Friday,
Oct 31 2008 |
Happy
Halloween!!! |
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L.C. Chan
starts this Halloween update with what has to be the coolest paint
scheme I've ever seen on an F-14. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14D "Halloween",
complete with a big pumpkin on the top of the aircraft along with
bats and so much more..
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Joe Barauskas
has done a great job on his tiny 1/72 Eduard Nieuport 17.
This is one of the fighters flown by Sgt. Raoul Lufbery, of the
Lafayette Escadrille in the summer of 1916.
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Allen Kasson
is a modeller with skill and determination and all that came
together in this stunning 1/48 Hasegawa IDF/AF F-4E Kurnass.
Allen added resin goodies including a cockpit and aftermarket decals
and a full weapons load to complete this stunning Phantom in the
colours of the Israeli Air Force.
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Serge Dompierre
joins us with his 1/48 Hobbycraft Hawker Sea Fury. Serge
built his Sea Fury out of the box and finished it off with careful
weathering and Canadian markings.
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The Keeper
is here with some photos from the recent McMinnville Region 7 Show 2008.
These photos include 1/48 & 1/72 Aircraft.
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The Keeper
is here with some photos from the recent McMinnville Region 7 Show 2008.
These photos include 1/32 & 1/144 Aircraft, Armor &
Auto and more.
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Here is
a preview of the new 1/32 F/A-18C Werewolves of Beaufort
decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. This
sheet features enough markings for two complete aircraft
from VMFA-122 with options for three. |
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Thursday,
Oct 30
2008
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A small update
today.......the last two updates were very large and I need to catch
up on things.
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Here's
a preview to the new 1/72 Scale CF-18 2008 "NORAD
50th" decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models. This sheet is also available in
1/48.
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Wednesday,
Oct 29
2008 |
Turkey Republic Day |
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Today's massive
update is in honour of everyone in Turkey. Well done guys!!!
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
begins this special Turkish update with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30.
This Turkish P-47 includes weathering and a faded paint job.
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Zafer Yilmaz
is here from Turkey with his 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109G-10. Zafer
added plenty of aftermarket and scratchbuilt detail to his big 109.
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Özkan Türker
is here with his 1/35 Bronco Models Piper L-4J Cub. Özkan
made custom markings for his spotter plane.
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Ceki Erginbas
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop.
Ceki
added photo etch and decals with noseart as well as a beautifully
done camo paint job with weathering.
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Volkan Uzeler
has been busy adding detail to his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C Block 40 TuAF.
Volkan added quite a few
aftermarket items from some our favourite companies with excellent
results on his F-16.
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Ayhan Toplu
is here with his 1/72 Italeri F-100D. This F-100 is
in Turkish markings complete with panel line shading and weathering.
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Ayhan Toplu
is here with his 1/48 Revell/Hasegawa Spitfire Mk16. Ayhan
finished his Spitfire in the markings for a Polish pilot
flying with the RAF. Looks very good Ayhan. |
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/144 Revell L.1099 Super Constellation. Everyone
loves the Connie and this one is in TWA markings. Check out
the outstanding runway base. |
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/32 Promodeler Me-109 G2.
This award winning 109 has all it's markings painted on it.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa Me-109 F4. This
is in the desert markings for a famous Luftwaffe North African ace.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Trimaster Me-262. H.Ufuk chose a
baremetal 262 with the yellow putty in the seams as the jet would
look prior to painting.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/32 Trumpeter Me-262B-1a. This is
actually a conversion of a single seater complete with piles of
detail to create this gem......all done in 10 days. Amazing.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/72 Fujimi F-14A Tomcat. H.Ufuk
rebuilt this Su-22 Killer Tomcat with his very skillful
weathering.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk-IIC Trop.
This Hurricane has peeling paint and painted markings and custom
made dropped flaps........the work on this hurricane is stunning.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Airfix Hurricane Mk-I. This is a
rebuilt model with rescribed panel lines and finished off with
weathering to add realism to this Turkish Hurricane.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/32 Hasegawa P-47D Re-30. This
P-47 has airbrushed sexy noseart......amazing. H.Ufuk include
a number of photos showing how the noseart was painted.
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H.Ufuk
Aydiner is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30.
This is the first of 5 P-47's......this one is in a baremetal
finish with weathering and noseart.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30. This is an
ex-USAF P-47 in Turkish markings complete with sexy noseart.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30. This article
include a photos of a crashed Turkish P-47. This model has a
flawless bare metal finish with weathering.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30. This is
another ex-USAF P-47 in Turkish markings with noseart.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30. This is an ex-USAF
P-47 in Turkish markings in a baremetal finish with weathering.
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Tuesday,
Oct 28
2008 |
Czech National Day |
Greece National Day |
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I'd like to wish
everyone in Greece and The Czech Republic a very
special day today as they celebrate their national days.
Today's larger than usual update honours these 2 countries.
Way to go everyone that contributed models for today's update.
Today's update includes 21 articles.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos
has put must effort into his Flight 19 Avenger diorama.
This is an underwater diorama of one of the Avengers resting on
the ocean floor covered in sediment and sea growth. This
diorama blows my mind.
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Petr Kácal
has the first of many articles that honour the Czech National
Day. This is a 1/72 MPM D-34 (Junkers W 43) done up in
Czech markings. I must say I like the look of this little
aircraft.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos
has done the impossible with his 1/32 Kangnam F-16A extreme makeover.
This is a horrible kit that Thanos did endless scratcbuilding to
create a true show stopper F-16 in Greek colors.
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Panagiotis Zarkadis
is here with his very special and well done 1/48 Korpo Su-25K Iraqi desert diorama.
Panagiotis got his diorama looking just like the photos I've seen of
these buried Su-25's in Iraq.
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Pavel enk
is here with 2 special 1/72 RS Models Zlín XII. Detailing
includes resin and photo etch to dress up these models. It's
good to see these on ARC.
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Gabriel Kalfopoulos
is here with his 1/72 Heller HAF CL-215 Canadair firebomber
that is a well known sight in the skies over Greece when there are
fires that need to be fought. This CL-215 sure does look
great.
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Petr Kácal
is here today with his 1/72 Artur Resin Hodek HK-101. Petr
has added over 100 scratchbuilt parts to this little resin
kit....wow that is dedication.
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Michael Ezat
has been busy adding detail to his 1/48 Monogram F-8 Crusader.
Michael added a resin cockpit and resin airbrakes to his F-8 and
finished it off with some very colourful markings to make this an
eye catching model from any angle you look at it.
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Petr Kácal
is back again today with his 1/72 RVHP Letov .20/II.ser.
Petr added detail to all the important areas of this little bi-plane
with excellent results.
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Milan Pospisil
added resin set and photo etch as well as some good old
fashioned modelling skill to detail his 1/48 Italeri Jas-39 Gripen.
The effort paid off as this is one sharp looking Gripen.
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Michael Ezat
has done some extra work and added some aftermarket items to
dress up his 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Vc trop. I love the
job Michael did on the desert camo on this Greej Spitfire.
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GIANNIS DOXAS
has added plenty of resin sets 1/48 Hasegawa RF-4E Phantom.
The Phantom is loaded with detail.....you have to see it to
believe it. Amazing.
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Peter Athanasopoulos
has been busy detailing and finishing his 1/48 Italeri F-86E (M) HAF.
Peter scratchbuilt a cockpit and gave his F-86 a flawless bare
metal finish complete with some custom made decals.
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David Koktavý
is here with his tiny 1/144 Eduard Avia S-92. David
tells the story behind these Me-262 based jets as well as how much
he enjoyed the kit.
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Josip agar
is here with his sharp looking 1/72 Hobby Boss MiG-15bis. Josip
finished his MiG-15 in red with Czech markings. Thanks for
your kind words about ARC in your article Josip.
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Gabriel Kalfopoulos
has been busy building his 1/350 YS Masterpieces SS Oregon.
This is a resin model with plenty of detail.
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Damir Stanzer
is here with his 1/72 KP Avia B-33 in Czech markings. Damir
added detail to many areas on his B-33 model to bring up the detail
level to a higher stand.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos
is here with a taste of Greek Armour. This is his 1/36 AFV Club M-48A5
in a diorama complete with mud and weathering on a diorama
base that brings this model to life.
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Petr Kácal
is back again today with his 1/72 Academy P-47D Thunderbolt "Bubble top".
Petr added scratchbuilt detailing as well as an aftermarket
canopy and decals to complete his Free French P-47 with a very nice
bare metal finish.
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Peter Athanasopoulos
is a well known modeller here on ARC and this is his 1/48 Academy T-33A.
I am very impressed how well this T-33 looks.....I know you'll enjoy
seeing it.
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Harris Charalambous
finishes off this massive update with his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C.
Harris converted his F-16 to a Greek airforce block 30 and then
finished it off with a perfect weathered paint job. It doesn't
get any better than this.
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Monday,
Oct
27 2008 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenaidines Independence Day |
Turkmenistan National Day |
Ecuadorian Airforce Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob has some more pics of the upcoming
Tiffie and Draken sheets as well as the new F-16 Vista sheet. |
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Kelly Green (kellyf15)
fires up your Monday update with his fine looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-4N VF-151.
Kelly finished his Phantom in those earlier colorful markings
that look so sharp on the Phantom.
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Jason Brewer
has done an absolutely outstanding job on his 1/32 Tamiya A6M5 Zero.
The Tamiya Zero is a great kit and in the skilled patient hands
of a modeller like Jason this kit shine like a diamond. Grab a
hot drink and sit back and enjoy the photos.
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Robert Chavez
is here with his first submission on ARC. This is Robert's 1/72 Academy MiG-27 Flogger-D
done up in a very fine looking camo pattern with Soviet
markings. A very nice looking MiG-27 Robert....welcome to
ARC!!!
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TK Yeo
joins us with his award winning 1/48 Hobbycraft Sea Fury. TK
kept very busy scratchbuilding the wingfold on this Sea Fury and
finished it off with a subtle but very effective weathering
job. No doubt about it, folded wings look great.
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I have a preview of
the new 1/48
F/A-18C Werewolves of Beaufort decal sheet from from from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet includes enough markings for three complete aircraft
from VMFA-122.
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Mark
Littrell is here with a very indepth inbox review of the 1/72
Academy F/A-18C Hornet. |
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Sunday,
Oct 26
2008 |
Austria National Day |
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Zafer Yilmaz has
done an outstanding job getting the details right on his 1/32 Revell He 162A-2.
Zafer added some seat belts from Eduard that really dressed up the
cockpit then he finished it off with aftermarket decals.
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Maciej Poniatowski
is here with his first article on ARC. He has done a
marvelous job detailing and finishing his 1/72 Matchbox Hawker Tempest
Mk.II including a vac-formed canopy and Eduard set in the
cockpit..
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Saturday,
Oct 25
2008 |
Charge
of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war |
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No update today.....I'm
still sorting out some computer problems. I'll have them
sorted before the Sunday update.
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Friday,
Oct 24
2008 |
Zambia Independence Day |
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I've had some computer
problems I had to sort, which delayed the update today.
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Alan Williamson
begins today with his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109G-14. Alan
chose the ever popular winter camo for his 109 and finished it off
with his usual skillful weathering.
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David
Horn has done an exceptionally nice job super detailing his
1/48 Hasegawa F-16D Block 42. This is a very special bird
and David used a combination of scratchbuilt details and aftermarket
goodies to get his F-16 looking right.
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Pete Malaguti
has done something I've never seen before. He created a
1/48 Lunar Module cutaway by basically scratchbuilding
everything.....then loading scratchbuilt detailing
everywhere.......wow.....I'd love to see this one in person.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
is here with something a bit different today. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair
VA-86 Sidewinders CAG bird with a black Box cockpit to complete this
great looking Corsair II.
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Thursday,
Oct 23 2008 |
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Serge Dompierre
begins your Thursday update with his 1/48 Monogram T-28 D Trojan.
Serge built trainer out of the box with the addition of some
weapons. Serge's trainer shows how well these Monogram kits
look when built by a skilled modeller.
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Sten Arne B Brunsby
has done an outstanding
job detailing and converting his 1/48 TamiyaF-16 AM M5 80-3660.
The conversion and detailing is well explained in this article
to help you create your own Royal Norwegian AF Viper complete with
all the detail to make this model stand out.
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Mark L. Rossmann
has done a fine job building his 1/48 Revell F4U-5 Corsair.
Mark added some history about the Corsair in his article.
He chose to build a Korean war era Corsair from Glenview NAS.
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Busolini Massimo
is here with his beautiful 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II.
Busolini uses a very effective weathering technique that
involves painting the model flat back as a bases for the camo
colours. This is similar to panel line pre-shading.....but
slightly different and well worth reading about. to
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Here is
a preview of the new 1/48
F-16C Wisconsin 60th Anniversary Dairyland Vipers decal sheet
from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. This
is the Monster Wisconsin ANG sheet that features their 60th
Anniversary jet as the signature A/C. |
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I have a review of the new 1/48
P-47 Thunderbolts Part 1 decal sheet from Barracudacals.
This new decal sheet includes
markings for 3 different P-47 Thunderbolts with noseart.
Please note their website is not set up yet. |
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I have a review of the new
1/48
P-47 Thunderbolt Square-Backed Seats (with harness) from Ultracast.
You get 2 seats in this set. |
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Wednesday,
Oct 22 2008 |
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Erkin Bora
starts today with his 1/144 Revell Boeing 737-800. I've
got a soft spot for the bright colours of the South African flag, so
this airliner brings a grin to my face. Erkin did some
scratchbuilding to get the details correct.
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Mark Jahsan
has not the best opinion of the 1/48 Fonderie Miniatures Dornier Do-24.
But it is a rare plane and in the hands of a skilled and
determined modeler like Mark, it does build up into a big impressive
model as you'll see in Mark's photos.
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Istvan Zoldag
put much effort into his 1/48 Academy Mig-29B Fulcrum.
Istvan added many detail items including a resin cockpit and resin
exhaust and much more to create this great looking MiG. I love
how good the cockpit looks.
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Marko Skukan
is here with his stunning 1/48 Hasegawa Apache AH-64D-I Saraf.
Grab a coffee or cup of tea and check this one out during your
coffee break.....the photos are stunning. Marko added resin
and decals from Isradecals and finished it off in the Israeli camo I
like so much.
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I
have a preview of the new 1/48 A-10A Philadelphia Freedom decal
sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet covers a very wide time span of the 103rd FS from the
Pennsylvania ANG, 1997-2008. |
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I
have a review of the new 1/72 P-3C,
F-47D, F-15C, F-4E, OV-10D & TBF-1C decal sheet from Wolfpak
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 7 different aircraft
including a P-3C, EP-3J, F-47D, F-15C, F-4E, OV-10D &
TBF-1C. The F-15 was flown by my friend Murph, which is
totally cool to see his jet on a decal sheet. |
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Tuesday,
Oct 21
2008 |
Somalia National Day |
Trafalgar Day - Royal Navy Anniversary |
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No update
today. I spent long hours on Monday doing stuff behind the
scenes on ARC. |
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Monday,
Oct 20 2008 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob gives you a look at the F-16 Vista sheet
as well as his new 1/48 EF-2000 Typhoon decal sheet as well as
the EF-2000 Italia Tifone sheet in 1/48. Plus more news. |
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Alan Purusram
tackled the big 1/32
Revell Tornado ECR with great success using Paragon resin detail
items and this great looking Tiger Meet paint scheme. Alan
also explains the tricks to building this kit. |
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CHAS
joins us today with this 1/72 Italeri SH-60. CHAS
added scratchbuilt details to the interior and exterior and finished
it off in the markings for the Taiwan Navy. This one looks
perfect. |
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Dan McWilliams
is here with another Starfighter. This is Dan's 1/48
Hasegawa CF-104 done up as his Dad's plane. Dan explains
what is needed to correctly build a Canadian Starfighter. For
decals, Dan used a Leading Edge Decal sheet. |
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Matías Hagen
has been very bust building gettign thing correct in his 1/72
scratchbuilt BFW/Messerschmitt M-21a (1928). Have a close
look at the custom rig Matías used to line up the wings on this
little bi-plane. |
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I
have a preview of the 1/48 F-105D Wrap Around Thuds decal sheet from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features three complete sets of markings for the
famous wrap-around schemes from Hill AFB. My Karma, Stardust
and Desert Fox are all represented on this sheet. |
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I
have a review of the new 1/48 Italian Aces decal sheet from
Stormo
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for six different 1/48
Italian fighters from WW2 in a variety of paint schemes. |
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Floyd
S. Werner, Jr. is here with a review of the Wings of the Black
Cross- Number Five book. |
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Sunday, Oct
19 2008 |
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John Smalbrugge
joins us today with his 1/32 Dragon P-51D. I saw
this Mustang at a recent show and it was a treat to behold with it's
photo-etched cockpit detail and bare metal finish with "City of
Winnipeg Sqdn" markings.
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George Ruscoff
is here to bring a smile to you face with one of the most colourful
paitn schemes worn by a Canadian CF-18. This is his 1/144 Revell CAF Hornet
and I saw this at a recent model show and it is a shape looking
little jet.
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Saturday,
Oct 18 2008 |
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Chuang Xue Qian
begins your Saturday update with his "What if" 1/48 Hasegawa F-16CJ.
This is part 2 in a series of articles devoted to the RSAF
F-16. Chuang Xue Qian has added a full weapons load and done
plenty of detailing including RBF tags to complete this great
looking F-16.
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Tigre del Aire
has done extensive work converting this civilian 1/72 Italeri Junkers 52
into the military version. This project required plenty of
research and scratchbuilding. And one creative design feature
is a removable roof to show off all the cabin detail.
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Friday,
Oct 17 2008 |
Progress on new ARC Air
site. I'm pleased to report I have begun moving the 12,000
articles and walkarounds into the new database. This process includes
a fair degree of work (double checking and repairing articles....missing
pics and text etc) and only about 9 or 10 articles can be done per
hour. Needless to say this process will take many months this
winter. The programmers are continuing to complete the program for
the new site.
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Carmel J Attard
starts off today with his 1/72 Israeli Air Force. Carmel
actually captured quite the variety of aircraft and paint
schemes. I know you're going to enjoy seeing these.
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Federico Kunz
has been having fun building this exceptional 1/48 Tamiya Nakajima A6M2 N Type 2
(Rufe). I've always had a passion for float planes and
Federico did a perfect job building and weathering his Rufe.
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Chuang Xue Qian
has gotten everything looking just right with this 1/72 Academy F-15E Strike Eagle.
This F-15 has a full weapons load and the technique used for
darkening and weathering the panels lines is easy and very
effective.
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Thomas Neuss
is here with his 1/35 Trumpeter Chinook HC.1 finished off
as a British Chinook from Operation Grandby. Thomas did plenty
of extra detailing and corrections on his Chinook and finished it
off in desert camo on a desert diorama base.
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I
have a preview of a re-release of the 1/48 Saab AJ/JA-37 Viggen decal
sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. This
sheet features 3 different Viggens. |
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Thursday,
Oct 16 2008 |
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Phillip Steele
gets things started today with his classic 1/48 Monogram F-106.
Phillip built this one mostly out of the box and then added some
bare metal foil to the intakes and exhaust for added realism.
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Tuan Tonthat
is here with something different today. This is his 1/32 Trumpeter F8F-1 Bearcat
model in a very well done bare metal finish and posed as a
static aircraft display of a retired South VN Air Force. This
bearcat is also accompanied by a scooter and jeep for added effect.
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Duan is
here with a plane I always find interesting. This is the 1/72 Academy Messerschmitt Me-163B
finished very well with darkened panel line. Duan
airbrushed some of the markings to complete the look and also has a
helpful tip for applying decals.
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Lorenzo Cassinadri
is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa P-47D-27 Thunderbolt. Lorenzo
added everything I enjoy about these WW2 fighters....D-Day stripes
and sexy noseart. Lorenzo paid much attention to detail
including touching up the noseart to make "Angie" look
more sexy as well as doing so much more with fantastic
results.
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Wednesday,
Oct 15 2008 |
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Tigre
del Aire is here from Colombia with his memories of Jimmy
Gálvez,. this is his article entitled "A
friend who goes first: Jimmy Gálvez, IPMS Guayaqui`s
President". |
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Alan
Williamson is here with something that always looks
good. This is his 1/48 Tamiya Bf-109E-4/7 Trop finished
off with a weathered paint chipped paint job on a desert
diorama base complete with figure and a Kubelwagen. |
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Tejo
Damai Santoso is here with his first article on ARC.
This is his 1/72 Condor MiG-21UM Mongol finished in a
silver finish with panels in different shades of silver to add
realism. I'm very impressed how well this MiG-21 looks
and I hope to see more of Tejo's models on ARC in the future.
Welcome to ARC Tejo!!! |
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar took on the challenge of the limited run 1/48
Classic Airframes Blenheim IV. Rafi found this kit
challenging, but he persisted and turned out a very fine
looking Blenheim IV. |
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Istvan
Zoldag joins us here on ARC with his first article.
This is his 1/72 Italeri A-10A Thunderbolt II complete
in the classic A-10 camo and I must say the finished kit looks
very good including the cockpit. Welcome to ARC Istvan!!!
I look forward to seeing more of your models on ARC. |
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I
have a preview of the new 1/72 F/A-18C Werewolves of Beaufort
decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features enough markings for three complete
aircraft from VMFA-122. VMFA-122 has just recently changed
their monicker from the Crusaders to the Werewolves and they have some
new tail art to kick it all off! |
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Zactomodels
has a new set of resin
1/32 MiG-29K/M Exhausts. I'm eagerly awaiting by my
mailbox for the review sample to arrive, but until then you can see
the set on their site. These are designed for the
1/32 Trumpeter MiG-29 kit. |
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr. is
here with a review of the new Kagero-Messerschmitt
Bf-109E- Vol. I
book. |
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Tuesday,
Oct 14
2008 |
Anniversary of X-1 Supersonic Flight - Oct 14 1947 |
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I was very saddened to hear my close friend
Jimmy Galvez
had a sudden heart attack this past weekend at the XXIII
National Contest in
Guayaquil, Ecuador. The show was cancelled on the spot. Jimmy and I originally met at the Atlanta
Nationals in 2005.....click the link to read more about
Jimmy....he will be missed very much.
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Serge Dompierre
is here with 1/48 Hobbycraft Mig-17. Serge finished
off this good looking MiG in the markings for the famous pilot Colonel
NguyenToon with the North Vietnamese Air Force.
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Claudio Moncada
is here with a very well done 1/72 Revell P-47D Thunderbolt.
Claudio found this kit
to be very easy to build and it was given a bare metal finish
complete with careful weathering and tinting.
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John Lingwood
deserves a round of applause for the job he did on his 1/144 Revell Harrier AV8B.
John put plenty of effort into his tiny Harrier and I must say it
came out looking GREAT!!!
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Bob Herbert
has put quite a bit of effort into his 1/48 Tamiya A1-H Skyraider.
Bob detailed the cockpit and added a full weapons load and markings
with artwork and finished it off with weathering to complete the
look.
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I
have a review of the new 1/72
F-105D Wrap Around Thuds decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This
sheet features three complete sets of markings for the famous
wrap-around schemes from Hill AFB. My Karma, Stardust and
Desert Fox are all represented on this sheet.
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I
have a review of the new 1/48
MAW Hornets Part III decal sheet from MAW
Decals.
This
new decal sheet includes markings for 4 different 1/48 F/A-18D's
including 3 different USMC Squadrons including 2 with hi-viz
markings as well as 2 line jets.
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Gabriel Stern
is here with a review if a new book by Paolo Miana called "L'ala di gabbiano con la finezza di uno
Stradivario" ("Seagull wing with the finesse of a
Stradivarius").
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Monday,
Oct 13
2008 |
US Navy's birthday |
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No update today.
Sunday was Thanksgiving here in Canada and then in the evening we had a
massive electrical black out that affected a few cities in my area
(including my own city) and left us without power, which made working on
today's update rather difficult.
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Sunday, Oct
12 2008 |
Bali
Bombing Terrorist Bombing in Nightclub Bali, Indonesia (2002) |
Spain National Day |
Equatorial Guinea National Day |
Canada Thanksgiving Day - Happy Turkey Day Everyone |
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Ray Hemenway
has dropped by today with his big 1/32 Revell BF-109G6. Not
only did Ray get his 109 looking top notch but he displayed it on a
nicely done diorama base complete with figures he modified to look
correct with this 109.
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Oliver Weston
is here with with something quite unique. This is his 1/72 KP Yakovlev Yak-23
with civilian registration. Oliver tells the whole story
behind the Yak-23 and why his sharp looking model has civilian
registration numbers.
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Saturday,
Oct 11 2008 |
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Dan McWilliams
has a passion for the F-5 and today he something a bit
different. this is his is 1/48 Revell F-5E Tiger II
finished off in Swiss air Force markings. Dan has very high
regards for this Revell kit.
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Gabriel Stern
is here to show you the wonders of aviation design from 1935.
this is his Scratch-built 1/72 Mc Gaffey AV8 Aviate and I
must admit I am quite impressed by this one........no straight parts
on the whole model. Gabriel's article tells the whole story of
this cute little aircraft.
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Friday,
Oct 10
2008 |
Fiji National Day |
Republic of China National Day |
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I've added a link to PLATZ
Co.,LTD in Japan http://www.platz-hobby.com/.
They focus heavily on 1/144 aircraft kits, decals and photo
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Dragan Cvetic
starts your Friday update with his nicely done 1/72 Italeri Hawk
T.1. Dragan did add extra details to dress up the 2 seat
cockpit and finished it off in attractive 2 tone green camo made
from custom mixed paints.
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Helinton Luis Costa
has been busy building 2 Buffalo models These are the 1/72
Hasegawa Brewster F2A-2 & Airfix Model 339E finished off in
American and RAAF markings complete with weathering and other subtle
work to bring the models to life.
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Oliver Weston
is adding to his Cold War collection with his 1/72
Cooperativa Sukhoi SU-9B. Oliver finished his Su-9 in a
silver bare metal finish and completed it with Soviet markings.
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Warren Osborne
is here with his BIG 1/24
Heller JU87 B2 Stuka. This is the classic Airfix kit which
Warren airbrushed free hand in that very effective desert camo.
He finished off the faded paint scheme with weathering and
paint chipping.
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Thursday,
Oct 9
2008 |
Uganda Independence Day |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These Eurofighter photos were taken by Wally Van Winkle. |
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I've added
a link to Stormo
Decals to the ARC Manufacturers links page. They focus
on decals for mostly Italian aircraft. So if you're into those
complicated Italian camo schemes from WW2, then you should check
them out. |
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Burt Gustafson
gets things going today with his sharp looking 1/72
Hasegawa F-14B Tomcat. Burt gave his F-14 a full weapons
load to give it some teeth and finished it off in Jolly Rogers Final
Cruise markings. I never tire seeing Jolly Rogers
F-14's......beautifully done Burt.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar has done a wonderful
job weathering his 1/48
Accurate Miniatures SB2U-3 Vindicator. Rafi found this kit
to be less of a joy to build than the other
Accurate Miniatures kits, but he still turned out a darn fine
looking Vindicator with all the careful weathering Rafi is well
known for.
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Paolo Yuen
is here with something different today. This is his 1/700 Hasegawa Akagi
done up with a full load of planes and extra detail include tiny
crew members. This carrier was part of the Pearl Harbor attack
and was sunk in the Battle of Midway.
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Leonard
Prakasam is
here with his article honouring the Indian Air Force. This is
Leonard's 1/48 Academy Mig-21MF dressed up with an Aires
resin cockpit and scratchbuilt details and finished it off with a
great looking camo scheme and Indian Air Force markings. Originally
posted yesterday, but was added to the update later in the day. |
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Wednesday,
Oct 8
2008 |
Croatia Independence Day |
India - Indian Air Force Day |
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Billy
Crisler is here with a Press Release
about the latest edition of Aerospace Modeler Magazine. |
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Leonard Prakasam
starts today's special update with his article honouring the
Indian Air Force. This is Leonard's 1/48 Academy Mig-21MF
dressed up with
an Aires resin cockpit and scratchbuilt details and finished it off
with a great looking camo scheme and Indian Air Force
markings.
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Paul Mortimer
is here with his first article on ARC. Paul calls this
article Finally got some finished! and I think you can figure
out what it's about. Paul has included photos of his Spitfire,
Rafale, P-47, Typhoon and his Wellington. Paul is
an accomplished modeller and he's added extra details to his
models. Welcome to ARC Paul!!!
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Carmel J Attard
is here with his 1/72 Hasegawa F-5, Matchbox F-14, KP Su-25 and COMA F-27
which are all finished in Iranian markings in the desert camo.
Carmel has quite the selection here and there's no denying the fact
these all look great.
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Frank Daniels
has put much effort into adding scratchbuilt detail to his 1/48
DML Fokker E.V. You've got to have a close look at the laminated
wooden prop and the scratchbuilding in the cockpit is a work of art.
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Arifdhani
has been busy rescribing the panel lines on his excellent
looking 1/48
SMER Mig-17. Arifdhani finished off this bare metal MiG-17
in the markings of the Indonesian Air Force with a full weapons
load.
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Tuesday,
Oct 7 2008 |
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I'm
excited to be able to show you the first images for 2 new decal
sheets with noseart from Zotz
Decals.
The first sheet is
the 1/48 & 1/72 Italian F-16 Vipers decal sheet.
The second sheet is
the 1/48
& 1/72 Libby Gals Part 4 with plenty of noseart including
one plane with sexy nose art and another plane with all your
favourite comic book characters including Catwoman.
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Monday,
Oct 6 2008 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob has a huge selection of
info on his October releases and a peek at the decals sheets
for the 1/48 NF-16D Vista and the new 1/48 EF-2000 Typhoon
sheet. |
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Kin
Wong starts off
today with his Hasegawa FW-190 Eggplane. Kin
didn't just build an Eggplane....he added a motor to the nose to run
the propeller and finished it off in the markings for "Lucky
13".
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José Alvarez
is here
today to honor the memory of the victims of a tragic plane
crash. This is his 1/96 Glencoe
"SAETA Ecuador" 1970s Vickers Viscount
in the markings of the actual airliner involved in the crash.
José tells the whole story and describes all the work to make this
very realistic looking airliner.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
has a
passion for the Avro Arrow and today he is here with his 1/48 Hobbycraft CF-105 Avro Arrow.
Shawn tells some of the story behind the Avro Arrow and then
explains some of the short comings of this kit. Shawn still
turned out a finely down model of Avro Arrow #205.
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Daniele Dotti
is here with something different today. This is the 1/72 Italeri RQ-1 Predator
finished in Italian markings. Daniele added some extra details to
make this Predator more accurate.
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Sunday, Oct
5 2008 |
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Don Bryans
is here with a very special 1/72 Revell Handley-Page Halifax.
This
aircraft crashed on a mission during WW2 and Don has placed a small
piece of the original aircraft in his model. The nose is the
Aeroclub 'Z' nose and Don has made it possible to swap the nose with
another version. |
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Arifdhani
has done an exceptionally nice job on his 1/48 Academy SU-30.
Arifdhani did a very fine job shading the panel
lines. The markings are from HI-decal and this Su-30 wears the
markings for the Indonesian Air Force.
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Saturday,
Oct 4
2008 |
Lesotho National Day |
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Dan Hamilton
kicks off today's update with his article entitled Thunderbird Support: The 1950's.
Dan has included a 1/72 Thunderbird car with his 2 Thunderbird
aircraft for quite the creative collection of models. Very
cool Dan!!!
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Steve Eggers
has added extra detail to his very nicely done 1/32 Testors YF-22 Advanced Technology Fighter.
Steve dressed up the cockpit with scratchbuilt detail and then
finished his prototype with markings from a Twobobs sheet.
This is YF-22 is big!!!
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Friday,
Oct 3
2008 |
Germany National Day |
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Gabriel Stern
is here with a milestone. This is his 100th
article on the Internet. This is his
Scratch-built
1/72 Arnoux Simplex Racer -1922 which is an odd little
plane and I know you'll get a kick out of seeing it.
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Dan McWilliams
dropped by today with his 1/48 Fujimi CF-5D. Dan
knows this jet from first hand experience and he put some very
successful effort into creating this bare metal beauty with added
cockpit detail.
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Mark L. Rossmann
has taken an older model of the 1/48 Monogram B-25J-11 and
redone the markings from a sheet he had in his collection.
Mark picked a B-25 loaded with gun from 1945 with very nice results.
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with his 1/72 Italeri MiG-23 ML. Dragon added
extra cockpit detail and rescribed the panel lines and finished it
off in Yugoslavian markings with quite the sharp looking 3 colour
camo scheme.
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Thursday,
Oct 2
2008 |
Guinea Independence Day |
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Dan Radford
is here for
the first time today with his 1/72 Shackleton MR Mk2.
Dan added scratchbuilt detail, aftermarket photo etch and even made
his own decals to produce this excellent looking model of an
aircraft flown by his Uncle. Welcome to ARC Dan!!!
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Thierry JACQUES
has been busy building two 1/72 N.A F86K Sabredogs
in French service. One of these is the Special Hobby kit and
the other is built with the Model Art conversion
kit. You've got to have a look at the realistic weathering on
these models Thierry got everything perfect.
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Tigre del Aire
has been busy
building his scratchbuilt Armed Kayaba Ka-Go. This is a
what-if model of this Japanese aircraft as it would have appeared in
German service.
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KNES Armin
has been busy
getting things right on his 1/48 Academy MiG-21PF.
Armin built this kit before and this time around he knew what to do
to get it looking just right.
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Wednesday,
Oct 1 2008 |
People's Republic of China National Day |
Cyprus Independence Day |
Nigeria Independence Day |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These F-16 Vista jet photos were taken by Bob
Sanchez himself. Way to go Bob!!!. |
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Serge Dompierre
begins today with
his very cool looking 1/48 Monogram Mig-15. Serge finished it
off in the colourful paint scheme of the Peoples Republic of China's
aerobatic team at Nankin in 1958.
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Paolo Yuen
has been busy
building the detail rich 1/48 Eduard BF-110C. As you'll see in
Paolo's photos.....this Eduard kit builds into a very fine looking
Bf-110.
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Fabrice "Eliminator" MICHEL
is a big Tomcat
fan and today he is here with 4 of his 1/32
Tamiya F-14As and F-14Ds. Fabrice has a good selection of
F-14's in his article and all with resin detail parts.
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Phillip Steele
is here with his very delicate little 1/72
Hasegawa Kawanishi Type 94-1 (Alf). Phillip used
different shades of aluminum paint and careful weathering to add
realism to his bi-plane float plane.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos
is here with part 1 of his article on the
recent1st "Hel.Mo." Model Show 2008. This part of the article
contains photos of Aircraft, Armour, Diorama models and
general model show photos. |
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos
is here with part 2 of his article on the recent 1st "Hel.Mo." Model Show 2008.
This part of the article contains photos of Figure, Ship and
Auto models. |
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