Friday, July
31 2015 |
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Thursday, July
30 2015 |
Vanuatu Independence Day |
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Mark Chen joins
us today from Singapore with his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C Block 30 “Arctic Bandit”.
Mark did some extra detailing and scratchbuilding and finished his
Viper in the cool looking 3 colour paint scheme used in Alaska.
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Ray Hemenway has
done a stellar job on his 1/28 Revell Triplane.
Ray finished his Tri-plane in the markings of the plane that Werner
Voss lost his life in.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar is
here with his flawless 1/48 FM Vautour IIB.
Rafi finished this classic jet in Israeli markings. I love
seeing Rafi's latest model.
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Wednesday, July
29 2015 |
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Yvan
Vansteenkiste dropped by the ARC
Corporate office in Belgium today with a very special 1/32
Tamiya Greek F16 C.
Yvan used his high skill level to turn this into a
stunning model of a Greek F-16.
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Karl W Branson
has done a stellar job on his 1/48 Tamiya Gloster Meteor F.3.
Karl had a grand time building his Meteor and added some scratchbuilt
details and fixed a few things before finishing his Meteor in the
classic late WW2 camo colours of the RAF. No doubt about it this
is one classy looking Meteor and beautifully finished.
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Maurizio Bressan
joins us with his 1/48 Italeri USCG HH-60J Jayhawk.
This Jayhawk caused quite the stir on the ARC Discussion forums and
today Maurizio is here to tell you about his attractive looking USCG
Jayhawk and all about some of the super detailing he did to create it.
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Tuesday, July
28 2015 |
Peru Independence Day |
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Scott Vomacka gets
things going today with his attractive 1/48 Hobby Boss F/A-18C.
Scott did quite a bit of kitbashing on his Hornet as well as adding
aftermarket goodies and finishing it off with Twobobs decals for the
"Golden
Dragons".
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Raul Corral
has
been busy doing a conversion on his 1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109
G6/AS.
Raul finished his model with much skill and finished it in the
markings for a Luftwaffe ace.
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Steve Eggers is
here with quite the in-flight diorama of the MPC Incom T-65 X-Wing
Fighter.
Steve provides some very interesting history on the X-wing which I
know will be an interest to all you sci-fi fans out there. Steve
also goes into very fascinating detail about building this great
looking X-wing fighter and it's Death star base.
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Monday, July
27 2015 |
Korean
War Armistice Date 1953 |
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Saturday, July
25 2015 |
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Friday, July
24 2015 |
Just a small update
today....I'm getting ready for my trip to the UK to meet up my
daughter for 10 days of touring around England....visiting relatives
and seeing the sights. She's returning from 7 weeks of
volunteer work in Rwanda tutoring local business owners.
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Vince Pedulla of ModelerV Studios
starts today's update with his 8th article on ARC. Vince
used the classic 1/48 AMT F7F-7N Tigercat to create his
heavily weathered Korean war night fighter complete with it's
weathered and worn away paint scheme. Vince explains his very
successful process to get these amazing results.....it really is
quite fantastic how this weathered Tigercat looks. I'm deeply
impressed how well this Tigercat turned out. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with something special today. This is his 1/72 Mastercraft Su-20
with rescribed panel lines and added detailing in the cockpit
and gear bays along with improved gun barrels.
Dragan then chose the attractive looking Egyptian camo scheme to
finish his 'Fitter'. Very nicely done indeed. |
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Thursday, July
23 2015 |
Egypt National Day |
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David Mielke starts
today's update with his stunning 1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair II.
David added some aftermarket decals with hi-viz markings and a
sharks mouth to better show off the intake on this classic jet. David
used a variety of weathering techniques to complete his USN
A-7E. I love the look of this one David and am excited to see
more of your models on ARC in the future.
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Mike
Pattison has been very busy getting some eye popping detail
added to his 1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 Corsair. Mike opened up
one of the gun bays on the wings and added full detail and left the
engine cowlings off to show off all the detail his model has to
offer. He finished all this off with full weathering to show
what these planes endured during flight operations in the hot
Pacific. She's a beauty Mike. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 Hawker Typhoon Mk. lb Late Stabilizer from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Lancaster Bristol Engines conversion set from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 Kfz. 385 Opel Blitz wheel set (late 8-bolt type)
from SBS
Model.
This detail set is designed for
the Italeri/Tamiya kit.
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Wednesday, July
22 2015 |
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M.J.
Gormley is back in great form with his stunning 1/48 Airfix English Electric Lightning.
Mark gave his lightning an exceptionally well done bare metal
finish and then chose a beautiful set of markings to complete this
gem. Mark also used a very effective technique for darkening
the panel lines and he explains the process in his article. It
is a special treat to have Mark's Lightning on ARC. |
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Colin Latta
joins us from Canada with his extensively detailed 1/48 Classic Airframes Dornier Do17Z-2.
Colin added plenty of detail to the highly visible cockpit and
then turned his attention to adding scratchbuilt detail to the gear
bays and engines and other areas of his bomber including new gun
barrels. The Classic Airframes kits do offer interesting
subjects with plenty of resin detail parts etc if you are a patient
modeller with a bit of skill to complete the project. Colin
spent 1 year off and on building this beauty and his efforts were
well rewarded......this is one very sharp looking Do-17.
Excellent work Colin. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F4U-1 Corsair Undercarriage Covers from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
AIM-9LM Sidewinder Missiles from
Zactomodels.
Each sets
includes 2 complete missiles with electrical umbilicals and seeker
head covers.
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Tuesday, July
21 2015 |
Belgium Independence Day |
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Greg Kerry
is here with a special scene from the mud and destruction of the
Great War. This is Greg diorama of a gun crew racing across
the wasteland past a crashed 1/72 Revell Fokker DVII in an
action packed moment. Greg explains how he achieved the
excellent results in his groundwork.
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Burt Gustafson
has done a top notch job on his 1/48 Hasegawa EA-18G Growler.
Burt added photo etch seatbelts and finished his Growler in the
markings for a CAG jet with VAQ-130 Zappers with it's excellent
looking tailart. Nicely done Burt.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
German WW II bombs SC 1000 "Herrman" from
CMK.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SIAI SM.82 resin cockpit set + vacu canopy from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Italeri kit.
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George Athanasiadis
is here from Greece with something very special today.
George is a painting Tech with the Greek Air Force and this 1/32 Academy F-16C
is a scale model of the latest 1/1 aircraft George recently painted
in a special 341 Sqn Anniversary scheme. George has also
included photos of the real jet being painted. His model is
exceptional....George is a very skilled painter in 1/32 or 1/1
scale. Beautiful work George...it's a honour to see your 4th
model on ARC. |
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Jens Gerber
joins us from Germany with one of the more attractive camo schemes
from WW2. This is his 1/48 Eduard Bf 109 E3 / 7 in a
desert camo scheme from North Africa, which was a very effective
paint scheme when you compare it to the local vegetation and
soil. Jens does beautiful work and this is his 64 model
article on ARC.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hawker Typhoon Exhausts from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Sunday, July
19 2015 |
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Saturday, July
18 2015 |
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Friday, July
17 2015 |
Iraq Republic Day |
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Nat Krairojananan
starts today in style with the newest version of the F-16.
This is his 1/72 Tamiya-Hasegawa F-16E Block 60 Desert Viper made
from kitbashing the Tamiya and Hasegawa kits with plenty of extra
skill to pull this whole project together. This F-16 is
finished in the markings for the United Arab Emirates complete with
perfect wearing and a weapons load and drop tanks. The
conformal fuel tanks certainly change the look of the F-16. I
love the look of this U.A.E. F-16.
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Jens Gerber
joins us from Germany with his 63rd model on ARC. This is his
1/48 Hobby Boss Me 262 B1a / U1 finished a a 2 seater night
interceptor. Jens did quite a bit of work on the cockpit and
posed the canopy in the open position which shows off his detailing
very well. Jens did a wonderful job on the complicated camo on
his 262....it look perfect.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F/A-18E Super Hornet exhaust nozzles - closed from
Aires.
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Thursday, July
16 2015 |
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Paul Bica
starts today with his first article on ARC with a very
interesting model of a vehicle from over 100 years ago. This
is Paul's 1/32 Eddie Models Coanda 1910 Sled. This sled
was used by Russian royalty for motor-sled races. Paul's model
captures this odd little sled beautifully and the snowy diorama base
completes the look perfectly with the utmost realism. Welcome
to ARC Paul.
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Eduard Boxem is
here with his 6th model on ARC. This is Eduard's 1/32 Italeri Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
finished to a very high standard to represent a Royal Netherlands
Air Force Starfighter that was lost in 1964. Eduard included the
history of the Dutch 104's along with the tragic story of this
particular jet. Eduard is a skilled modeller and I know you
will enjoy seeing his big F-104.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Lancaster Bristol Engines conversion set from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Sukhoi S-37 cockpit set from
Neomega.
This detail set is designed for
the Italieri/Revell/Zvezda
kits.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Fire drums and buckets from
Aerobonus. |
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Wednesday, July
15 2015 |
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David Mielke
starts today with his 8th article on ARC, This is his
beautifully finished 1/48
Hasegawa F-4B Phantom II is wearing the markings for a MiG
killer CAG jet with VF-51. David has a passion for the
Phantom and it is a special treat to see this one on ARC. |
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Carmel J. Attard
is here with a special post war Royal Navy trainer in it's
bright paint scheme. This is Carmel's 1/72
Pegsus Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21 modified into the naval
version and finished with quite the eye catch hi visibility paint
scheme. Carmel's work on this Sea Balliol T.21 is flawless and
a joy to see. This was a rare plane and an even more rare
model. Thanks for sharing Carmel. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Spitfire Mk. V Exhaust from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/35
OH-58D Kiowa Exterior Detail Set from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the MRC/Academy kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
P2V-7 Neptune resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa/Revell kit.
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Tuesday, July
14 2015 |
France National Day |
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Mike Pattison
is here with his eye popping detail rich 1/32 Dragon P-51K.
Mike added seatbelts to the cockpit and dressed up the engine
with scratchbuilt detailing. Then to pull the whole project
together, Mike gave it a foil finish and a full weapons load and
colorful markings for the famous "Yoxford Boys" with the
USAF during WW2. Beautiful work Mike.
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Tolga Ülgür
dropped by the ARC Corporate Offices in Turkey with his sharp
looking 1/48 Kinetic F-5A Freedom Fighter. Tolga
dressed up the detail in the cockpit with a new instrument panel and
ejection seat and then finished it all in a great looking camo for a
Turkish jet with just the perfect amount of weathering. I love
how this F-5 looks.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-17PF gun barrels & Pitot Tubes from Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Imperial Japanese Naval Bombs 50kg from
CMK.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hawker Typhoon Radiator from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Monday, July
13 2015 |
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Mark L.
Rossmann gets things started with his Phantom from the Land of
the Rising Sun. This is Mark's "Far East Phantom"
1/48 Hasegawa F-4EJ kai with special markings that include a
sharks mouth and tailart. Mark tell the history of these
upgrade Phantoms with their enhanced capabilities. Beautiful
as always Mark...this is your 54th article on ARC.. |
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Kees
Kuyper is here from the Netherlands with his "what-if"
1/72 KLM Oostzee Osprey. It's good to see the Osprey in
civilian service.....I love it. Kees tells the full story in
his article.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Instrument Decals for US Navy Aircraft from
airscale.
This decal sheet gives you a vast selection of individual
instruments for F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, TBM Avenger,
SBD Dauntless and common to most USN / USMC types
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5F/N Defenders of the Conch Republic decal sheet from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This new decal sheet features 7 adversary F-5's with the US Navy
Adversary program.
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Sunday, July
12 2015 |
Sao Tome and Principe Independence Day |
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Saturday, July
11 2015 |
Mongolia National Celebration Day |
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Friday, July
10 2015 |
Invasion
of Sicily - Allied Landings at Sicily in 1943 |
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Greg Kerry
(chinagreg) starts today with his 1/144 Academy F-14 posed
in a carrier deck diorama complete with tractors and crew
figures. Greg has a flare for action packed diorama scenes and
this one is beautifully done and very cool to see.
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Jens Gerber
is here with his 1/48 Dragon Fw 190 A5 / U12 in a very eye
catching paint scheme. This 190 is from the middle of the war
and Jens gave it some added details and then did an excellent job on
the painting. I love the look of this white tailed 190.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
DFS Weihe / VT-3 Vázka model kit from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This model
kit includes markings for 8 gliders.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
No.352 RAF Squadron decal sheet from
Balkan
Models.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 8 different 1/48
Spitfires with No.352 RAF Squadron (Yugoslav pilots).
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Thursday, July
9 2015 |
Argentina Independence Day |
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S K Loh
did quite a bit of work rebuilding his 1/72 Sepecat Jaguar GR3.
The markings he chose were for an RAF bird complete with
"The Saint" logo on the tail using custom made
decals. I'm quite impressed with the amount of work that was
put into this model. |
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Kim Hunn Tae
is here with his first article on ARC. This is the 1/32 UH-72A Lakota
in US Army markings for a medievac chopper with excellent detail.
Welcome to ARC Kim Hunn Tae...it is a beautiful 1/32 UH-72A Lakota. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Adjustable mechanic seat from
Aerobonus. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
T-28 Trojan wheel bays from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Roden kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SAAB J35E Draken resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa/Revell kit.
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Wednesday, July
8 2015 |
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Carmel J. Attard
starts today with a very interesting model. This is his
1/72 Project X Maintrack Hangar Productions Northrop A-9A, which
is the aircraft that competed with the A-10 Warthog. The A-10
was chosen over the A-9A. This is vac-u-formed kit and Carmel
got the whole amazing project built and completed in 1 week to a
very high standard. Carmel tells the history of this little
known aircraft as well as what was involved to pull this fascinating
project together. Thanks for sharing Carmel....your article
was a very enjoyable read. |
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Ian Foulkes
joins us with his 4th model on ARC. This is his 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Pr Mk Ia
that he built with the Pavla conversion set. Ian explains the
process to create his sharp looking photos recon Spitfire with some
added pointers to build your model correctly. Ian finished off
his Spitfire with weathering including exhaust stains and chipped
paint to complete the look of this photo recon gem. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
SBD-3 Dauntless Engine from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-14 Tomcat Fuel Tank Pylons
from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-17A/P/F gun barrels & Pitot Tubes from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Imperial Japanese Naval Bombs 250 kg from
CMK.
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Thomas Brückelt
is here with his second article on ARC. This is his what-if
1/100 Plasticart Tu-95TJ "Thunderbear" modified in a
variety of ways using a combination of kit bashing and
scratchbuilding. It's a good looking Bear that is a very
creative design. Very cool project Thomas.
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Frederic Cottin
joins us with something to make the Tomcat fans smile.
This is his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat IRIAF in the last air
superiority camo, which is quite the good looking scheme. It's
good to see this Tomcat on ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
T-28 Trojan cockpit set from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Roden kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
U.S. Army aircraft mechanic WWII - Pacific theatre from
Aerobonus.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hawker Typhoon Radiator with Dust Filter from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Carmel J. Attard
gets things fired up today with his 1/72 Frog M.S.406
finished in Rising Decal's Croatian markings from WW2. Carmel tell
the history of these Croatian Ms 406's in Croat AF service and
Partizan AF service. It's a fascinating history from these
dark days during the second world war. His model is built from
the old Frog kit, but Carmel has the skill and passion to turn these
older kits into remarkable scale models.
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Ian Buick
joins us in style with his 1/72 Revell Typhoon FGR.4
in No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron, Royal Air Force markings. Ian has
a talent for building the Revell Typhoon and you will see that when
you view the photos of this beauty. Ian gave his Typhoon a
full weapons load to show the ability of this amazing jet.
This is Ian's 15 article on ARC and I always enjoy seeing his latest
model on ARC...he does great work.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Fokker D.VII Part decal sheet from
Lifelike
Decals.
This decal sheet features four different Fokker D.VII's. This is
Part 4 of a series dealing with the Fokker D.VII in German
markings from June 1918 to November 1918.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
JAS-39C Gripen cockpit set from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Kitty Hawk kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
FOD Drums from
Aerobonus.
You have a choice or 3 different paint options and the decals are
included for each option.
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Happy
4th
to
all
the
American
ARC'ers
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Dragan Cvetic
starts this special July 4th update with his stunning looking 1/48 Revell SB2C Helldiver.
Dragan is a master at weathering and you can see that on his
beautifully weather Helldiver. Dragan has high praise for this
Revell kit. Beautiful work Dragan. |
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Shawn phantom Weiler
joins us on this 4th with his USMC 1/48 Hasegawa F-4S Phantom #178.
Shawn built his Phantom mostly OOB and finished it off with MAW
decals for a USMC bird with VMFA-232 "Red Devils". This is a
perfect addition to this special update....well done Shawn. |
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Friday, July
3 2015 |
Belarus Independence Day |
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Thursday, July
2 2015 |
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Happy Canada Day to all
the ARC Canucks |
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Shawn phantom Weiler
starts this special Canada day update with his 1/48 Hasegawa CF-18 Hornet, #63.
Shawn modified his Canadian Hornet to replicate an airshow CF-18
that flew with this Battle of Britain 75th anniversary scheme.
Shawn explains the mods he did to replicate this aircraft which is
painted up to look like one of the few from that hot summer or
1940. Happy Canada Day Shawn. |
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Harv
has a sharp looking 1/72 Italeri FWSAR C-27J Spartan
wearing a Canadian SAR scheme. Harv used a combination of
decals from Leading Edge and other sources to pull this attractive
project together in 3 short days. I love the look of
it. Happy Canada Day
Harv. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Hawker Hunter Air Brake from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-14 Intake Correction Set from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Typhoon single seater resin cockpit set + vacu canopy from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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