Friday, June
28 2019 |
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Luqmanul Hakim A.K.A Mee Wan
has done an impressive job on the 1/144 Revell Airbus 320 Indonesian AirAsia Flight 8501.
The decals on this model are an aftermarket set and look
excellent. |
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Andrea Pomettini
is here with his stunning looking 1/48 Italeri Junkers Ju.87 Stuka
in a desert camo scheme. Andrea experimented with some new
techniques and he tells about this in his article. I love the
look of his Stuka and the diorama display base. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Nosecone correction kit from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Bristol Beaufighter Landing Gear
from Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, June 27
2019 |
Djibouti
National Day |
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here with his fantastic 1/48 Tamiya P-51D Red-Tail Mustangs 332nd Fighter Group.
Mark tells some wonderful history about the Tuskegee Airman and
even includes some photos of a full sized Mustang in Red tail
Tuskegee Airman markings. Mark's articles are always a treat
to read. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his big beautiful 1/72 Revell B-52. This
is a classic kit that builds up
into a great looking B-52 with a little bit of effort. Shawn
did this fine old kit justice. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, June 26
2019 |
Madagascar
Independence Day |
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No update
today. Got some family stuff to tend to.
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Tuesday, June
25 2019 |
Croatia Independence Day
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Andrew Desautels (a.k.a. "Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy")
is here with a gem. This is his 1/72 Revell F-16C Block 25
with modifications and plenty of aftermarket goodies to build this
specific jet. He then finished it off with a full weathering
job. I love seeing his work on ARC!! |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, June 24
2019 |
Order of Malta
- St. John's Day |
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Thomas Brückelt
is here with another gem from his workbench. This is his
1/32 Revell Hughes 500 C with some wonderful scratchbuilt
rotorhead scratchbuilt detailing. Thomas then detailed the
cockpit and finished this little chopper in a great looking black
scheme. |
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Juan Carlos Gómez Y Sarzotti
did an excellent job and has some helpful advice on building the
1/48 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien. Juan also has some
helpful advice on building this particular Ki-61 kit. The
finished model looks great. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Cut-Off Set - Large from
The
Small Shop.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sunday, June 23
2019 |
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Luxembourg
- National Day and |
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Official Birthday of
H.R.H. the Grand Duke Jean |
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Saturday, June 22
2019 |
The
Invasion of Russia - Operation Barbarossa 1941
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Friday, June
21 2019 |
Model shows this
weekend:
- Columbia,
South Carolina, June
22, 2019, 2019 South Carolina Scale Model Mega-Show
- Covington,
Louisiana, June
22, 2019, AutumnCon 2019
- Crystal
Lake, Illinois, June
22, 2019, Eighth Annual Northern Illinois Model Contest (NIMCON 8)
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El Rey joins
us from sunny Mexico with his awesome looking 1/48 Monogram Mi-24D Hind.
El Rey added some scratchbuilt detailing and finished it in
great looking camo as seen on Russian Hinds in Afghanistan.
This older kit looks good when built by a skilled modeler. |
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Juan
Carlos Gómez Y Sarzotti had
a good time building his 1/48 Hasegawa Grumman Hellcat. Juan
gave his Hellcat excellent pre-shaded weathering and carefully
applied exhaust stains. Very nicely done. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Exhausts from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter 1/32 MiG-29 kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, June
20 2019 |
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Dragan Cvetic is
here with his beautifully built 1/48 Dragon Me-262a1a. Dragan used aftermarket decals to finish this model with just
the perfect amount of weathering. |
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Carl Jarosz is
here with his awesome looking 1/72 Academy P-51B Mustang. This early Mustang has identification stripes on the top and
bottom side of the wings and Carl explains this in his
article. The cockpit was enhanced with scratchbuilt detailing
and his P-51 is given a subtle weathering job. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, June
19 2019 |
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Juan Carlos Gómez Y Sarzotti
did a wonderful job painting and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa Ki-44 Shoki.
Markings and exhaust stains look perfect. I enjoyed seeing
this Ki-44 on ARC. |
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Dragan
Cvetic is
here with his 1/72
Airfix F-4 FG1 Phantom in Royal Navy markings. Dragan
added drop tanks and a full weapons load to complete his beautifully
shaded Phantom. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, June
18 2019 |
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Sertaç Bayar is
here with his sharp looking 1/32 Academy F-16C Solo Turk
Display Team. This is a special scheme
Sertaç custom painted and to
complete the project he did some resin items. Quite the cool looking
demo scheme jet.
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Thomas Brückelt is
here with another of his gems. This is his 1/48 Tamiya Hughes 500C
finished as a chopper in the UK. I like the look of this
chopper in red.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, June 17
2019 |
Iceland
Anniversary of the
Establishment of the Republic |
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Klaasjan Schuuring is
here with a stunning example of the 1/32 Tamiya P-51D.
Klaasjan
added some Eduard photo etch and some resin detail in the gun bays
and then gave his fighter sexy noseart and a flawless bare metal
finish. This is one beautiful Mustang. |
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Frederic Cottin has
done a great job getting thing right on his 1/48 Trumpeter F-100D Super Sabre.
Frederic
added a resin cockpit and a resin intake
and then finished his
jet in French markings complete with sharks mouth and some great
looking camo. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Standard Rolling Set
from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is the Photo Etch Standard Rolling Set.
Make curved photo etch parts. Aluminum base makes rolling your parts easy!
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Friday, June 14
2019
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United Kingdom - Official
Celebration of the |
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Birthday of
H.M. Queen Elizabeth II (1926)
(Variable) |
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End of Falklands War |
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No update yesterday
or today. I've been busy working 18 hour days between my 2
jobs. Plus I did manage to upgrade the discussion forum
program to the latest version and then fix a problem preventing
people from posting messages that appeared after the latest
upgrade. I hope the forum problems are resolved now.
E-mail me if you are still having issues
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Model shows this
weekend:
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S K Loh
has done an exceptional job on his tiny 1/144 Academy F-16A.
This F-16 is displayed as an inflight model with just the
perfect amount of markings in the markings for a USAF jet based in
Korea. This is one sweet looking F-16 display. I love S
K's work. |
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Mike
Krahn has done an stunning job on his 1/48 Academy
P-47D. This Jug is finished in tin foil to get the bare
metal finish and markings that include nose art. It's a
special treat seeing Mike's P-47 on ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-100 Super Sabre Intake Correction kit from
Zactomodels.
This resin seamless intake corrects the shape of the front profile and
includes the inner radar bulge missing from the original kit.
Also included in this set is an optional FOD cover.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, June
11 2019 |
No update
today.
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Carl Jarosz
is here with his flawless looking 1/48 Great Wall Hobby T-33A Trainer.
Carl has high praise for the Great Wall Hobby T-33 and you can
read about that in his article. His T-33 looks fantastic. |
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here with an exceptional article on his 1/48 Eduard Hellcat "Ace of Aces".
Mark's articles are always loaded with history and this article
detail the Hellcat history as well as some of the Aces that flew
it. His model is exceptional and his article is a joy to read. |
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Here's a product article
for the 5.5"
(5 Speed) Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
This is the Revolutionary 5 Speed –
Most features of any Photo Etch Bending Tool Ever.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Friday, June 7
2019 |
Yorktown
sunk - US
Carrier Yorktown sunk (1942) |
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Model shows this
weekend:
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Rodrigo Caselli Belém
is here with his great looking 1/48 Italeri Hawk T. Mk.1.
This kit comes with photo etch and Rodrigo built it into an
excellent looking model of the British Hawk. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Carl Jarosz
is here with his 1/72 Airfix P-51D Mustang Tenn. ANG to
mark the75anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Carl dressed up the cockpit with some scratch built details and
finished with a multi-paneled bare metal finish and a beautiful
weathering job. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is with 2 Israeli gems. These are his 1/144 Dragon Kfir C-2 and C-7
with resin cockpits and vacuformed canopies and finished in 2
very different and equally good looking paint schemes with a
delicate weathering job. Very nicely done Dragan. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
AVRO Lancaster Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is
designed for
the Airfix kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sam Ching
did a first class job finishing and weathering his 1/72 Airfix SAAB J-35 Draken.
Sam added a metal pitot tube and finished it in Swedish
markings. Quite the attractive Draken. |
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Thomas Brückelt
has done some excellent detailing on his 1/48 Academy Hughes 500MD ASW.
There is quite a bit of scratchbuilt detailing added to this
little chopper and then it is finished in Republic of China
markings. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/35
OH-58D Kiowa Exterior Detail Set from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the MRC/Academy kit
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5 Tiger II "Freedom Fighter" Pitot
Tube and 20mm gun barrels from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Crusader exhaust nozzle from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa/Eduard kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, June 4
2019 |
Battle
of Midway (1942) |
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Ed
Ellickson has combined some kit bashing and good old fashioned
modelling skills to create his 1/72 YF-105A Thunderchief Conversion.
I love the idea of building this jet and Ed explains the process
in his article very well and includes a link on Britmodeller for
more info. A very cool projet Ed. |
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Bob TheDoc
added some seatbelts and finished his
1/72 IBG Models RWD-8 in Latvian Air Force markings. This
is the first RWD-8 and it is an interesting look at the early
monoplane designs. Beautifully done Bob. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Bending Tool - The Wrangler Wire Forming Tool from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is for rings, loops, grab handles and
more.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, June
3 2019 |
No update today.
My jobs kept me away from completing the update.
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Sunday, June 2
2019 |
Italy
National Day |
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Saturday, June 1
2019 |
Western
Samoa Independence
Celebration Day
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Mexico Navy Day
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