Thursday, Dec
31 2015 |
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Roderick Vargas
is here with his 1/32 Revell EC145 masterpiece. The
cockpit is scratchbuilt with fantastic results. Then he added
photo etch to and finished his EC-145 in custom markings for a EC145
Florida Hospital Florida Flight 1 air ambulance out of Orlando,
Florida. The scratchbuilt interior
is a joy to see.....every detail is perfect. |
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Carmel J. Attard
is here with a very rare post war prototype. This is his
1/72 MPM XP-56 ‘Black Bullet' in it's bare metal finish.
Carmel tells the history of this short lived prototype that led to
further successful designs plus he tells what was involved to build
this classic kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27ET - AA-10 Alamo-D missiles from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-19PM (Farmer E) Pitot Tube and missile rails nose parts from
Master.
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Wednesday, Dec
30 2015 |
Silly Week
reminder;
I've only got a small number of models for this years Silly
Week......so if you have some to share....please send them in.
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr.
is here with an in-depth experts review of the new 1/48 Eduard Bf-109G-6.
Floyd gives a full run down of this kit and what was involved to
build it. And build it he did....and to his usual very high
standard. It's always a special treat to see Floyd's models on
ARC. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
shows us his "hat trick" with his 1/48 Hobby Craft CT-114 Tutor, times 3.
Shawn is building a variety of Tutors in different paint schemes
reflecting the 50 years of service in the RCAF for this
trainer. I quite enjoyed seeing the three he shows us today. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Airwing
All-Stars Phantoms Part 3 decal sheet from
Furball
Aero Design.
This decal sheet has options for six 1/48 F-4J aircraft, all
painted in the attractive Gull Gray over white scheme. Enough
stencils and data are included to build 2 complete models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-104 Starfighter pylons from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set
includes resin and photo etch parts and a decal sheet.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb Exhausts from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya kits.
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Tuesday, Dec
29 2015 |
No update today.
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Chris Parsons
gets things started today in style with his Monogram "box scale" Cessna 180
floatplane. Chris did quite a bit of extra work on his 185
and then gave it a beautifully applied striped paint job. The
weathering and base do wonders for adding realism. I love
floatplanes. |
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Burt Gustafson
is here with his brightly colored 1/48 Airfix Folland Gnat T.1.
Burt had an excellent time building this Airfix kit and chose the
bright colors and markings for an RAF trainer jet. It looks
sharp from every angle.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Cut-Off Set - Large from
The
Small Shop.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Shenyang J-6/F-6 gun barrels set, & Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Sunday, Dec
27 2015 |
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Saturday, Dec
26 2015 |
Slovenia Independence Day |
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Friday, Dec
25 2015 |
Merry
Christmas Everyone!!!! |
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Thursday, Dec
24 2015 |
Serbian Air Force Day |
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Larry Randel has passed
away. Larry was a core member of The OHMS (Oregon
Historical Modelers Society) and an avid modeler.....he will be
dearly missed by all that knew him. This is very sad news
indeed.
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To
track Santa
on Christmas Eve
with your kids...go to this website
http://www.noradsanta.org/
this is the NORAD Santa tracking website with plenty of great videos
of Santa doing his deliveries on Christmas Eve. He
has already begun his trip.
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Paolo Yuen
has used many many aftermarket sets and 11 months to super
detail his 1/350 Trumpeter USS Franklin CV-13. The Ben
Franklin or "Big Ben" had a great looking camo scheme and
Paolo did a fantastic job getting everything perfect....I loved
seeing the photos and reading about all the detail he
added....AMAZING work Paolo!!! |
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Jens Gerber
joins us from Germany with his 1/48 Hobby Boss Antonov An 2.
Jens added a Eduard PE set and that completed his AN-2 to his usual
high quality and posed it on a grass Tarmac to complete this
beauty. I love the look of his An-2 from every angle. |
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Wednesday, Dec
23 2015 |
Japan - Birthday of H.I.M. Emperor Akihito |
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Richard
Spreckley starts today with a Spitfire
double-header. These are both RAF machines.....one
operating in England and one from Malta. These are
his 1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk1 & MkVb with
aftermarket resin sets and seatbelts and finished with
full weathering. Both of these are spectacular and
built to a very high standard. It's such a joy to
see them. |
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Emre
Tuzun has done a first class job on the classic 1/72
Hasegawa A-10. This Warthog was built out of
the box and given a full weapons load to show the true
intent of the A-10 and then finished with a very
skillful and realistic weathering job. I really
enjoyed seeing the photos of this A-10 on ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27ER - AA-10 Alamo-C missiles from
Zactomodel.
This type of missile has been carried by a variety of Russian
jets. This resin set includes 2 complete missiles.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Gloster Gladiator Control Surfaces from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hawker Hurricane Control Surfaces from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Tuesday, Dec
22 2015 |
No update
today.....my daughter is in town on break from University and I
spent the day with her.
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Monday, Dec 21 2015
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Paulo Castro
begins your week with his very special 1/72 Academy P-40E.
This is a Brazilian P-40 with a stunning weathering
job.....Paulo has done amazing work bringing the 1/72 Academy P-40E
to life. I love the carefully done weathering job. |
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Yvan Vansteenkiste
is here with one of the best tiger schemes I've seen. This
is his 1/72 Revell Tornado ECR "Tigermeet 2011" in
Luftwaffe markings. I know you'll enjoy seeing the photos of
this Tornado.....I certainly enjoyed seeing them. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Extended Roller Set - Use with Brass Assist from
The
Small Shop.
This set
compliments the Deluxe Brass Assist Rolling Set without duplicating
any of the all metal roller set included with the Brass Assist.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Fw 190A-8 engine from Eduard
Model Accessories. This detail set is designed for
the Eduard kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-100 Super Saber Kits (Late) weighted
wheels from
Royale
Resin. |
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Sunday, Dec
20 2015 |
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Saturday, Dec
19 2015 |
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Friday, Dec
18 2015 |
Niger - Proclamation of the Republic |
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Carmel J. Attard
is here with another of his vac-u-formed beauties. This is
his 1/72 Rareplanes AJ-2 Savage complete with 3 crew figures
and a gentle amount of weathering. Carmel does a great job
explaining the process to building a vac-u-formed kit and believe
me....he has plenty of skill and experience at it. |
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Mohammad Adl
did a spectacular weathering job on his 1/144 Revell C-17A Globemaster.
Mohammad add lighting to the interior and exterior which shows
off all his wonderful detailing in the cargo area interior. Mohammad
put a huge amount of effort into his C-17A and it looks fantastic. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Fw 190F-8 wheels from Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
L-29 Delfín nose nitrogen bay from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the AMK kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Mirage IV resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is
designed for
the Heller kit.
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Thursday, Dec
17 2015 |
Bhutan National Day |
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Thomas Brückelt
is here with a What-if model of the 1/72 Airmodel Products Messerschmitt Me
163D.
This rocket powered aircraft was designed to replace the Me 163
Komet but never made it into operational service. Thomas gave
his vac-u-formed model a scratchbuilt cockpit and finished in
markings for an operational aircraft. It's a very cool model
and the first Me 263 on ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-60 - AA-8 Aphid missile from
Zactomodels.
The Vympel R-60 - AA-8 Aphid missile is an infrared homing missile and
is one of the world's smallest air-to-air missiles and was carried by
a variety of Russian jets including the MiG-21, MiG-29.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Shenyang J-6/F-6 - gun barrels set, & Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Type 97 Fighter Part 2 decal sheet from
Lifelike
Decals.
This decal sheet features 6 different Type 97 fighters stationed
in Japan, the Philippines, Mongolia, China and Manchuria in the early
stages of the World War2.
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No update
today...I've come down with a cold and seem to be at the worst of it
today.
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Tuesday, Dec
15 2015 |
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Luc Harvey
starts today with his beautifully weathered bare metal finish
1/72 Hobbycraft F-86 Sabre. Luc tried some new techniques
on his Sabre with very good results. I love the way it looks. |
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John Irwin
(11Bee on the ARC forums) is here with something very special
today. This is his 1/48 Kinetic US-2B Tracker that he
built as a memorial to the two crew members who lost their lives
avoiding a residential area as their stricken Tracker lost power in
both engines. John provides a link in his article for more
info on his built. This is a moving tribute to both crew
members. Beautifully done John. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-51D Mustang control surfaces from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
B-24H 'Witchcraft' decal sheet from
Mike
Grant Decals.
This was a highly decorated B-24 Liberator that is wearing the
mission markings after she completed her 130th mission.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hawker Hurricane Mk I Exhausts from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Monday, Dec
14 2015 |
End of Hanukkah (Festival of Lights) |
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Paulo Castro
joins us from Australia with this first model on ARC and what a
beauty it is. This is his 1/72 Airfix P-51D Mustang built
and finished to a very high standard paying close attention to
replicating the details of the real aircraft. Paulo has high
praise for this Airfix kit as well as the Eagle Cals decals he used
on it. Welcome to ARC Paulo...I'm darn pleased to have your
models on ARC.
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Sertac Bayar
has outdone his usual stunning work. This is his 1/32 Trumpeter A-10 Thunderbolt II
in one of the coolest paint schemes ever applied tot he A-10.
Sertac added plenty of scratchbuilt detailing to almost every area
of his A-10 and even painted the Warthog mouth himself. This
Warthog is a beauty and well worth checking out.
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Here's a product article
for the 8"
Mk R Multi-head Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Fw 190F-8 cockpit from Eduard
Model Accessories. This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Sunday, Dec
13 2015 |
Saint Lucia Independence Day |
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Saturday, Dec
12 2015 |
Kenya Independence Day |
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Friday, Dec
11 2015 |
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Chris Parsons
starts today with his beautifully finished Monogram "box scale" Cessna 185
floatplane. Chris
gave his Cessna full engine detailing including wiring before
finishing it in the colour scheme for Pat Bay Air. The
weathering job Chris did shows off the float detail on his model
exceptionally well. It's a treat seeing this float plane on
ARC. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with something rare today. This is his 1/72 Revell J-7
in the markings for the Albanian Air Force. Dragan opened
the canopy to show off all his scratchbuilt cockpit detailing. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-104G/S Starfighter Airbrakes from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Italeri kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Best of the Best - TOPGUN decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals.
This decals
sheet features 26 different TOPGUN jets.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
BAC TSR-2 resin cockpit set from Pavla
Models. This detail set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Nat Krairojananan
is here to mark Constitution Day in Thailand with this beautifully
finished 1/72 Hasegawa F-16A RTAF 103
SQN. Nat added Eduard photo etch and a resin seat to the
cockpit and used markings from Siam Scale to finish his Thai
F-16. The weapons load looks impressive and complete this
Viper beautifully.
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Kees Kuyper
is here with another quite realistic looking design. This
is his Dornier 28S (Staggerwing) in bi-plane form with only 1
engine. This is quite the creative design....I love it. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Fw-190 Undercarriage legs & doors from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Bristol Blenheim engine cowling + exhaust from
SBS
Model. This detail set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Wednesday, Dec
9 2015 |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
starts today with his good looking 1/48 ICM C-45 (CC-128) Expeditor.
Shawn used goodies from Belcher Bits and finished off his Expeditor
in a classic Canadian paint scheme using Caracal decals. It's
very cool to see Shawn's Expeditor on ARC. |
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Luc Harvey
joins us today with his flawless looking 1/72 Fujimi MiG-21 PFM late.
Luc chose to build his MiG as
an Egyptian interceptor with it's attractive camo scheme using
decals from Bergemot decals. Luc added missiles to complete
the look of his interceptor. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Boulton Paul Defiant control surfaces from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27T - AA-10 Alamo-B missiles from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-19S (Farmer C) gun barrels set, & Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Tuesday, Dec
8 2015 |
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Aaron Liles joins
us with his first article on ARC. This highly detailed 1/72 Heller Aérospatiale SE-3160 Alouette III
is wearing Lebanese marking and Aaron added special details to
make this model much closer to the real chopper. I love
the very delicate and highly detailed look of this
model. Welcome to ARC Aaron. |
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Richard Spreckley is
here with his very attractive 1/48 Hobby Boss Tornado F3 56 Sqn RAF.
Richard chose the eye popping ‘Firebird’ anniversary paint
scheme and finished it off with added photos etch and scratchbuilt
detailing. The whole project pulls together into an excellent
model of the RAF Tornado. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Soviet Pilot - the Cold War period from
Aerobonus.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hurricane Mk II / Spitfire Mk V Exhausts from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-16 Aces II Seat - Early / Loose Harnesses from
Sierra
Hotel Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya/Kinetic F-16C/D/N kit.
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Monday, Dec
7 2015 |
Pearl Harbor - Attack on U.S. base 1941 |
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Gerd Wilcken
is here with a great looking 1/87 Arsenal M Airpower87 C-47 IAF.
Israel has great looking camo schemes and this C-47 looks
awesome with it's sun faded camo. Gerd added antennas etc to
improve the detail on his IAF C-47. Beaufiful work Gerd. |
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Burt Gustafson
had an enjoyable time building his 1/48 Kitty Hawk JAS-39 A/C Gripen.
Burt added a full weapons load and flawless painting to complete
his Gripen with Swedish markings. This is a beautiful looking
Gripen thanks to Burt's skilled hands.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Cut-Off Set - Standard from
The
Small Shop.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Do 335 muzzle brakes from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the HK Models kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
A6M Zero control surfaces from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Blackeyes
is here with to honour the Thai holiday today with his 1/72 Airfix H-19A Chickasaw
in a BMF with the most amazing weathering job.....each rivet is
dirty. His H-19 is wearing the Royal Thai Air Force markings,
which always look good on any aircraft. |
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Nok Apiruk
is here to honour the King of Thailand with this 1/144 F-RSIN ATR 72 Thai Airways International.
This special Thai airliner is wearing markings that celebrate
the King. The decals are from Siamscale. |
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Nok Apiruk
is here with 2 Thai 1/72 Hasegawa F-16A/B in special
anniversary markings with beautiful tailart. The decals are
from Siamscale. These F-16's look fantastic. |
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Friday, Dec
4 2015 |
India Navy Day |
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Murli Rajan
is here to kick off this special India Navy Day update here on
ARC with his 1/72
Airfix Hawker Sea Hawk. Murli scratchbuilt an ejection
seat and then rescribed his Indian Sea Hawk before giving it a
flawless weathering job. I't s a perfect way to begin this
special Indian update.
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Leonard Prakasam
is here with his first NMF model and I must say he seems to be a
quick study at applying Natural Metal Finishes. This is his
stunning 1/72
Cyber-Hobby DH Vampire-FB.52 with some excellent shading around
the engine exhaust. It's great to see this Indian Vampire on
ARC....excellent work on the NMF Leonard.
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Aamod Potdar
has done a first class job on his Indian Navy 1/48
Airfix Sea Harrier. Aamod built this beauty as part of a
group build on the Indian Scale Modelers group and for a paint
scheme he went with a clean finish as this jet looked back in
1982. I really like the look of Indian markings on a
Harrier. Well done Aamod.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F/A-18E/F Superhornet Ball West Coast decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 7 different 1/48 F-18E/F's
with the US Navy Squadrons on the west coast.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Kamov Ka-29 Helix-B cockpit set from
Neomega.
This detail set is designed for
the Italieri/Zvezda kit.
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Thursday, Dec
3 2015 |
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Björn Leichsenring
starts today with his 8th model article on ARC. Björn
did an absolutely stunning job building and detailing the tiny 1/144 Pit-Road Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA.
He dressed up the cockpit and added antennas etc to improve the
level of detail and then finished in the paint scheme for the
prototype. His photos look
very realistic. |
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Jens Gerber
joins us with his finely detail and beautifully weathered 1/48 ICM Polikarpov Po 2.
Jens chose the winter version of this Polikarpov Po 2 complete
with skis and then finished it off with just the perfect amount of
weathering.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Bf-109G-10 Corrected Oil Radiator from QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F4U-5 Corsair wheels & paint masks from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Hobby boss kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Fiat G.91R 3 resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
was busy recently building his 1/48 Kinetic CF-5 Freedom
Fighter(s). Shawn chose 4 great looking Canadian Freedom
Fighters with a variety of camo schemes and markings. He has
positive words for the Kinetic kit, but seeing the photos of his
finished CF-5's is a special treat. And as icing on the
cake...Shawn has included a photos of 13 of his F-5's.
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Carmel J. Attard
is here with a classic kit from 1968. This is the 1/72 Monogram Cobra AH-1G
as it appeared in 1972 during the Vietnam War. This is a
very old kit and Carmel dressed it up with better details to bring
it up to today's standards. One part I enjoyed was his
description of the instructions......oh how our hobby has matured in
the past 50ish years. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-73 - AA-11 Archer missile from
Zactomodels.
The Vympel R-73 - AA-11 Archer missile was carried by MiG-21, MiG-29,
Su-27 and Su-30.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Bristol Pegasus Radial Engine from
RESIN2Detail.
This engine is suitable for the 1/48
Swordfish, Sunderland or Wellington.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-19S (Farmer C) - gun barrels set, & Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Matija Lisec
did a first class job on the 1/48 Eduard F6F-5 Hellcat. This
is the weekend edition of this kit, but Matija added extra detail
and weathering to bring this Hellcat model up to a very high
standard. It's a treat to see this Hellcat on ARC. This
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Thomas Brückelt
is here with a very rare little what-if model of the 1/72 Unicraft Focke Wulf Volksjäger.
Thomas added extra detail to his Unicraft model kit and gave his
little jet fighter an attractive camo scheme to complete his
model. This is a cool little jet. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Intruders From The Sea decal sheet from AOA
Decals.
This decal
sheet includes 16 aircraft from 4 different squadrons during the
Vietnam War.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 Fw
190F-8 MG 131 mount from Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
De Havilland Mosquito Tail Wheel Assembly from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
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