Tuesday, Nov
30 2004
Barbados
National Day
Scotland St.
Andrew's Day
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I've
change the ARC
Discussion Forum link
in the top banner to open in a separate window. This
will offer a temporary fix for the constant logging in problem for
the forums until the ARC domain name moves to the new server.
I'm still busy sorting out problems with the new forum and moving
the thousands on images from the old forum to the new forum. |
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Eli at Zotz
Decals has added the tiny additional correction decal sheet to his
B-17 decal sheets and they are ready to sell. Go to the Albatros/Zotz
Decal website and order your B-17 sheet before they are sold
out.
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If
you've forgotten your ARC Discussion Forum password....e-mail me and
I'll help you out. Click my name to e-mail me Steve
Bamford Include
your member name.
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Karl
Sander begins today's update with his beautifully
weathered 1/72
Revell A-6E Intruder
. Karl has included a very enjoyable read in his article....grab
a coffee or tea and enjoy. Nice one Karl.....it's excellent to
see your Intruder on ARC.
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Ryan
Cameron is
here with his RCN 1/48
Hobbycraft Sea Fury.
Ryan added a Cutting Edge detail set and exhaust stains to his
Canadian Sea Fury. Very nice indeed Ryan.
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Bill
Lachance has gone
over the top with his
1/48
Trimaster Me 262A-1b.
What kills me is Bill built this super detailed beauty in roughly a
month. Stunning.
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Monday, Nov
29 2004
Albania Liberation
Day
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No update
today.....I'm distracted by the website move.
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Please
note.....The ARC
Discussion Forum move went well. The new forum is located at http://s102164210.onlinehome.us/forums/index.php?s=5c1ccf131704ea58abef4e40c573798e
There are
issues that need to be ironed out with the ARC Discussion Forums.....such
as folks having to log in each time they use the forums......this constant
"logging in" issue will go away by itself once the ARC domain
name is moved to the new server. Back in April, I began moving the
whole 3.76gig ARC website to a new server machine and the move was almost
complete, but then I became totally distracted by moving my wife and kids
etc to our newer home. So now I'm completing the job of moving the
ARC forums to the new server machine and moving the domain name and the
rest of the ARC website to the new machine. In the next few days the
total move will be complete and everything will go back to the way it
was....with some slight improvement. One improvement is the
Discussion Forums program is a newer version permitting new
features.....such as an integrated chatroom. I will be working on
the new chatroom feature next.....the domain name move is in the process
of being done and will be complete in the next few days.
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Sunday,
Nov
28 2004 Mauritania
Independence Day
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Bruce
Scott starts things off today with his
1/144
Sweet Kit Hurricane
Mk1. Bruce finished his tiny Hurricane in a Tropical
paint scheme. Bruce scratchbuilt
a cockpit and canopy for his Hurrie. He also did some other mods
to improve the look of this tiny Hurricane.
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Saturday, Nov
27 2004
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Shawn
'Phantom' Weiler is
here with his 1/32
Academy CF-188A.
Shawn has gone the extra mile to produce a lovely example of Canada's
front line Interceptor.
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Friday, Nov
26 2004
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Andrew Holloway (kaysersoze)
starts off your update today with his 1/48
Academy P-47N 'RED-E-RUTH'.
Andrew finished his Jug in a BMF finish with some attractive nose art
decals.
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Jim Barnett (sabre) joins
us with his 1/48
Hasegawa F-4.
Jim loaded this one with a good selection of aftermarket goodies and
finished it off with a Sharks Mouth set of markings. Beauty eh!!
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Boildieu
Laurent joins us with his bare metal 1/48
Hasegawa P-51D. Boildieu did a fine job on his bare metal
finish.....quite nice
indeed.......nice to see these markings.
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Philip Jones has
shot some photos of the recent IPMS Avon
Model Show 2004. By the looks of things....this is a show
well worth visiting if you're in the area.
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Ray Hamel
is here with some B-26 Marauder
Walk Around
photos of the only airworthy example...this
is an early B-26.
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Thursday, Nov
25 2004
Suriname
Independence Day
US
Thanksgiving Day
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I'd
like to begin today by wishing all Americans a fun and enjoyable
Turkey Day with their friends and family. Eat plenty and
enjoy.
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Twobobs
is offering Gift
Certificates. Info
about these gift certificates will be loaded to their website within the
next day.
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The new B-17
decal sheet from Zotz Decals
will be slightly delayed while a tiny correction sheet is added.
The
decals for the wheel discs that were used by Knock Out Dropper aren't
quite correct.....so Eli will be adding a tiny additional correction
sheet. Not a big deal.....but Eli likes wants
to get this tiny issue sorted out. You'll be quite impressed with
this decal set.
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Ted Taylor has
been kind enough to send in some photos of the new 1/32
Tamiya F-16CJ Block 50 kit. Ted shot these photos at the
recent
UK Nationals.
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Anthony
Manzoli is here
with his recently completed
1/48
Tamiya Spitfire Vb. This is an RCAF spitfire and Anthony
goes into some detail about what he used for the weathering.
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Paul
Cronin is here today with his
1/48
Tamiya He 219. Paul used a very effective and easy technique
for doing the mottling on his He-219 and he talks about this in his
article. Simple technique but fantastic looking results.
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Feng
Shi is
here with his 1/72
Trumpeter FBC-1. This is a very
serious looking Chinese fighter and Feng did a beautiful job on his
FBC-1. It's always good to see Chinese
fighters on ARC......helps to add variety.
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David Horn is here with some
CH-47
walkaround
photos.
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Wednesday, Nov
24 2004 No update today....I've been busy
archiving past articles and catching up on other behind the scenes jobs.
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Tuesday, Nov
23 2004
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Dennis
Djou starts today's update with his
1/48
F-16B Plus.
Dennis did a very effective job weathering his F-16....he has definite
skill at accenting panel lines.
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Lucien Bosonnet
is here with his
beautifully done bare metal 1/72
Hasegawa B-25J Mitchell. Check out the weathering on the
topside and underside of this B-25.
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Steve
Corvi is here with his bare
metal 1/72
Hasegawa CF-104. Sweet looking starfighter. And it's
in Canadian markings no less. ;-)
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Monday, Nov
22 2004
Lebanon
National Day
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Emad
F.Tabsh
joins us from Lebanon to celebrate his national day. His first
article today will appeal to the Italians. Here is the
"Frecce
Tricolori"
Airshow
over Beirut.
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Emad.F.Tabsh
is here with his
1/1
Velinden "Trophy model" F-16 control stick.
If you like the F-16....then this is a must have kit. I've
always thought it would be cool if someone made metal stick shift that
could be used as shift knobs in cars.
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Neil
Burkill is here with another of his
beauties. This is his 1/48
Hasegawa Bf 109 G14. I love these winter camo schemes and
Neil does his models up right.
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Scott
Brown aka Magnetass
is currently in Iraq and
has sent in some MiG-23 (Iraqi)
that he took over there.
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Murph is here with some
T-33
walkaround
photos.
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Sunday, Nov
21 2004
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Phil Golding
begins today with
his article called "Family
Portrait". In his article....Phil presents Various 1/48 Spitfires
he has built. Quite the nice selection done in Phil's usual high
quality style.
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John
Snell is here with
his 1/48
Testors Mig-37 Ferret. A very interesting looking
aircraft and John has included some good info about how he built
his cool looking MiG.
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I
have a bit of info about the new 1/72
Lockheed L-133 from
Sharkit.
If you go to their website you can see more photos of this model.
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J P Poisseroux is
here with a book review about the AMD-BA
Mirage F1
book from the DTU
Check list series.
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Saturday, Nov
20 2004
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Kairasp
Daruwala joins us
from Pakistan with his
1/48
Revell F-18 C "Hornet". Kairasp has included some
history on the F/A-18 Hornet to compliment the photos of his very fine
Hornet that he built Out of The Box.
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Tolga
Ulgur is here with
his 1/32
Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109 K 4. Tolga does amazing work
and weathering.......enjoy the photos of his latest gem.
Also....take a close look at the cockpit photo.
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Murph is here with some
F4D Skyray
walkaround
photos.
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Friday, Nov
19 2004
Monaco
National Day
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I
have a selection of previews
of the latest releases from Meteor
Productions. These include1/48 decals for He 162 Volksjäger,
Spitfire "Eagles & Aces" #1, Captured Me-262 decals,
F-111, F-4J (UK), plus 1/32 F-4J (UK) decals. Also new is a 1/32
ALQ-71 Jamming Pod - F-4 Configuration (1 pod) and a 1/32 ALQ-71
Jamming Pod - F-105 Configuration (2 pods).
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Declerck
Hans has finished
the big 1/32
Trumpeter A-10.
Declerck used some aftermarket goodies to further detail his
excellently done Warthog.
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Konley
Kelley is here with
his 1/48
Monogram P-39 in another of his attractive in-flight
images. Nice job on this older model as well as the digital
artwork.
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David
Mussio is here with his
1/48
Academy Su-27. David used an Eduard set to further detail
his very good looking Su-27.
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Matt Swan has
sent in some pics of his humble abode for his
ARC'ers
page. Matt also included a pic of his modelling room.
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Jim Bates
has sent in some beautiful in-flight photo called Texan
Dawn Patrol T-6s and SNJs. It's good to see these famous
trainers being so well cared for.
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Ken
Middleton has a very helpful and
intriguing article about Making
your own books.
For a reasonable cost you can have your photos and text printed in a
hard cover book.
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Thursday, Nov
18 2004
Oman National Day
Latvia National Day
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I've
been busy all day archiving articles from the past months.
Much is now archived and the rest will get done as time
permits.
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Wednesday, Nov
17 2004
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Laurent
Boildieu is here
with his beautifully weathered
1/48
Tamiya P-47D Razorback. Laurent quite enjoyed building his
P-47 and you'll enjoy seeing the finish on this one.
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Dave
DeLang has put together an article about the Can
Am Con
V. show that
was held on Apr 17 2004. The theme of the show was Tiger schemes
and as you can see by the CF-18 to the left....there were some great
models entered.
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Tuesday, Nov
16 2004
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David
Matusek is here
today with his 1/32
Revell Fw-190D-9. This is a late version of the D-9 and is
done to a very high standard.
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Dan
Duna is here with
another of his Sci-fi gems. This is his
1/72
Scratchbuilt Star
Trek Penguin. Yup....scratchbuilt....and Dan's
included pics of the process in his article.
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Robert-Jan
Willekens has found
a very interesting die-cast 1/200
Fiat G.12. Robert-Jan is interested in information about
this little Die-cat aircraft that was made in Italy.
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Paul
Brown is here with a
Tools 'n' Tips article called
Heavy
Metal Flankers. Paul's article deals with Painting weathered bare metal
finishes....and Paul certainly knows his stuff.
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F3 Demon Walk Around
These photos were
taken by Murph
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Monday, Nov
15 2004
ARC's 5th Birthday
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5 years ago
on this day, Steve Stohr (of North
American Hobbies) and Steve Filak and myself launched ARC. ARC's
home page is now quickly approaching the 20 million hit mark....to say ARC
has far exceeded our expectations would be a huge understatement. I
would like to express my thanks to Steve Filak and Ken Middleton for
making the ARC Discussion Forums a peaceful place to relax for the
thousands of ARC regulars. Today is dedicated to all the ARC
Sponsors as well as the ARC'ers that make this such a friendly and special
website.
Steve B
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Somchai
"Blackeyes" joins
us with his 1/72
Dragon Su-24M Fencer. This model has the ability to sweep
it's wings and Somchai also added plenty of detail to the
cockpit.
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Bill
Lachance has been busy building his 1/48
Eduard P-39.
Bill is well known for the details on his models....and his P-39 is no
exception.
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John
Bell joins us
with his very unique and special
1/64
Scratchbuilt Wooden F-4E.
Yikes.....I couldn't even image building one of these from
scratch. Amazing.
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Andy
Stark joins us with
his beautifully weathered
1/48
AMT/ERTL P-40E.
Andy gives some info on how he achieved these amazing weathering
results.
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Ken
Middleton has dropped by the ARC
Corporate Offices with his review of the A-10A
Thunderbolt II Decals from Kedi
Decals. This sheet features markings for the
118th Fighter Squadron / 103rd Fighter Wing
Connecticut Air National Guard.
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Sunday, Nov
14 2004
Polish Ace
Gen Stanislaw Skalski passed away on Nov 12.
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Carlos Arvizú joins us today with his
very colourful 1/48
Academy Mirage IIIR. This
is definately a cool looking Mirage.
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AEX has
dropped by with his first
article on ARC. THis is his 1/72
Hasegawa Grumman Avenger III.
AEX did some extra detailing with the use of some aftermarket sets and
finished his Avenger in an extra special paint scheme with
weathering. Welcome to ARC AEX.
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Saturday, Nov
13 2004
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I've
been out of town the past 2 days visiting family with my kids.
Unfortunately I didn't have internet access, so doing updates would
have been very difficult. We did have a grand time. Next
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Thursday, Nov
11 2004
Poland Independence
Day |
Remembrance Day -- Veterans Day
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Artur Golebiewski
is
here to begin this special Polish update with a selection of his
Polish
Aircraft models. These include a LVG C.VI, Albatros D.III
Oef, PZL P.11a, PZL P.11c, Sopwith Camel, Lublin R.XIII hydro.
Beautiful models and photos.
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Tomasz
Gronczewski is here
with his 1/48
Hasegawa Spitfire Mk Vb that he finished in the markings for the
Polish pilot
Mieczyslaw Adamek. Tomasz builds impressive
Spitfires.
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Andrzej
Lewicki has
today's only jet model. This is his
1/48
Academy Mig-29 Fulcrum
that he finished in Polish Air Force markings. Andrzej used a
variety of detail items to improve the detail on his MiG-29.
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Tomasz
Gronczewski is here with his
second Spitfire on aRC today. This is his 1/48
Tamiya Spitfire
Mk I finished
off in the markings of the Polish pilot Tadeusz
Nowierski.
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Szczesny
Brzozowski is
here with a 1/32
Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.Vb
flown
by the
Polish pilot Jan Zumbach.
Szczesny
used 2 Eduard detail sets and scratchbuilt details to further detail
his very nice Spitfire.
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Lukasz
Kedzierski is
here with a selection of
1/48
Polish Aircraft models. His models include PWS-26,
RWD-8,
PZL P.46 Sum (Catfish),
PZL P.37A Los (Elk),
PZL P.11c.
Beautifully done models.
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Tomasz
Gronczewski is here with his third
Spitfire for today's update.
This is his 1/48
ICM
Spitfire IXc
flown
by Polish pilot Henryk
Pietrzak. Very nice weathering on all his models.
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Cezary
Bartnicki is
here with a selection of 4 Polish
Aircraft models. these include his Albatros
D V, Albatros D III, Fokker E V, Lloyd
C V. Lovely detail on all of them.
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Wednesday, Nov
10 2004 USMC
Birthday
Indonesia Remembrance Day
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Don
"Spongebob" Manning has
our first USMC aircraft for today's special update. This is his
1/48
Monogram AV-8B that
he completed with a variety of resin goodies to improve the detail on
this very decent older Monogram kit.
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Paul
Wigzell is also
here with his USMC 1/32
Tamiya F-4J Phantom.
Paul is trying to convince me he's a newbie that recently reentered
the hobby, but his F-4 has the quality of a model done by a seasoned
pro.....beautifully done Paul!!!
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Arrin
Holt is
here with his USMC
1/72
Hasegawa AV-8B.
Arrin built this one more of less out of the box, and he achieved a
well detailed version of this Gulf War Harrier.
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John
Bibay has
dropped by with 2 of his 1/48
Planes of the Vagabonds/Vikings.
In John's article you'll find his Corsair, Skyraider and A-4 Skyhawk.
He added a few resin items to improve various detail areas of his 3
USMC models. Nice showing on this Special USMC Day John
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Alex
Sidharta is
here to mark the Indonesia
Remembrance Day with his 1/72
Airfix Su-27. Alex built this Su-27 out of the box, but the
paint scheme really sets this one off and draws the eye in for a
second look. Very enjoyable to see.....and yes...that's a real
patch.
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Alex
Sidharta also joins
us with another Indonesian jet on this day of Remembrance. This
is his 1/48
Airfix Hawk Mk.53 done up in one of the more attractive camo
schemes I've seen on a Hawk. Alex goes into some good detail of
the small drawbacks
of this kit.
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Tuesday, Nov
9 2004 Cambodia
Independence Day |
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No
update today.....I'm working hard to get the months of archiving
caught up.
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Monday, Nov
8 2004 Greece -
Hellenic Air Force Day
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Yiannis
Ladopoulos
is
here to celebrate the
Hellenic Air Force Day with
his 1/48
Fujimi
F-5A
done up in Greek markings. Yiannis was very busy on his F-5
doing a variety of scratchbuilding to improve the detail.
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Chip
Jean is here with
his 1/48
Tri-Master Ta-152H-1.
Chip goes into some very helpful detail about building this special
kit. With woirk.....Chip was able to complete his Ta-152 and end
up with a first class model of this Luftwaffe fighter.
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Anthony
Manzoli is here
with another of his lovely models. Today Anthony presents his
1/48
Hasegawa F-104S ASA-M Starfighter done up in Italian
markings. Anthony's stellar work is well known here on ARC,
so....enjoy.
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Wyatt
is here with his 1/32
Fw-190. Wyatt
is one of the newer members to the hobby, but you'd never know it
looking at the paint scheme on his Gernam fighter. Quite nice
indeed.
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Sunday, Nov
7 2004
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Mike
Magahis has dropped
by with his 1/48
Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat.
Mike added weathering and careful building to get his Tomcat up to
this fine level.
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Saturday, Nov
6 2004
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Andy
Stark is here with 5 pics of his crashed
1/48
Airfix Spitfire V.
Andy explains in his article how he built his amazing crashed Spit.
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Friday, Nov
5 2004
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Hurricane
Maiden Flight -- November 5 1935 |
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Paul Fernandez
begins your Friday
update with his 1/72
Revell F-4E. Paul did some stunning work on the paint job on
this one and also included a fantastic above the clouds in-flight
photo of his F-4.
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Jose Aides
joins us with his 1/72
Heller DC 6 as used by the Securite Civile in the Fire
Fighter Tanker role. Jose went the extra mile on this one
and included fibre optic lighting for the instrument panel and
electric motors to spin the engines.
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Sergei
Galicky is a well
known modeller on ARC from Russia. He's usually busy building
jet fighters, but today he is here with his 1/48
Revell Dassault Falcon 10, which is
finished to Sergei's usual high quality.
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Vince
Tassone is here
with an interesting article about his
1/50
Smer Macchi M.C. 200 Saetta (Lightning). This particular
article is called Italian Lightning In Russian
Skies.
Vince put the effort into this older and somewhat crude kit and
transform it into a gem.
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Thursday, Nov
4 2004
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Pete Hudson (Dr Fester) joins
us with his 1/32
Williams Bros Gee Bee Z. Pete's article includes history of
this famous aircraft as well as some historical photos and info about
building his right yellow Gee Bee Z racer.
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Dennis Weber
is here with his 1/48
Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane IIc. Dennis has added panel paint
chipping to further detail his very good looking Hurricane. He
also goes into detail about building his hurricane.
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Wednesday, Nov
3 2004 Panama
Independence Day
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James
Byrne aka HomagerMan is here with his
1/72
MiG-37 B Ferret E. This is a "What-if" jet and an
good example of what can be done by a creative mind.
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Shawn
'Phantom' Weiler has
dropped by with a selection of
Various
1/48 Phantoms. Shawn has
included a variety of photos of his Phantom collection.
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One of
the ARC dedicated servers was off line. This caused most of
the site to be offline. Rebooting the machine seems to have
sorted things out.
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Dave
Poff kicks things
off today with his 1/72
Hasegawa Apache AH-64A. This is one great looking
Apache.....with a subtle amount of weathering to add realism.
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Tadhg
Farrelly is here
with his 1/72
Italeri F 6F 5N Hellcat. This one was built out of the box
and by the sounds of it....Tadhg really enjoyed the build which is
what it is all about. Nice Hellcat Tadhg.
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QC
Tan joins us with
his 1/72
Academy A-10 OIF Diorama. I got quite the kick out of seeing
this one.....it was no doubt tricky to do. This was a very
enjoyable diorama to see.
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Dave
Roof is keeping
busy setting up the
Bagram
Hobby Club. Here is a picture of some of the members far
from home in Afghanistan.
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Monday, Nov
1 2004 Algeria
- The Revolution
Day of 1st November
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as the newest ARC sponsor! Wild Blue Models
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Daniel
PerezVertti...AKA Habu
from the ARC
Discussion Forums starts today off with his colourful
1/48
Hasegawa F-16B. Daniel finished off his flawless F-16 in
markings for the Venezuelan Viper-20 Years.
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David
Longhitano joins us
from Italt today with his
1/48
Hasegawa Junkers Ju.87D Stuka "Picchiatello". This
is a Stuka
in Italian WWII colours and I like these markings quite a
bit. This Italian Picchiatello (Stuka) turned out looking very
good.
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Dave
Funchall has
dropped by with his
1/48
Italeri MB326 Impala.
Dave wanted to go with some more interesting markings....so he did up
his MB326 in South African markings. Nice job on the BMF Dave.
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Pete Hudson
AKA Dr
Fester from
the ARC Discussion Forms has dropped by the ARC Corporate Offices with
his 1/48
Accurate Miniatures TBM Avenger. Take a ong look at this
one....the weathering is well worth checking out.......simply
amazing.
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