Tuesday,
Mar 31 2009 |
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Pierre Christian Baudru
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his
1/72 Hobby Boss F-86F-30.
Pierre did some scratchbuilding and then used 2 shades of Alclad to
give his Sabre a multi-shaded bare metal finish.
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Aaron Ronquillo
has done plenty of extra work to improve the finished results of his
fine looking 1/48
Hobbycraft Polikarpov I-16 (Type 24). Aaron built his Polikarpov
with passion and that really shows when you read his article and
then look at the finished model. Nicely done Aaron.
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Laurent “Angus” Beauvais
has gone the extra mile building and finishing his
1/48 Italeri SR-71 A Blackbird. This included re-scribing
the panellines before giving it a weathered look jsut like the real
aircraft had. I love how this Blackbird turned out.
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Istvan Hunyadi (Hunyo)
joins us from Hungary with his 1/72 Italeri UH-34D Seahorse.
Istvan dirtied his UH-34 with pastel chalks to give it the realistic
look and finished it in USMC markings to represent as it looked in
the early 60's in Vietnam. A nice touch was curving the blades
to a more natural look.
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Erik Kidd
is here with something we don't see often enough. This is his 1/72 ESCI
MiG-29
finished off in the markings for the Islamic Republic of Iran Air
Force. Erik custom mixed the paints and finished it with
weathering to add realism.
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Daco
Products is currently having a
Clearance
sale on the remaining copies of their
Eye
On The Tigers book by Danny Coremans and The Tiger team.
This book is half price and currently selling for only
10 Euro. Drop by their site
and pick one up while you can. There's a review on
ARC you can see by clicking
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I have a review of the new 1/48
J35/J Draken resin cockpit set from Aires.
If you're building a Draken, then you really should consider this
resin cockpit.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Lightning F1/F1A/F2/F3 Stencils from Barracudacals.
These stencils are a vast improvement over the kit stencils.
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Monday,
Mar 30 2009 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob has a new Korean F-15 decal
sheet in the works as well as an F-15A Satellite Killer
decal sheet. He's also got news on an upcoming F/A-18E
Fighting Fourteenth decal sheet with some wild tail art. I
can't wait until the new Buckeye kit is released from Twobobs. |
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Alvis 3.1 starts
your week with a model that is not silly. This is his 1/72 Revell Ho-229
built up into a fine example of this German Flying wing. I
did notice Alvis used the #13 on his model.
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Jerry Hawhee (Old Blind Dog)
has been busy build car models recently but today he's joining us
with his latest aircraft model. This is his
1/72
Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair
done up in Jerry's usual fine style. Jerry has a very high
opinion of this Tamiya kit.
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Manfred 'Fredy' Tukot
is back on ARC with another of his scratchbuilt masterpieces.
This latest one is his 1/48 Scratchbuilt Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten
trainer
done up completely from scratch. Wow.....this is an amazing
project and the finished model looks fantastic......thankfully he
included plenty of photos.
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Curt Waffle
has been busy for the past 2 years creating his cut-away
1/48 Monogram B-29. Curt did an extreme amount of work
detailing the interior of his B-29......the research and work
involved must have be staggering. I really do like how this
one turned out.
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Jesse Hosmer
joins us with his sharp looking 1/72 Revell F-14A. Jesse
was inspired by one of my favourite movies and built his Tomcat as
one of the F-14's from the movie Final. A great movie and
a great looking model
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I have a review of the new 1/48
VF-101 Grim Reapers Part 2 decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals. This new decal sheet includes markings
for 3 different 1/48 F-14A/B/D's with VF-101 Grim Reapers.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Part 3 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals. This
is Part 3 of a series dealing with the Spitfire from August
1942 in England to March 1943 in Libya.
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Floyd
S. Werner, Jr. is here with a
review of the Army
Air Forces Newsreels-1939 DVD from Victory
Films.
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Friday,
Mar 27 2009 |
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Jean-Charles GODDET
starts your Friday update with his 1/72 Hasegawa Mitsubishi F-15J.
This is the famous Japanese white dragon paint scheme that has
got to be one of the best looking paint schemes worn by the
F-15. Jean-Charles did a lovely job getting it looking right.
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Franz Galli (father)
is here with his 1/32 Hasegawa P-51D Mustang. Franz
gave his Mustang a multi-shaded finish which really adds to the
realism of this model.
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Federico Kunz
is here with a great looking little airliner. This is
his 1/144 Revell Avro RJ85 flybe
which came out looking excellent. I do like the look of this
airliner.
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Carmel J Attard
has done a very nice job on his 1/72 Pavla Models P-43 Lancer.
This is a limited run multi-media kit, but that didn't cause Carmel
any concern. He finished his Lancer in RAAF markings.
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Federico Kunz
joins us from sunny Mexico
City
with his 1/72 Harrier Gr3.
This is one of the Harriers that served in the Falklands
and Federico explains what was required to build his Harrier
to get such good results.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
resin Jettisonable tanks or Air-to-Air rocket containers from Maestro
Models Conversions and available from Rebell
Hobby. |
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Thursday,
Mar 26
2009 |
Bangladesh Independence and National Day |
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Renato Dias
is here from warm Brazil with his Scratchbuilt Apollo Module.
Renato built this model just to practice his scratchbuilding skills
and I must say I sure do like how well it turned out.
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Raul Corral has a
high opinion of the 1/48 Airfix Bf-109 F-4 Trop. He
built his 109 mostly out of the box and finished it off in the
desert scheme I enjoy so much. I do like how well he did the
exhaust stains on the side of the fuselage.
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Chuck Sawyer
has been busy building,
detailing and finishing his 1/32 Tamiya F-16CJ. Chuck
added Eduard photo-etched interior bits
and Two Bobs
decals to really complete his big F-16. And then finished
it off with just the right amount of weathering.
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Brett Prusso
is here with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48 Monogram
AC-47
that he did quite a bit of extra work on and the finished model
really looks much better thanks to the extra work Brett put into his
AC-47. Welcome to ARC Brett and I hope to see more of your
models on ARC in the future.
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Boris Bilyk
joins us from Russia with his 1/48 HobbyBoss A-10A Thunderbolt II.
Boris put extra work detailing his A-10 and the finished model
looks fantastic.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
World F-8J Crusaders Legend of the Seas decal sheet from Zotz
Decals.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
resin engine cowling for K-36 Cap (Czech built Fi 156) from QuickBoost.
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Wednesday,
Mar 25
2009 |
Greece Independence Day |
Royal Navy - Sea Mosquito first carrier landings (1944) |
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Peter Athanasopoulos
is here from Greece to mark the Hellenic Independence Day with his 1/48 Revell F-84G
Thunderjet. Peter shows he has much talent for baremetal
finishes and his F-84 came out looking perfect......of course...Hellenic
Air Force markings always look good on a model.
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Giannis Doxas is
also here from Greece to mark the Hellenic Independence Day with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E A.U.P Phantom.
Giannis added aftermarket parts for the gun, cockpit and
exhausts to super detail his Phantom before giving it the flawless
paint job I would expect to see on a Hellenic Air Force Phantom.
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Carmel J Attard
joins us from Malta with another of his masterpieces. This is
Carmel's 1/72 Hasegawa Grumman E-1 Tracer
that he did a huge amount of work to create. Carmel is an
advanced modeller that doesn't shy away from complicated projects
and you'll see that when you read his article. Amazing work
Carmel.
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Eric Cook
joins us with his SAAF 1/48 Italeri SAAB
Gripen. Eric has a clear thinking approach that helps him
get things looking right on this project. My hat is off to you
Eric.
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Robert T. Rio
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices in the Philippines with his 1/72 Academy Zero and Hobby Boss Hellcat.
Robert built both of his dog fighters in a hotel room with
very limited supplies, but that didn't stop him from creating
something very special.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F-16A/B/N NSAWC & Topgun decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 5 different 1/48
F-16A/B/N's NSAWC & Topgun.....these are the USN F-16's.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Mil Mi-8 wheels and paint masks from Aires.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Spitfire Mk I - Mk V Stencils from Barracudacals.
You get 2 full sets of stencils. |
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Tuesday,
Mar 24 2009 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter
is up. Bob has news on the new Buckeye kit as well and new
decal sheets that include Drakens, Cobras, F-15, A-7, F-18 and
AH-64....there are plenty of great paint schemes on these
upcoming decal sheets. |
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Francisco "Manimal" Lara
is here from sunny Spain with his 1/32 Special Hobby X-15A-2 Warlock.
This carefully weathered X-15 wears a
fictional artwork on the tail for Warlock, a heavy metal band now
called Doro. Francisco custom made the artwork to get the X-15
he always wanted.
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José Alvarez
is here with his 1/72 Arii T-41 Turkish “Mescalero”esc.
done up in the markings for the Turkish
Air Training School. I've built this kit and it is a nasty
little kit as José found out, but he stuck with it and turn it into
a great looking model.
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Michael Jack
is here to blow your mind with his 1/144 Scratch built Apollo Saturn V Mobile launch platform.
This Mobile launch platform is 110cm (43.3") tall and made up
of a huge number of pieces of plastic. Wow......I'm stunned by
the level of detail required to produce this 8 year project.
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Jim Birchfield has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48 Monogram A-26B Invader.
Jim has a talent for these older kit and I really do like the look
of this weathered bare metal finish on his Invader. And of
course Jim made sure it had noseart.
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John Huijding
had a grand time building his 1/72 Academy F-86E Sabre El Diablo.
John has very high regard for this kit and the job he did on his
1/72 Sabre is quite exceptional. His article will explain to
you all the high points of the Academy kit and what he did to turn
it into such a great looking bare metal Korean War Sabre. And
yes.......his jet does have artwork.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
F-8J VF-24 Crusaders Nose art in Vietnam decal sheet from Zotz
Decals.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Ki-84 Hayate Part 1 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals. |
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Monday,
Mar 23
2009 |
Pakistan Day |
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Fabien Antonietti
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/72 Hasegawa Lockheed F-104J Starfighter in Japanese
markings. Welcome to ARC Fabien, I look
forward to seeing more of your models on ARC!!!
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Charles Johnson
did some effective scratchbuilding and kitbashing to create his
1/72 Testors/Italeri RC-130A. This is an A model Herc which
required backdating the H model kit. Charles pulled it off
very well with great results.
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Boris Bilyk
joins us from Russia with his 1/32 Tamiya F-16C Fighting
Fulkrum. This is the big F-16 kit in
one of the better looking paint schemes worn by the F-16 and given
an excellent weathering job. He then finished it off with Twobobs
decals.
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Richard Chang
did a beautiful
job building, detailing and finishing his 1/72 ROCAF E-2T Hawkeye. Richard
built his Hawkete as a Taiwan air force aircraft and he was careful
to get the details right on his Tiawanese version of this aircraft.
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Egerton Foster
is here with his 1/48 Italeri Phantom RF4E.
Egerton finished his Phantom with his new
airbrush and chose to go with the ever popular and great looking
Luftwaffe markings. Egerton didn't find the fit perfect
on this kit but that didn't stop him from turning out a first class
model.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F/A-18C VFA-94 Mighty Shrikes decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 2 different 1/48
F-18C's with VFA-94 Mighty Shrikes.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
VMF-225/VMA-225 Part 1 decal sheet from Impact
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 5 different 1/48 piston
engined aircraft that served with VMF-225/VMA-225.
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Saturday,
Mar 21
2009 |
Namibia Independence Day |
Chile - Anniversary of the Chilean Air Force |
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Friday,
Mar 20
2009 |
Tunisia National Day |
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Small
Shop is having a St Patricks Day 10% off sale all this
week on all their products. If you use Photo Etch, then you
owe it to yourself to add one of their high quality photo etch
bending tools to your work bench. I've got one and I
love it. |
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Yufei Mao
has gone the extra mile on his 1/72 Bilek MiG-19PM Farmer. Rescribed
panel lines and weathering and one amazing bare metal finish makes
this Czechoslovak jet look fantastic.
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here with his sharp looking
1/48 Accurate Miniatures B-25C Mitchell
complete with sexy noseart using Zotz
Decals. This particular B-25 served in
Tunisia .......which fit nicely with today's national day.
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Dan McWilliams
is here to make you grin with his BIG
1/32 Tamiya F-4D. You've got to check out the weapons load
on Dan's Phantom......this baby is LOADED!!! Nice one Dan!!!
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Greg Long
has been busy
building a very sharp looking 1/48 Academy CH-46. I really
like how this one turned out. Greg finished it off with Zotz
Decals.
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Gokhan Eren
joins us from Turkey with his 1/72 Academy F-16. This
is a Turkish Air Force F-16 in NATO Tiger Meet 2007 markings.
Gokhan added an LED light to the nose gear. Wow....this came
out looking very good.....with a great looking Tiger Meet tailart.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
F/A-18 Hornet elevators from QuickBoost. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Fokker D.VII Part 1 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals. This sheet includes 4 different
aircraft......one has Dragon artwork. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
EC-135H, B-2A, A-37B, A-7K and F-100D decal sheet from Wolfpak
Decals. You get 5 different
aircraft on this decal sheet including a B-2. |
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Thursday,
Mar 19 2009 |
No update today.
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Wednesday,
Mar 18 2009 |
I'd like to extend
Happy Birthday wishes to ARC Super Moderator Terry
Summer. Terry is celebrating the anniversary of his 39th birthday..........for
the 18th time.
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Yufei Mao
is here with today's first model. This is his 1/72 Zvezda MiG-31B
Foxhound
which has been seriously reworked and detailed and was the feature
of a recent magazine article. Grab a warm drink and
enjoy the photos.
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Pierre Christian Baudru
has done a first class job on his 1/72 Revell RAF P-51B Malcolm Hood Mustang.
Pierre finished it in a multi-shade bare metal finish complete
with RAF markings.
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Burt Gustafson
is here with his very appealing 1/72 Hobby Boss A-7E Corsair.
Burt built his Corsair II out of the box and finished it in one
of those easy on the eyes colourful paint schemes I enjoy so much.
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Rob Finn
is here from Australia with one of the classic airliners. This
is his 1/72 Heller DC-6B
finished off in the attractive colour of Ansett - ANA ( Ansett
Airways and Australian National Airways). Rob gave his model
the proper finished with bare metal and weathering in just the right
places.
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Warren Osborne
has done an exceptional job on his 1/48 Airfix Buccaneer.
Warren detailed his Buccaneer, dropped the flaps and posed it on
section of the deck of the HMS Ark Royal. Warren has a very
good trick for attaching the tail ...read his article to learn more.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
TBM Avenger wheels and paint masks from Aires.
This latest release features 2 resin wheels and painting masks for the
TBM Avenger from Hasegawa.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
VF-101 Grim Reapers F-14A/B/D decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 3 different 1/32 F-14's
with VF-101 Grim Reapers in 7 different paint schemes.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Mad Ducks decal sheet from Wolfpak
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 7 different 1/72
aircraft with Duck markings....B-25B, B-1B, FB-111A, CH-47D, B-52G,
B-24J all with some sort of artwork.....including 2 B-25's from the
famous Doolitte raid.
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Tuesday,
Mar 17
2009 |
Ireland - St. Patrick's Day |
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Small
Shop is having a St Patricks Day 10% off sale all this
week on all their products. If you use Photo Etch, then you
owe it to yourself to add one of their high quality photo etch
bending tools to your work bench. I've got one and I
love it. |
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Roy McKay
begins this very special day with his massive Irish Air Corps Collection.
Wow.....I am in total awe of the huge selection of aircraft used
by Ireland. You rock Roy.....Happy St Patricks Day!!!
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Roy McKay
is also here today with his Irish Aviation in 1/144 scale.
If you build airliners then you're going to love these....also one
of them is in Jaguar markings for you Jaguar car aficionados.
Nicely done Roy.
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Artur Oslizlo
is here with his wonderful looking 1/48 Italeri SH-60B Seahawk Scorpions.
Artur added interior and exterior photo etch sets to super
detail his Seahawk and then finished it off with a colourful and
weathered paint job.
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J.C. Bahr
is here to mark St Patricks day with his 1/72 Special Hobby North American F-86H Sabre Hog.
And yes......this sharp looking Sabre has a Shamrock on the
tail....gotta' love that.
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Stefan Costel
has done a great job on
his 1/72 Hasegawa RA-5C Vigilante. Stefan folded the
wings and tail as it would appear on the carrier. These are
quite the big jet.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
SB2C Helldivers decal sheet from Victory
Productions. This new decal sheet includes markings for
17 different options for the late model Helldivers in 1/48
scale. Buy it before it is sold out. |
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Tom
Stewart is here with a review of the new 1/48
Saab Viggen Intake Covers from Two
Mikes Resin Accessories. These resin intakes covers
drop into your kit intakes for that parked aircraft look. |
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I have a review of the new 1/48
A6M5a Zero Exhaust resin set from QuickBoost.
This latest release features a complete set of resin exhausts for
the A6M5a Zero from Tamiya. |
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I have a review of the new
1/48 resin Short Intakes J35A/B/C from Rebell
Hobby. This new set of resin intakes permits you to
convert E/F Draken into a J35A/B/C with the short intakes.
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Monday,
Mar 16 2009 |
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Rafi Ben-Shahar
has taken his
1/48 Eduard Focke wulf Fw 190A-5
and added a fully detailed resin engine to his 190.
Wow......this must have caused more than a bit of grief to build
this project. Rafi did it up to his usual very high standards.
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PJ from Brazil
joins us with his excellent looking 1/48 Airfix Canberra B (I) Mk 8.
PJ finished his Canberra in the markings of a jet from the Fuerza
Aerea Peruana (Peruvian Air Force). PJ also tells the
ill-fated story of this plane and it's crew.
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Frank Harmon
is here with his dramatic photos of his very nicely done 1/48 Revell B-17F.
Frank did some digital editing to his photos to create a scene
of a crippled bomber making for home.....
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Juno Oh
has taken the 1/48 Italeri F-22A
and turned it into a beautifully done Raptor. Juno tells how
he did the paint scheme on his F-22....which is always a tricky
thing on the F-22.
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Terry Chan
has been busy doing an
exceptionally nice job building and finishing his 1/32 Trumpeter F-100D.
Terry went with a silver
finish and Terry tells all his tricks to how he pulled of such a
great looking finish on his big Hun. Nice one Terry!!!
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I have a review of the new 1/32
F-8E/H Crusader resin cockpit set from Aires.
This new release features a complete resin cockpit for the 1/32
F-8E/H Crusader. |
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I have a review of the new
1/32
VF-24 Renegades Last Rage decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for the same jet at 2
different times during it's operational career with VF-24. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
IAF B-17G 'Flying Fortress', PBY-5A Catalina and Bristol Beaufighter
decal sheet from IsraDecal.
This decal sheet includes markings
for 12 aircraft. |
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Friday,
Mar 13 2009 |
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Amanda Jones is
here with her first article on ARC. This is her 1/48 Hasegawa Typhoon Mk.1B
complete in D-Day stripes which I enjoy so much. Amanda built
her Typhoon out of the box with airbrushed stripes and weathering
outstanding results. Welcome to ARC Amanda and I look forward
to seeing more of your work on ARC in the future!!!
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Fabrizio Frassica has
been busy with his 1/48 Tamiya Me-262 A1 which is finished in
the markings for one the the Luftwaffe's top scoring Aces.
Fabrizio used a black base coat before applying the camo, which
makes it possible to get creative on shading the camo paint as
you'll see on this very well shaded paint job.
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Dave Lochead
joins us with his brightly painted 1/48 Racing Mustang "Red Baron".
This is a special kit from Kiwi Resin by Darryl Gardiner.
These racing aircraft were modified to improve performance and as
you'll see with this Mustang......they are quite different from the
WW2 fighters and the paint jobs make them really stand out. I
really like how this one turned out.
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Jean-Charles Goddet is
here to make you smile with his great looking 1/72 Italeri F5E Tiger II.
This special VFC-13 Fighting Saints F-5 is painted in the
adversary paint scheme which is always a treat to see. The
decals are from TwoBobs
and are just one of the many
Adversary decals available from Twobobs.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
J35F1 Red Dragons decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. This sheet features two complete
sets of stencil data and aircraft markings for these very colorful,
red Drakens. |
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Thursday,
Mar 12
2009 |
Mauritius Independence Day |
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Bill Bunting has done a
marvelous job detailing and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya A6M5/5a Zero.
Bill has high regards for this kit and I must say I sure do like how
his Zero turned out.
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Istvan Zoldag has done an outstanding
job building and weathering his 1/48 Revell F-15E Strike Eagle.
Istvan added Eduard photo etched parts to complete the detailing on
his sharp looking F-15.
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Alex Kontiveis is
here with spectacular 1/24 VFS P-40C Tomahawk. This is
not just any P-40....this is one of the P-40's that got off the
ground during the Pearl Harbor attack. Alex tells the whole
story as well as what was involved building his limited run model
kit. The detail Alex added has to be seen to be believed.
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Leonard Prakasam joins
us with an article that was originally intended for India's Republic
day. This is Leonard's 1/72 Revell Hawker Hunter F56 finished
off in one of this excellent looking camo schemes worn by the Indian
Air Force.
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Gareth Phua
joins us with his very
nicely done1/48 Hasegawa RAF Phantom FGR.2.
Gareth added some resin seats to dress up
the cockpit and then gave it one of those beautifully shaded paint
jobs and finished it off in RAF markings.
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Here's a first
look at the new 1/32 F-8 Crusaders Legends of the Seas
decal
sheet from Zotz
Decals. This 1/32 decal sheet features 2 different
F-8J Crusaders.....one is a USN bird from 1972 with and the other is
a jet with the French Navy in 1999.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
resin SAAB Viggen Corrected Intakes from Two
Mikes Resin Accessories. Viggen accessories....way to go
Mike!!! |
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I have a review of the new 1/144
F-14 VF-84 VF-103 Jolly Rogers decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals. This new decal sheet
includes markings for 3 different 1/48 F-18F's with VFA-103 Jolly
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Wednesday,
Mar 11
2009 |
Lithuania Independence Day |
Train
bombings in Spain 2004 |
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Cuneyt Ozen
joins
us from Turkey with his 1/72 Academy F-16 Kaplan Filo. This
F-16 is done up in the usual nice quality we expect from Cuneyt Ozen
and finished off in the markings for the Turkish Air Force.
BTW....for those of you that don't know....
Kaplan Filo is Turkey's Tiger Squadron. Kaplan Filo (Squadron
192) was established in 1948 flying P-47's.
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Mario Araneda
is
here with his first 1/48 scale model. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa Chilean
(FACH) P-47. Mario did some extra scratchbuilding in the
cockpit to dress up his FACH Thunderbolt. It's always good to
see aircraft in Chilean markings.......variety is the spice of life.
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Warren Osborne
is
here to show you what a beauty the 1/48 Airfix Lightning F6 model
kit is. Warren built this one mostly out of the box only
adding a resin seat. Markings include a sharks mouth but the
real beauty is the job he did pre-shading the panel lines before
completing his weathering and finishing job. Wow....this one
is a beaut!!!
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Jim Birchfield
has
gone the extra mile on his 1/48 Monogram B-26K Nimrod. Jim
used a variety of aftermarket items to reworks his model and also
added scratchbuilt detailing to his B-26 before finishing it in US
SEA camo. Nicely done Jim!!!
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Tuesday,
Mar 10 2009 |
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Alessandro Biagetti joins
us from Florenz, Italy with his 1/72 Italeri Fiat BR.20 Cicogna.
Alessandro dressed up the interior with photo etch and gave it
one of those great looking camo schemes the Italians were famous for
during WW2. Alessandro displayed his Fiat on a diorama
base complete with an Opel truck.
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Dennis Brackett is
here with something very special today. This is his 1/72 Fujimi TA-4J
painted up with the silhouette of a MiG-17. This may look
easy......but it's actually a very difficult paint job to pull
off. Dennis weathered his jet and displayed it flying the
desert canyons of it's natural environment.
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Jeremy Spradlin has
a passion for the F2G Corsair and today he is here with his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures F2G Corsair.
Jeremy wasn't satisfied just building this kit out of the box,
so he folded one wing and did plenty of other detailing to bring his
Corsair to life including engine detailing....with very good
results.
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Derrick Ng joins us
for the first time on ARC today. Derrick is from Hong Kong and
this is his 1/72 Tamiya General Dynamics F-16D made up into a
very fine looking 2 seater F-16. Looking Good
Derrick.....welcome to ARC!!! I look forward to seeing more of
your work on ARC in the future.
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Here's
a first look at the new 1/32 F-8J VF-24
Crusaders decal sheet from Zotz
Decals. This 1/32 decal sheet features 5 different USN
VF-24 Fighting Renegades F-8J's in high viz markings from 1972.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
F-14A/B Grim Reapers decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals. This new decal sheet includes markings for
3 different 1/72 F-14's with VFA-101 Grim Reapers. |
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Monday,
Mar 9
2009
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Juno Oh gets things
started on your Friday update with an excellent looking 1/48 Italeri Mirage 2000C.
Juno did some extra work to fix a few small details but Juno did
have good comments about this kit from Italeri. Juno then
finished off his Mirage in French Air Force Tiger markings.
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Gabriel Stern is
here with another of his vacformed masterpieces. This is his 1/72 V.L.E Models
vac/multimedia Fokker T-2 Coast-to-coast Flight. Gabriel
offers plenty of tips in his article for making vacformed models.
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Rodrigo Mazzoleni joins
us from warm Brazil with his 1/72 Airfix Vickers Wellington Mk VIII.
Rodrigo did some extra detailing on his Wellington including
rescribing to create a very fine looking example of this classic WW2
bomber.
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J.C. Bahr has put quite a bit of
effort into his sharp looking 1/72 Academy North American F-86F-2 Sabre.
This is a jet from Project Gunval and J.C.
tells the whole story behind Project Gunval as well as what is
involved to create your own Project Gunval Sabre.
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Thursday,
Mar 5 2009 |
Spitfire - Maiden flight of Spitfire in 1936 |
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Simon
Buckland joins us from New Zealand to mark the Maiden Flight of
the Spitfire with his first article on ARC. Simon has
recently re-entered the hobby and this is his beautifully done
1/24 Airfix Spitfire Mk1a. Welcome to ARC Simon.....I look
forward to seeing more of your work on ARC. Your Spitfire came
out looking spot on.
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Ido
Barnea
has done an outstanding
job detailing and finishing his 1/48 Hobby Boss
F-105D. This 105 is finished in the famous Pussy
Galore markings. Ido added plenty of aftermarket detail items
but the thing that really sets this model off is the high quality of
the finishing. It came out looking very good.
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Phillip
Steele has some real talent for building biplanes. Today
he is here with his 1/72 Roden Fokker D VI complete with one
of those wild paint schemes from WW1. Check out the prop
blade......it sure does look like wood.....but it
isn't......amazing. Phillip did quite a bit of work to his
little Fokker.
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Jean-Charles
Goddet is here with something different for him. This is
his eye-catching 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18A Hornet finished
off in the colourful markigns for the RAAF 20 Years. Read
Jean-Charles to learn what the stars mean on this
plane.......interesting.....I always wondered the answer to this.
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Wednesday,
Mar 4 2009
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No update
today......I've been overly pre-occupied with the small lingering
problems on the ARC Forums.
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Tuesday,
Mar 3 2009 |
Bulgaria National Day |
Morocco National Day |
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Fabrizio Frassica
joins us with this excellent looking 1/48 Tamiya He-162 Volksjager.
Fabrizio tells the story of this part wood part metal jet
created in the later stages of WW2.
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Andrew
joins us with his Aircrew display. This is a special
stained glass display cabinet that you must check out. With
the use of mirrors and stained glass, there is the illusion of a
complete roundel on one side of this display case. A very cool
effect. Plus you get to see some of Andrews top notch figures.
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Peter Athanasopoulos
dropped by the ARC Corporate office in Greece with his very nicely done
1/48 Revell F-84F. Peter has done an
exceptionally nice job building and finishing his Thunderstreak and
finished it off in Hellenic Air force markings.
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Tigre del Aire
is here with his Avia S.199 Mezek. This is one of
the more interesting aircraft flown by the Israeli's ands it was
also one of the most dangerous for the pilots. It's good to
see Tigre del Aire's Avia on ARC today.
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Monday,
Mar 2 2009 |
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Jeff Hamel
gets things fired up today with his stunning 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18F Super Hornet.
Believe it or not.....Jeff's Super Hornet is built out of the box.
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Massimo Giugnoli
is here with his Italian 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109 G-6/U4. Massimo
actually took 2 model kit to create this very special kitbash.
Read his article for the full story on this unique model.
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Timothy Choi
has been busy doing a very fine job on his 1/48 Hasegawa J35F
Draken. Timothy is usually a ship modeller, but this
doesn't mean he can't build an aircraft with the best of them.
His Draken came out looking very nice indeed.
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Cuneyt Ozen
is here with one of my favourite kits. This is his 1/12 Italeri F-16
Cockpit
full of all the rich detail you would find on the real 1/1 scale
aircraft. These cockpit kits really are quite cool.
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Here's a
preview of the new 1/48 SB2C Helldivers decal sheet from Victory
Productions. It’s based on the ProModeller/Accurate
Miniatures release of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and features 17
options; from fleet units to post-war Naval Reserve squadrons and
focuses on the -4, -4E and -5 aircraft. |
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I have
some news about the AZTEK® Airbrush System from Testors. |
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Sunday,
Mar 1 2009 |
Wales
- St David's Day |
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