Wednesday, Dec
31 2003
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Jaroslav
Hajecek has built
the 1/32
AERO L159A ALCA. This particular model was not built
from an over-the-counter models kit.....Jaroslav had to work harder
than that to create his L159A.
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Emad
Tabsh joins us with
his 1/48
Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter
MK.VI. A fine example of this
wonderful kit.
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I have
a review of the new book Defenders of Nippon: F-4 Phantom II Kaburaya Books.
This books focuses on the F-4 Phantom II flown by Japan and includes
over 400 colour profiles as well as a wealth of other info.
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I've added
3 websites to the ARC links pages
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Tuesday, Dec
30 2003
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For Dec 31
Celebrations...Here's a
special idea for parents
of young kids.
Put your clocks ahead 3 hours. When the time is 9pm....your clocks
will show 12 midnight. You can toast with your young kids and
celebrate and have them in bed by 9:30pm "real
time".
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Alberto
Robledo
joins us
with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48
Revell Germany Junkers Ju 87 B-2 Stuka
in Desert camo with the famous "Snake" artwork paint
scheme. A very eye catching Stuka.....welcome to ARC Alberto!!
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Jeremy Gould is also
here with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48
Revell F-14D Tomcat. Now.....those of you that own this kit
and have attempted to build this kit know it is a b*tch to
complete. But Jeremy didn't just build it......he finished it
off with a high level of skill and the end result is quite nice.
Welcome to ARC Jeremy!!
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Robert-Jan Willekens
is here with
today's second prop article. This is his 1/48
Spitfire Mk.XIV prototype
done up with the bright yellow
underside. Put on your Sunglasses.
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Darius
Aibara has dropped
by with his 1/48
Trumpeter Su 15 TM 'Flagon F'. Holy heck this plane has a
long nose cone.......Darius finished it off in a bare metal
finish.
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Robert N. Abbott Jr.
has sent in some Lavochkin
La-5 walkaround
photos. Thanks Robert!!
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Monday, Dec
29 2003
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Nepal Birthday of H.M. Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev on December 28 |
"Proclamation Day" in South Australia on December 28 |
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I enjoyed
my time off from daily updates to make some good progress on some
woodworking projects for my kids as well as spending time with them.
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Ted Taylor
joins us from the
UK to get things started after the Christmas Holidays with his
1/48
Tamiya Gloster Meteor F.3. Ted used a very interesting time
saving technique for "Masking" the camo.
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Edward A. Fuquay
is here from the
U.S. with his 1/48
Monogram British SE5A. This model has
quite a bit of history with Ed......sounds like he has an excellent
wife. Nice SE5A....always good to see the WW1 planes on ARC.
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Andy
Lee joins us from Singapore
with his 1/48
Hasegawa T-4 Trainer.
I always enjoy seeing jets in Japanese markings....don't know
why. Andy's T-4 came out very nice indeed.
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Randy Lutz
joins us from Canada with his
1/48
Tamiya Vought Corsair II. Ahhhhh....folded wings always
looks like the most complicated way to go. Well done Randy.
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Sinuhe
Hahn
has sent in some X-31
walkarond photos. Thanks Sinhue.
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Robert
N.Abbott Jr. has
sent in some Hurricane Mk. IIb
walkaround photos. Thanks Robert.
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Friday, Dec
26 2003
Slovenia Independence Day on Dec 26
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I'm taking the rest of the week off to spend time
with my family during the holidays. Updates will begin on Monday Dec
29 2003.
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Wednesday, Dec
24 2003
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First
up......for all the
parents out there with young kids.....check
out this website on Christmas Eve (Dec 24) .....it is updated constantly in the
evening with video of Santa and his Sleigh delivering presents
to various cities around the world. Due to time zones....this
website might be set up for North American time zones....although I'm not
100% sure.
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Alvis
Petrie is here with
his annual Spy report on Santa's ride for this Christmas. Check
out his article to see Santa's
Sleigh 2003 which
happens to be a kitbash of the 1/48 Italeri AH-1Z with a 1/72 Italeri
V-22.
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Alvis
Petrie is also here with an article about Santa's
727 Air-to-Air Tanker for
2003 that will be used to refuel Santa's Sleigh for 2003.
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Tuesday, Dec
23 2003
Birthday of H.I.M. Emperor
Akihito (1933)
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Busolini
Massimo begins today's update with his 1/48
Tamiya A-1H Skyraider. Busolini's Skyraider is beautifully weathered. The exhaust
stains on a Skyraider are famous and to capture them well is a big
challenge. Well done Busolini.
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Creighton
Henthorn Jr.
is
here with his 1/48
Hasegawa A-7E Corsair II. Always good to see another of
Creighton's latest work on ARC. This one includes weathering, a
weapons load and extra detailing.
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Octávio
Mântua
has dropped
by with his 1/72
Heller Alouette III. This one is done up un UN markings from
Santa
Cruz Decals.
It's always good to see
UN markings on aircraft.
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Monday, Dec
22 2003
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Hanukkah began
on Saturday. I'd like to send special belated best wishes to
everyone celebrating Hanukkah.
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Robert-Jan Willekens
has dropped by with
his 1/48
Accurate Miniatures A-36 Invader. The Accurate Miniatures
line of models is well known for fit and high levels of detail.
Robert's A-36 is no exception.......Robert has created a very pleasing
model.
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Emil Varosi
is here today with his second article on ARC. This is Emil's 1/48th
Hobbycraft Avro Arrow. The Avro Arrow is a proud part of
Canadian history and it's always a good thing to see someone has built
a model of this very promising aircraft.
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Darius
Aibara has dropped
by with his 1/48
Magna Models Blackburn Firebrand TF5. Another fantastic
example of a rare aircraft.
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Mike
Jones has sent in
some
E1-B Tracer
walkaround photos.
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Saturday, Dec
20 2003
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Kevin
Jongen kicks off
today with his baremetal 1/48
Academy P-47D Thunderbolt. Kevin's P-47 includes some very
big "Nose Art".
This is a beautifully built Jug....enjoy.
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Wannapong
Ngamkasem is here
with his 1/72
Academy Me-163. Wannapong has also included a carrier for
his Komet. Good to see such a nicely built example of the 1/72
kit.
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Piotr
"Lestat" Puchowski joins
us for the first time today. And he's brought along a perfectly
built 1/48
Accurate Miniatures TBF 1-C Avenger. Thank goodness Piotr
has included plenty of photos so you can get a good look at his
amazing Avenger.
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Friday, Dec
19 2003
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Peter
Doll
is here from
Germany with his kitbash 1/48
Monogram-Heller RF-84F. Peter is what I consider as a master of baremetal finishes. this
latest model from him is his usual amazing level of
perfection.....enjoy.
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Randy
Lutz
is here from
Canada with his 1/48
Eduard Bell P-400 Airacobra. You've seen Randy's work on ARC
in the past and his P-400 is another example of Randy's high skill and
attention to detail.
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Robert
"Glidingbob" Verhegghen
has
dropped by from Belgium with his 1/48
Hughes 500 MD Defender. Interestingly enough....Bob's Hughes
500 is wearing Kenyan Army markings....which is sort of
rare. Beautiful job on this one Bob!!
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Thursday, Dec 18 2003
Niger Proclamation of the Republic
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Mike
Aldridge
joins us
from New Zealand with his 1/48 Tamiya
A-10A. Mike did some pre-shading on the panel lines as well as final
weathering which gave his A-10 an excellent look.
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Jens Gerber
joins
us from Germany with his 1/48
Tamiya Corsair. This one is built more or less out of the box with a resin seat added to improve
the cockpit detail. This is Jens first article on ARC. Welcome to
ARC Jens!!!
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I've updated the F-15E
Crash at RAF Lakenheath story in the story section. The badly injured WSO
did make a full recovery and return to flying. Here's a
link
to an article with more info about this crash.
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Today is a
very special day. It's the 100th Anniversary of controlled powered
flight. There will be a re-enactment of a replica Wright Brothers
"Flyer" recreating that historic flight. There is a very
real possibility this attempt could end in a crash as the original plane
only had a tiny flight envelope. I'd like to wish the pilot a safe
re-enactment. One change is the replica has a black box
installed.
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Alexander
Sidharta couldn't let today
slip by without having a Wright Flyer on ARC. This is Alex's 1/39
Monogram “The Flyer”. He has provided some history as well he talks about the build process for his
"Flyer". I like it Alex.
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Grant Matthews
was also very keen to have his 1/39
Mongram 'Classic' Wright Flyer
on
ARC today on this very historic occasion. Grant has the
"launch ramp" and figures displayed with his
"Flyer". Well done Grant.
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Neil
Commerford
is here
with his first article on ARC. This is Neil's 1/48
Esci Aermacchi MB-326k
Impala MK2 finished
off in South African markings. Looks beautiful Neil.
Welcome to ARC!!!
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Jeff Brundt
begins your day
with part 1 of his 1/32
Hasegawa Fw-190D-9 article. Jeff has provided a detailed
article about his big Dora. Part 2 of Jeff's article will run
tomorrow.
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Creighton
Henthorn Jr. has dropped by with his 1/48
Hasegawa A-4C Skyhawk. Creighton has done some beautiful
detail painting on his A-4 and given in a weapons load to
boot.
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Josh Silver
has dropped by with
his 1/48
Italeri UH-1N. Josh has detailed and weathered his
UH-1N. Looks good Josh.
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Edward
A. Fuquay has finished the 1/48
Tamiya Douglas A-1J Skyraider. Ed has given his Skyraider a
full weapons load and sent in a variety of pics with his
article.
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I have a story
about an
F-15E
Crash at RAF Lakenheath. This includes 7 photos.....4 of these photos
ran a few years ago in the TPC. With the addition of the 3
"new" photos, I thought it was time to put this in the story
section. Anyone know what year this crash happened? I'm pleased to
note that both members of the crew survived.
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Stewart
Bailey is here with the second part of his
Dauntless
SBD-3 walkaround.
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Monday, Dec
15 2003
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Darius
Aibara begins today with his 1/48
Piper Cherokee 140. Once again Darius proves he can easily build any kit. Nice to
have civilian aircraft on ARC to provide good variety.
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Geoff
McDonell is here
with his 1/72
Mach-2 Falcon 20
in Canadian
markings. This is definitely a very interesting paint
scheme. Well done Geoff.
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Robert-Jan Willekens is
here with his 1/48 Hasegawa/Hobbycraft Vought Corsair II. Robert-Jan
combined 2 kits to make his British Corsair and then added a resin cockpit and
resin wheels before giving her the paint and markings for a Corsair in the north
Atlantic. I love the weathering on this one.
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Sunday, Dec
14 2003
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Andy Stark begins
today's update with his 1/87th
Scale C-47. Now you may be
thinking....."C-47....boring"....but you would be wrong. Andy
has done a splendid job shading various panels to give his C-47 quite the
realistic look.....check it out and enjoy.
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Sebastian L is an ARC regular
from the ARC Forums and he's here today with his 1/72
SOKO G-4 Super Galeb. Sebastian finished it in Myanmar
Air Force / Tamdaw Lay markings. Neat looking
plane......excellently done model....from a so-so kit.
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Zachary
Gillon
has sent in
an image of his Digital
F-16 Text Image. Check it out....the F-16 image is made entirely from "text".
Quite amazing.....beats me how this is done.....but it looks very
cool.
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Saturday, Dec
13 2003
Saint Lucia Independence
Day
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Ahson
Aftab joins us
today with his first article on ARC. This
is Ahson's
1/48
Academy F-86 Sabre finished off in Pakistan AF markings.
Good job on the barematel finish Ahson....welcome to ARC!!!
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Alex
Bigey joins us with
his 1/72
Mach 2 AJ-2 Savage. Alex deserves much credit for finishing this kit
and not giving up as he dry fit all the parts. Well done
Alex.
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Friday, Dec
12 2003 |
Kenya Independence Day
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David
Rapasi is here with
a stunning 1/48
Tamiya P-51B. I'm not sure what caught my eye on this one
besides the very nice workmanship......maybe the blue paint...or D-Day
stripes....but I sure do like it.
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Sergei
Galicky has been working off and on for 2
years on his 1/48
KP Su-17M4. He's from Russia and has done a pile of work to
get his SU-17M4 looking just right. Enjoy!!
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Marlon
Guevara joins us from Peru with his 1/72
Intech Mi-2. Marlon finished off his Mi-2 in Peruvian Army markings.
Very nice indeed.
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Stewart
Bailey is here with 52 Douglas
SBD-3 Dauntless walkaround photos.
This aircraft was dragged from a lake and restored to 1943 specs. I have
more pics I'm processing to put ARC of this aircraft.
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Thursday, Dec
11 2003
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Kelly Quirk
is here with his
1/48
Monogram F-105D Thunderchief. When I first saw the pics of this one I thought it was the 1/32
kit. To my surprise this is the old 1/48 Monogram kit....way to
go Kelly.
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Aleksandar Šekularac is here with his first article on ARC.....and
this is a big feature article about his
1/48
Hobbycraft Polikarpov I-16 Early Type-5.
Lots of work went into this model....enjoy. Welcome to ARC
Aleksandar!!
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Hector
Alonso is also here
for the first time today. This is Hector's 1/48
Tamiya A1J Skyraider and
what a beauty it is. Welcome to ARC Hector!!!
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Wednesday, Dec
10 2003
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Constitution
Day in Thailand
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Mr.
Aditep P. joins us from Thailand on
this special day with his 1/72
Classic Planes AU-23 Peacemaker. Aditep finished off his
AU-23 in Thai Air Force markings.
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Mr.
Apirux is here with
his 1/72
Revell Dornier 228 finished in Thailand Navy markings. Have
a Happy Holiday today in Thailand.
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Juan
Ramon Garcia has
combined 3 kits and aftermarket detail items to create his
1/48
kitbash Mirage III CJ. Amazing he got it finished. And
to think some people complain about kits not fitting well.
;-)
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I'd like to
mention a new Group
Build
today. This one is lead by ARC discussion Forum regulars "Tilt"
and Sean Bratton and Colin K. The theme is Tiger Meet aircraft. Go
to the TMOARC
Forum for more info.
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Tuesday, Dec
9 2003
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Patrick
Spitaels begins our
update today with part 1 of his 2 part article on his
1/48
Hasegawa F-16N NSAWC.
This F-16 was built using the
Twobobs
decal sheet and is built and finished to Patrick's usual high
standards. Part 2 runs tomorrow.
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Emad
Tabsh is here today
with his 1/48
Tamiya Bf-109 E3. You'll enjoy this one......very nice and
subtle weathering.
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Kairasp
Daruwala is here with his
first article on ARC. This is Kairasp's 1/48
"F-6 III" built
from a Chinese model kit.......and
finished off in markings for Pakistan's Air Force. Welcome to
ARC Kairasp!!!
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Randy
Lutz
is here with
another of his beauty's today. This is his 1/48
Gavia Lavochkin La-7. It's good to see WW2 Russian aircraft
on ARC.
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As many of you have noticed....late Sunday
evening I did some
reorganizing of the ARC Discussion Forums. The main goal of these changes
was to make things more organized.
Three new Group
Builds were added.
The first one is
sponsored by ARC Sponsor CheapestHobbies.com.
This Group build is devoted to 1919 to 1939 Bi-planes and has prizes supplied by
CheapestHobbies.com.
For more info go to this link.
I'll talk about the other group builds tomorrow.
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Monday, Dec 8 2003 |
No
update today.....I was unable to finish the update because one of my
kids was sick and needed full attention much of the night.
Nothing serious.....but it is impossible to work on ARC and tend to
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Sunday, Dec
7 2003
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Pearl Harbor Anniversary
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Today is
the 62nd anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl
Harbor.
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Steve
Norton
would like
to present his first article on ARC today. This is his 1/48th
Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair
which was an aircraft that played a critical
role in the Pacific war against the Japanese. Steve's Corsair is
weathered and includes some very well done paint chipping.
Welcome to ARC Steve!!!
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Toby
Bird is also here
with his first article today. This is Toby's 1/72
Monogram NB
52A and X 15 which
he built the hard way before Cutting Edge released all the Nb-52
goodies. welcome to ARC Toby!!!
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Saturday, Dec
6 2003
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Finland Independence Day
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David
Smigielski begins
today's in honour of Finland with his 1/48 Academy
MiG-21UM in Finnish markings. David converted his MiG-21
into a two-seater using the Neomega resin set. David custom made
the tailart and then finished his MiG with weathering to get a
realistic look.
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Franck
Oudin is here with
his latest. This is Franck's 1/32
Hasegawa FW190D-9....done up in the
usual high standards we've all come to expect from Franck. It's
always good to see a 1/32 Dora.
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Darius
Aibara is here with his 1/48
Falcon Hawker Seahawk FGA-4. Once again Darius has taken a
less than main stream vac-formed kit
and turned it into a beauty.
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Friday, Dec
5 2003 |
Thailand
National Day (H.M. The King's Birthday)
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Mr.
Apirux is here with his 1/48
Hasegawa F-16A in
special Anniversary Royal Thai Airforce markings to honour this
special day in Thailand. Have a close look at the markings on
this one....they are quite attractive.
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Robert-Jan Willekens
has dropped by with
his 1/48 Hasegawa/Hobbycraft Vought
F4U-4 Corsair. This is a kit bash between the Hasegawa and
Hobbycraft kits with a resin cockpit. Sounds like it was quite
the challenge to build, well worth the effort though, it came out
looking great.
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I
have a review of the 1/72
Royal
Thai Air Force CH-47D Chinook decals
from Siam
Scale Decals. The
jungle camo paint scheme on this decal sheet is quite the eye
grabber. You get enough serial #'s to permit you to build one of ten Royal
Thai Airforce CH-47D's.
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Thursday, Dec
4 2003
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Fancherello
has finished his 1/32
Hasegawa 109 G-6. Fancherello really enjoys building this
kit.....he's built a few of these 109's already. this one is a
beauty like all his others.
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Mario
Serelle is here
with his 1/72
Italeri A-10A “Warthog”
that
he has dedicated to his girlfriend Ana. What a guy!!! She
is sure to be impressed.
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Marlon
Guevara has dropped by with his 1/72 Kopro Mi-8. Marlon chose
to finish his Mi-8 in Peruvian Navy markings using custom made decals.
Marlon added lots of details including wiper blades for the windshield.
Always good to see aircraft in markings from different countries.
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Wednesday, Dec
3 2003
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Michael
Taylor
begins today
with his 1/48
Eduard Pup. This one was built straight out of the
box. It's always good to have a bi-plane on ARC.......variety
keeps things interesting.
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Ewart
Yong
is here with
his highly detailed 1/48
Accurate Minatures TBF-1C Avenger. You'll see it has folded wings and opened up panels......go to Ewart's
article and enjoy his Avenger.
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Jörgen
Toll starts today's
update with his 1/48
Tamiya Spitfire Mk. I.
Jörgen
has detailed the cockpit and added weathering to the paint
scheme. Always good to see a Spitfire.
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Erickson
Ong is here with his first article on
ARC. This is Erickson's 1/72
Italeri F-16C
which
he had quite the interesting time building. Welcome to ARC
Erickson......I'm glad you sent in your F-16.
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David
Rapasi
is here with
his 1/48
Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair. David's Corsair is nicely weathering
and has a slight bit of paint chipping.....very nicely
done.
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Monday, Dec
1 2003 |
Central
Africa National Day
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I'm pleased
to report I got a huge amount of articles archived during the weekend and
I hope to begin archiving articles within 24 hours of them going on
ARC. Thanks for your patience over the weekend.
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Eli Raphael
of
Zotz Decals
begins your week with his 1/32
Academy F/A-18C Hornet. Eli gave his Hornet an amazing weathering job
along with folded wings and a full weapons load. This one has won Eli some
awards.....and after you see his Hornet...you'll understand why.
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Darius Aibara
has
a beautifully done 1/48
Tamiya Douglas A1-H Skyraider with
folded wings. Very nice to see this one.
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Joe
Youngerman is here
with his 1/72
Hasegawa Fw 190F-8.
For markings Joe wanted somethings different, so he went with
Hungarian markings.
Well done Joe.
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