| Thursday,
Mar 11
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Lithuania Independence Day
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Tim Dix is
here with his first article on ARC. This is his exceptionally
well done 1/144 VF-154 Black Knights, Phantom, Tomcat and Hornet.
Although these jets are 1/144, you'd never know it by looking at
the photos. Welcome to ARC Tim, I look forward to seeing more
of your models on ARC in the future. |
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Pierre Christian Baudru
has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/72 Italeri MQ-1 Predator. Pierre has it
displayed in a diorama setting to bring his Predator to
life. Wow....I love it. |
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Mark L. Rossmann is
here with a Sabre you don't see very often. This is his
Japanese 1/48 Hasegawa F86- 40 Sabre
with the eye catching blue “Lightning Bolt” tail markings of the
9th SQ 4th Air wing Sabre. |
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Carmel J Attard
stopped by the ARC Corporate offices
in Malta with his 1/78 Vac Wings Antonov A-7 Assault Glider.
This is a very rare model of a glider that I've never heard
of. Carmel tells the history behind this WW2 Russian glider as
well as what was required to build this vacformed kit. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Refuelling Probe Tip from Hobby
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Fw 190A-3/A-5 wheels from Aires
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| Wednesday,
Mar 10 2010 |
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Frédéric Schwebel
joins us today with his first article on
ARC. This is 1/48 Tamiya P-51 Mustang expertly
finished with self adhesive aluminium foil and
the markings for Big Beautiful Doll with full weathering. The
quality of this model is perfect. Welcome to ARC Frédéric.
I look forward to seeing more of your work on ARC. |
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Ken Middleton is
here to brighten your day with another of his simply inspiring
in-flight dioramas. This is his 1/48 Academy F-15C Eagle with a full weapons load and finished in
the markings for the 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National
Guard. Ken is an expert at these in-flight dioramas and the
high quality of his work is always a pleasure to see on ARC. |
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Juergen Klinglhuber
is here with his 1/72 Agusta Bell AB204B
in the special Ciao Bell’a retirement
paint scheme. This is an Austrian chopper that required much
work on the part of Juergen to create as the correct kit wasn't
available at the time of the build. The end result is a great
looking chopper and I admire Juergen for getting it done. It
doesn't look like it was an easy project to build but he got it
done. |
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John Lanning
has done a
marvelous job building his 1/72 Revell F-101B Voodoo.
John finished his Voodoo in the markings for the F-101B Voodoo,
North Dakota ANG as it appeared in 1975. Nicely done John. |
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I have a product article
for the 1/144
NSAWC Tomcats F-14A's decal sheet
from Fightertown
Decals.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
F-105D Thunderchief Position Lights from QuickBoost.
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| Tuesday,
Mar 9 2010 |
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The
Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs is courtesy of a couple
of world-class aviation photographers, Greg "Cactus" Davis
and Jim "Hazy" Haseltine. All air-to-air
Viper pics this week from the Kun and the Arizona desert. Enjoy.
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Eugenio E. Alés starts
this update with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48 Fine Molds X-Wing
which looks fantastic.....but take a close look at the stars
painted on the display base....that is very creative. Welcome
to ARC Eugenio!!! I hope to see more of your models on ARC in
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David Rapasi modified
his 1/48 Pro Modeler SB2C Helldiver in all the right places
to represent a Helldiver patrolling off Midway in late 1944.
But of course Dave's Helldiver wouldn't be complete without one of
his stellar weathering jobs.
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Val Golez is
here with one of the coolest Canadian jets ever painted. This
is his tiny 1/144 Revell CF-18
finished off in the colourful Hornet paint scheme. It looks
excellent Val. |
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Gabriel Stern joins
us with another of his aviation wonders in his article entitled
Sorta Put Together 1/72 Wiley Post's Orion/Explorer Hybrid.
This plane in real life was a combination
of different planes and had a connection to Will Rogers which is
explained in the article. I like it because it is a float
plane....and Gabriel built it. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
Su-27 Missile Pylons from Zactomodels.
This set gives you 10
different pylons including weapon and wing tip pylons
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
MiG-17PF Fresco D cockpit set from Aires. |
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| Monday,
Mar 8 2010 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Rough Raider sheets are selling fast.
Pretty good seller this group and the 72nd scale sheets are
doing very well. Get em while you can! 1/48, 17/72
and 1/32 F/A-18B Casper and His Bandit Ghosts sheet are
available now. Wow...this sheet rocks!!! |
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Sakis Georgiadis starts
today's update with his first model on ARC. This is his 1/72
Trumpeter F-105G Thunderchief beautifully finished with
preshading and weathering. Welcome to ARC Sakis!!! I
hope to see more of your models on ARC in the future.
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Paolo Yuen
is here with something special you don't see very often. This
is his 1/350 Trumpeter Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier. Paolo added Gold Medal Models photo etch parts to further add
detail to his Russian carrier. |
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Massimiliano Bianchi
has added a huge amount of detail to his big 1/32 Ruporator MiG-27M.
This is a resin kit and was given a full
weathering job and then finished off in Sri Lanka Air Force
markings. Beautiful work. |
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Danny Dinh is
here with his flawlessly finished 1/72 Italeri H-19B Chickasaw.
Danny added extra detailing to improve his Chickasaw......read
his article to find out why his chopper is wearing USAF and VNAF
markings.....it's quite an interesting history. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
MiG-21 MF/bis/SMT Air Scoops from QuickBoost. |
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| Friday,
Mar 5
2010 |
Spitfire - Maiden flight of Spitfire in 1936
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Matthew G.
marks this special day in the history of the Spitfire with his 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk.1a.
Matthew added some cockpit detail and added realism to his
Spitifre with some weathering. This old Airfix kit is a
classic and Matthew did his up well. |
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
has done his typical flawless job on the 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104 Starfighter.
Shawn is built this one for a group build here on ARC and it is
finished in bare metal finish and Canadian markings.
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Fernando I. Moreno Villa
did an excellent job on his 1/72 OKit Mil Mi-2. Fernando
finished his chopper in the markings for the in the markings
for Armada de México. His article give you some very helpful
tips in you are building the Mil Mi-2. |
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Jean-Charles Goddet
has done a huge amount of work on his 1/72 Hasegawa F-16C.
There is plenty of aftermarket resin added to detail this great
looking F-16 and then it was finished in the Arctic Aggressor paint
scheme markings from Twobobs.
Grab a coffee and sit back and enjoy this one.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 MiG-21 MF/bis/SMT Correct Ventral Fin from
QuickBoost. |
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| Thursday,
Mar 4 2010 |
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Burcin Emren
joins us from Turkey with this great looking 1/48 Tamiya F-16 Block 50.
This F-16 is built out of the box with a full weapons load and
weathering to bring the model to life.
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Micah Reysio-Cruz
joins us from the warm Philippines with his 1/72 Testors/ Italeri Douglas C-47/ R4D.
This C-47 is a USN bird with a sharks mouth on the nose. I
enjoyed reading Micah's childhood story about building this kit long
ago. |
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Manfredo
Aceituno is here with a classic kit of a classic aircraft.
This is his 1/48 Lindberg PT-17 Stearman in those beautiful
bright colors. Manfredo did an excellent job on this
Stearman. |
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Manuel Negri
has been busy getting the finish just right on his 1/32 Hasegawa A-4F.
This is a USN Skyhawk complete with the weathering for a USN
bird. Beautiful job Manuel. |
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Dave Johnson
is here with a product articles for the 1/32
Hasegawa Focke-Wulf Fw190 D-9 ‘JG4’ kit available from
Hobby
Link Japan.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
J35 Draken control surfaces
from Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
J32 Lansen conversion including belly tank
by
Maestro Models Conversions
and available from Rebell
Hobby.
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Andrew Thorne is
here with one of the more eye catching paint schemes ever seen on
a P-47. This is his 1/32 Hasegawa P-47D with a
Quickboost Resin engine, Eduard prepainted belts, and Techmod
decals complete with nose art and partial D-Day stripes. Very
nice indeed Andrew. |
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E. Amacher
joins us all the way from Switzerland with this very skillfully done
1/48 Revell F-4 C Phantom.
This F-4 was detailed further with the new exhausts Aires and wheels from Royale resin.
Then this beauty was finished in the colors and markings for the Michigan
ANG.
It's always great to see jets in ANG markings.
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Michael Presley
had quite the adventure detailing and building his 1/48 AMT Beechcraft G-17S Staggerwing.
This is an older kit with some serious issues, but Michael not only
completed the beast but he built it into a gorgeous model of this
very attractive aircraft. I tip my hat to you Michael....a
very fine build indeed.
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Ido Barnea
has put quite a bit of
effort into his attractive 1/48 Academy F-86F-30
diorama. The F-86 has a multi-shade barematal finish
complete with noseart and markings from the Korean War. The
diorama is a winter scene with all the smaller details needed to
bring the diorama to life. Sabres are always such great
looking jets and this one is no exception. |
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Two
Bobs has
reprinted their ever popular 1/32
US Air-To Air Missile Markings decal sheet.
Now is your chance to buy this sheet before it sells out again. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
F-100 Refueling Probe - Type B from QuickBoost. |
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| Tuesday,
Mar 2 2010 |
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This
Hot
Babe of the Week from Twobobs
is courtesy of Robin Polderman and Rodrigo Armijo. Robin is a
frequent contributor of reference material at Twobobs. Thanks
very much for the pics Robin! Rodrigo Armijo also contributed
one photo.....thanks Rodrigo.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
joins us today with his 119th Phantom on ARC. This is
Shawn's 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E
finished in Iranian Air Force markings and a full weathering
job. Shawn used decals from Hi-Decal
Line
to complete his Phantom. I love the look of this one Shawn.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar has tackled the big 1/32 Trumpeter Swordfish Mk.
I for the second time. Rafi folded the wings on this
Swordfish and finished it to his usual very high standard.
This really is an impressive model in this scale with the wings
folded. WOW!!! |
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Stanislav Lelko
has done a wonderful
job on his bare metal 1/48 Trumpeter MiG 15 UTI Midget.
Stanislav finished his MiG 15 in a bare metal finish in the
markings for a 2 seater MiG 15 with the Czechoslovak Air Force.
It's cool to see one of these 2 seaters. |
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David Rapasi
is here with another of his beauties. This is his big 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109
G4
wearing a flawless camo and Italian markings form WW2. This
one is a beauty.....well done David!!!.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32 Big
Bandits C Hornets F-18C's decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
A-7E Corsiar II (late v.) cockpit set from Aires. |
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| Monday,
Mar 1 2010 |
Wales - St David's Day
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. There are plenty of new decal sheets
including :
- 72-081 F-15E/S
Anaconda Squeeze Play/Khamis Mushait Eagles
- 48-202 T-2C/C/E
Colorful Buckeyes
- 48-203 F-15S
Khamis Mushait Eagles
- 48-209 F-16A/C/D
Press to Test Vipers
- 32-028 AIM-7E/M
Missile Markings (Reprint)
- 32-058 F-15S
Khamis Mushait Eagles
Plus the VFA-125
sheets are ready to go! Get em while they're hot! The 72nd and 32nd
scale sheets are chock full of options and are a great value for the
price.
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Peter Straka
is here today with his first article on ARC. And what an
amazing model Peter has chosen as his fir model on ARC. This
is his 1/72 Eduard Fokker Dr.I Stripdown. Peter chose
to build his model without the skin and he added extra details such
and control cables to further improve the detail level on his
amazing little Tri-plane. Welcome to ARC Peter and I look
forward to seeing more of your models on ARC. |
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Tom Valaoras
has been busy getting all the details just right on 1/32 Trumpeter Shenyang J-5.
Tom explains to you the inaccuracies of this kit and how to
correct them and make a very accurate Shenyang J-5. Tom
carried it one step further and added plenty of extra detailing and
finished it all off with paint chipping and weathering in a diorama
with a historical story to tell. Very nice indeed.
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Gabriel Stern
has been busy adding
details to his very sharp looking Modified Execuform 1/72 Vultee V-1AS.
This is a Vac-u-formed kit that Gabriel added full interior
detail before scratchbuilding plenty of added details and scribing
the panel lines before finishing it off as a float plane.
Beautifully done Gabriel. |
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Wally Civitico
is here with something very rare and special today. This
is his 1/48 Monogram Intruder, converted to KA-6D. Wally
created all the added parts himself and even made the decals for his
Hi-viz tanker. The finished model is a beautiful and rare
sight to behold and enjoy. Very nicely done Wally.
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I have a product
announcement of the new 1/72 RAF/RN
Pitot tube Mid from Hobby
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I have a product
announcement of the new 1/48
Junkers Ju 87D-5N Standard Night Exhaust from QuickBoost. |
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| Wednesday,
Feb 24
2010 |
Estonia National Day
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I will be taking the rest
of the week off to take my daughters on a ski trip, updates will resume
next Monday. I will be periodically logging in, but I will not be
doing daily updates.
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André Pacheco de Moraes
joins us
today with his first article on ARC. This is the
1/144 Revell C-130 Hercules
that André reworked to transform it into an accurate Brazilian Air
ForceC-130 from the 1960's. It is finished with his custom
made decals. Welcome to ARC André and I hope to see many more
of your models on ARC in the future. I love the look of this
Herc.
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Burt Gustafson
has hit a homerun with
his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16I (Sufa). Burt made his Israeli
Sufa OOB with the addition of all the critical little modelling
techniques that make a model come to life. This one is a
beauty and I know you're going to love seeing the photo of
it.
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Mooncake Liu
dropped by
the ARC Corporate offices in China with this beautifully finished 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk Vb.
Mooncake was impressed with the quality of the Tamiya kit and as
you can see in the photos, this kit does build into a fantastic
looking Spitfire model. It's good to see more modellers from
China joining ARC.
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Burcin Emren
has done a fabulous job
building, finishing and weathering t his 1/48 Revell F-18F Super Hornet.
This F-18 is displayed as an in-flight model to catch the true
beauty of this stunning aircraft in the air with a full bomb
load. This Hornet looks excellent.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 RAF/RN Pitot tube Long from Hobby
Decal.
> > >Hobby
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Dave
Johnson is here with a
product article
for the new 1/48 Revell
B-25J Mitchell Gun Nose kit.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 F-16C Block 30/40/50/60 exhaust nozzle from
Aires. |
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| Monday,
Feb 22 2010 |
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Carlos Carnavalli Jr.
starts your week with his first article on ARC. This is
his 1/400 Heller R99 Foch complete with plenty of added
scratchbuilt details including a scratchbuilt hanger deck.
Welcome to ARC Carlos.......it is great to have you join us!!!
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Zenden Ng
did a beautiful
job building and finishing his 1/72 Tamiya F-4II S. Zenden
added a full weapons load and weathering to his Phantom to bring it
to life. I do like how the finished model looks.
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David Rapasi
is here with yet another one of his weathering
masterpieces. This is David's 1/48 Accurate Miniatures
B25-C Mitchell finished faded North African camo and if you look
closely you'll notice one of the tails was replace from a different
aircraft. I love it!!! |
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Massimo Turati
joins us from Italy today and I'm please to say this is his first
article on ARC. This is his 1/72 Revell Panavia Tornado
finished in the "Pride of Boelcke" livery as an inflight
model. I'm very pleased to welcome Massimo to ARC and I hope
to see more of his models on the ARC homepage.
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Here's
a first look at the new 1/32
A-36A Apache decal sheet from Zotz
Decals. I'll do a full product article on ARC when a
sample of this decal sheet becomes available to me. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F-105D Thunderchief Position Lights
from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
FFV Aden Gun Pods for the AJ37 Viggen & Sk60 by Maestro Models
Conversions and available from Rebell
Hobby.
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| Friday,
Feb 19 2010 |
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Ermanno Bonafin has been busy building,
detailing and finishing his
1/48 Eduard IL-2M Sturmovik. Ermanno
has added plenty of scratchbuilt and aftermarket detail to his
Sturmovik before giving it a full weather job that included very
well done panel line shading. |
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Benner is here with
his exceptionally well done 1/48 Hasegawa CF-188A Hornet. Benner
added a full weapons load and flawless weathering to complete his
Hornet as it appeared during the Gulf War.
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Michael Presley has
put plenty of effort into his 1/48 Modela Let Blanik L-13.
Michael dropped the control surfaces and adjusted the rudder before
adding photo etch to the cockpit to add further detail to this fine
looking glider.
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Bob Bartolacci
has been very busy detailing his 1/48 KP SU-22M. Bob
added a resin cockpit, afterburner section and flaps and slits
before finishing it off with aftermarket decals. Nice one
Bob.......it turned out looking great.
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Dave Johnson
is here with a product article for the new 1/32
Hasgawa Nakajima Ki-44-II OTSU Shoki (Tojo) model kit
and available from Hobby
Link Japan.
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Yesterday
I wrote a product articles for the new 1/48 E-2C Hawkeye decal sheet from
IsraDecal.
I have added further info and photos regarding the Mexican
flags.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
F-105 Refueling Probe
from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 SAAB
37 Viggen main and nose wheels from Maestro Models Conversions and
available from Rebell
Hobby.
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| Thursday,
Feb 18 2010 |
Gambia Independence Day
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Jorge Bonilla
joins us from sunny
Monterrey, N.L. Mčxico with his
"what-if" 1/48 Tamiya
Me-262
in desert camo. I'm a big fan of the 262 as well as desert
camo, so this particular model has me grinning. Jorge used
home made decals to complete his 262.
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Warren Osborne has
been busy improving the 1/48 Revell HS123A. Warren
scratch built a new cockpit and rescribed a few panel lines to
breathe life into his HS123A. Warren then finished it in
silver wiht spansih Air Force markings. A very well done model
of one of the last bi-planes.
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Nazarov Vladimir is
here from St.-Petersburg, Russia with his beautiful
1/48 Hasegawa F-104C. His Starfighter was finished in
USAF markings and SEA camo. |
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Niezam Y
has done a wonderful
job on this 1/48 Tamiya P-51D Mustang.
Niezam gave this P-51 a baremetal finish
with partial D-Day stripes and some carefully applied weathering to
capture the classic of this classic American fighter.
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I have
some preview artwork of the upcoming P-40 "Noth African
Warhawks" decal sheet coming from Zotz
Decals. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F-100D exhaust nozzle set from Aires |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 E-2C Hawkeye decal sheet
from IsraDecal
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| Wednesday,
Feb 17 2010 |
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Paolo De Sanctis
joins us today with something very special. This is his 1/72 Revell P.39Q
Airacobra
finished in the markings of a P.39 that flew along side the Allies
in the Italian Co-Belligerent AF (Regia Aeronautica). I think
most people are unaware that the P-39 was flown by the Italians
during the later stages of WW2. It's good to see a model of
one.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler has done a great job building and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa F-18E.
Shawn has a talent for building modern
jets and you'll enjoy seeing his latest USN F/A-18 complete with
full weathering. |
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Wally Civitico
has fufilled a task that began long long
ago. This is his 1/72 Hasegawa Neptune Conversion
complete with custom mods and home made decals
to create this record breaking post war aircraft. I think it
is safe to say this is probably the only model of this particular
aircraft on the planet.....but I could be wrong.
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Alan Williamson had
some serious challenges getting the paint and decals just right on
his Korean War 1/48 Hasegawa F-86F Sabre. Alan stripped
the paint off his Sabre more than once but in the end he was
rewarded with a great looking F-86. He also tells the story in
great detail of one of the greatest dogfights to come out of the
Korean War. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Ki61-I Hien Gun Barrels and Pitot Tube from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
VF-31 Last Tomcat Cruise F-14D decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Boeing B-17 Pt 2 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals.
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| Tuesday,
Feb 16
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Lithuania National Day |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs is courtesy of Grant Little.
You guys know
Grant as "Trigger" on ARC. He sent Bob these a while back
and these markings as well as the EA-18G Growler CAG jet from
VAQ-132 are the subject for this week. Thanks Trigger!
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Max Bianchi has
done an exceptional amount of scratchbuilt detailing on his 1/48 Revell Sea Venom.
Max reworked the engine bay and cockpit,
the gun bay radar and flaps are scratchbuilt. The level of
detail is a work of art.
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Panagiotis Koubetsos
is here with his desert camo 1/48 Hasegawa
Ju-87
in a diorama setting as it would have
appeared during WW2. Panagiotis did extra detailing on his
Stuka and then put much effort into all the small details that bring
a diorama to life. Thankfully he has provided plenty of photos
for you to enjoy.
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Artur Oslizlo
did a beautiful
job building and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair II.
Artur added the
Aires resin cockpit and wheel bays to further detail his Corsair II,
but the real beauty is the carefully shaded and weathered paint job
on this USN jet. And finally.......there's dragon tailart...how
cool is that!!!
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Hỏa Long has
put much energy into creating this 1/72 Italeri VNAF VIP
C-47. The baremetal finish is fantastic looking and the
markings for this presidential plane are homemade. This model
captures one of the important and often forgotten aircraft from this
time period in Vietnam's history. Very nicely done
indeed.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F-8 Pitot Tube set
from Hobby
Decal
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Spitfire Mk. I/V Control Surface
from QuickBoost
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. The 1/48 T-2 Buckeye kits are selling
very well and stocks are getting lower and lower each
day. I'm glad I got mine when I did. Bob also has some
instruction sheets in the newsletter of some kickin' decal sheet
with wild camo and even some decal sheets of the F-100C
Skyblazers in all their red/white and blue glory.
If you haven't seen these they are well worth checking out. |
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Burt Gustafson
has put quite a bit of
effort into his sharp looking 1/48 Tamiya Brewster B-399 Buffalo. Burt
finished his Buffalo with noseart in the colours of a RNZAF
defending Singapore in late 1941. Burt also includes a full
history of the Buffalo in his article.
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Sertac Bayar
joins us today with a very colourful Tigermeet 1/144 Revell Tornado ECR.
This is a Luftwaffe Tornado complete with a tarmac diorama base and
Tiger shoulder patches. I've always loved Tigermeet jets and
this one looks great.
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Armin Knes has
done 150 hours of work to create his 1/48 KoPro Sukhoi Su-9.
Armin took the KoPro Su-7 BKL fuselage and built his Su-9 from
there. This would be a difficult job for most people , but
Armin is a master modeller when it comes to creating a model when
a kit doesn't exist. I'm impressed with how well it
turned out.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar
has done an
exceptionally nice job finishing and weathering his 1/48 Eduard Fock wulf Fw 190F-8.
There's actually 2 models in Rafi's
article, both of the same plane (Eduard and Dragon kits). Rafi
has always been a modeller I've admired and when you see the high
quality of these 190's models.....you'll know why.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F-8 Pitot Tube set
from Hobby
Decal.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Spitfire Mk. I/V Control Surface
from
QuickBoost.
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Happy
Chinese New Year.
Happy
Lunar New Year. |
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| Friday,
Feb 12 2010 |
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Cath Murray
is a long time ARC'er and she's here today with her 1/72 Matchbox Hawker Hunter
F58
in a very unique paint scheme. Check it out.....it's pretty
cool looking. I can see why it got first place Cath....well
done..
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David Rapasi
is up to his usual wondrous paint work with his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures
TBF-1 Avenger. I really like the way David did the
markings and painting and weathering on his Avenger. Simply
amazing. |
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Harv is
here with plenty of pics of his massive Canadian collection.
Hav has a passion for Canadian aviation and his display cases
capture a vast selection of beautifully build models sporting
Canadian markings. |
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
has dropped by from Caracas, Venezuela with his very sharp
looking 1/72 Airfix Sopwith Camel. I love the look of
the Sopwith and I think Orlando captured it very well in 1/72.
The wing struts look like real wood. |
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I
have a product article for the 1/48 F/A-18C VFA-82 AFLAC Hornet decal
sheet from Twobobs.
Bob recently discovered some of these previously sold out
sheets. Buy it before it is sold out. Product # is
CS48-078 |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
F-4 Ejection Seats with Seatbelts
from QuickBoost. |
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Sinuhe
Hahn my friend joins us from
Switzerland with his product article for the very attractive 1/72
Swiss Air Force F/A-18C Tiger Meet Decal from MC-ONE.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Hawker Hunter main and nose wheels by Maestro Models Conversions and
available from Rebell
Hobby. |
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| Thursday,
Feb 11
2010 |
Iran - Anniversary Revolution
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Alexander Hillmann
leads off todays update with his first article on ARC. This is
Alexander's 1/48 Revell Grumman F-14D Tomcat built out of
the box to a very high standard and finished off in the red tail
markings for “Felix, the cat”. Welcome to ARC Alexander........it's
good to have your Tomcat on ARC.
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Agnieszka Kuś
joins us with something you don't see very often. This is her
very nicely done 1/35 Glencoe Models Piasecki ZV-8P
Airgeep in an in-flight display to show off the special ability of this flying
jeep. I love how it looks.
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Bob Bartolacci
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48 Trumpeter SU-15 Flagon.
Bob gave his Flagon a full weapons load and finished it off in an
eye catching camo scheme.
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Michael Presley
did a beautiful
job building and weathering his 1/48 Revell-Monogram Pro Modeler Me-410B Hornisse (Hornet).
Michael includes the history of this particular aircraft in his
article. Michael's skill at painting and weathering captured
the look of the Me-410 very well.
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I
have a product article for the 1/48 F-15E 389th
T-Bolts Rule! decal sheet from Twobobs.
Bob recently discovered some of these previously sold out
sheets. Buy it before it is sold out. Product # is CS48-169 |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
A-7D Corsair II cockpit set
from Aires. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/144
EL AL Boeing 777-200 decal sheet from IsraDecal.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 13 different 1/144 Boeing
777-200 with some sort of special markings or artwork in the livery of
the Israeli airline El Al.
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| Wednesday,
Feb 10 2010 |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
T-2C Buckeye model kit from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. I've
got piles of photos to show you what you get.
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Arnold Cremers
has been busy getting
things right on his very sharp looking 1/24 Airfix Spitfire Mk I.
Arnold added aftermarket details as well
as his own scratchbuilt details to turn this older kit into a real
head turning Battle of Britain Spitfire.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler has
done a stellar job on his 1/48 Hasegawa F-8s. These
were built for the Supersucker group build of F-8s and A-7s
here on ARC. It's excellent to see
these Shawn. |
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Juergen “jott” Klinglhuber
has done an exceptional job detailing his 1/72 Agusta Bell AB204B.
Juergen added Eduard PE as well
as many scratchbuilt details including ski’s under the landing-skid
to super detail his Austrian Airforce chopper. It is loaded
with details.
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George Pugliese built
his 1/48 Hawk TV-2 over a weekend and event though is is an
older kit, George turned it into a sharp looking model of this USN
trainer. I'm not sure if I've ever seen the USN version of the
T-33. I love the look of it. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/144
F-14A VF-84 Jolly Rogers decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Hawker Typhoon Exhaust
from QuickBoost. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Ki-84 Hayate Part 2 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals. This
decal sheet gives you markings for 5 different aircraft. |
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| Tuesday,
Feb 9 2010 |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
In keeping with the Superbowl theme, this weeks photos
are by David Cook and feature an F-16. Enjoy!!!
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Artur Oslizlo
has done a fabulous job detailing, finishing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa AH-64D Apache Longbow.
Artur added an Aires cockpit and then finished off his Apache
with his very high level of skill. |
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Nazarov Vladimir
joins us from Russia today with his beautiful 1/48 Monogram F-102 Delta Dagger.
This F-102 has the panel lines rescribed and the weathering
includes panel line shading and paint chipping on the edges of
certain access panels. |
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Alan Williamson
dropped by the Australian Corporate offices with his flawless
looking 1/48 Tamiya P-51B Mustang. Alan used a seat,
wheels and prop from Ultracast and finished it in the markings from Eagle Strike
for "The Deacon" complete with artwork and D-Day stripes before
giving his P-51 a flawless weathering job. weathered his P-51. |
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Luc Harvey
has done an beautiful
job building and weathering his 1/72 Heller Mystere. Luc
added a figure and diorama base to his Mystere before finishing it in
Israeli markings with very carefully applied weathering. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/18
F-14A Miss Molly VF-111 decal sheet
from Zotz
Decals. 1/18 scale......now we're talkin'!!!
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Sea Fury cockpit set
from Aires. This
is a multi-media set that includes resin. acetate and photo
etch.
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| Monday,
Feb 8 2010 |
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Pete L'Heureux
is here with his latest gem. This is Pete's 1/72 Academy
Fw-190D in full camo with a yellow tail. Pete tells the
full history behind this much respected WW2
fighter/interceptor. It's a beautifully done Dora Pete. |
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Bruno Monti Colombani
joins us today with his Vietnam Era F-4. Bruno
gave his F-4 a full weapons load, SEA camo paint scheme with a
carefully amount of fading from the tropical sun. Bruno did an
excellent job on his F-4. |
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James
J. Olschlager Jr. joins us today with not one but two 1/144
Dragon MH-60's. James chose to finish his MH-60's in the
markings for HSC-21 & HSC-23 out of San Diego. Very nicely
done James and it's good to see you back on the ARC homepage. |
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Ferenc Bogádi
is here with a very special 1/144
Zvezda B767-300 MALÉV. Ferenc added some tiny
scratchbuilt details and finished this Hungarian airliner with HungAeroDecals.
I love the way it turned out. |
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I have a product article
for the
1/72 F-14D VF-31 Felix in the Fight decal sheet from Twobobs.
Bob recently discovered some of these previously sold out
sheets. Buy it before it is sold out. Product # is CS72-026 |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Tornado Pitot Tube set from Hobby
Decal. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 Wellington Tail Wheel from QuickBoost. |
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| Sunday, Feb 7
2010 |
Grenada Independence Day
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| Saturday,
Feb 6
2010 |
New Zealand Waitangi Day
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| Friday,
Feb 5
2010 |
San Marino - Santa Agata Day
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Peter Athanasopoulos is
here from sunny Greece with his 1/48 Italeri F-16 Block 52+ Advanced.
Peter did plenty of extra work on his Greek F-16 including
adding conformal fuel tanks from Aires as well as a full weapons
load. Peter is a very talented modeller and his F-16 is a
treat to behold....enjoy the photos. |
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David Rapasi joins
us today with his WW2 PTO 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair. This
particular Corsair served with VMF-321 "Hell's Angels",
based on Guam in late 1943. David captured the faded look
perfectly on his Corsair, what a treat to behold. I think we
really need David to write an article on how he does these weathered
faded paint jobs.
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Andrew Taylor joins
us from peaceful New Zealand with his 1/48 Revell F-15E Strike Eagle.
Andrew has high regards for this kit and the finished models
sports the tiger scheme markings with some carefully applied
weathering. A very nicely done F-15E Andrew. |
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Tolga Ulgur joins
us today with his 1/32 Hasegawa Fw-190D9 Dora airfield
defender. Tolga used a few
critical aftermarket items to dress up the important areas of his
Dora before giving it one of those perfectly weathered paint jobs he
is famous for. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
F-16I Sufa resin cockpit set from Aires. |
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| Thursday,
Feb 4
2010 |
Sri Lanka Independence Day
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Jean-Charles Goddet
is here with very special 1/72 Hasegawa A-10C Thunderbolt II Mil Killer.
Jean-Charles added a full weapons load to his ARC which he
explain in the article as well as all the tiny details (antennas
etc) to make his A-10 more accurate. It looks perfect
Jean-Charles.
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Warren Dickerson has
been very busy getting the painting looking perfect on his
impressive looking 1/48 Hasagawa P-38 Lighting. Warren
added sexy noseart decals to his P-38 to capture the look of this
well respected WW2 fighter. |
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
joins us today with the 4th in his series of article about the old Airfix
series 1 kits. This is his very
nice looking 1/72 Airfix Sea Hawk Mk. 100
with some extra detailing and
scratchbuilidng and finished in German
Marineflieger markings. I do
admire Orlando for building these older kits.
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Harv is here to
confuse all you aircraft modellers with his Scratchbuilt Newfie Mutant.
Don't dismiss this one too quick.....Harv scratchbuilt
everything above the wheels........which is an impressive feat for
any modeller. I tip my hat to you Harv......this is quite the
project and very well excuted. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
F-105 Air Scoops from QuickBoost. |
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Bulgaria National Day 
Morocco National Day 
Brunei National Day 
Guyana National Day 
Singapore - Fall of Singapore (1942) 
Serbia National Day (Dan Drzavnosti Srbije) 
