| Thursday, May
23 2013 |
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Jessica Cooper
is here with an exceptional 1/48 Revell F-86D.
Jessica gives a very helpful and informative article about the build
and how she achieved such an exceptional finish and even includes
photos showing the whole build process....which is fascinating to
see. |
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Jorge Andres Rivas Krause
joins us with his very very tiny and highly detailed 1/700 S-Model Imperial Chinese Navy Chen
Yuen, 1894.
It is absolutely stunning to see a model with this much detail in
such a tiny scale. I loved every photo and found the history
of this ship quite interesting. |
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Artur
Oslizlo is here today with another of his gems. This is
his beautifully weathered 1/48 ArkModels Yak-7B. Artur
dressed up the cockpit with some part from Part PE and then finished
his Russian fighter with an amazing weathering job. I can
almost smell the gasoline and motor oil when I look at his photos. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27ER - AA-10 Alamo-C missiles from Zactomodels.
This resin set
includes 2 complete missiles and can be used on a variety of Russian
jets.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-23 (Flogger) - Pitot Tube
from
Master.
This pitot tube is suitable for all
1/32 MiG-23
(Flogger) - Pitot Tube (all variants except MLD version).
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Ju 87B Stuka Pitot Tube
from
QuickBoost.
These pitot tubes are designed for the Trumpeter kit.
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Wednesday,
May 22
2013 |
Yemen National Day
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Amin Ghazzaoui
has done an exceptional job
on his late war 1/48 Hobby Boss Hellcat F6F 5.
Amin posed his Hellcat with folded wings on a carrier deck
diorama complete with other models to see the scene. |
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Axel Grundmann
joins us today with his flawless 1/48 Tarangus Saab J32A Lansen.
Axel captured the look of the Saab J32A Lansen
perfectly with his model and as you will see in his photos....the Tarangus
kit builds into an amazing model in the hands of a skilled modeller
like Axel. |
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Carmel J Attard
is here with his very informative article about the building of his
1/72 Execuform Convair C-131F. Carmel tells the history
and special mods for his model as well as providing you with plenty
of photos to help you truly enjoy his Convair C-131F. I know I
sure enjoyed seeing it. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
B-25H Gun Barrels from QuickBoost.
These resin gun barrels are designed
for the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-15 Dry Transfer Stencils from Hobby
Decal. |
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Floyd
S. Werner, Jr.
is here with a product
article for the Army
Air Forces Combat Weekly Digests 26-30- World War II DVD from Victory
Films.
You
can purchase this DVD from from Wade
Meyer Studios
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Tuesday,
May 21
2013 |
Anniversary of the Chilean Navy and the anniversary of the Iquique´s
Naval Combat (South Pacific War, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia)
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
starts today with his sharp looking RCAF 1/48 Revell F-86 Sabre. Shawn
used the Leading Egde decal sheet and included photos of his Sabre/
Vampire/ CT-133 that were all built using this decal sheet.
His Sabre looks great as do his other 2 "City of Montreal"
jets.
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Bartosz Piotrowski
joins us with photos of his excellent looking 1/72 Fujimi Nakajima Ki43-I
"Hayabusa. The markings for this fighter are for Oct.
1942 Hanoi AB/Indo-China. I love the look of this Hayabusa. |
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Dragan Cvetic
has done a fantastic job weathering and detailing his 1/72 Italeri MiG-29 9-12.
Dragan did extra detailing to get his MiG-29 looking more
detailed and more accurate and finished it off as a Yugoslav jet
with Lift Here decals and an amazing weathering job. Wow....it
looks perfect. |
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Here's a product article
for the Embraer
E-190LR (PH-EZD) - KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines / Netherlands print from
Deployment
Productions. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 A-4 Skyhawk Ejection Seat with Safety Belts from
QuickBoost. |
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Sunday, May 19
2013 |
Turkish Remembrance of Ataturk and Youth Day for Turkey
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Muhammad Farouk S. Tan
has been busy adding first class detail to his 1/72 Italeri F-5A.
Farouk chose an F-5 from the Pililippines and gave it a
wonderful baremetal finish. I love to see Philippine aircraft
on ARC and this F-5 is a treat to see. |
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| Saturday,
May 18
2013 |
US Armed Forces Appreciation Day
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| Friday,
May 17
2013 |
Norway Constitution Day
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| Thursday, May 16
2013 |
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Dambusters Raid |
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Donn A. Wells M.D.
gets things started today with one of the coolest looking jets
ever made. This is the tiny 1/144 Dragon X-29 in all
it's glory. It looks great and it is hard to believe this is a
tiny 1/144 model...the detail of this model is fantastic. Nice
job Donn. |
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Jens Gerber
joins us today with a very special test aircraft. Jens added
an Eduard photo etch cockpit set to his 1/48 Hobbycraft Polikarpov I 16 Type 18
and chose the markings for a test aircraft on skis with the
Finnish Air Force in 1940. Check out the wonderful detail on
the skis. |
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Jean-Charles
Goddet has done a stunning job on his 1/72 Hobbyboss Dassault
Rafale M. Jean-Charles
added drop tanks and a full weapons load plus an amazing weathering
job to complete this amazing Rafale. He then displayed it on a
carrier deck base complete with patches.....I love the whole
display. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27T - AA-10 Alamo-B missiles from Zactomodels.
This
missile set is the Vympel R-27T - AA-10 Alamo-B missile has been
carried by a variety of Russian jets including the MiG-29, Su-27,
Su-30. This
resin set includes 2 complete missiles.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
FRS. 1 Sea Harrier Pylons from QuickBoost.
These pylons are designed for the Airfix kit.
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Wednesday,
May 15 2013 |
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Lee, Seok Joo
gets today started in style with his super detailed 1/48 Airfix TSR.2.
Seok Joo used plenty of
detail items including Wolfpack (cockpit,
avionics, and wheels) and CMK (cockpit, canopy, wheel bays, engine,
air-brake, flaps, and landing gear strut) to give his TSR.2 a
fantastic level of detail. His model was then finished with a
full weathering job. Wow....enjoy the photos.
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Amin Ghazzaoui
has done a stunning job on his bare metal 1/48 Academy P-38J.
Amin gave his P-38 a full weapons load and finished it with nose
art to complete. This is an exceptional looking P-38 and I
love the look of this Lightning. |
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Philipp
has got everything looking perfect on his 1/48 Revell U.S.A. Republic F-105D "Arkansas
Traveller". Philipp dressed up the cockpit with
scratchbuilt details with great success and finished off his Thud in
a faded war worn SEA camo scheme which looks just like the
real jets from that time period. Simply amazing work Philipp. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Japanese Gunsight WW II Gunsight Type 98
from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
ROKAF KF-16 Dry Transfer Stencils from Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Dassault Mirage III and Mirage 5 - Pitot Tube from
Master.
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Tuesday,
May 14
2013 |
Paraguay Independence Day
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| Monday,
May 13 2013 |
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Philipp
gets your week started with his big and beautifully done 1/48 Airfix Martin B-57G Canberra "Night Intruder".
Philipp added scratchbuilt detail to the cockpit, bomb
bays and wheel wells plus correct US bombs before finishing it all
off in a flawless camo scheme complete with chipped
paint. Simply perfect.
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Douglas Conrady
is here with an exceptionally special 1/350 L' Arsenal EC-130E.
The scale is a rare one for a Hercules and the subject matter is
equally special. This is one of the aircraft used in Operation
Eagle Claw (the attempted rescue mission of the US hostages in
Iran). The EC-130E mods were all carefully done on this tiny model
and Douglas tells the story of the mission and model build in his
article. I loved seeing this one Douglas.
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Shawn phantom
Weiler is also here with a historic aircraft. This is
his 1/48 Hasegawa RF-4E, Phantom #160 in the markings for a
Turkish recon bird shot down by Syria last year. Shawn was able to
build his Phantom with the help of Hi Decal Line.....wow Phantom
160?!?!?.....I am impressed Shawn.
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Zoltan Pocza is here with a product
article for the EA-6B
Prowler VAQ-133 Wizards, NG500 / 163399 / 2011 print
from Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Bf 109F Early seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost. |
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Friday, May
10 2013 |
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Lee, Seok Joo
is here with his big and beautiful 1/32
Trumpeter F-14D Grim Reapers.
Seok Joo gave his Tomcat a full weathering job so it looks like the real jet
and finished it off with VF-101 Grim Reapers markings from the
Fightertown decals. WOW WOW WOW...I love this F-14!!!
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Cyril Worley
has done extensive detailing on his 1/32 Revell DH98 Mosquito FB Mk
VI. Cyril has opened one of the engines and given it full
wiring and plumbing and done other detailing to bring his Mossie to
life. Enjoy the photos....I know I sure did..
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Artur Oslizlo/Arkady72
has done a stunning job on his Danish 1/48 Hasegawa SaaB RF-35 Draken.
Artur used a Aires resin cockpit and then finished it off with
an amazing paint and weathering job. This is a great looking
Draken.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Su-25 Frogfoot decal sheet from Authentic
Decals. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Bf 109E Gun Barrels from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Airfix
kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-25 Frogfoot interior photo etch detail set from Eduard
Model Accessories. This
set is designed for the Trumpeter kit.
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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Thursday, May 9
2013 |
Liberation
Day for the Channel Islands May 9 1945 |
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Jens Gerber
gets today's update
started in style with his fantastic looking 1/48 Revell Me 163 B Komet.
Jens dressed up the detail with different items including Eduard
photo etch seat belts and then finished it all off with a flawless
camo paint job complete with subtle weathering.
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Vitor Sousa
did an extra amount of detailing to his 1/72 HobbyBoss SH-60B Seahawk HSL-49
Scorpions to make it truly exceptional. But it didn't stop
there, he also finished it with a perfect paint job that gives his
chopper a wonderfully realistic appearance. I love the work
Victor did on his Seahawk.
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Bartosz Piotrowski
is here with a very historic Su-15. This is his 1/72
AMODEL Su-15TM
in the markings for the interceptor that shot down Korean Airlines
Flight 007 back in 1983 with the tragic loss of so many innocent
lives. I remember this event well and it is very special to
see the Su-17 that was involved in this sad event. Beautiful
work Bartosz.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
A6M5 Zero Exhaust resin set from QuickBoost.
These exhausts are designed for the
Tamiya kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Commonwealth CA-15 Kangaroo model kit from Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
The markings are for an Australian prototype.
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Wednesday,
May 8
2013 |
V.E.
Day - Victory in Europe 1945 |
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an impressive
job detailing and weathering his 1/72 Airfix A-4B. This
Skyhawk is loaded with 3 bombs and the long range tanks to permit it
to do bombing missions during the Falklands War. The
weathering is excellent on this A-4.
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Axel Grundmann
is here with a very cool looking 1/48 IBEX T-6A Texan II.
The camo scheme and markings are for a Mexican trainer using Zotz
Decals and I must say I really do like the look of the gray camo on
this Mexican Texan II. I love Mexican aircraft.
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Donn A. Wells M.D.
reworked critical areas of the 1/72 Hobbyboss F9F- 5 Panther
to get a much more pleasing model of this Korean war
jet. I was quite impressed with the photo of the cockpit, but
as you read Donn's article you will see there was plenty of work
done to this model. Simply beautiful.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-60 - AA-8 Aphid missile from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
CF-101 'Voodoo' Special Markings decal sheet
from
WINTERVALLEY.
This new CF-101 Voodoo decal sheet from provides markings and stencils to
complete 4 CF-101 Voodoo's in special aircraft paint schemes. This decal
sheet is also available in 1/72 scale.
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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| Tuesday,
May 7 2013 |
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Michael Keogh
gets things fired up today with his 1/48 Monogram F-80 Shooting Star.
Michael chose to build his Shoot Star with the access panel open
and the tail cone off to fully display the engine. No doubt
about it...these older Monogram kit build into beautiful models as
Michael has shown.
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Fred Smith
is here with his fully operational 1/16 UH-1N Twin Huey.
This is an R/C Huey with all the complexity you would expect
from an R/C model along with all the wonderful detail you would
expect from a static scale model. This model is the absolute
best of both worlds....I love it.
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Burt Gustafson
is here with his excellent looking and very colorful 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18E Super Hornet.
Burt built his Super Hornet out of the box to his usual very
high standard. I always enjoy seeing Burt's latest Model on
ARC. Simply lovely.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
A6M Zero Dry Transfer Stencils from
Hobby
Decal. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Bf 110E Exhaust resin set from QuickBoost.
This is designed for the Eduard kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-4 Phantom II (long nose versions) detail set from
Master.
This detail set features Pitot Tube, Ram Air Inlet and Angle of Attack
Probe (3pcs) machined out of metal. This set is suitable for the
F-4E, F, G, EJ and recce variants RF-4B, C, E, EJ.
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In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily photo and a daily joke.
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Cameroon National Day 
Cuba Independence Day 
Russia - End of Great Patriotic War 
Malta gets Spitfires 64 Spitfires are ferried to Malta by USS Wasp 
