Saturday,
May 31 2008 |
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Tony Feredo
joins us from the sunny warm Philippines with his 1/48 Academy F-5E Lightning.
Tony saved this partly built model from a friend and carried it
through and learned about the exploits of the US photo
reconnaissance squadrons that served in the Philippines during WWII.
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mystras joins
us with his excellent looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E AUP.
mystras picked the very attractive Hellenic Air Force ghost camo
scheme and finished it off with a sensational weathering job.
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Friday,
May 30 2008 |
No update today. I've
been dealing with a few issues behind the scenes.
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Thursday,
May 29 2008 |
Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These weapons photos were taken by Todd
Pearson.
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The Louisville
Invitational Model contest is this Saturday May 31.
Click
here for all the details.
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Don Bryans has
been getting the details right on his sharp looking 1/72 Airfix B-29 Superfortress.
Don has to modify and rework this older Airfix kit to create this
photos ship. Don also tells the history of this B-29 and it's
eventually demise.
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David Roach has
gone the extra mile and then some on his 1/48 Tamiya Fw.190D-9.
David has mastered the fine art of cockpit painting and even added
some extra detail to dress the cockpit up. The exterior of his
Dora and given some extra detail before being pre-shaded and finished
off in one of those complicated Luftwaffe paint schemes.
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Anthony Wynn joins
us with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/48 Hasegawa Kittyhawk
built out of the box in the classic desert camo
with a sharks mouth.
Very nicely done Anthony.....welcome to ARC!!! |
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Jim Rotramel is
here with his very well laid out article about building the 1/72 RoG F-22 Raptor.
Jim has focused on plenty of the tiny details that will help you build
a better and more accurate F-22. Many of the points in his
article will assist you in building the F-22 in any scale. Well
done Jim!!! |
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Wednesday,
May
28 2008 |
Armenia National Day |
Ethiopia National Day |
Azerbaijan National Day |
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Juan Carlos Gómez
joins us from Argentina with his 1/48
Revell Spitfire Mk-II.
Juan Carlos did a very nice job on his Spitfire and finished it
in RAF markings with artwork.
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Leo Dashevskiy
is here
with his massive how-to article for his
1/144 Revell Boeing 747-400.
Leo shows you how to add lights and get the details right on his
747. This article is packed with very helpful tips if you want
to add lights to your next model.
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Serge
Dompierre did
quite the nice job on his 1/48 LTD IAR 80 C.
This is a conversion and the plane includes Bambi artwork on the
nose.
Nice one Serge. |
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Gabriel Stern is
here with a plane I would love to have as a private aircraft.
this is his Scratch-built 1/72 Ford 15P
which is from the 1930's and has a Ford V-8
motor. Read Gabriel's article for the full history and the story
on his Gabriel built this flying wing.
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Tuesday,
May 27 2008 |
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H.NEJAT ARTA joins
us from Turkey with his
1/72 Academy B-17B.
This B-17 is beautifully finished with stunning panel shading and a
subtle weathering job. What a beauty.
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Marcius Cesar Costa is
here with something different. This is Marcius's
1/72 Morane Saulnier MS-760 Paris
finished off in Brazilian markings using aftermarket decals. A
good looking little jet.
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Jan Harms joins
us from Germany. Jan has been very busy converting his
1/48
Hasegawa Westland Seaking Mk.41.
Jan did quite a bit of work to create his German Seaking in it's
bright paint scheme. Wow, you've got to have a close look at
this one. |
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Paolo De Sanctis has
taken a previously built 1/32 Revell Messerschmitt Bf.109 F-1
and striped it down and rebuilt it with added
details and weathering including exhaust stains. Careful work
really paind off for Paolo as he now has a first class 109 in
Moelder’s markings.
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Lyle Brown is
here with his De
Havilland Beaver Mk.1 artwork.
Drop by Lyle's site to see more of his artwork. Lyle chose the
markings for Harbour Air which flies out of the harbour of Victoria,
BC each day and there is a walkaround here on ARC of one of their
planes.
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Monday,
May 26
2008 |
U.S. Memorial Day |
Georgia National Day |
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No reviews today out of
respect for the
U.S. Memorial Day holiday and all those who have defended
freedom.
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Paul R. Miles has
gone "the extra mile and then some" with his
1/72 Hasegawa P-51C.
Paul has added scratchbuilt and aftermarket detailing to every area of
his Mustang and then finished it off with aftermarket decals and a
perfect weathering job. Wow....all in 1/72!!!
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Peter Athanasopoulos joins
us from sunny Greece with his 1/48
Italeri F-16blk 52+.
Peter was determined to get his F-16 right and this involved many
things including a full weapons load. Peter then finished this
beauty in Hellenic Air Force markings. |
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Juergen Klinglhuber has
been busy adding photo etch detail to the inside of his
1/72
Academy Consolidated PBY-5. Juergen
then close the earlier colorful paint scheme for his Catalina to
complete the look of this classic flying boat. |
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Sunday,
May 25
2008 |
Jordan Independence Day |
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Argentina - National Day (1810), "La Revolucion de Mayo" |
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Anniversary of the Revolution against Spain |
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Srdjan Radosavljevic
is here to celebrate his birthday today with his
1/72 Academy Messerschmitt Me109G-6
on ARC. Srdjan
added extra detail to his 109 to the cockpit and exterior and gave
it a special captured paint scheme featuring Yugoslav
markings. Weathering included quite a few techniques that were
done with great skill and success. Happy
Birthday Srdjan!!!
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Vasilij
'Tarner' Ratej is
here from Switzerland with his first article on ARC. I'm
pleased to show you his 1/35
MRC/Aademy AH-1W Super Cobra. which
was given many scratchbuilt details and finished with a great Snake
paint scheme and a first class weathering job. Beautifully
done Vasilij....Welcome to ARC!!!
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Saturday,
May 24
2008 |
Eritrea Independence Day |
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Bob Bartolacci
fires things up
today with his 1/48 Hasegawa P-40N
which is adorned with colourful noseart of a parrot head. Bob
gave his P-40 a full weathering job and ended up with a P-40 to be
proud of. |
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Rick Reinbott is
here with something which I think is a bit different for him.
This is his 1/72 Matchbox Mystere IVA which
Rick gave a very well done bare metal finish and Indian Air Force
markings. Rick also did some scratchbuilt detailing to improve
upon the detail provided in the kit. |
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Friday,
May 23 2008 |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These F-16 photos were taken by Peter
Greengrass. Nothing beats a jet in Tiger markings. |
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Darren Snow
dropped by
the ARC Corporate office in New Zealand with his spectacular
1/48 Hasegawa Typhoon Mk 1b.
Darren used photos etch seatbelts, aftermarket decals and finished
it all off with a flawless paint and weathering job. |
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Josip
Žagar
joins
us with a very well done 1/72
Heller T-33 "Spring cleaning" diorama.
Successful dioramas tells a story and Josip's diorama tells
quite the story on so many levels. Of course Josip also
did an excellent job completing and finishing his T-33 diorama
with impressive results.
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Bob Bartolacci
has a fun
time switching gears and building his 1/48 Special Hobby I-152.
I must say I admire Bob for trying something different for a change
and coming out with success in the form of this little
bi-plane. |
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Colin Whitehouse
has gone to
great lengths on his 1/48 Belcher Bits Westland Dragonfly.
Once Colin completed the details and painting it was time to select
markings and he went with Royal Navy markings for this sharp looking
vintage chopper.
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Thursday,
May 22
2008 |
Yemen National Day |
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No update today.....I've
been sorting out some issues behind the scenes.
- The search function
is now functioning on the ARC Discussion Forums.
- I've set up a new
manufacturers forum for Flying
Leathernecks Decals, so now is your chance to get in there and
discuss their products.
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Wednesday,
May 21
2008 |
Anniversary of the Chilean Navy and the anniversary of the Iquique´s
Naval Combat (South Pacific War, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia) |
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Oishi starts
things off today with his beautiful 1/32 Tamiya F-14A Tomcat.
Oishi rescribed the panel lines and then gave his F-14 one of his
famous paint job with weathering. Oishi has much talent.
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Davin Evans
is here
today with his 1/48 Heinkel He 219A-7/R4 Uhu.
Davin includes the history of the development of this famous
night fighter and what he did to create this fantastic looking Ohu.
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Charlies Moncion
has been
very busy getting the look and detail right on his
1/35 Dragon Models UH-1D.
I really enjoyed seeing the added detail on this Huey and I was
impressed how well it turned out.
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Stephen Hall
is here
with his first model on ARC and also his first model in 30
years. I must say I'm very pleased to see him on ARC with his
1/72 Revell Spitfire MK V B
and I look forward to seeing more of his work
on ARC. Welcome to ARC Stephen!!!.
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Tuesday,
May 20
2008 |
Cameroon National Day |
Cuba Independence Day |
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Jacey Guo
starts this
update with his first article on ARC. This is a sharp looking
1/48 Italeri F-5E Topgun
that Jacey finished his F-5 in adversary markings with great
success. Welcome to ARC Jacey!!!
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Raúl Corral
is here to wow you with his 1/32 Revell Fw-190 D-9.
This beauty was built with no aftermarket resin or photo etch with
outstanding results. Raúl
did finish it off with weathering and chipped paints and aftermarket
decals.
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Serge
Dompierre joins
us today with his 1/48 Revell Grumman A6E Intruder
from the time of the Vietnam War when the
planes were adorned in more colourful paint schemes. Serge
built this wonderful Intruder OOB with very good results.
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I have a review of the new
1/32
F-100D Super Sabre decal sheet from CAM
Decals.
This decal sheet includes markings for one 1/32 F-100D Super Sabre
with the 112th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the Ohio ANG in
Bicentennial markings.
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Monday,
May 19
2008 |
Turkish Remembrance of Ataturk and Youth Day for Turkey |
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My
friend Tolga ULGUR
starts this
special Turkish update with his 1/48 Hasegawa P-40 Kittyhawk Mk1.
Tolga used some aftermarket goodies as well as his high level
of skill to turn this kit into a stunning model of this WW2 Turkish
fighter.
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METIN TURKOGLU
is here with what I think is the most creative model I've ever
seen. This is his AY
YILDIZ
done up as the Turkish flag. I must say this is the perfect
model for this special Turkish Holiday.
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Burak TOKGOZOGLU
has done a wonderful
job painting, finishing and weathering his 1/48 Academy F-5B.
There is no doubt this is a great looking camo scheme on his Turkish
F-5B.
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M.TARIK SOYLU has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/72
Tamiya F-84 G.
M.TARIK created and printed his own custom decals for this good
looking F-84G. This one is a beauty.
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Gokhan EREN has
put much effort into his Two Turkish
F-16s.
These 2 fine looking F-16's are displayed with figures and a full
diorama that includes a hanger with tarmac section and figures.
This is quite the scene well worth looking at.
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Volkan Uzeler
totally enjoyed building the new 1/48 Tamiya F-16CJ Block 50.
Volkan did a perfect paint job in the markings for the 52nd FW and
added a full weapons load to his F-16. Very nicely done Volkan.
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Zafer YILMAZ
did a fantastic job on his
1/48 Hasegawa N1K1 Shiden.
Zafer tells the history behind this aircraft as well as his
techniques to get his weathering looking so good.
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Murat Madak
has done a
marvelous job building and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104G.
This is an ex-Luftwaffe Starfighter finished off in Turkish Air
Force markings.
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Sunday,
May
18 2008 |
US
Armed Forces Appreciation Day |
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No Update today....I've
been out of town.
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Saturday,
May 17
2008 |
Norway Constitution Day |
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I've added a link to
Vingtor Decals
to the ARC links page. Vingtor
Decals is a range of decals for scale models of Norwegian military
aircraft. |
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Jens H. Brandal
starts this
special update honouring Norway with his
1/144 Boeing 767-205.
Jens went to great effort to shorten the fuselage and modify the
engines and other areas of his airliner to get it looking more like
the real aircraft. Jens also tells the history behind the
naming of these aircraft which reaches into the long and proud
history of Norway. |
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John Peters
has been busy building
and detailing his Aircraft of the RNoAF.
John built his 1/32 F-104 and 1/32 F-16 with some scratchbuilding
and grabbing parts from other kits to get his jet right. He
then finished both of them off with aftermarket decals including the
Tiger F-16 scheme from Zotz
decals.
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Jens H. Brandal
has done an impressive job
getting the look right with his 1/72 Canadair CF-104 Starfighter.
Jens added the correct weapons load and finished off the paint job
very carefully to show the patched paint job of this Norwegian
014 late in it's service life.
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Nils Mathisrud
took on a
challenge when he built his
1/72 Lockheed C-60A Lodestar.
Nils was determined to get his Lodestar accurate in every way to the
real aircraft that flew during WW2. I really like the look of
the finished model.
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Jens H. Brandal
definately knows his
stuff when it comes to Braathens S.A.F.E airliners. This is
his 1/144 Boeing 737-505
and Jens explains the history behind this aircraft as well as all
the tiny details for the model and painting to get thing perfect.
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Jens H. Brandal
is here
with an impressive looking 1/72 General Dynamics F-16B.
Jens tells the history behind this aircraft including the delivery
flight by a Spitfire ace. He then ell about the newer 1/72
Revell F-16 kit and what was required to build his F-16.
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Nils Mathisrud
is
here to show you his "what-if"
1/72 JAS 39E Gripen
in Norwegian
markings. Nils discusses the possible choices
of a replacement for the Norwegian
F-16's and then shows what is involved to make a Norwegian Gripen.
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Jens H. Brandal
finishes off this special update with his
1/72 Northrop RF-5A(G).
If you're building a Royal Norwegian Air Force RF-5A then this is
the article to read. |
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Friday,
May 16
2008 |
Dambusters
Raid - RAF bombing of Ruhr Valley Dams |
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Steffen "Little
Airwolf" Tittmann starts
today with a diorama of one of the more famous photos of a shot down
1/48 Messerschmitt Me-109 E-4.
The story of this pilot being shot down on 5 September 1940, during
the Battle of Britain and his eventually escapes is quite the
story. Steffen's diorama captures the scene perfectly.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
is back
with another of his beauties. This is
Shawn's 1/32 Tamiya F-16CJ
built in his usual fine style and finished
with Twobobs decals.
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Sean Martin
has done a
stellar job on his 1/48 Hobbycraft RCN Seafire XV.
And to get it correct as a RCN bird Sean went to Belcher Bits for the
correct aftermarket products. I must confess I like the way it
looks with it's folded wings.
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Thursday,
May 15 2008 |
-
RDUCON 2008 is
happening Saturday, May 17 2008 in Raleigh NC.
Click here for further info
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Andrew Eaton
joins us with one of the coolest Ausuie schemes to grace a SeaKing.
This is Andrew's 1/72 Fujimi Westland Seaking Mk 50A
which Andrew
added extra scratchbuilt detail to juice up his Seaking.
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Kelly Green
is here
with his first article on ARC. This is Kelly's 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D
finished in the markings for a famous Ace with
quite a few victories to his credit. Nicely done bent
wing bird Kelly and welcome to ARC!!!
- Bob Zorie
is here with 65
photos from the recent
Modelfest 2008 Titusville, Florida.
This looks like quite the show. Use
the slide show feature to view all the photos easier.
- Dalibor Repic
joins us
from Serbia with his great looking 1/72 Revell P-47D Thunderbolt
. in
Yugoslavian markings and a very attractive green and grey camo
scheme. I really enjoyed seeing this one.
- Ray Hemenway
has something a
bit different today. This is his
1/125 cut-away Revell U-47.
No doubt about Ray put quite a bit of effort into his U-Boat.
- I have a p review of the new 1/48
F-16C/D Block 50 Peace Puma Vipers decal sheet from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
F-16C Block 52 jets from the Chilean Air Force. There are enough
markings on this sheet to build two complete jets. One C and one
D model. Every Chilean Viper is represented on this sheet.
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I have a review of the new
SB Decals 1/48 US Navy Seakings
High-Vis Part 1 decal sheet. This
sheet features 5 different High-Vis SeaKings including one SeaKing
that has Apollo recovery mission markings for 5 different Apollo
missions including Apollo 13.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F-16 Test Vipers decal sheet
from Afterburner
Decals. This
new decal sheet includes markings for 8 different 1/48 F-16 Test
Vipers from the Air Warfare Center and the 85th Test & Evaluation
Squadron and the 422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron including 7
single seaters and 1 two seater.
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Today's walkaround
photos
include....
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Andrew Eaton
joins us with one of the coolest Ausuie schemes to grace a SeaKing.
This is Andrew's 1/72 Fujimi Westland Seaking Mk 50A
which Andrew added extra scratchbuilt detail to juice up his Seaking.
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Kelly Green
is here
with his first article on ARC. This is Kelly's 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D
finished in the markings for a famous Ace with
quite a few victories to his credit. Nicely done bent
wing bird Kelly and welcome to ARC!!!
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Bob Zorie
is here with 65
photos from the recent
Modelfest 2008 Titusville, Florida.
This looks like quite the show. Use
the slide show feature to view all the photos easier.
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Dalibor Repic
joins us
from Serbia with his great looking 1/72 Revell P-47D Thunderbolt
. in
Yugoslavian markings and a very attractive green and grey camo
scheme. I really enjoyed seeing this one.
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Ray Hemenway
has something a
bit different today. This is his
1/125 cut-away Revell U-47.
No doubt about Ray put quite a bit of effort into his U-Boat.
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I have a review of the new
SB Decals 1/48 US Navy Seakings
High-Vis Part 1 decal sheet. This
sheet features 5 different High-Vis SeaKings including one SeaKing
that has Apollo recovery mission markings for 5 different Apollo
missions including Apollo 13.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F-16 Test Vipers decal sheet
from Afterburner
Decals. This
new decal sheet includes markings for 8 different 1/48 F-16 Test
Vipers from the Air Warfare Center and the 85th Test & Evaluation
Squadron and the 422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron including 7
single seaters and 1 two seater.
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Wednesday,
May 14
2008 |
Paraguay Independence Day |
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Josh Kaiser
has done a
large amount of scratchbuilding on his 1/48 Revell B-17F.
Josh focused on the interior detail the most and even added whole
compartments to get his B-17 looking right. He then went the
extra step and added fine detail to improve upon this older and well
respected kit. Josh then finished his B-17 with Zotz
decals.
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Trevor
Murphy spent a
year creating his cut-away
F-104G Starfighter.
You've got to have a close look at this one.....Trevor has
outdone himself.....it's quite the site to behold.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar is
here with one of my favourite late war designs. This is his 1/48 Dragon Horten Ho-229A-1
done up in Rafi's usual fine style with an impeccable
camo job.
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Charles Johnson
has been
busy getting things right on his 1/35 MRC UH1C Gunship & 1/32 Revell UH1D.
These are the Vietnam War 174th
AHC Vietnam choppers that Charles built to be given away at a
reunion of these Vietnam War vet. Enjoy the photos.....the
sharks mouths do look great.
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Tuesday,
May 13 2008 |
- The Western
Canadian Regional Model Contest is this weekend May 17 in Calgary,
Alberta. Click
here for more details.
- Brian Waldorf
fires up
today's update with his 1/48 Revell F/A 18C.
Brain was focusing on his weathering techniques with this Hornet and
I must say I believe he's got things figured out very well.
- PJ
from Brazil is here with a special 1/48 Tamiya P-47D.
Brazilian pilots fought with the Allies in Europe during WW2 and
their story isn't told as often as it should be. This P-47 is
the aircraft on one Brizilian pilot. PJ tells the story behind
this aircraft as well as what he did to make it look so well.
- Terry Chan
has tackled
the 1/72 Amodel Sukhoi T-4 Sotka
with fantastic success.
Terry tells the history of this rare aircraft as well as the effort
involved in building this limited production kit with dubious fit
quality. I've gotta' admit Terry did quite the job on the
multi-shade bare metal finish.
- I have a
preview of the new 1/48
F-15C Gunfightin' Boars decal sheet
from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features a complete set of markings for two jets with
enough options for ten total jets!
- I have a review of the new
1/48
EA-6B "Jammin' Jihad" Prowlers decal sheet
from
Afterburner
Decals.
This sheet includes 5 different Prowlers including 2 with wild camo
schemes.
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I have a review of the new
1/48
resin Supermarine Spitfire Early Metal Seat without Harness
from Ultracast.
This seat replaces the kit seat to permit you to model a
Spitfire produced prior to March 1940.
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I have a review of the new
1/32
F-100D Super Sabre decal sheet
from CAM
Decals.
This sheet features a F-100D Super Sabre with the 122nd Tactical
Fighter Squadron with the Louisiana ANG.
- Today's
walkaround photos include....
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Brian Waldorf
fires up
today's update with his 1/48 Revell F/A 18C.
Brain was focusing on his weathering techniques with this Hornet and
I must say I believe he's got things figured out very well.
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PJ
from Brazil is here with a special 1/48 Tamiya P-47D.
Brazilian pilots fought with the Allies in Europe during WW2 and
their story isn't told as often as it should be. This P-47 is
the aircraft on one Brizilian pilot. PJ tells the story behind
this aircraft as well as what he did to make it look so well.
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Terry Chan
has tackled
the 1/72 Amodel Sukhoi T-4 Sotka
with fantastic success.
Terry tells the history of this rare aircraft as well as the effort
involved in building this limited production kit with dubious fit
quality. I've gotta' admit Terry did quite the job on the
multi-shade bare metal finish.
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Monday,
May 12 2008 |
- OMACON
08 the Regional Contest
MAY 16 & 17 2008 in Council
Bluffs, Iowa
Click
here for all the details.
- Serge
Dompierre begins
today with his nicely done
1/48
ICM MIG-3.
Serge built this little gem OOB in the markings of a MiG-3 that
fought in defense of Moscow in Oct 1941.
- Michael
Ezat has done a
stunning job on his
1/32
Trumpeter Me-262A-1a.
The painting and weathering has to be seen to be believed.....it
looks fantastic.......as well as the extra detailing.
- Chris
St Clair has
taken on the challenge and done an excellent job on his
1/72
Heritage Aviation Pilatus U-28A.
This resin kit did require some extra effort by Chris to get things
to fit, but Chris kept with it and ended up with a fine
looking model of this rare USAF plane.
- Scott
Vomacka is here
with his Scratch
built 1/48 U.S. Navy Tow bars.
Check this article out.....I think Scott is on to something
here......this sort of item would really add to a model on
display. Well done Scott.
- Today's
walkaround photos include....
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Serge
Dompierre begins
today with his nicely done
1/48
ICM MIG-3.
Serge built this little gem OOB in the markings of a MiG-3 that
fought in defense of Moscow in Oct 1941.
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Michael
Ezat has done a
stunning job on his
1/32
Trumpeter Me-262A-1a.
The painting and weathering has to be seen to be believed.....it
looks fantastic.......as well as the extra detailing.
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Chris
St Clair has
taken on the challenge and done an excellent job on his
1/72
Heritage Aviation Pilatus U-28A.
This resin kit did require some extra effort by Chris to get things
to fit, but Chris kept with it and ended up with a fine
looking model of this rare USAF plane.
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Scott
Vomacka is here
with his Scratch
built 1/48 U.S. Navy Tow bars.
Check this article out.....I think Scott is on to something
here......this sort of item would really add to a model on
display. Well done Scott.
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Sunday,
May 11 2008 |
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Pierre Christian Baudru
has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/72 Revell Tornado IDS Marineflieger.
Pierre used an Aires detail set for the cockpit and finished
off his Tornado with a flawless weathering job.
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Josh Kaiser
has gone to
great lengths to detail and weathering his
1/48 Tamiya F4U-1C Conversion.
Josh put a huge amount of effort into his Corsair conversion and he
tells the whole story with photos in his article. Enjoy.
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Saturday,
May 10 2008 |
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For the next 30 days, customers who order from
The
Small Shop
banner link on the ARC homepage (or
click here)
can enter the promotion code ARC10 for 10% off your purchase
(10% off product amount only does not include shipping). |
Unfortunately,
customers in the UK and EU are not eligible. They have an
agreement with Cammett Ltd. not to ship to those countries. |
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Malaysian
modellers will be celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of the F-4 display
with a gathering of F-4 models today
May 10 2008. This gathering is the culmination of a 3 month plus
group build. This event will be held at City Square Center, 3rd
Floor Promotional Area (outside Hobby HQ), 182 Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala
Lumpur,
MALAYSIA
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Francisco A.
has done a
very fine job with his 1/72 Italeri UH-1F Huey.
Francisco built his Huey OOB and finished it off with a carefully
applied weathering job and displayed it on a very realistic diorama
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Tim "Hornet Man" Miller
joins us
with his first article on ARC. This is Tim's 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18B
in Aussie markings with sexy noseart. Tim built it mostly OOB
with some aftermarket decals to get the special markings he was
after. I'm very pleased to see Tim's Hornet on ARC and I look
forward to seeing more of his work on ARC in the future.
Welcome to ARC Tim!!!
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Friday,
May 9
2008 |
Liberation
Day for the Channel Islands May 9 1945 |
Russia - End of Great Patriotic War |
European Union - Europe Day |
Malta
gets Spitfires 64 Spitfires are ferried to Malta by USS Wasp |
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Rico "Forge" Maula
joins us with Part 8 of his
series on Edy Ong's 1/48 ROCAF Collection.
I've certainly enjoyed seeing Edy Ong's models and today's article
includes his 1/48 PB4Y-2 Privateer.
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TandHK
has done extensive work on this
1/72 Fujimi E-2C Hawkeye.
TandHK scratchbuilt the cockpit and the
wingfolds. What a beauty!!!
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Andrew Eaton
has done a
fantastic job building his 1/72 PJ Productions Gloster Meteor F8.
This is a resin kit with great looking markings and Andrew did it up
right....complete with a great looking display base.
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Petit James
joins us from France with his
1/48 Esci Mirage III EA.
James finished his Mirage # as a plane that served with the
Argentinean Air force during the Falklands War.
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Thursday,
May 8
2008 |
Israel Independence Day |
V.E.
Day - Victory in Europe 1945 |
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Yoav Efrati
begins
today's special Israeli update with his
IAF
F-16 special feature.
Yoav includes seven on his flawless F-16's in his article....a feast
for the eyes.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar is
here on the Israeli 60th Independence Day with his
1/48
Accurate Miniatures Grumman F3F-1.
Rafi has high regards for this little kit and his great looking
finished model shows he enjoyed the build.
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Ra'anan Weiss of
IsraDecal
is here on this special day with his selection of models of aircraft
flown by the
IAF
Orange Tail Squadron models.
All these models will be on permanent display in the Squadron
Display case. Well done Ra'anan
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Chuang Xue Qian
has done an
outstanding job on his 1/48
Italeri F-15A 'Baz'. Xue Qian did
some scratchbuilding to improve the detail on his Italeri F-15 and
also added RBF tags to add that final look of realism to his
impressive F-15.
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I have a product
announcement of the new The
June 1967 Six-Day War book
from IsraDecal.
This book has 208 pages and over 300 photos looking into all aspects
of The Israeli pre-emptive strike of June 5,
1967.
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Wednesday,
May 7 2008 |
No update today.....I'm
feeling tired from digging in my backyard doing the landscaping and need
to get some rest.
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Tuesday,
May 6 2008 |
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Tolga ULGUR is
here to get things started in fine style with his
1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109 G4.
Tolga added a variety of aftermarket items and decals and pulled it
all together with his usual high level of skill. Nicely done
Tolga.
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Pete Brown
has gone to town
on his 1/48
Revell-Monogram EA-6B Prowler.
Pete's Prowler is loaded with aftermarket detail items as well as
his own expert scratchbuilding to create a true masterpiece.
Grab a cup of coffee or cup of tea and enjoy this one during your
break.
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Héctor Fabian Vidales (Pinino13)
has enjoyed
building his 1/72 Academy Texan SNJ.
Héctor finished it in Argentine markings which look very
attractive on this little trainer. Well done Héctor.
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David Smigielski
has
persisted and risen to the occasion as you'll see when you
check out his 1/48 Esci MiG-23UB Flogger-C.
David used aftermarket items and scratchbuilt detailing to turn this
older kit into a very finely detailed MiG-23.
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May 5
2008 |
Mexico - Cinco De Mayo |
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Javier Córdoba
joins us from Mexico on this special
Mexican holiday with his beautifully done
1/32 Hasegawa P-47M.
This P-47 is done using the new P-47 decal sheet from Zotz
Decals. I love the camo scheme and sexy noseart on this
one.
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Boris Bilyk
has been very busy adding detail all
over his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II.
Once Boris had finished adding all that details, he then turned top Twobobs
for the perfect decals to finish off his Phantom and display it on a
great looking display base.
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Oishi has
done an outstanding job on his big 1/32
Tamiya Zero.
Oishi is a well known highly skilled modeller here on ARC and this
Zero is up to his usual high standards. |
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Sam Ching
is here with his
Scratchbuilt 1/700 MiG19S.
This has got to be the smallest MiG-19 I've seen. It looks
like it would have been quite the fun little project to
create.
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Sunday,
May 4 2008 |
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Rai
joins us from Singapore with something
completely different today. This is the
1/48 FineMolds Nakajima J9Y Kikka,
which is Japan's first jet fighter. I got quite a kick
out of seeing this rare prototype done up and Rai did it up very
well.
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Saturday,
May 3
2008 |
Poland Constitution Day |
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David Cespedes
is here with his
marvelous looking 1/48 Focke Wulf 190 A-3.
David did some extra detailing before he painted his 190 in winter
camo which is one of my favourite paint schemes and finished it all
off with realistic looking weathering to complete the package.
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Andrew Taylor
has done a
stellar job on his lo-vis 1/72 Revell F-14D.
Andrew added a resin cockpit and exhausts and finished it off
with weathering and markings for VF-2 Bounty Hunters to get a great
looking Tomcat for his display case.
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Friday,
May 2 2008 |
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Rico "Forge" Maula
starts
today with Part 7 of his series featuring the models of Edy Ong's 1/48 ROCAF Collection.
Today Rico shows us a large variety of F-5's as well as a
T-38......some with resin detail items and rescribed panel lines and
a enjoyable selection of paint schemes.
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Tuan Tonthat
is here with his 1/72 Mach2 C-123K.
This kit was a challenge but that didn't prevent it from be finished
in fine style. It's wearing the markings of the South
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Steve Ringlein
has been
busy getting things correct on his big 1/32 Trumpeter F-105D.
Steve
finished his Thud in the Pussy Galore II markings which are always
eye openers at shows.
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Thursday,
May
1 2008 |
May
Day Labor
Day |
Anniversary
of first engagement of Argentine Airforce in Falklands / Malvinas
War |
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Rico "Forge"
Maula is here with Part 6 of
his series featuring Edy
Ong's 1/48 ROCAF Collection.
Today's article includes a variety of F-104
Starfighters.
Excellent!!
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Bernard Lapeyrie
has done a
marvelous job building and detailing his 1/48 Trumpeter Westland Wyvern.
Bernard added 3 photos etch sets to detail up his Wyvern with great
success. |
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Ioannis.N.Galarinos
has been very busy adding scratchbuilt
detail to his detail rich 1/32 Tamiya F-14A Tomcat.
Ioannis finished it off with RBF tags and a hi-Viz paitn scheme and
subtle weathering.
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Jaime
"JGV" Vinha joins us with
another of his beauties. This is his
1/72 Academy F-4U1 Corsair
done up in the Jolly Rogers markings.
Jaime got everything looking just right on his Corsair from the
painting to the weathering.
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