Sunday,
Aug 31
2008 |
Malaysia National Day |
Trinidad and Tobago National Day |
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I have a massive update
with 20 articles honouring Malaysia and
Trinidad. Well done everyone!!!
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KH Lee has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his
1/72
Italeri BAE Hawk.
KH finished his Hawk in 50th anniversary "what if"
markings to create this colourful Hawk.
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CK Loo
has done a wonderful
job detailing, finishing and weathering his 1/48
Tamiya Pacific Buffalo.
CK reworked the pilot figure and carefully cut open the canopy
to display it in the open position.
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Ken Duffey
has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/72
Heller Su-30MKM.
Plenty of scratchbuilding was done by Ken to create this
aviation gem.
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Vincent Yong
has put quite a bit of
effort into his sharp looking
1/72
Italeri C-130H.
Vincent had plenty of the usual disasters which he tells about in
his article, but that didn't stop him from keeping at it and turning
on a fine looking C-130.
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Fernan De Gannes
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48
Grand Phoenix Lightning F6.
This kit is loaded with resin goodies and although this does add to
the challenge of building this model, Fernan does show that it
builds up into a first class kit in the hands of a skilled modeller.
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KH Lee is
here with his beautifully attractive
1/72
Revell S2 Tracker.
KH built his Tracker out of the box with homemade decals.
I really do like the red paint scheme.
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Mej(B) Wan Hashim bin
Wan Ahmad is here
to wow you with his big
1/32nd
Scale TUDMs' Maritime Strike Aircraft.
This big beautiful
Hornet has added resin conversion parts and decals from F-4dablemodels
to create the Malaysian version of the F-18. I love the look
of the pilot figures.....they look excellent.
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Fernan De Gannes
has done a
marvelous job detailing and weathering his
1/48
Tamiya Skyraider.
Fernan started with a first class kit and added aftermarket
goodies to improve the detail, before he finished it off with a
great looking paint job.
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Thomas Ng
has done a lovely job
building and weathering his 1/72
Supermodel MB339.
This MB-339 was built out of the box with some custom and after
market to get the markings Thomas was after.
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Fernan De Gannes
did an
outstanding job super detailing his
1/35
MRC AH-1W Super Cobra.
Fernan added a combination of aftermarket parts from Cobra Company
and Eduard and plenty of scratchbuilding to create this amazing
Super Cobra. It was all finished with sexy noseart on the nose
from Twobobs.
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Nebuchednikov Nizam Rusli
is here to show
you his outstanding
1/48
Airfix Hawk Mk 108.
This beautiful Hawk had some scratchbuilding done to it to create a
Malaysian Hawk and this is all explained in this article.
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Nazaruddin Hashim
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his
1/48
Mini Hobby Model + Zhengdefu SU-30MKM.
Nazaruddin added
plenty of extra scratchbuilding to complete this kit bashed
conversion with excellent results.
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Jason Koh
is a master when
it comes to faded paint job and you'll see that when you look at his
1/48
Tamiya Brewster Buffalo.
Jason finished his Buffalo in RAAF based in Sungai Petani,
Malaya
1941
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Wong KwongYan
has done a very
fine job building his
1/48
Academy Mig-29NUB.
The markings for this sharp looking MiG-29 are from ScaleNutz, which
is a good source of decals for building this MiG-29.
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Thomas Ng
took this older
1/48
Monogram Hurricane Mk IIB
and turned it
into a fine looking model. Although this is an older kit, it
does build up into a fine model in the hands of s patient skilled
modeller. Thomas used kit bashed parts in the cockpit and did
some weathering before finishing it off in RAF markings.
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Brian “Mr B” Param
has done an outstanding
job building and weathering his
1/48
Hasegawa F-4E.
Brian added aftermarket resin from True Details and Hawkeye
decals to finish off his Phantom on Australian markings.
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Ismail Baharuddin
is here with his
first article on ARC. This is his
1/72
Italeri C-130H Hercules.
Ismail built his Hercules with aftermarket decals and custom painted
markings to create a C-130 with the Malaysian Air Force back in the
1980's. Welcome to ARC Ismail!!!
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Brian “Mr B” Param
really has
a talent for weathering and you'll see that when you look at the
panel lines on his 1/48
Hasegawa F-16B.
Brian used Neomega seats and Siam Scale decals to complete his eye
catching F-16.
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Thomas NG and Brian Param
have been
busy with their double build for a Buffalos
Over Jungle
display at a local public display. Both of these models have
chipped paint and weathering to add realism.
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Mohd Amzari
has done a wonderful
job detailing, finishing and weathering his 1/72
Italeri Hawk 108.
This Hawk came out looking excellent, but that is the result of a
patient skilled modeller.
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Saturday,
Aug 30
2008 |
Turkey Victory Day |
Kyrgyz Republic National Day |
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METIN TURKOGLU
is
back today with many more photos of his AY YILDIZ.
This "What-if" aircraft is based on the Turkish Flag and the
extra photos show how all the scratchbuilding was done.
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Özkan Türker
joins us on Turkey's National Day with his 1/32
Hobbycraft Spad XIII C1.
Özkan is a first class modeller and you will enjoy seeing how well
his Spad turned out.....this one is a beauty.
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Zafer Yilmaz dropped
by the ARC Corporate office in Turkey today with his
1/72 Fujimi Mig-21 Bis.
This particular Mig-21
has some very interesting history when the pilot defected to the other
side in a conflict. Zafer tells the whole story and how he built
this excellent looking MiG in his article.
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Ayhan Toplu has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/72 Revell F4-E.
The shading and weathering on this Phantom really bring it to
life.
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Aykut Bilir is
here with his first article on ARC. This is Ayhan's fine looking
1/72 Italeri F/A-18D
finished off in the eye catching Fighting Omars decals from Twobobs.
Welcome to ARC Aykut!!!
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Ceki Erginbas is
a very skilled modeller when it comes to weathering and shading and
you'll see that when you look at his
1/48 Tamiya Brewster Buffalo Mk.I.
Ceki used aftermarket decals to finish off his Buffalo in the markings
for an aircraft stationed in Singapore in Dec 1941.
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Aykut Bilir is
back today with his 1/72 Eduard L-39 Albatros.
Aykut finished off his L-39 in Iraqi markings and then gave it a fine
looking weathering job.
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Matt Bacon
is here to mark the Slovakia National Day with his 1/48
Eduard Avia B.534 IV.
Matt built this in honour of his friend and this diorama tells
quite the story as the ground crew waves to the pilot as he
begin to taxi away. I
added this article to yesterdays update late in the day, so
here it is again in case you missed it.
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Friday,
Aug 29 2008 |
Slovakia National Day |
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I'm
pleased to welcome a new ARC Sponsor.
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From
Switzerland
, the home of ticking clocks, sumptuous chocolate, and skiing breaks
come a virtual museum for modelers and a great deal besides.
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What
is more you can exhibit your own models online at www.swapey.com/modelling,
discuss and rate models in the museum and send messages to
other members.
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swapey
has just started recently but there are already more than 700
models on display and almost 1’000 members contributing on a
daily basis."
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Matt Bacon
is here to mark the Slovakia National Day with his 1/48 Eduard Avia B.534 IV.
Matt built this in honour of his friend and this diorama tells quite
the story as the ground crew waves to the pilot as he begin to taxi
away.
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Today's update
features over 500 photos taken by ARC
forum members Zmey Smirnoff and
kap64
at
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
This will be the last update devoted to the US nationals, but
when I saw the photos I couldn't resist. Use the slideshow
feature and you'll be able to view the photos easier.
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Zmey Smirnoff
is here with photos of the Aircraft Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008 in Virginia Beach.
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Zmey Smirnoff
is here with photos of the Armor Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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kap64
is here with photos of the Jet Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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kap64
is here with photos of the Jet Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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kap64
is here with photos of the Armor Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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kap64
is here with photos of the Prop Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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kap64
is here with photos of the Prop Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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kap64
is here with photos of the Helicopter Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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kap64
is here with photos of the Ship Models
at the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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Thursday,
Aug 28
2008 |
Polish (Military) Aviation Day |
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Yvan Vansteenkiste is
here with Part 2 on his 1/32 Tamiya
F-16. This
is a Greek F-16 wearing special Anniversary markings with big
colourful artwork on the tail. This one is a beauty.
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Terry Chan has
mastered the sun bleached look on his 1/48 Academy CH-53E.
Have a close look at the photos then read Terry's article as he
explains his easy to follow technique to help you achieve a sun
bleached look.
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Erkin Bora
is here with his
1/144 Revell A 319
in the more interesting colour
of Mexicana airlines. Erkin used aftermarket decals and a good
amount of skill to turn out this fine looking airliner.
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Doug Fede has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his1/48 Hasegawa Corsair.
Doug finished his Corsair in Argentine Navy markings with
careful weathering.
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Benny Attar
is here with
something a bit refreshingly different. This is his
1/72 Bedford MK Truck
posed next to his 1/48 Jaguar model. This
truck would be a nice addition to any airfield diorama.
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Wednesday,
Aug 27
2008 |
Moldova National Day |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These A-10 photos were taken by ARC's very own
Ken Middleton. Great looking photos Ken!!! I love the
Bald Eagle artwork on the ladder door.
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Georg Fuhrmann
is here with his very special 1/32 Academy F-18C Hornet.
Georg added formation and nav lights as well as lighting up the HUD
and 3 screens on the instrument panel. The model looks first
class with subtle weathering and careful panel line shading.
Check out the lighting....this is very cool.
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Brian Pruitt has
been busy capturing history as he built his 1/72 Dragon / Northrop P-61B Black Widow.
Brian used resin engines to add detail and chose aftermarket decals to
get the marking with noseart for a very special WW2
aircraft.....possibly the last aircraft to score a kill during WW2.
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Christophe Coudert
is
here with his first article on ARC today. This is Christophe's
1/48 Revell Sukhoď Su-7 BMK
finished off in the colourful markings for the Indian Air Force Su-7
complete with a shark mouth. Welcome to ARC Christophe,
I look forward to seeing more of your work on ARC.
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Fernando I. Moreno Villa
joins us from sunny Monterrey, México with his 1/72 Heller A1-H Skyraider.
This is not the best kit but in the experience determined hands of a
modeller such as Fernando, it can be turned into quite the excellent
looking model as you'll see when you read Fernando's article.
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Tuesday,
Aug 26 2008 |
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Vladimír Žucha starts
today with his impressive 1/125 Heller Airbus A380.
Vladimír was careful to get all the details correct and this required
making his own custom decals to complete this Airbus paint scheme.
I really like how this big Airbus turned out.
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Daniele Dotti visits
us from sunny Italy with a beautifully done
1/72 Academy Focke-Wulf
Fw-190A-6.
WW2 Luftwaffe paint schemes are difficult to do but Daniele had no
problem getting the right look on this Fw-190.
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Derek "HAZER" Heyes
has been busy getting the details correct
on his 1/48 Hasegawa CF-18 Hornet.
Derek put in extra effort on his CF-18 to add special CF-18 detail
before he finished it off with Leading Edge Decals and full but subtle
weathering.
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Alan Williamson has
gone to great lengths detailing and finishing his
1/48
Tamiya P-51D Mustang.
Alan added plenty of resin items to his Mustang and finished it off in
the markings of a famous WW2 ace. Wow....nicely done Alan.
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Yun Chong has done a fine job
building his 1/72
Academy Apache.
Yun Chong used drybrushing to do the detail painting in the
cockpit. The whole model was built mostly out of the box with
fine results.
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Monday,
Aug 25
2008 |
Uruguay Independence Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Click
here to read the latest from Twobobs.
Bob has info on new releases he's working on including a The
Wisconsin sheet featuring 11 jets!!! Also Bob has info and images of
F-105, Viggen, A-10 and F-16 sheets that are in the works.
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Richard "RJ" Tucker has
a passion for US Navy aircraft and today he is here with his
1/72 Fujimi TA-4F Skyhawk.
RJ goes into careful detail about the history behind the 2 seater
Skyhawks that started the technique of dropping laser guided bombs
with the USN and then he details what is involved to build this
special Skyhawk, complete with custom markings. RJ never fails
to deliver something special for the USN fans.
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Rick Reinbott
has done a
fine job on his 1/72 Testors F4U-1A Corsair.
Rick gave his Corsair extra scratchbuilt detailing to bring up the
level of detail on his Corsair with very fine results.
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Pantelis Antonoglou has done a beautiful
job building and painting his
1/48 Τamiya F-84G Thunderjet.
Pantelis
finished his Thunderjet in the markings for the Hellenic Air Force and
except for the seatbelts he added, this beauty is built out of the
box. The paint is a flawless multi-shaded bare metal finish.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar is
here today with a Luftwaffe heavy. This is Rafi's
1/72 Revell Focke wulf Fw-200C-8
done up in the
usual high degree of skill that Rafi is well know for on ARC.
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Sunday,
Aug 24
2008 |
Ukraine National Day |
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No update today......I've
been very busy with visiting family this weekend.
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Friday,
Aug 22 2008 |
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Carmel John Attard
joins us from sunny Malta with his COD USN aircraft of VR-24
attached to the 6th Fleet 1. Carmel
includes his Grumman Trader I built from a conversion kit and his
scratch built Hawkeye. Wow....both of these are stunning to look
at.
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Paolo Yuen
is here
from Hong Kong with his 1/144 Revell Airbus A-321.
Paolo finished his award winning airliner in Dragon Airline
markings. Very nicely done.
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Bob Bartolacci has
really done a fantastic job on his bare metal
1/48 Hasegawa P-47D.
Bob finished his P-47 with different shades of silver and finished if
off in markings that include noseart.
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Eric speedlimit Salazar
has been busy
adding detail to his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4F.
Then Eric painted the artwork on his sharp looking Phantom to finish
off the model in Luftwaffe markings.
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Thursday,
Aug 21 2008 |
I've added the
IPMS
UK U.S. Air Force Special Interest Group
(http://www.usaf-sig.org)
to the ARC links pages. This UK website is dedicated to building a single source of information for
modelling USAF/ANG/AFRES aircraft, mainly in 1/72nd scale. They
also have a forum at www.usaf-sig.org/forum.
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Aleksander Gorski starts
things off today with his first article on ARC. This is
Aleksander's 1/48
Ltd CA-13 Boomerang done up with some light
paint chipping around panels as well as some careful weathering.
I do like how this Boomerang turned out and I'd like to extend a warm
welcome to Aleksander!!!
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Paul Nortness has
racked up quite a bit of experience building the various Tomcat
kits. Today Paul joins us with his 1/48 Academy F-14A Tomcat
that Paul finished in the markings for VF-14
Tophatters markings from Desert Storm, but the real story of this F-14
is the first rate weathering job Paul did on it.
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Serge Dompierre has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48 Pro Modeler FW-190 D-11.
Serge built his Dora out of the box with exceptional results.
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Murat Akbulut
joins us for the first time today with his beautifully done
1/48 Fine Molds X-Wing.
Murat is a big fan of Star wars and his X-Wing looks just like the
weathered X-Wings in the movie. Welcome to ARC Murat, I look
forward to seeing more of your models on ARC.
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Sébastien "Tyconderoga00" Stock
joins us from France with his first article on ARC. This is
Sébastien's 1/48 Accurate Miniatures TBF-1C Avenger
given a truly amazing paint job. This looks exactly as I imagine
the real plane should have looked. Beautiful work Sébastien,
welcome to ARC!!! I look forward to seeing more of your models
on ARC.
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Wednesday,
Aug 20
2008 |
Hungary National Day |
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Artur Oslizlo is
here with a very special 1/48 Airfix Dassault Super Etendard.
Have a long careful look at the stunning cockpit detail painting Artur
did to the resin cockpit.....simply amazing. Artur also added
other detail parts to his Super Etendard
with excellent results.
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Darius Aibara never
does anything the easy way. I was puzzled to see Darius building
a kit from Tamiya......then I read his article I realised Darius was
doing quite a bit of scratchbuiling to create his
1/48 Tamiya Avro York.
I've always admired Darius and this model will show you why.
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Francisco Lara "Manimal"
has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/32 Tamiya General Dynamics F-16CJ.
This is a "What if" F-16CJ finished in Spanish
markings. This one is a beauty and Francisco did a large amount
of work on it and added plenty of aftermarket detail items.
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Alan Williamson
is here with one of his beauties. This is Alan's 1/48 Tamiya P-51B
with an Aires cockpit set and
markings for Shangri-La flown by Capt. Don S. Gentile 336th FS/ 4th
FG 1944. Alan gave this Mustang his usual skilled painting and
weathering job to bring his Mustang to life.
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Tuesday,
Aug 19
2008 |
Dieppe
Raid 1942 |
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No update today. I'm
bogged down in some behind the scenes work.
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Monday,
Aug 18
2008 |
Afghanistan Independence Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Click
here to read the latest from Twobobs.
Bob does a final wrap up on the US Nationals and news about
reprinting their Viggen sheet, the Wrap-Around Thuds sheet and
they'll be refreshing our VFC-111 sheet (new jets) as part of this
next round of releases!
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I
have a special
announcement from Testors®
about their new
Model Activity Sets.
You have a choice of “Heroes
Of The Sky”
1:72 P-51D Mustang and F4U Corsair. and “Rad Rides Of The Road”
1:32 the Dodge Viper and Saleen S7. These
set are aim at introducing youngsters and families to the joys of
model building. Testors
is to be commended for their efforts to introduce kids to the hobby.
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Raul Corral
has
done a stunning job on his Academy Thunderbolts in
1/72.
Raul built both of these beauties out of the box and you will be very
impressed once you look at the finished photos of these P-47's.
The paint job look fantastic.
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Steve 'Cloggy' Cladingboel
is well known for the wild paint schemes
he is able to create on his models. this
1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair
in Tiger markings for the Greek Air force.
Steve created these eye popping markings himself and I must say they
came out looking flawless.
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Juergen Klinglhuber
is here with something very unique
today. This is his 1/72
ExtraTech, Vought Sikorsky VS-300 and
although this is a resin kit, Juergen got it built just fine and
finished it off with a bare metal finish and now has a beautifully
done delicate little chopper for his display case.
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Jaime "JGV" Vinha
is here with his Portuguese 1/72
PM Northrop T-38 A.
This is a very inexpensive kit and the quality was a bit on the low
side to say the least but that didn't stop Jaime from turning out one
fine looking model of the Portuguese
Talon. I found his weathering techniques to be quick, easy and
very effective.
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Louis Chang has
been using his modelling skill to detail and build his 1/48 Eduard BF-110C.
Louis is well known here on ARC for his modelling skills and this
Bf-110 is up to his usual high standards.
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Sunday,
Aug 17
2008 |
Gabon Independence Day |
Indonesia Independence Day |
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Ali A. Yulianto
joins us today from
Indonesia to begin this special
Indonesian update with his first article on ARC. This
is Ali's 1/48
Italeri TNI AU F-5E Tiger II done up
in a very attractive camo scheme and
Indonesian markings. Ali scribed
the panel lines to improve the realism of his F-5. Welcome to
ARC Ali!!!
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Alex Sidharta
is here with
a special 1/72
Zvezda Su-30MK TNI AU desktop
model that he created for the Indonesian AF Deputy
Chief of Staff. Alex had to convert the basic Su-30 model into
the Su-30MK TNI AU. Alex then displayed it wheels up with a
in-flight stand.
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Andreas Sunarso
is here with his
1/48
Classic Airframes DH Vampire
finished off in a very well done multi shade bare metal finish.
Andreas modeller his Vampire after one he saw in the Indonesian Air
Force Museum in Yogyakarta.
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Alex Sidharta has done a lovely job on his
1/72
Platz RQ-1A Predator.
Alex explains this kit very well and that will be a big help to anyone
interested in building their own 1/72 Predator.
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Prama Aditya Sobari
did an excellent job on his 1/72 Hasegawa F-18F.
Prama added a resin cockpit from Eduard and decals from Twobobs
to bring his kit up to a higher level of realism with excellent
results.
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Alex Sidharta
is back again
with his 3rd article today to celebrate
Indonesia's Independence Day. This is Alex's very attractive 1/48 Hasegawa F-16B TNI AU
and you need to have a close look at the way he shaded the fuselage
panel by using a lighter color of paint in the centre of the panels.
Alex then finished it off with Zotz
Decals.
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Diego Romero Rodríguez
is here to
celebrate his friend Tony's birthday with his 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18D.
Diego did quite the fine job on his Hornet including adding Eduard
PE seatbelts and scratchbuilding an instrument panel and finishing
it off with careful weathering.
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Saturday,
Aug 16 2008 |
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Jason
Brewer is here
with his first article on ARC. This is Jason's very nicely
done 1/48
Tamiya P-51B Mustang.
Jason made good use out of the knowledge base here on ARC and I must
say I'm quite impressed with how his Mustang turned out.
Welcome to ARC Jason!!!
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Dalibor
Repic has done a
marvelous job building and weathering his 1/72
Academy Canadair F-86F Sabre.
Dalibor gave his Sabre just the right look of realism and displayed
it on a diorama base to complete this great looking Yugoslavian jet
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Friday,
Aug
15 2008 |
India Independence Day |
Congo National Day |
Republic of Korea National Day |
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For anyone in the UK
(resident or visiting), the IPMS Avon annual show will be held on Sunday
17th August at Yate Leisure Centre, Yate, Bristol, BS37 4DQ. Plenty of
club displays to give you inspiration, and traders to supply your needs.
Doors open 10:00 am. Yate is about 10 miles north-east of Bristol, with
easy access from M4 and M5. For further details email ipmsavon@aol.com
Don't miss one of the premier events on the UK show circuit.
The IPMS Avon folks look forward to seeing you.
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Leonard Prakasam is
here to honour India on
India's Independence Day
with his 1/72 Italeri Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.51.
Leonard finished his Harrier in Indian Air Force markings after adding
extra scratchbuilt detail and some careful weathering. I do like
seeing a Harrier in Indian markings.
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Igor Svetlov (IS)
has gone to great
lengths improving the detail level on his
1/72 Hasegawa Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat.
Igor used a combination of resin aftermarket detail items and plenty
of scratchbuilding to improve his model and then finished it with a
very realistic looking paint scheme.
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Petit James
is here with his excellent looking
1/48 Revell Mirage 2000-5f.
Tigermeet aircraft are a favourite of most modellers and this Mirage
by James is a treat for the eyes.
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Francisco A.
is here with
a special model built in the memory of Spanish soldiers that died in
Afghanistan. This is Francisco's 1/72 Heller AS 532 Cougar
done up with
plenty of scratchbuilt detailing and a very nice looking paint job
and weathering using his own mix.
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Thursday,
Aug 14
2008 |
Pakistan Independence Day |
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Keith Hudson
is here with
something I've never seen before. This is the tiny
1/72 Aeroclub Pou Du Ceil
which Keith did some scratchbuilt detailing to before he finally
finished it off. This is quite the tiny little model.
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Paolo Yuen
is here with his
award winning 1/144 Revell Airbus A-320.
Paolo finished his Airbus airliner in Dragon Airlines markings on an
airport runway display base.
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Serge Dompierre
joins us today
with his nicely done
1/48 Tamiya Dornier Do 335A-1
that he built out
of the box. Serge tells the story of this D0-335 and it's
eventually end in America.
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Rick Reinbott
has redone
his 1/72 Hasegawa Spifire Mk. 1.
Rick went with markings from the Battle of Britain in 1940 of the
aircraft for
New Zealander Al Deere of No. 54 Squadron, RAF.
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John Vojtech
of UMM-USA
is here with a preview of his UMM
Universal Scriber.
You may recall John's award winning B-2 from a previous IPMS US
Nationals and he's here today with one of his scribing tools.
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Wednesday,
Aug 13 2008 |
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Thomas Neuss
hit the
mark perfectly when building and detailing his 1/35 Accurate Armour Lynx AH.7.
This represents the Lynx as it appears in recent years and Thomas's
combination of scratchbuilding and skill pulled it all off perfectly
for this British chopper.
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Keith Hudson
has been
busy building something different. Keith did a bit of
scratchbuilt detailing on his 1/72 Frog V-1/Loon
and finished it off in a cool looking paint
scheme using a vintage photo as a guide.
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Alan Williamson
is here with one
of the better known P-51's from WW2. This is his
1/48 Tamiya P-51D Mustang & U.S. Army Staff Car.
Alan chose the markings for Big Beautiful Doll and finished off this
classic American fighter with his usual careful attention to detail
and weathering. All this adds up to one fine looking Mustang
and Staff car.
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Shailesh Karkhanis
is here with his
very nicely done
1/48 Academy MiG-21 bis.
This particular MiG-21 is finished in Indian Air Force markings
which is always good to see.
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Tuesday,
Aug 12
2008
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No update today. I
was pretty tired on Monday night and went to bed early.
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Monday,
Aug 11
2008 |
Chad Independence Day |
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For anyone in the UK (resident or visiting), the IPMS Avon annual
show will be held on Sunday 17th August at Yate Leisure Centre, Yate,
Bristol, BS37 4DQ. Plenty of club displays to give you inspiration,
and traders to supply your needs. Doors open 10:00 am. Yate is about
10 miles north-east of Bristol, with easy access from M4 and M5. For
further details email ipmsavon@aol.com
Don't miss one of the premier events on the UK show circuit.
The IPMS Avon folks look forward to seeing you.
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Anthony Wan
is here with some photos of the
Jet
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Anthony Wan
is here with some
photos of the Jet
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Anthony Wan
is here with some photos of the
Helicopter
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Anthony Wan
is here with some photos of the
Armor
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Anthony Wan
is here with some
photos of the Figure
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Sunday,
Aug 10
2008 |
Ecuador Independence Day |
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Alfredo
Jurado is here from Ecuador
on
Ecuador Independence Day with his 1/48
Hobbycraft Lockheed AT-33.
This AT-33 is painted in Ecuadorian Air Force markings and was
built for the pilot of this particular aircraft.
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Ralph
Koziarski has
been very busy on his 1/48
Hasegawa SBD-3 Dauntless.
Ralph put quite a bit of effort into his Dauntless and the
crowning achievement was the carefully applied faded paint
job.
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Saturday,
Aug 9
2008 |
Singapore National Day |
Nagasaki
Atomic Bombing Aug 9 1945 11:02AM |
Peacekeeping Day in Canada |
In
memory of 9 peacekeepers killed on Aug 9 1974 |
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Mark Chen
joins us from Singapore on this special day with his flawless 1/32
Academy F-16C Block 52.
Mark gave his Viper a stunning paint job and a full weapons load and
finished it off in Singapore markings.
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Leslie
Choy
is here from Singapore on this special day with his selections of 3
models all in Singapore markings. These 3 models include the 1/72
Heller F5-S, Italeri F5-T and Airfix RF-5S.
Leslie made these mostly out of the box with a bit of
sctatchbuilding. A very nice display in honor of
Singapore's National Day.
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Matt_S
is here with some photos of the Automotive
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Matt_S
is here with some photos of the Helicopter
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Matt_S
is here with some photos of the Armor
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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DarylH
is here with some photos of the Aircraft
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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DarylH
is here with some photos of the Ship
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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DarylH
is here with some photos of the Automotive
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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DarylH
is here with some photos of the Armor
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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DarylH
is here with some photos of the Helicopter
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008.
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Friday,
Aug 8 2008 |
Today's update is devoted
to the IPMS US Nationals in Virginia Beach. Use the slideshow
feature in each article to easily view the photos in a slideshow.
There are over 400 photos in today's update.
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Matt_S
is
here with some photos of the
Prop
Models from the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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Matt_S is
here with some photos of the Jet
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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Matt_S is
here with some photos of the Auto
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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Matt_S is
here with some photos of the Helicopter
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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Matt_S is
here with some photos of the Armor
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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DarylH
is
here with some photos of the
Prop
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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DarylH is
here with some photos of the Jet
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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DarylH
is
here with some photos of the
Armor
Models from
the IPMS US Nationals 2008
in Virginia Beach.
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Thursday,
Aug 7
2008 |
Cote d'lvoire National Day |
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IPMS
US Nationals are building steam. The vendors room has been popular and the
models are increasing in number more and more each day.
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Mario Fernandez
is here with a
plane that is something he's wanted to build for a long time.
This is Mario's 1/72 Gremlin Resin Piper Cheyenne 400LS
done up in fine style. Mario scratchbuilt some items and made
his own decals to get his Piper looking "just
right".
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Paul Nortness
is here with his
very nicely done 1/32 Revell F-14A Tomcat.
Paul chose some very colorful markings for his Tomcat and
I must say I liked how this finished F-14 turned out.
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Andrew Doppel
is here
with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/48 Heller Ecureuil 'Fire Bomber'
that he converted to Royal Australian Air
Force (RAAF) AS350B Squirrel. Andrew added a good amount of
scratchbuilt detailing and also used a conversion set to create this
very delicate looking Aussie Chopper model. Welcome to ARC
Andrew!!!
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Jeffrey Leung
dropped by
today from Hong Kong with his 1/72 Zvezda Mig-23MLD.
Jeffrey explains how he does his camo painting and his end results definitely
do look good. This MiG has that faded weathered look to it.
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Serge Dompierre
is here with his sharp looking
1/48 ICM Yak 7D1.
Serge built his Yak out of the box and finished it off with one of
his great looking paint jobs and eye catching markings.
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Wednesday,
Aug 6
2008 |
Bolivia Independence Day |
Hiroshima
Atomic Bombing Aug 6 1945 8:15AM |
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IPMS
US Nationals began today!!!! I'll bring you updates on the
convention as I receive them.
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is the last newsletter before the IPMS US Nationals.
Click
here to read the latest from Twobobs. Twobobs
is having a sale at their table during the Nationals plus news about
the Twobobs Hospitality Suite and much more news.
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Philippe Dognon
starts
today with part 2 of his article on his
1/48
Scratchbuilt CH-54A Tarhe. Philippe
gave his model an extreme level of detailing and you see that in
some of today's photos.
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Rick Reinbott is
here today with his
1/48 Testors F-5A Freedom Fighter.
Rick chose to finish this sharp looking F-5 in South Vietnamese Air
Force (VNAF). I love how this one turned one.......the checker
board markings really do look fine.
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Farouk
Tan has
done a beautiful job on the bare metal finish on his 1/72
Academy P-51D Mustang.
Farouk used a very creative way to shade some panels to different
shades on his baremetal finish and finished his Mustang in the
markings for the Philippine Air Force during WW2.
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Patrick Vossenberg
is here to show you a stunning finishing job on his
1/72 Revell Su-27 Flanker.
I'm speechless when I say how perfect the paint job and
weathering look on this Su-27. Wow!! This really is a
great looking model. Patrick also added some aftermarket
detail items and scratchbuilt details to improve upon the kit
details.
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Tony Feredo
dropped by the
ARC Corporate office in the Philippines
with his 1/48 Tamiya G4M1 Betty.
Tony is creating a collection of aircraft used in the
Philippines during
WW2. Tony did some careful paint chipping on his Betty and
gave it a wonderful camo job.
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Tuesday,
Aug 5 2008 |
Jamaica National Day |
Croatian Victory Day or Dan Domovinske zahvalnosti |
(similar
to a Thanksgiving Day) |
Russia
- End of Kursk operation (1943) |
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No update today. I've
been busy over the past few days getting a modest little $300 above ground
pool set up for my kids.
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Fightertown
Decals
has some more info about their plans
for the IPMS US Nationals at VA Beach including the Fightertown
Girls
that will be working the Fightertown Decals Tables at the Nationals
as well as all the details of the website
sale!!!
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Monday,
Aug 4
2008 |
Burkina Faso National Day |
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IPMS
US Nationals begin Wednesday!!!!
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Fightertown
Decals
is having a website
sale for everyone not able to make it
to IPMS US Nationals at VA Beach. Also if you click the image
to the left you can see the Fightertown
Girls
that will be working the Fightertown Decals Tables at the Nationals
as well as all the details of the website
sale!!!
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Philippe Dognon is
here today with Part 1 of his
1/48
Scratchbuilt CH-54A Tarhe.
This article ran already on ARC, but part 2 will be on ARC tomorrow
and I thought it would be good to run Part 1 today to refresh your
memory. The detail on this Skycrane leaves me in awe.
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Michel Vallet
has done a
marvelous job finishing his 1/72 Fujimi MiG-21 Bis.
Michel added some scratchbuilt detail to the cockpit on his MiG and
finished it off with a darn fine looking camo paint job for the
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Air Force.
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Matt Bacon
drops by
today with something very special. This is his
1/24 Airfix Spitfire Vb
done up with scratchbuilt detail and a first
class paint and weathering job. It really is a treat to see
this big
old kit done up to this high level of perfection.
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Nikos Zorotheos
is here
with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C Aggressor.
The Aggressor schemes are the most popular paint schemes among
modelers and after seeing Nikos' F-16.....I can see why. Nikos
added a resin cockpit and a careful amount of weathering to finish
off his F-16. It does look great!!
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Paolo Yuen
joins us
today with his 1/72 Hobby Boss A-7H Corsair II.
This is one of the better looking A-7's I've seen, but I've always
enjoyed seeing Tiger Meet jets and Paolo did his Corsair II up very
well.
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Sunday,
Aug 3 2008 |
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Greg
Leszczynski (lgl007) is a bit of
an expert on building the 1/48
Eduard Mirage 2000N and you'll
understand this when you read his detailed article about the
tricks to building this kit.
Of course Greg turned out a stunning model of the Mirage
20000N with weathering, extra scratchbuilt detailing and a
full weapons load.
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Mark
L. Rossmann has
a touch of history with his sub-hunting
1/48
Accurate Miniatures TBM-3.
Mark tells the story of the sub hunting Avengers and some info
on painting his Avenger. Beautifully done Mark.
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Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia National Day |
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Micah
Reysio-Cruz starts
today with his well done
1/72
Academy F-51D.
Micah
built his Mustang as a Korean War bird with a carefully done
bare metal finish with some scratchbuilt details and
weathering.
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Petit
James joins us with his
1/48
Hobbycraft Skyhawk A-4q.
This is an Argentine Skyhawk finished off with RBF tags and
weathering to bring this Skyhawk to life.
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Friday,
Aug 1
2008 |
Benin Independence Day |
Switzerland - Foundation of the Swiss Confederation |
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A new ARC Group Build began
today. This is the Gone
But Not Forgotten Group Build and will last from Aug1, 08 to Feb
1, 09. This Group Build is for A/C and or Squadrons that have
been Retired, Disestablished, Cadred, or that were Planned but never
stood up. from Korea til Nowadays.
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Dan Parsons starts
today with his special article titled
'Have Guns...will
Dance'. Dan
has built the
1/72 Academy F-86E Sabre and the 1/72 KOPRO MIG-15 in an
in-flight diorama with baremetal finish and colourful markings.
And you must check out the special hand signal the F-86 pilot is
giving the MiG pilot.
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Ben Z. Nielsen has
been busy scratchbuilding details on his big
1/35 Scale Academy UH-1C Huey Gunship.
Look closely at the photos and you'll see Ben added plenty of detail
and then finished off his Huey with sharksmouth markings for a chopper
in Vietnam.
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Franz Galli had
a heck of a challenging time with his 1/48 Academy Mirage IIIR.
As I read his article I couldn't help but think of certain kits that
have frustrated me in the past.
But Franz did get his Mirage IIIR finished with scratchbuilt details
and an excellent looking paint job in great looking camo colours.
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Gary Wiley is
here with a sharp looking model of one of the top fighters from the
Pacific theatre during WW2. This is Gary's
1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat
built mostly out of the box with the addition
of a resin seat to dress up the detail in the cockpit.
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Andy Davies
is here with
something very unique. This is his 1/200
Revell Boeing 2707-100 SST which is an
aircraft I've never heard of until now. Andy did a stunning job
on this 40 year old model.
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