Subject: Re: Submission to ARC
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:07:51 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: paul 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:34 PM
  Subject: Submission to ARC

   "1:48th Monogram F-4J"  
  by "Paul Nortness"
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        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here  

  This is my entry for the F-4 Phantom II 50th Anniversary Group Build. It is a 1:48th scale F-4J from Monogram. When I picked the kit up at the shop, I instantly felt all the nostalgia of building this model as a kid. I was so inspired, I decided to forego the modern techniques and go back to the way I built models 25 years ago as a kid. With the exception of a little putty to fill a large seam on the intake and the use of future, this is what a model would have looked like on my shelf 25 years ago. It is completely OOB (I did have to use SuperScale decals because the kit decals were unusable), I painted the entire model using ModelMaster acrylic Gloss Black with a brush. The only thing that was not brushed was the white landing gears and in the wheel wells....I used a rattle can for that. 

  Click on images below to see larger images 

         Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg   Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg  

  This has been one of my most satisfying builds since returning to the hobby. I smiled almost the entire time I was working on this project. It was one of those projects that makes you sad when it is complete...knowing all there is left is to stick it on your shelf and dust it every once in awhile. Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here  

  Photos and text © by "Paul Nortness"