• Louis Chang  has done a beautiful job building his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104G.  Louis finished his F-104 Republic of China Air Force (Taiwanese) markings.   

• Joel Alcantar has done a wonderful job weathering his 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage.  I enjoyed the paint chipping and folded wings.  

• Aaron Hughes has put quite a bit of effort into his 1/72 Airfix Lightning F3.  Arron rescribed his Lightning and used decals from Cutting Edge.  

• Anthony Manzoli has done an amazing job finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa Hs 129 B-2.  I always enjoy seeing the weathering Anthony does on his aircraft.  

• I have a review of the  1/48 white metal B-24 Landing Gear from Cutting Edge Modelworks.  These are great replacements for the plastic kit parts.

• Francois Buis is here with a review of the  1/48 VNAF : Douglas AD-6 Skyraider Decal - Part 1.  

• Nissim Tzukduian is here with some Israeli A-4F Skyhawk walkaround photos. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Aidan Campbell begins your week with his 1/72 Eduard Sopwith Camel Diorama.  Aidan calls his diorama "Gone but not Forgotten" and I think you'll agree......it's something very special.

• Alan Williamson has done a fine job building his  1/48 Hasegawa F-15 Eagle.  Alan didn't build this kit without any troubles....but the finished model turned out very well.   

• Tristan Slegers is here with his  first article on ARC.  This is his 1/72 Revell P-51 that he did a superb paint chipping job on.   

• Pongpeera Thiapairat has been busy building his 1/144 Revell Airbus A-320.   I enjoyed reading the article about building this Condor airliner and the fini9shed model with it's less than spotless appearance looks more like airliners I've flown on.

• I have a review of the  1/32 resin F-16A Block 10 Stabilators for any F-16A kit from Cutting Edge Modelworks.  This 1/32 set includes all six static dischargers. 

• Yoav Efrati is here with a review of the  1/48 AH-64D decal sheet from IsraDecal. 

• Nissim Tzukduian is here with some Israeli A-4N Skyhawk walkaround photos. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Juan Carlos Gómez y Sarzotti starts your Sunday update with his 1/48 ESCI Mirage IIIEAJuan Carlos finished his well done Mirage in Argentine Air Force from the Falklands/Malvinas War.   

• Tolga Ulgur is here to show you his latest jewel in his dispaly case.  this is his beautifully done 1/48 Promodeler Dornier Do 217 E5 complete with realistic weathering and history.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Carmel John Attard joins us from Malta with his two 1/72 Arado 65.  Although one of them  looks like it has Maltese crosses on it....they are both actually done in Royal Bulgarian AF markings.  Looking good Carmel.

• Nick England joins us from Dubai with his 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk1.  Nick built his Spitfire out of the box and it turned out looking quite good.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Shawn Phantom Weiler is back yet again with his CVW-8 article.  This is part 7 and features More Tomcats.   

• Joel Alcantar has been busy super detailing his 1/48 Hasegawa F6F3 Hellcat.  Joel added aftermarket detail items from 2 companies to dress up the details on his Hellcat.....along with some very well done airbrushing.   

• Rob Doctor has done a fine job detailing his 1/18 bbi Bluebox Toys F/A-18C.  This is  part 2 of his article and features the mods he did on this big Hornet.   

• Guillaume Lourdel  is here with his  first article on ARC today.  Guillaume has done a great job building his 1/72 Revell "Desert Storm".  Welcome to ARC Guillaume!!!   

• I have a review of the  1/48 resin U-2R/TR-1A Horizontal Stabilizers from Cutting Edge Modelworks.     

• Albert Moore is here with a review of the  AH-1W Cobra Photo CD from Orion Models.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Charles Johnson has been busy detailing his 1/32 Revell UH-1D.  Charles did some scratchbuilding on his Huey to improve upon this older kit. 

• Pieter Posthumus is here with his highly detailed 1/12 Esci F16 Cockpit.  Pieter definately got this one looking good with his careful painting and finishing..   

• José Carlos Simón is here with his carefully weathered 1/48 Hasegawa Ju-87 Stuka B-2.  José did extra work to get the decals right and used markings from Hobby decal.

• Oishi Thailand has been busy building the big 1/32 Trumpeter MiG-21MF.  Oishi finished his MiG-21 in Iraqi Air Force markings. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Marcelo Irigoyen has been busy building a very sharp looking 1/16 Scratchbuilt Skyhawk A4B.   WOW....this is one very BIG and well done Skyhawk.

• Louis Chang dropped by today with his1/48 Hasegawa P-40N.   The extra detailing on this P-40 is very well done.

• Nebuchednikov Nizam is here with his  first article on ARC today.  This is his 1/48 Mini Hobby Model Su-30MK Flanker.  I was impressed with how well this Flanker conversion turned out.  

• Mike Williams (Mikeew) has done a beautiful job building his 1/72 Ardpol KL Pyorremyrsky.   This is a resin kit and Mike turned it into a fine looking model of this rare aircraft.  

• Michael Mettman is here with a review of the new book Uncovering the Grumman F-14 A/B/D Tomcat from Daco Publications.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Olivier De Menech joins us from France with his good looking 1/72 Hasegawa AH-1S Cobra.  This is a very nice little kit that builds up well according the Olivier.  

• Maros Cupka is here with his first article on ARC.  This is his well done 1/48 Academy F-15 C built out of the box.  Welcome to ARC Maros!!! 

• Pawel Befinger is here with his nicely done Korean War USMC 1/72 Italeri F4U-5N Corsair.  It's always good to see these classic Corsairs.     

• Gianni Chirico has been busy adding details to his very sharp looking 1/72 Esci British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS Mk.1.  Gianni put some extra effort into his Harrier to get this older kit looking first class.  

• I have a review of the  1/48 resin F-16A Block 10 Stabilators from Cutting Edge Modelworks.   

• Yoav Efrati is here with a review of the 1/48 Kfir decal sheet from IsraDecal.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Stuart Porteous is here with his sharp looking 1/72 Special Hobby Percival Pembroke C1. Stuart liked this limited run kit and gives you the whole story about building it in his article.   

• Ed Kinney has built himself a eye catching 1/32 Trumpeters F-105.  Ed used Meteor Productions Conversion Parts and Cutting Edge Decals. and other detail parts to detail and correct his F-105 and his choice of paint schemes and flawlessly done bare metal finish couldn't be better.    

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Shawn Phantom Weiler has done an outstanding job building his 1/48 Hasegawa F-18A.  This is one of the famous F-18's that survived a mid air collision.  Shawn got his model looking just like the real thing.  

• Hal Marshman Sr. has been busy detailing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109E-1.  Hal finished this gem in the markings of Oblt Josef Priller from the start of WW2 in Sept 1939. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• A reminder.....the VNAF Wings of Freedom Model Show will be on June 18-19 2006 in Westminister, California, USA.  Click the image or link for more details.   

• Oliver Weston is here with his nicely done and colourful 1/72 Airfix TBD-1 Devastator.  The paint scheme is from the time of Pearl Harbour.  Oliver built it mostly out of the box with only a bit of extra detailing.   

• Juhwan Lee has been busy building and detailing his 1/48 Hasegwa F/A-18F Super Hornet.  Juhwan used resin detail parts and extra weapons to build his Super Hornet and finished it with Twobobs decals.  

• Gabriel Stern is here with part 1 of his 1/72 Smer/Heller Amiot 143 & Potez 540.  Gabriel has a fascination with odd looking aircraft and this one is no exception.....I've got to admit I love the variety his models bring and his articles are quite enjoyable to read.   

• Dean Large has built the famous 1/32 Revell Bell X-1.  Dean decided to do some extra work to get this vintage kit to look sharp when it was done....and judging by the finished model....Dean's extra effort was well worth it. 

• I have a review of the  Eye On The Tigers book from Daco Publications by Danny Coremans and The Tiger team.  If you like Tiger schemes....you'll love this book.

• Yoav Efrati is here with a review of the  1/48 Mohawk decal sheet from IsraDecal.  This decal sheet features 8 different aircraft. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Ryan Ahern has done a stunning job on his 1/48 Eduard P-40N Warhawk.   Ryan finished off his P-40 in the eye catching decals from Cutting Edge Modelworks.

• Louis Chang has been very busy detailing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14D.  This one is a beauty.....check out the photos.   

• Erik "Wiggy" Smith is here with his 1/48 Boeing B-29 Superfortress.  This is the famous Kee Bird that had a sad ending as it was being brought back from it's icy slumber.   

• Todd Pollock has got a cool one here today.  This is his 1/48 AM Tech Ta-183Z-2/U.   Todd includes quite the "what-if" story with his Luft '46 model.

• Albert Moore is here with a review of the  1/72 Leatherneck Deltas USMC F-18D Hornet decal sheet from MAW Decals.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Emad Tabsh starts your Wednesday update with his 1/35 Trumpeter Sam-2 "Guideline".  Take a close look at the damaged aircraft part on the ground in this diorama.....amazing.   

• David Cornett has been busy building and airbrushing his 1/32 Tamiya F-15J.  I am impressed....David airbrushed the paint scheme on this big Eagle and also used some resin items to improve the detail.   

• Borislav Delov has been busy detailing and weathering his 1/72 Hasegawa Mitsubishi G4M1 'Betty'.  I enjoyed seeing the peeling paint on this one....very nicely done. 

• Armin Knes is here with his 1/48 Trumpeter Suchoi Su-15 TM.  Armin built his Su-15 out of the box and finished with a jungle camo scheme.  

• Charles Johnson has been busy building the big 1/32 Trumpeter P-38.  Charles finished it with a bare metal finish and markings from WW2 using aftermarket decals.  

• Ken Middleton is here with a review of the 1/48 F-15C/D "Aggressor Eagles" 65th Aggressor Sq. Nellis AFB decal sheet from Afterburner Decals. 

• I have a review of the  Spitfire Mk. IX in the Israeli Air Force Service 1948-1956 book written by Alex Yofe from White Crow Publications.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Amit Yaari has been busy getting the details right on his 1/48 Hasegawa A-4H Skyhawk.  I love the way this A-4 is set up in a diorama.   

• Darrell Thompson has been busy detailing his 1/72 Tamiya P-47D-28.   Darrell added some extra details and then finished his P-47 in Alclad II with noseart.

• Karl W Branson joins us with his 1/72 Airfix Bristol Bloodhound.  Karl gives some historical background on this missile and tells what went in to building this attractive diorama.   

• Carmel John Attard is here from Malta with A selection of his 580 1/72 Models.  He has built 580 models during the last 40 years and his article contains some photos of his display cases and some of his models.  Amazing!!!  

• I have a review of the  1/48 P-51 Mustang Pt. 1 decal sheet from Lifelike Decals.  This sheet contains markings for 4 different P-51's 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Jim "Bigman" Gonzales of  IPMS Philippines has has a quick review of the Trumpeter 1/48 Vickers Wellington Mk IC / III.  Visit  www.ipmsphilippines.com  for further information and photos.

• Sunel Tan is here to honour the Philippines on this special day with his 1/72 ARII Cessna172 Sky Hawk.  Sunel made his own custom decals for the Philippine Airlines Aviation School.  Nice one Sunel.   

• Vladimír Žucha is here from Slovakia on the Russian National Day with his award winning 1/144 Revell Antonov An-124 Ruslan.  Wow....this is one beautiful cargo plane.  

• Tigre Del Aire is here from Colombia with his well done 1/72 Revell C-47 Dirty Nine.   And of course it's finished in the always attractive D-Day stripes.

• Ralph Emerson "Shonen Red" Dabao has been busy building and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya Gloster Meteor F1 & V1 Fieseler F103.  Both models look excellent.   

• Alan Sannazzaro has done a great job building the recently released 1/48 Trumpeter Fw 200 C-4 Condor.  Alan added some extra details to improve upon this very nice kit.  

• Ken Middleton is here with a  review of the new 1/48 F-16C Block 40/42/50 “Wing Kings” #1 CONUS decal sheet from Afterburner Decals.  

• Yoav Efrati is here with a  review of the new 1/72 Mohawk decal sheet from IsraDecal. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Rob Doctor begins today with his 1/18 bbi Bluebox Toys F/A-18C with Upgrades.  Rob went to great lengths to improve the detail and accuracy of his huge F-18. 

• Daniel Schlosser is here with his first article on ARC.  He has done an outstanding job on his 1/72 Revell Heinkel He 177 A5.  Daniel spent 2 years building this lovely diorama.....I know you will enjoy it.  Welcome to ARC Daniel!!!  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Damian Murphy kicks off today's update with his amazing 1/32 Trumpeter F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair.  Damian got the weathering looking just right on his Corsair.  

• Dave Gauthier joins us with his 1/32 F/A-18C Hornet.  Dave did this wonderful kit justice and ended up with a beautifully weathered Hornet. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• LuckyModel is having their 3^rd Anniversary Sale.  This is a very big sale and you'll find full details right here ------>  3rd Anniversary sale  <------
• A reminder....IPMS-Firstcoast.com in Jacksonville, FL, USA is putting on JaxCon 2006 contest/show on June 10.  Go to their website for all the details.  Click here ----->  IPMS-Firstcoast.com

• Jamie Philp begins today with his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures YAK-1.  This combat aircraft was flown by a female pilot with 12 kills to her credit.  Jamie provides some details about her in his article.   

• Olivier De Menech joins us from France with a sharp looking 1/72 Revell EC-135 VIP.  I enjoyed seeing the paint scheme on this EC-135.  

• Vladimír Žucha is here with the first of his 2 models today.  This is his 1/144 Revell Airbus A-300-600ST Beluga.  This is one of the coolest and oddest looking airbus aircraft.  Good to see.  

• Rian W. Jones has done an outstanding job on his 1/48 Tamiya Focke Wulf FW 190A-8/R2 Sturmjagger.   Rian scratchbuilt some of the details for this unique interceptor and he includes tips on making this type of Fw-190. 

• Vladimír Žucha is here with his second model today.  This is his 1/144 Revell Airbus A-380-800 that he converted to A-380F and finished off in UPS markings.

• Graham T finishes off today's update with his 1/48 Aeroclub HS Gnat TMk.1.  Graham provides insightful history into this little known jet and gives very helpful detail about building this fine kit from Aeroclub.  Nice one Graham!!!     

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Shawn Phantom Weiler starts today with part 6 of his CVW-8 article.  Today Shawn shows us his Skyraider and Sky Warrior models.  Nice job on this series Shawn!!!

• Armin Knes joins us with his impressive looking  1/48 Academy Suchoi Su-27.   Armin added a resin cockpit to improve upon the very good overall detail of the Academy kit. 

• Ryan Ahern is here with his  1/48 Modelcraft/Belcher Bits SNJ-2 Texan.   Ryan did quite a bit of extra work on his Texan as you'll read in his article which gave him this excellent model.

• Catherine Vickers dropped by today with her good looking 1/72 Revell Hunter F6.  Catherine used the Daco Decals to create a Belgian Diables Rouge aerobatic team Hunter.  

• Scott Gruszynski is here with his flawless 1/48 Hobbycraft Dornier Do 17Z.  Scott spent quite a bit of effort getting the details on his model just right and he tells about this in his article.  

• Andreas Sunarso is here with one of my favourite aircraft.  This is his 1/48 Dragon Horten Ho-IX complete with full engine detail and a very well done diorama base.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

LuckyModel is having their 3^rd Anniversary Sale.  This is a very big sale and you'll find full details right here ------>  3rd Anniversary sale  <------

I've ordered from LuckyModel and they offer very good service.

• Shawn Phantom Weiler is here with part 5 of his CVW-8 article.  Today's article focuses mostly on the F-8 and the A-4.   

• Alexander L. Aydlett is a Carolina Hurricane hockey fan and is here today with his 1/48 Monogram Hawker 'Carolina' Hurricane.  Yup....you guessed it.....it's finished in the markings for his hockey team. 

• Louis Chang joins us with his 1/32 Hasegawa FW-190-A8.  Louis used a Cutting Edge Modelworks resin seat  and scratchbuilt details as well as aftermarket decals to finish off his well done Fw-190.

• Borislav Delov is here with his 1/72 Revell Saab JAS 39 Gripen.  Borislav finished his Gripen mostly out of the box with a few added items.  The Gripen is one unique and sharp looking jet and this one looks quite good.  

• Nick England has dropped by today with his 1/48 Airfix Mosquito B Mk XV1.  Nick had some serious challenges with the painting but that didn't stop him from turning out a good looking in-flight Mosquito. 

• Mark L. Rossmann is here with his 1/48 Fujimi Bf-109G-6 Hungarian Puma.  Mark chose to finish his 109 in the  Hungarian Air Force and Mark includes some history about the Hungarian Air Force during WW2.  

• I have a review of the  Lockheed Martin F-16A/B/C/D & MLU book from Daco Publications.  This is THE F-16 book.....511 colour photos!!!

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Pete Hudson is here with the entries from the recently completed ARC 2006 ARC D-Day Group Build.  I love D-Day aircraft.

• Greg Wise is here with his beautifully done 1/48 Academy P-47D Thunderbolt.  Greg finished his P-47 is a bare metal finish to create quite the sharp looking Thunderbolt. 

• Santiago Duarte has dropped by with his well done 1/72 Legato Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne.  This is quite the interesting looking chopper.  Enjoy.

• Paolo "Pafdaddy" Maceren is here on this date 06/06/06 or 666 with his 1/72 Philippine Air Force F-5B.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Philippe Dognon from ARC Sponsor Kits Discount gets your week started with his 1/48 CH-53E Super Stallion.  Philippe is quite the skilled modeller as you'll see when you look at the photos of his CH-53E.   

• Shawn "Phantom" Weiler is back with part 4 of his CVW-8 article.  Today's article focuses on the F-4....Shawn has built quite a few Phantoms as you'll see in the photos in his article.  

• Darius Aibara is here today with yet another limited run kit.  This is the 1/48 Antonov An-2 Colt that Darius built up in his usual style with scratchbuilt and improved details.  Darius makes these kits look so easy....   

• Rodrigo Rejas is here with his  1/72 Academy Dassault Breguet Super Etendard.  This particular Argentinian jet from the Falklands War and Rodrigo includes some breif battle history for this particular jet.   

• I have a review of the new 1/72, 1/48 & 1/32 410 Sqd. CF-18 Demo Jet 2005 decal sheet from Leading Edge Models.  You can buy this decal sheet from  Uncle Rick Chin of Uncle Bill's Hobby.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Charles Leung is here from Hong Kong with his nicely built 1/72 Trumpeter 'Xian FBC-1'.  Charles built this one out of the box and includes backgroud info on this Chinese fighter bomber. 

• José R. Alvarez is here with his 1/72 Revell P-47M/D.  José gave his P-47 a full weapons load and used the kit decals complete with their artwork.....it's very nice to see this P-47.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Hank Gruben begins today with his 1/48 Hobbycraft Ha-1112 Hispano “Buchon”.  This is a psot WW2 Spanish built Bf-109 without the German engine.  Very interesting to see Hank.   

• L.C.Chan has been busy building the 1/72 Hasegawa F4S.  L.C. added photo etch and resin details to his F-4S and then finished it off with colourful markings and a fabulous weathering job.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Fausto Muto begins today's update in honour of Italy.  This is his 1/72 Hasegawa Tornado IDS complete with Italians markings.   Very good to see this model on ARC on this special day.  

• Erik Wauters is also here to honour Italy with his 1/72 Italeri A-129 Mangusta.  This kit requires a bit of effort, but as Erik has proven.....it builds up into a very respectable Mangusta.  

• Stéphane Aït Ouarab joins us with  Part 6 of his 1/32 F/A-18 Hornet Diorama.  Wow.....Stéphane finished his diorama with exceptional realism.  

• Ioaea is here with his 1/72 Yakovlev OKB I-26-1.  This is the Yak 1 prototype and  Ioaea  explains about it in his article.  It's interesting to see this prototype of the famous Yak 1.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Shawn "Phantom" Weiler is back with part 3 of his CVW-8 series.  Shawn has only F-14 in today's article.   

• Vladimír Žucha is here with his 1/48 Revell F4U-7 Corsair.   I enjoyed seeing how well Vladimir did on his Corsair.

• Bob Leonard has done a great job on his 1/144 Minicraft Delta DC-8-71.  Bob has talent at building airliners as you see in his article.   

• Antonio Armario drops by with his 1/72 Heller Focke Wulf FW-56 "Stösser.   Wow the camo paint on this model is amazing. 

• I have a review of the new 1/48 Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Pt. 5 decal sheet from Lifelike Decals.  This sheets features 3 different P-47 with noseart.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.