Monday, May
31 2004
USA
Memorial Day
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Jaroslav
Hajecek is here
with his 1/48
Revell F-15E
Strike Eagle.
This is a first class model complete with a weapons load and RBF tags to
honour Memorial Day in the US.
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Franck
Martin is here with
his first article on ARC. This is Franck's
1/48
Fonderie Miniature Bréguet 693 AB². Franck includes
some history about this aircraft as well as some excellent history
about the building of his model. Franck did a very fine job on
his Bréguet
693 AB². Welcome to ARC!!!
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Armin Knes is
here with his "what
if
" 1/48 MiG-37 M2. Ahhhh.....I must confess I enjoy the
creative side of these "What if" models. Nice one
Armin.
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Sunday, May 30 2004
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Archiving
continues.
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I'm
taking this weekend off to put some serious time into catching up on
the ARC Gallery archiving which is quite behind. I will
continue to update the Test Post Clubhouse page with a new joke and
funny picture.
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Friday, May
28 2004 Armenia National
Day Ethiopia National Day
Azerbaijan National Day |
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Spencer
“Warthog” West is
here with his first article on ARC. This is part one of his
1/35
Trumpeter Mil Mi-24V Hind-E article.
Spencer is superdetailing this kit so expect more updates on this
model as he progresses. This is going to be sweet when it done
Spencer.....Welcome to ARC.
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Ömer
Erkmen is
here from Turkey with his first article on ARC. This is Ömer's 1/72
Hasegawa F-16A finished
off in Pakistani markings and very well done weathering. It is a
treat to see this excellently done Viper in non-US markings.
Welcome to ARC Ömer.
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Leon
Storla is here with
his first article on ARC. This is Leon's
1/48
Tamiya F4F Wildcat which
he detailed the cockpit.....darkened the panel lines and finished it
off with a diorama base. Inspiring work Leon....welcome to ARC.
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Jorge
Bonilla Alvarado has dropped by today
with a few photos of his 1/48
Revell MiG-25.
This is a well done clean build with subtle weathering and a weapons
load.
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After
nearly two years out of print, Dana
Bell's Aviation Color Primer #1,
US Export Colors of WW II, has been reprinted and is available exclusively
from Meteor Productions
for $10.99. This monograph was first released in very limited quantities
at the IPMS-USA national convention in 2002, and has been unavailable
since shortly
thereafter. It covers the colors and camouflage patterns used on
American aircraft exported to the Allies during WW II. It's
available again in a very limited printing, and as usual, first come,
first served. Product
# is DBACP001A
This is a MUST have for all serious modelers.
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Thursday, May
27 2004
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Craig
Sargent kicks
things off today with his
1/72
Hasegawa F-16A Netz (Block 10). This is one of the Israeli
Peace Marble IV F-16's. Craig had to do modifications to make
his kit accurate for this
particular F-16. His efforts resulted in a first class IDF
F-16 model.
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Robert-Jan
Willekens has
dropped by today with his
1/48
Airfix Spitfire Mk.Vb (trop).
Robert's Spitfire is a fine tribute to the Tropical Spitfires that
served during WW2.
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Karl W
Branson has
finished his big 1/48
Revell B-58 Hustler.
Karl did a bare metal finish on his B-58 and
although he had some reservations about doing the BMF, it did come out
looking very well done in the end.
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Darius
Aibara is here with
his 1/48
Minicraft F4U-5N Corsair.
This is a night fighting Corsair from the Korean war.......another
beauty from Darius.
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Wednesday, May
26 2004
Georgia
National Day
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Dmitriy
Shapiro begins
today's update with his
1/144
Minicraft L-188 Electra. Dmitriy finished his Electra in
markings for the L.A. Dodgers and includes some very good background
info in his article. Lovely looking Electra Dmitriy.
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Polly
Singh is here with another
Indian Air Force jet. This is
his
1/72
Hasegawa
MiG 25 Foxbat
A
that
he converted
to Indian Air Force MiG 25 ‘RB’. Very nice indeed.
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George
Ting has dropped by
with his very impressive 1/72
Airfix Short Sunderland III. This has got to be a big
model....even for 1/72. It's not often you get to see someone's
Sunderland....so this is a special model. It came out looking
quite good.
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Mario
Catania is here with his first article
on ARC. This is Mario's 1/32
Tamiya F-14 Tomcat,
which he weathered perfectly to look like a USN jet. Well done
Mario....welcome to ARC.
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Tuesday, May 25 2004
Argentina
National Day
Jordan Independence Day
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David
Fredericks is first
up today with his very colourful 1/72
Hobbycraft Caribou
in unique RAAF Colours.
Dave has also included pics of the 1/1 plane in his article.
Very cool paint scheme Dave!!
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Marcelo
Ribeiro is here
today with his 1/72
Heller Mirage IIIEA. This Mirage is in Argentine
markings....which fits with today's update. Marcelo has a
definite talent for modelling.
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Edward
Lowdell has built
the big 1/24
Trumpeter Supermarine Spitfire Vb.
This huge Spit comes with lots of detail potential and Edward has had
plenty of fun detailing his.....check out the engine.
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Monday, May
24 2004
Eritrea Independence
Day
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Kelly
Quirk kicks off
your week with his impeccably build and
detailed
1/48
Italeri US Coast Guard HH-60J "Jayhawk".
Kelly had to cut up his kit and add a resin set from Cobra Company to
get his Jayhawk....but the end results were worth it.
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Iván
Peña Nesbit is here from Venezuela
with his 1/48
Academy T-33 which he finished in FAM (Mexican Air Force)
markings. A very well done model of this famous jet.
Everyone will enjoy this one.....especially the ARC regulars from
Mexico.
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Marcius
Cesar Costa is here
from Brizil with his
1/72 GIIC
Models EMB 121 Xingu. This is a VIP transport used by the
Brazilian Air Force. It's always good to see these Brazilain
aircraft on ARC.
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Sunday, May
23 2004
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Dennis
Weber begins
today's update with his 1/48
Hasegawa Bf-109 G14 in Croatian
markings. Dennis's article goes into some very good detail about
building his 109. Nice
to see a 109 in non-Luftwaffe markings for a bit a of variety.
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Edwin
M. is here with his
1/72
Hasegawa S-3A Viking. Edwin did a very pleasing job on his
Viking. Good to see it turned out so well.
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Saturday, May
22 2004 Yemen
National Day (1990)
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Mark Davies has
dropped by today with his
1/72
Azur Breguet Br 27.
A very nice little multi-media kit that builds up easily. Read
Marks article for more details about his very well done little model.
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Friday, May
21 2004
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H.Ufuk
Aydiner begins
your update today with his 1/48
Revell-Monogram Fw-190D11. H.Ufuk has been busy building these
JV-44 Dora's with the red and white
bottoms. This latest one of his is up to his usual beautiful
standards.
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Charles
Kalina is
back from Iraq. but before he left he photoed his
1/72
KP and Toga MiG-21s which are in Iraqi markings. Yes....the
background in his photo is Iraq.
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Héctor
Alonso is here with
his 1/48
Accurate Miniatures IL-2. Hector has a talent of weathering
and you'll have to have a close look at the photos in his
article. Very nice indeed.
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Luis
Fernando Salazar G. is
here for the first time. Luis lives in Bolivia and he has dropped by with his
1/48
Revell F-5E Tiger II. He added some nice detail to his F-5
including Remove-before-flight tags to his model. Well done
Luis. Welcome to ARC!!!
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Konley
Kelley is here with
digital artwork of his 1/48
Tamiya Swordfish. Konley calls this artwork Sink
The Bismark. This
is definately an very exciting way to photo a model.
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Thursday,
May 20
2004 Cameroon National
Day Cuba Independence Day
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No
update today.....I've got to take a day off.....I've been very busy
this week helping out at my daughters school and this has greatly
limited my time for ARC.
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Wednesday, May
19 2004
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Murli Rajan is here
from India with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/72
Academy MiG-27 which is finished in Indian Air Force
markings. A very nice first article Murli....welcome to ARC.
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Sergei
Galicky is
here from Russia with his 1/48
Italeri F/A-18F. Sergei heavily reworked most areas of this Italeri kit to improve the
detail level. The end result is quite pleasing to see.
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Marcelo
Ribeiro is
here with a very helpful Tools 'n' Tips article called Easy
Mask Cutters. This
article has an excellent technique for masking
wavy camo lines.
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Tuesday, May
18 2004
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Craig Sargent begins
your update today with his
1/72
Hasegawa F-104S Starfighter.
Craig finshed his Starfighter in the special anniversary Reparto
Sperimantale Volo paint scheme. Very nice Craig.
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Ted
Taylor is here with
a very attractive 1/48
AMtech Henschel HS-123A. Ted finished his Hs-123 in
markings for an Eastern Front scheme from 1942. A beautifully
done example of this Luftwaffe Bi-plane.
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Edison
Franco joins us
with his jet diorama of his
1/48
Kfir TC-7 and Kfir C-7. Edison finished his jet in markings
for Fuerza
Aérea Colombiana FAC.
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Aleksandar
Šekularac
has sent in some photos of his
recent
has sent in some photos of his
recent
has sent in some photos of his
recent
has sent in some photos of his
recent
has sent in some photos of his
recent Smithsonian
National Air & Space Museum.
holy heck....this looks like quite the museum and lives up to it's
reputation.
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Monday, May
17 2004
Norway Constitution Day
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Today's
update is mostly devoted to Norway.
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Terje
Opsahl (and IPMS Norway)
is here to begin this special update with
his article about Norway's
Aircraft. This article features beautifully
done models by Tor
Gressberg, Tormod Sørvang, Nils Mathisrud, Terje
Opsahl.
Nice one!!!
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Jens H.
Brandal is
here on ARC for the first time. this is Jens's
1/72
Revell F-16AM
in Norwegian markings of course. The quality of the
finishing o this one is very well done. Welcome to ARC Jens.
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Espen
Eriksen
is here with his
1/48
Hasegawa
Spitfire Mk.IXe
in
RNoAF
to
honour this special day devoted to Norway. It's always good to
see a well done Spitfire. Welcome to ARC Espen!!!
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Fabien
Arnaud is here with
his 1/48
Tamiya Dewoitine D520.
This one isn't in Norwegian markings....but it looks good all the
same.
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Sunday, May
16 2004
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Keith
Money is here for
the first time today. Keith has Gone
to town
detailing his 1/32
Revell F-14A Tomcat. Keith scratchbuilt detail and added
aftermarket detail to get his super detailed F-14. He then made
his own decals. Quite nice. Welcome to ARC Keith!!!
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Arie
(Lion) Cohen is
here with his first article on ARC today. This is Arie's
1/48
Revell Ju-52 done
up as an airliner. It's good to see this version of the
Ju-52. Welcome to ARC Arie!!!
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Simon
Wallis has dropped
by with his 1/48
Hasegawa F-104C Starfighter.
Simon finished his F-104 in a bare metal finish and then painted
various panels in different shades of metal to improve the look of his
bare metal finish. The effect is very satisfying to
see.
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Hal
Marshman,
Sr. has dropped by
with a figure today. Now I know ARC is an aircraft site.....but
we'll make an exception for Hal. This is his 1/16
Tamiya German
machine gunner which Hal went to great lengths to shade his figure
to give it that cold and tired look.
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Saturday, May
15 2004
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Michal
Sekula has built the 1/48
Special Hobby X-15.
This particular aircraft is the speed record breaking version X-15A-2.
It is quite impressive that Michal finished this kit.....but to have
it look so well is very impressive.
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George
Rosa is here with
his 1/48
Monogram AV-8B Harrier II.
George added a resin cockpit and other aftermarket goodies to his
Harrier. Then he used
Twobobs decals
and weathered his Harrier. A very nice example of this older
kit.
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Don
Ryan
is here with his
is here with his
is here with his
is here with his
is here with his
1/72
Italeri UH-34D “Sea Horse”.
Don has provided some detailed info in his article about building his
UH-34. A very fine model of this unique looking chopper.
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Friday, May
14 2004
Paraguay Independence
Day
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Fabien Arnaud begins today with his
1/48
Tamiya Dewoitine D520.
This is another of Fabien's beautifully weathered and detailed
models.
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Stefan
Szymanski is here
with his 1/48
Revell Rafale M. Stefan has done a wonderful job detailing
and finishing his Rafale and then he added a display base and
figures. Very nice.
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Graham
Tarran is here with
his 1/72
Czechmaster Resin Westland Wyvern.
Graham's very informative article tells about the 1/1 aircraft as well
as the building process for his lovely Wyvern. A treat to see
and read.
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Thursday, May
13 2004
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Jim Barnett kicks
off today's update with his
1/48
Hasegawa IDF F-4E. Jim
used a resin cockpit, resin wheels and RBF tags to improve his
F-4. This is one of the more attractive F-4 camo schemes you can
pick. Nice one Jim.
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Mark
Davies is
here from the first time. This is his article about the
1/72
Airfix Savoia Marchetti SM 79 Spaverio. I was quite
impressed when I saw how involved the paint scheme was on this
one. Mark has provided some history on the SM79. Welcome
to ARC Mark.
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Quintin
Honeyborne is
here with his first article on ARC today. This
is Quintin's 1/48
Hasegawa P-47D Thunderbolt with the noseart "Big
Stud".....Quintin has done a stunning job shading and weathering
the bare metal finish on his Jug. Welcome to ARC Quintin.
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Wednesday, May
12 2004
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Robert-Jan
Willekens begins
your update with his
1/48
Academy Spitfire
FR Mk XIVe. This Spitfire is nicely weathered and
detailed and finished in the markings for South East Asia command at
the end of WW2.
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Mike
Pister joins us today
with his second
article on ARC. This is Mike's
1/48
Hasegawa NF-14D VANDY
1 (VX-9). These
black Bunny F-14's are cool looking Tomcats.....well done Mike.
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Raphael Jumentier
has been kind
enough to send in photos from the recent
2004
Paris Model Show. There is also a nice selection of Armour
photos included.....for you Armour builders.
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Here's
is a selection of Afghanistan
Photos sent
in by an unknown
photographer. To the
left is a photo of some Canadian troops. There is also an aerial
photo of Kabul and more.
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Tuesday, May
11 2004
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Jeff
Stoermer begins today's
update with his bright and well weathered
1/48
Monogram QF-100D Super
Sabre.
Very fascinating to see a drone of the F-100. Jeff did this project
justice.
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Darius
Aibara is here with
his 1/48
Dynavector Westland Wyvern S4. Another beautiful model from
Darius....and if you read his article you'll learn about the first
successful underwater use of an ejection seat.
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Andrew
Holloway (kaysersoze) has
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices with his 1/48
Hasegawa Hayate, 'Frank'. This one is very appealing due to
the way Andrew made use of the see through fuselage. Talk about
interior detail!!!
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Osvaldo
Viggiani has
sent in some new
photos of his 1/32
Hasegawa D-9 that
he converted into a D-13 that was recently featured on ARC.
Excellent looking groundwork.
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Monday, May
10 2004
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Mark
Kubes is here with
his first model article on ARC today. This Mark's 1/48
Monogram F-14A which he finished in the rare and eye catching
"Ferris"
Scheme.
This is Mark's second model since re-entering the Hobby and I like his style. Welcome to ARC Mark.
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Polly
Singh is here with
his article he calls Last Samurai
. It features his 1/48
Tamiya J2M3 Raiden (Jack) all
weathered with chipped paint to simulate the WW2 Japanese
aircraft.
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Jan
Mikes has
been very busy on his excellent 1/48
Academy Mikoyan Ye-8 "Super
Fishbed". This
is a conversion
starting with the Academy MiG-21PF to create this Russian
X-Plane. Jan has given his Ye-8 the usual skillful attention to
detail.
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Jason
Liang is here with
his first article on ARC today. this si Jason's
1/72
Academy Fw-190A8. This is Jason's first paint scheme with an
airbrush and to attempt a Luftwaffe scheme is quite the goal. It
came out very well.....nice weathering. Welcome to ARC
Jason.
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I have
a review of the A-10
CD Rom from Flightline
Media.
This is a CD containing over 250
large high resolution detail photos of the A-10 as well as information
about the A-10.
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Sunday, May
9 2004
Europe Day
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Rian
W. Jones begins
today with his first article on ARC. This is Rian's
1/48
Tamiya He 219A-7 Uhu which he built more or less out of the box
with a well done free-hand paint scheme. His article includes
some good info. Welcome to ARC Rian!!!
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Dave
Poff is back
with another of his 1/72 beauties. This is Dave's 1/72
Italeri A-10 Warthog with skillfully done panel line shading and
weathering. Dave's A-10 also includes a full weapons load.
Well done Dave.
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Giuseppe
Penna is here with his first article on
ARC. This is his 1/48
Accurate Miniatures TBM
-1C Avenger.
The model and photos are quite well done......I can almost smell the
salt air and feel the hot sun. Welcome
to ARC Giuseppe!!!
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Igor Petrovic
has dropped by with
his inbox preview of the
1/72
L & M Pilatus PC-9A.
This is a resin kit with
Croatian AF and
Slovenian AF markings.
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Saturday, May
8 2004
V.E. Day
Victory in Europe (1945)
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Simon
Wallis is here with
his 1/48
Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair. Simon weathered his Corsair and added
details to the cockpit to further enhance this lovely kit. This
is a very fine example of the famous Corsair.
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Masa
Narita is here with
his first article on ARC. He did a fantastic job on his big
1/32
Tamiya F-14D Tomcat carrier deck diorama. Masa's F-14 is
beautifully weathered and detailed and his diorama is equally
stunning. Masa finished his F-14 in VF-213 Black Lions
markings. Welcome to ARC!
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Thang Le
has finished building another of
his stunning models from a somewhat older Monogram kit. This is
Thang's
1/48
Monogram P-47 complete
with weathering and a weapons load.
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Friday, May
7 2004 No Update today.
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Thursday, May
6 2004
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I'm
currently sick with an head cold, so forgive me if the updates are a bit
smaller than normal.
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Stefan
Szymanski starts your update with his
1/48
Revell "Hokum".
Stefan finished his Hokum in an attractive camo scheme and added a
figure. Always good to see another chopper on ARC.
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Fabien Arnaud is
here with one of my favourite Luftwaffe aircraft from WW2. This
is his 1/48
Dragon Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a and Fabien decided to show the
engine with it's cowling removed. Very nice.
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Bob
Aikens is here with
his very well done and attractive
1/48
Tamiya P-51B Mustang. Bob did a pile of stuff to this one
including varied panel colours, weathering and cockpit detailing.
Always a treat to see Bobs work.
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Wednesday, May
5 2004 Mexico
Cinco De Mayo
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Christian
Muschitiello
is here with his
first article on ARC. this is Christian's
1/48
Hobbycraft Hurricane Mk IIC
done
up as a Malta hurricane. Christian chipped the paint and added
weathering such as exhaust stains to give his Hurricane a very
realistic look. Welcome to ARC Christian.
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Cyril
Worley
is
here from Malta with his first
article on ARC. This is his 1/48
Tamiya Beaufighter Mk I diorama
and Cyril really did a stunning job on adding detail to his
beaufighter an then creating a fantastic base to sit his beaufighter
on. Welcome to ARC Cyril.
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Tuesday, May
4 2004
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H.Ufuk
Aydiner starts off your update today with
his skillfully weathered finished 1/48
Tamiya DeHavilland Mosquito MK.VI. H.Ufuk also weathered his
Mosquito. Always good to see the Mosquito 'Wooden
Wonder'.
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Robert-Jan
Willekens is here
with his 1/48
Arii/Otaki Seafire Mk.III. Robert did some kit bashing to
get a Seafire out of the Arii/Otaki kit.
This is actually a pretty good kit all things considered.
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Monday, May
3 2004 Poland
Constitution
Day
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Sam
Chia is here with
another of his stunning bombers. This is Sam's 1/48
Revell B-26B in
D-Day stripes. Sam has seriously impressive talent at
painting and weathering.
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Tolga Ulgur
is here to blow your socks off with his
1/32
Hasegawa Fw 190 D-9. Even if you're not into prop
aircraft....check this one out.....the underside detail for the main
landing gear wells is impeccable.
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Carl
McGehee has sent in
63
photos of the Airbus A380 first fuselage section.
These were forwarded to Carl and he figure the airline modellers would
get a kick out of seeing them.
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I have
a review of the new 1/24
P-51D Tuskegee Airman
decal sheet from AMtech.
This decal sheet features 2 Red tailed P-51's both with nudie nose
art. The Tuskegee Airman is a very special story and I tell
about their story in my review.
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Sunday, May
2 2004
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Geoff
Pereira from Johannesburg South Africa
is here with his first article on ARC. This Geoff's very good
looking 1/48
Academy P47 D "Eileen" has
partial D-day stripes. Geoff added a weapons load to his Jug as
well as a set of markings with noseart. Welcome to ARC Geoff.
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Jeff
Stoermer is here
with more proof his on a MiG-29 quest. Today Jeff treats
to a selection of his
Indian Air force
1/72
Hasegawa MiG-29 Fulcrum. This particular model is in
a very attractive bright paint scheme.
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Peter
Valica is here with
his first article on ARC today. This is Peter's 1/72
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I with very well done weathering and some of
the most amusing noseart to come out of WW2. Welcome to ARC
Peter.
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Andy
Ludwig has sent in 4 more pics for his
2004
Northwest Scale Modelers Show
article.
the new pics are at the top of his article and show the models tabels
snaking around a full sized SR-71 in a museum.
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Saturday, May
1 2004
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Edward
Lowdell is here
today with another of his big and beautifully built models.
Today Edward is here with his
1/24
Trumpeter P-51D Mustang in
a bare metal finish with the markings for Big Beautiful Doll.
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Rahmi
Kocaman is here
with his bare metal 1/48
Revell F-86D.
This Sabre Dog has interesting markings and a very well done finish
and detail.
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Stewart
Bailey is here with
some pictures of the recent
Air
Zoo Museum Move. This museum is located in Portage, MI if
you ever happen to be in that neighbourhood.
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