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Friday,   July 3  2009

Belarus Independence Day

Here's the latest Hot Babe of the Week! photos from TwobobsThese Italian Typhoon photos were taken by Pierpaolo Maglio.

Matt Bearman has been very busy getting everything perfect on his 1/72 Spitfire PR1G Diorama.  Matt used an Aires  detail set to dress up the detail on his small Spitfire....yes.....1/72 and fully engine detail....way to go Matt.  Matt also tells everything you'd want to know about his pink Spitfire project. 

Carl Jarosz gone all out building his 1/72 Hobbycraft F-89H Scorpion.  Carl hand painted these striking markings and the baremetal finish has multi-shades of metal for a very realistic look.  It doesn't get much better than this.   

Oliver Weston has been busy building a very sharp looking  1/72 Zvezda Tupolev ANT-5 Prototype.  Oliver tells the story of this aircraft and how he built it in his article. 

Jorge Bonilla joins us from Monterrery, Mèxico with a very sharp looking 1/35 Tamiya Matilda MkII.  Jorge did an amazing job chipping the paint and weathering his Matilda. 


Thursday,   July 2  2009 
Petit James starts today's update with his 1/48 Warrior Models AMX.  This is a resin kit from a Polish company and as you can see, it builds into a fine looking model of the AMX. 

Gianni Chirico dropped by the ARC Corporate office in Sicily with his 1/72 Italeri Supermarine Spitfire MK.IX.  Gianni built this great looking Spitfire mostly OOB with some added seatbelts to dress up the cockpit.

Kenny Jay is here with something for the Sci-Fi modellers to enjoy.  This is his wonderful looking 1/35 BSG Viper built OOB.  Kenny brought his Viper to life by giving all the recessed detail a wash to bring out all the detail.

Renato "NIGHTRIDER" Torin Jr. has done a very good job on his  1/48 Minicraft Piper Pa-18 Super Cub.  Renato finished his Super Cub in  Brazilian markings. 

I have a review of the new 1/72 Morane Saulnier MS.406 Wheel Well resin set from QuickBoostThis latest release features a complete set of resin Wheel Wells for the Morane Saulnier MS.406 from Hasegawa. 


I have a review of the new 1/48 Fokker D.VII Part 3 decal sheet from Lifelike Decals All 4 aircraft on this decal sheet have artwork on the side of the fuselage and they each feature very colourful paint schemes that WW1 was famous for.

I have a review of the new 1/72 FFV Aden gun pods for AJ37 Viggen and SK60 made by Maestro Models Conversions and available from Rebell Hobby.



Wednesday,   July 1  2009

Burundi Independence Day

Canada  Day

Rwanda Independence Day

In honour of Canada Day I have a first look at 3 new decal sheets from Leading Edge Models.

Here's a preview of the NEW 1/72 and 1/48 RCAF 1955-1956 SKY LANCERS DISPLAY TEAM decal sheet from  Leading Edge ModelsThis decal sheet will be shipping July 3.

Here's a preview of the NEW 1/48 SABRE MK.5/6 STENCILS decal sheet from Leading Edge Models This decal sheet will be shipping July 3.

Here's a preview of the NEW  1/72 and 1/48 NATO FLYING TRAINING CENTRE HAWK decal sheet from Leading Edge ModelsThis decal sheet will be shipping July 3.

Oliver Weston has done a marvelous job building and finishing his 1/72 Hasegawa Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull.  This model went together fairly well with a few small exceptions that Oliver easily overcame. 

David Rapasi joins us today with his very nicely done 1/48 Hobbycraft F7U-3/3M Cutlass.  The Cutlass is a unique looking jet and David finished it off flawlessly and then gave it subtle weathering.  

Rafi Ben-Shahar has done a marvelous job building and finishing his 1/32 Trumpeter Swordfish.  Rafi still prefers the Tamiya Stringbag in 1/48.

Renato "NIGHTRIDER" Torin Jr has been busy getting things right on his 1/48 Revell Learjet 35.  Although this is an older kit, Renato did an excellent job on it and finished in Brazilian government markings.

I have a review of the new 1/32 F8F-1 Bearcat wheel bay set from AiresThis latest release features a complete resin F8F-1 Bearcat wheel bay set for the Trumpeter kit.  


I have a review of the new 1/48 Spitfire Mk. IX Series - Part 1 decal sheet from Barracudacals.  This new release provides markings for two Spitfire Mk. VII and two Spitfire. IXs. 


Tuesday,   June 30  2009 
Fernando I. Moreno Villa gets things started today with his very well done 1/72 Heller T-28D Fennec.  This is an older kit but in the hands of a skilled modeller like Fernando, it does built up into a very nice model.  Fernando chose to finish it in Congolese Air force markings and he gives the history behind this in his article.  All my best to all the modellers in Monterrey, México.

Piotr Dmitruk missed this years Easter Eggplane eggtravaganza but he is here today with what has to be one of the better Eggplane projects.  this is his F-16 C block 52 Modified Hasegawa Eggplane.  Easter Egg bombs under the wings is a very cool touch.  Markings are for a Polish F-16.

Rick Martens has gone all out detailing his little 1/72 Airfix FW190F8.  The Fw-190 has opened panels full of detail and a fully detailed engine.  Rick then finished this beauty with a fully weathered winter camo paint job.  Very nice indeed Rick.

G-Man has taken the old 1/48 Monogram General Dynamics F-16XLI and converted it to a 2 seater, scratchbuilt the Sufa" spine from sheet styrene and did a pile of extra work including custom decals to create this masterpiece.  This is old school modelling, which I think we all admire very much. 

I have a review of the new 1/72 F-16 Block 5-10 Floating Elevator from QuickBoost.


I have a product announcement for the new 1/72 F-16B MLU Belgian Air Force OCU Sqn Anniversary decal sheet from Daco Products This new 1/72 decal sheet features the special tails of the Belgian F-16 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) were realised in 2002 and 2007


I have a review of the new 1/32 Browning M2 Aircraft .50 Caliber Barrels from Master.



Monday,   June 29  2009
Christian Muschitiello is here with a very interesting and very well done 1/48 Hasegawa Me-109F-4.  Have a close look at the paint scheme....this is a desert camo over painted with European camo after the end of the Afrika Korps.  The model was given extra detailing in the cockpit and then finished off with weathering and paint chipping.  

Tom Valaoras has put much effort into building his excellent looking 1/72 AMT/ERTL XB-70A and Hasegawa F-104N.  The AMT/ERTL XB-70A is an older kit so it offered plenty of challenge but that didn't stop Tom from getting both of these jets built to a very high level of quality.  Both these jets crashed on a demo flight.....read tom's article for the full story.

Franz Galli is quite the regular on the ARC homepage and today he is here with his 1/48 Italeri OH-58A Kiowa.  Franz did a lovely job on his OH-58A and then finished it in US Army markings.

Serge Dompierre has done a wonderful job on his 1/48 Hobbycraft F4U-1 Birdcage.  Serge finished it in the markings for VMF 124 squadron of US Marines Corps based at Guadalcanal in 1943.  

I have a review of the new 1/72 & 1/48 Wings and Waves - Part 2 Decals from Model Alliance GroupThis new decal sheet features markings for 7 different aircraft including Fairey Swordfish Mk.I, Fairey Flycatcher Fighter, Hawker Nimrod I, Supermarine Walrus I, Blackburn Skua and a Gloster Sea Gladiator.


I have a review of the new 1/48 Bf-109E A, B, C, D, E Seats without harness from SBS ModelYou get two seats in this set.



Friday,   June 26  2009

Madagascar Independence Day

LuckyModel is having their 6th anniversary sale all during the month of June.  As usual they have a huge variety of a goodies on sale.  You need to use the coupon code to get the savings.  Click here for all the info in their newsletter.

John Smalbrugge gets things started today with his 1/32 Hobby Craft Sea Fury.  John finished his Sea Fury in Royal Dutch Navy markings and in his article he tells the story of the end of this plane aboard a Dutch aircraft carrier. 

Arne Goethe joins us with his great looking 1/72 Revell F-22A "Raptor".  Arne added scratchbuilt detailing to the landing gear wells before finishing it off with decals from Twobobs

Gianni Chirico dropped by today with a beautiful looking 1/72 Tamiya Focke-Wulf FW-190 D9.  Gianni added a bit of extra detail then finished his Fw-190 with weathering and displayed it on a  WW2 airfield base. 

Alexander Breunig is here with a very interesting project.  This is his 1/32 first operational Tomcat launching Phoenix in-flight diorama.  Alexander has to do plenty of extra work and scratch building and kit bashing to create his diorama and I know once you see it you will be impressed.  Read his article for the full story on his diorama.

I have a review of the new 1/72 & 1/48 Wings and Waves - Part 1 Decals from Model Alliance Group This new decal sheet features markings for 7 different aircraft including Supermarine Walrus, Fairey Swordfish, Gloster Sea Gladiator, Blackburn Skua.


I have a review of the new 1/72 Spitfire Mk. IX Series - Part 1 decal sheet from BarracudacalsThis sheet includes 4 Spitfires including one with D-Day stripes and a PRU pink Spitifre and a Buzz Beurling Spitfire.


I have a review of the new 1/48 Fokker D.VII Part 2 decal sheet from Lifelike Decals This latest decal sheet features four different Fokker D.VII's.  This is Part 2 of  a series dealing with the Fokker D.VII. 


Thursday,   June 25  2009

Croatia Independence Day 

Mozambique Independence Day

Slovenia National Day

New Hot Babe of the Week! is up courtesy of Twobobs. Back in 1997 while Bob was stationed at Edwards AFB, he was lucky enough to snap some of these off as well as get some scans from the AFFTC History Office. This jet was painted to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of supersonic flight


John Smalbrugge joins us with photos from the recent IPMS Fraser Valley Con-2009 Model Show.  There is quite the fine selection and variety of models in John's pics. 

Lee Burns has done a marvelous job finishing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa P51D Mustang.  Lee chose one of those Bare metal blue nosed paint schemes that were so legendary during WW2.  Of particular interest was the way he used dry brushing the highlight some of the panels on his bare metal Mustang.

Bernard Lapeyrie put quite a bit of effort into his 1/48 Heller Mirage IV P including re-scribing his model and adding scratchbuilt detail as well as a resin cockpit and aftermarket decals.  There is a scratchbuilt camera pod on the belly of this Mirage that you have to see.  The finished model was well worth the effort. 

Chip Berseth joins us with his excellent looking 1/48 Hasegawa F6F Hellcat.  Chip chose one of my favourite paint schemes.....the bloodied cat mouth motifs of USS Princeton’s famed VF-27.  Chip also made a carrier deck display base to display his Hellcat.

Paolo De Sanctis has taken the old 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk. Ia and built it as one of the BOB Spitfire that defended Britain during the summer of 1940.   

Michael Johnson is here with his review of the new 1/32 Junkers J.1 model kit from Wingnut Wings This looks like quite the kit.


Wednesday,   June 24  2009

Order of Malta - St. John's Day

Carmel J Attard joins us from Malta on this special day with his 1/72 Special Hobby Beaufort Mk1a.  Carmel tells the history of the Beaufort and it's connection to Malta.  He also goes into very helpful detail about what is required to create such a stunning Beaufort.  

Petit James joins us today with his 1/48 Hobbycraft Skyhawk A-4Q.  This is an Argentinean Skyhawk complete with added detailing and weathering.

Rafi Ben-Shahar has done his usual first class job on his 1/48 Tamiya Lancaster III.  Rafi built it out of the box with only scratchbuilt detailing and then finished it off with weathering and sexy nose art. 

Floyd S. Werner, Jr. is well respected in the modelling community and today he joins us with his eye popping 1/48 Kiwi Resin Avia S-199 Conversion.  Floyd tells the history of the Avia S-199 before going into detail about how be built this resin gem.  His article includes his very realistic photography. 


Tuesday,   June 23  2009
Luxembourg - National Day and
 Official Birthday of H.R.H. the Grand Duke Jean
LuckyModel is having their 6th anniversary sale all during the month of June.  As usual they have a huge variety of a goodies on sale.  You need to use the coupon code to get the savings.  Click here for all the info in their newsletter.

Ermanno Bonafin has added photo etch and aftermarket decals to dress up this eye catching 1/48 Hasegawa Bf109G-6.  A complicated camo scheme, but Ermanno makes it look so easy.

Christopher Lundberg has worked quickly and skillfully to create this 1/48 Revell F-4F Phantom II. Have a close look at this one......everything looks perfect.

Chip Berseth had done an amazing job on his 1/72 Testors Grumman E2C Hawkeye.  Chip then took his Hawkeye and posed it catching the wire on a carrier deck diorama.  A very effective job on this older model kit.

Guillaume "Blackjack" Lourdel spent only 10 days building his big 1/32 Revell Piper PA-18 Super Cub.  This model has it's engine detail showing through the open engine cowl panel.  Very nicely done indeed.


Monday,   June 22  2009

Russia - The Invasion of Russia

This weeks Twobobs Newsletter is up.  Bob has some cool stuff in today's newletter include 2 images of the new Buckeye kit boxart and also images of 2 of the new Buckeye decal sheets.  Finally Bob also has images of a new B-1 decals sheets that are available in 1/48 and well as 1/72.  The 25% off sale on Xtradecals continues with stock selling well.

Héctor Fabian Vidales has been busy doing a very nice job on his 1/72 Academy SNJ Texan.  This Texan is finished in his home country markings of Argentina using aftermarket decals and was finished with some careful weathering.

David Rapasi has done a wonderful job painting and weathering his 1/48 Hobbycraft YP 59 Airacomet.  David dressed it up with a Cutting Edge cockpit and then gave it a stellar paint job.

Pierre Christian Baudru has started his 1/72 Academy Fw-190A-6 seven years ago.  I'm pleased to see he got it finished and  it did turn out looking very good.  It is finished with Superscale decals complete with one of those wonderfully complicated Luftwaffe camo schemes from WW2. 

Tim Cvetic has been busy building his 1/72 Revell and Matchbox Mig 21.  He loved building one of these, but the other was less than enjoyable and he tells which is which in his article.  They are both finished in great looking bare metal finishes with "Lift here" decals.

Niall Cairns took a change from jet to build the big 1/32 Trumpeter P38L-5-LO Lightning.   This kit challenged Niall quite a bit but in the end this bare metal P-38 came out looking excellent.  Read Niall's article for the full story.

Mike "The Mikester" Offutt is here with a review of the 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 WW II Era Instrument Bezel set from FOTOCUT

Here is a product announcement for the new 1/48 F-16B MLU J-066 "Orange Jumper" Test aircraft decal sheet from Daco Products


Friday,   June 19  2009 
Brian D. O'Neill starts things off today with his 1/48 Tamiya Dewoitine D.520.  This is a fighter flown by a  famous Fr4ech Ace during WW2 and Brian provides the history of the pilot as well as what he did to build that excellent looking Dewoitine D.520.

Fabrice Godart is here from Belgium with his eye catching 1/72 Hasegawa F-16A.  Fabrice built this beauty out of the box except for the mostly out except for the IsraDecals he used to finish it with. 

Tony Feredo joins us with a Pearl Harbor Raider.  This is his 1/48 Hasegawa Aichi D3A1 (Val) done up to Tony's usual high standard.  Nicely done Tony. 

Arne Goethe has been adding just the right detail to his 1/72 Airfix BAC TSR.2.  This really is an exceptionally well done model of this classic British jet.  All detailing is scratchbuilt. 

Serge Dompierre has done a marvelous job building and finishing his 1/32 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat.  Serge built this one OOB and then gave it weathering and paint chipping to complete the look.

I have a product announcement of a new 1/35 resin kit of Program 5 ATC(H) “TANGO” from Masterpiece ModelsThis is a LCM Landing craft from WW2 converted with a helipad and used during the Vietnam war.  It is a very cool kit.  


I have a review of the new 1/48 Choppers Galore decal sheet from Wolfpak DecalsThis new decal sheet includes markings for 10 different 1/48 Choppers from the Vietnam war to current time. 


I have a review of the new 1/72 RAF ISTAR decal sheet from Model Alliance GroupThis new decal sheet features markings for 14 different RAF ISTAR aircraft.


I have a review of the new 1/48 Bf-109 A, B, C, D, E Seats with harness from SBS Model You get 2 seats in each set.




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