the Spanish He-111. Welcome to ARC
Air Oscar!!!
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Blair Hall is
here to make you grin with an exceptional
1/32 Academy F/A-18C
diorama.
Grab a coffee or cup of tea and sit back and enjoy this one.....it's
stunning and is based on a Gulf War Hornet on a mission on the first
day of the war that was built for the actual pilot. You rock
Blair.
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Catherine Vickers has
been very busy building and improving her 1/72 Hobby Boss F4U-4 Corsair.
I always enjoy seeing Catherine's latest model on ARC Air and her
Corsair today is a treat to see and when I read her article I was
impressed by the level of effort she put into her bent wing
bird. Amazing job Catherine.
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Charles King
has been busy getting
the finish just right on his 1/48 Tamiya F-84G Thunderjet.
Charles finished his Korean War era Thunderjet in a multi-shade
baremetal finish complete with bright markings. She's a beauty
Charles.
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Wednesday,
Nov 14 2007 |
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Rogerio Mota begins
today with a very well detailed 1/32 Trumpeter Mig-15Bis.
Rogerio added 3 photos etch sets
from Part Accessories and the Cutting
Edge resin cockpit to add
to the kit detail on his MiG.
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Gianni Chirico
joins us today from
sunny Sicily with his
great looking 1/72 Revell Fokker D.VII.
Gianni scratchbuilt the cockpit for this little jewel and hand painted
the camo on the underside of the wings.
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Paolo Yuen has
done an outstanding job on 2 of his
1/48
Tamiya F-16CJ's.
Both of these jets have amazing weathering and both are fully
armed. One very dynamic feature is little magnets inserted into
the weapons pylons and the bombs/missiles permitting changing the
weapons loaded. Now that is the first time I've heard of doing
that.
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Mario Araneda is
here for the first time on ARC Air today with his
1/72 Italeri P-47 N.
This sharp looking Thunderbolt has gun powder stains and sexy
noseart over a bare metal finish. Nice one Mario.....Welcome to
ARC Air!!!
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Łukasz Studniarz
is here to show you how easy it is to Make
a canopy with your vacuum.
This is a simple technique, but it does take a bit of practice.
Thanks Łukasz!!!
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Tuesday,
Nov 13 2007 |
Special Scale Model World Update |
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Bryn "ForestFan" begins
today with part 1 of some of his photos from
the UK Scale Model World 2007.
These were originally posted on the ARC Air Forums.
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Bryn
"ForestFan" is
here with part 2 of some of his photos from
the UK Scale Model World 2007.
These were originally posted on the ARC Air Forums.
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Bryn
"ForestFan" is
here with part 3 of some of his photos from
the UK Scale Model World 2007.
These were originally posted on the ARC Air Forums.
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Iain over at 32SIG http://www.skywriters.net
has his report from the Scale Model World National convention at
Telford on what is new for modellers of 1/32 scale aircraft.
Lots of good news including photos of a 1/32 Avro Vulcan
B2!!!
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From
the ARC Air Forums, Dogsbodyx
posted 2
links to his slideshows of model photos
from
the
UK Scale Model World 2007.
The second link above is the shorter of the two and he included a photo of
the test moulds for the Revell F22 and Gannet in 1/72.
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Nick Massimini joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/32 Hasegawa F-5 Snakes.
Nick did these
beauties in USAF Aggressor colors and markings.
Welcome to ARC Nick!!!
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Angel Romeral is
here to make your day with an amazingly well done
1/48 Trumpeter Westland Wyvern S4.
Angel's Wyvern has nose art and is flawlessly weathered and displayed
on a perfectly done carrier deck diorama base.
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Seán Langley is
here with his first model on ARC...which also happens to be his first
model since re-entering the hobby after a 15 year break. this is Seán's
1/48 Hasegawa F-4J, VX-4
done up in the Black Bunny scheme.
I quite enjoyed reading Seán's article. Welcome to ARC Seán!!!
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Mike Williams has
gone above and beyond building, detailing and weathering
1/72 Academy Helldiver.
Mike added Eduard photo etch dive flaps and scratchbuilt seat
belts. Wonderful work Mike.
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Monday,
Nov 12 2007 |
No Update today. We
had a wind storm this morning that took down the power for an hour.
My kids are off school because of the holiday yesterday and I plan to take
the day off and spend it with them.
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www.deploymentproductions.com
is having a Christmas sale. From Nov 12 to
Nov 19. Click this link for all the info Deployment Productions Christmas sale 2007
They have a huge selection of aviation prints.
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I have an important
announcement from Brian
at Fightertown
Decals.... " Due to an
unfortunate medical situation I will be unavailable and unable to
check email until the 15th. All orders placed up to 2 Nov. have now
shipped and you should be receiving them shortly. You're gonna love
them! ITMT, orders will continue to ship once a week. Our upcoming
November releases and news are posted on the ARC forum.
Thanks for your patience and support!
Brian
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Sunday
Nov
11 2007 |
Poland Independence Day |
Remembrance Day / Veterans Day |
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Piotr Dmitruk begins
this special update with his 1/72 KP and Marfix kits conversion Polish Mistel.
This excellent model is of a Polish ground trainer design. Piotr
did much scratch building to create this little beauty. Read his
article for the full history of this aircraft.
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Maciek Zywczyk has
done an exceptional job super detailing this
1/48 Kopro Su-22 M4.
This Su-22 M4 is done in NATO camo and includes weapons on
carts. Fantastic work Maciek.
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Andrzej Bzowski joins
us with his very well done 1/72 PZL P.7 PZW Siedlce
in Polish markings. A very nice model Andrzej.
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Tom Milne is
here on Remembrance
Day/Veterans
Day with
his 1/48
Hasegawa Spitfire Vb.
This Spitfire has a very unique paint scheme which Tom captured
perfectly. I never grow weary of seeing the beautiful lines of
the
Spitfire.
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Jim Sullivan
is here on Remembrance
Day/Veterans
Day with
his 1/48 Monogram USMC F/A-18A+ Hornet.
Jim redid this Hornet and went to great lengths improving on this
basic kit....including dropping the flaps which is no each task on
this aircraft. Jim then finished it with aftermarket decals.
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Saturday,
Nov 10 2007 |
USMC
Birthday (1775) |
Indonesia's
"Remembrance" day |
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Arrin Holt is
here to honor the USMC on their birthday with his
1/72 Testors T-45 Goshawk.
This is a classic kit, but Arrin found it to be a pretty good kit and
of course he finished it in USMC markings. Job well done Arrin.
Semper
Fi!
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RC joins
us today with two of the 1/48 Tamiya Corsair.
RC has high praise for this kit and the finished
models came out looking great!!!
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Friday,
Nov 9 2007 |
Cambodia Independence Day |
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Serge Dompierre
starts off your Friday update
with his 1/48 Esci A1H Skyraider.
Serge built his Skyraider out of the box with a very skillful
application of panel line shading and weathering as well as a full
weapons load. Very nice indeed.
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Serge Grey has
done an outstanding job on his tiny
1/144 Revell F/A-18C.
Serge gave his Hornet a level of detail that would be impressive on
1/48 scale jet including dropping the slats and flaps and darkening
the panel lines and finishing it off with a well detailed weapons
load.
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Stephen Prior drops
by today with his 1/72 Trumpeter Wellington Ic.
Stephen built this beauty out of the box and it came out looking
exceptional.
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Frontpenny Wen Jin Xu
has dropped by today with a very
nicely done 1/72 Kopro Mig-19 s Farmer.
This Mig had some extra detailing done to it to bring up the detail
level of the kit.
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Tigre
del Aire has dropped by with
CREARTE
2007 that was held recently
in Bogota, Colombia. Tigre
del Aire includes 48 photos from this contest. Use
the slide show feature to view the photos easier.
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Thursday,
Nov 8 2007 |
Hellenic Air Force Day |
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Gabriel Kalfopoulos start
today with his 1/48 Heller Fiat G90.
This is a very special Fiat G90......this is the
only Fiat G90 to wear Hellenic Air Force markings. Nice one
Gabriel.
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Peter Athanasopoulos joins
us with his very
well done 1/48 Revell F-86D.
Peter quite enjoyed the Revell Sabre Dog kit and finished it in a bare
metal finish and Hellenic Air Force markings.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices in Greece with his
1/72 Heller Mirage 2000.
Thanos added extra scratchbuilt detailing and finished it in a very
sharp looking blue camo with Hellenic Air Force markings.
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Yiannis Ladopoulos is
here from Greece to mark the Hellenic
Air Force Day with
his 1/72 Italeri (Esci) F-5A.
Yiannis is
becoming an expert at building the F-5 as you will see in his article.
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Gabriel Kalfopoulos has
been busy building and detailing his
1/32 Trumpeter MiG-15.
Gabriel added extra detailing to the gear bays and landing gear before
finishing his MiG-15 in an attractive desert camo scheme.
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Wednesday,
Nov 7 2007 |
After 29 years, I have
decided to finally quit my job. During the coming weeks I will be
helping out during the transition phase to ensure the business isn't adversely
affected. I plan to take 2 years off and live off savings while I
ponder what I want to do with my time. This will give me time to
focus on my family and ARC and get to a few projects I've been
putting off.
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Steve Ringlein has
been busy converting and improving his 1/32
Trumpeter F-105G.
Steve used the Cutting
Edge Modelworks fuselage set and the
corrected fin rudder set as well as the Black Box cockpit set.
Steve also went with metal landing gear struts and he talks about all
this in his article. A great looking F-105.
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Alan Williamson had
some challenging times building his 1/48 Hasegawa P-38J.
Alan did juice up the interior with an Aires cockpit set and then
finished it off in a sharp looking bare metal finish complete with
weathering. Nice one Alan.
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Paolo Yuen is
here from with
his 1/48 Italeri Su-27K Flanker.
Paolo re-scribed the panel lines and finished off his model with a a
careful weathering job. He also decided to display his Su-27 on
a diorama base complete with fuel truck and figures to compliment this
very fine looking Su-27.
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Gianni Chirico has
been busy getting the weathering just right on his
1/72 Revell Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc.
This hurricane served with the 835 Naval Air
Squadron in 1944 and include D-Day stripes on the underside of the
wings. I love the weathering on this one.
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Tuesday,
Nov 6 2007 |
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Tuan Tonthat joins
us with his second article on ARC. This is his
1/72 Hobby Boss H-34 & Airfix O-1.
Tuan has created a diorama of a damaged
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog as it is hooked up to be airlifted for
repair. This is quite the cool diorama.
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Thierry Jacques joins
us with a rare aircraft today. This is his 1/72 Replicasncase SE5003
in a diorama.
This is a resin kit and and Thierry tells the history of this rare
little aircraft. Very nice indeed.
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Yee Soon Tuck joins
us today with the 1/72
Academy OV-10D Bronco.
Yee Soon
Tuck did an
exceptionally nice job highlighting the panel lines on this attractive
looking Bronco.
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Monday,
Nov 5 2007 |
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Maros Cupka
is here from Slovakia with a beautiful looking 1/48 Eduard Yak 3.
Nice one Maros.
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Nicolas joins
us from Thailand with his
1/72 Trumpeter Xían H-6.
This is an in-flight diorama with the bomber in the midst of dropping
bombs......very effective looking. Nicolas has included photos
from different angles to better show his diorama. Very cool
looking Nicolas.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar has
dropped by today with two of his
1/48 IDF Mirage IIICJ.
Rafi did his usual high quality job on both of these complete with his
usual high quality weathering.
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Tomoaki Katoh has
been busy building and finishing his 1/72 Finemolds Bf-109 F-4.
Tomoaki used after market decals and one of the more unique paint
schemes I've ever seen on a 109. I love how the finished model
looks.
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Sunday,
Nov 4 2007 |
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Eric "speedlimit" Salazar
has been busy
converting his 1/48 Italeri F/A-18F.
This required some scratchbuilding to complete. Eric also
added a resin cockpit from Blackbox and decals from Twobobs.
A very pleasing result.....thanks to Eric's persistence and
skill.
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Jeremias Nicolas Luchina
joins us with
his 1/72 Italeri Junkers Ju-52.
Jeremias made custom decals so he could do his Ju-52 is the markings
for a French-Argentinian mail and transport
company. Good choice of markings and a great looking model of
this classic German transport plane.
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Saturday,
Nov 3 2007 |
Panama Independence Day |
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Fernando I. Moreno Villa
joins us from sunny
Monterrey, México with his 1/72 Heller CM170 Fouga Magister.
Fernando finished his Fouga Magister in markings for the Togo Air
Force using decals from Max
Decals. No doubt about it......the camo colours looks
great.
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Timothy Smith
is here with
a special 1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane Mk.I.
This particular Hurricane was flown by
an American Olympic gold medal winner during the Battle of Britain.
Timothy tells the full story of this pilot as well as what it was like
building this great looking Hasegawa Hurricane.
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Friday,
Nov 2 2007 |
I spent 8 hours
yesterday and I'll spend a most of today supervising the excavation of
our backyard. After 3 months of waiting, the crew has arrived to
remove the raised shrub garden that takes up the whole of our tiny
backyard and drop the whole area down 2 to 3 feet so I can begin
putting in gardens for myself and a lawn for my kids to play on.
I'll be doing the backyard with a slight Japanese garden
theme. As I write this late Thursday night, I'm pretty
tired.....it's been an exhausting week (did 4 major services on
various cars and 7 brake jobs). Construction is booming in our
city, so long waits for any sort of work is the norm. I hope to
have this project wrapped up by late spring or early summer.....my
daughter wants a summertime birthday in the new backyard.
There's always got to be a deadline.....
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCALE MODEL EXPO
which celebrates its 25th anniversary over the weekend of
November 3-4.
The 25th annual SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCALE MODEL EXPO is on in Adelaide (Australia) the weekend of November 3-4 at Centenary Gym, Christian Brothers College, Wakefield Street (in the Adelaide
CBD). Full event details (including category descriptions, entry times/costs, public viewing times/costs) at
www.gumnut.net/sapma/expo. For aviation
modellers; the display theme is "F-15s and F-16s". The event is an "open event" so all modellers are welcome. Numerous local and interstate hobby businesses will operate trade sites.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
starts today with his "right
on" 1/48 Hasegawa CH-124 Sea King.
Shawn built his Canadian Sea King in Canadian markings with some extra
special noseart using aftermarket decals. Nice one Shawn.
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Busolini Massimo
joins us with his Italian 1/48 Hasegawa F-104S Starfighter.
Massimo posed his Starfighter as it would appear in storage after
these were withdrawn from Italian service. It looks perfect.
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Serge Dompierre
has done a
marvelous job detailing and weathering his
1/48 ICM P-51C Mustang.
Serge finished his Mustang in the markings for a Medal of Honor
pilot.....read his article for more on this story.
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Karl Sander is
here to keep all the Tomcat fans happy
with his great looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-14D.
Karl built this beauty for a friend and finished it with
TwoBobs
decals. I got a kick out of seeing
the display base.....very effective indeed.
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Thursday,
Nov 1 2007 |
Algeria Revolution Day |
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We had a heck of a time
with the kids last night Trick or Treating and doing all the Halloween
activities. Between pumpkin carving after school before we went out,
then the kids staying up later than normal....it left little time for
putting together an update.
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