• Shawn "Phantom" Weiler is here with part 2 of his CVW-8 article.  Shawn includes another great variety of models in his article.  Shawn definitely know how to properly weather USN aircraft.

• Bruce Bell has done a great job building his 1/48 Tamiya FW-190A-8/R2.  Bruce has included 6 photos of his 190.   

• Luc Harvey joins us with his 1/72 Eastern Express Mig-21UM.  Luc built his fine looking MiG out of the box and created some of the markings himself and displayed his jet on a very nice looking base.  

• Erik Wauters is here with his 1/72 Academy P-40E Warhawk.  Erik did an excellent job building his P-40 and finished it with carefully applied weathering.   

• I have a review of the latest edition of the "Random Thoughts" Magazine Vol.29 No.6. from  IPMS Canada.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• I have a 1 month update on my Injured Arm, things are getting better.  I hope to be back to work at my job in one more month. 

• Shawn "Phantom" Weiler joins us with his CVW-8 Part 1, 1977.  This is a multi-part article that I'm sure you'll enjoy.  

• Steve Negley has done a great job building his 1/32 Hasegawa P-51D Mustang.  Steve added details to make his Mustang more accurate and improve the detail.  Marking were a combination of painted and custom made by Mike Grant Decals.    

• Yvan Vansteenkiste has done a beautiful job building his 1/32 Academy F18C Hornet.  Yvan did a perfect job on his F-18 and finished it off with markings from Twobobs.   

• Bill Lachance is here with his lovely 1/48 Eduard Fokker D. VII.  Bill has a talent for turning any kit into a gem...and this little bi-plane is another example of Bill's skill.  

• I have a review of the new 1/32 A-7 Corsair II decal sheet from Victory Productions.  This sheet includes markings for four Vietnam era jets and two Gulf War A-7s.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• No reviews today out of respect for Memorial Day in the US.
• The folks at I.P.M.S.  group XXI Mar del Plata in Argentina are having their annual model show and contest .  It will be  June 2, 3 and 4 in the Hotel Tierra del Fuego, Mar del Plata.  More info can be found at www.ipmsmardelplata.com.ar

• Goran Kovacic is here from Croatia to start your week with his 1/72 Revell P-47D.  Goran did some very impressive post shading to his P-47 along with some other techniques.  Read his article for the full details.  

• Gianni Cassi joins us with his beautifully done 1/48 Trumpeter Mig-15 bis.   This is a Korean war MiG flown by a WW2 veteran Soviet pilot.  I got quite a bit of pleasure seeing the paint scheme on this one.  Gianni finished it off with decals from Cutting Edge Modelworks.

• Louis Chang has been busy building and detailing his 1/48 Revell F-105D.   Louis rescribed the panel lines and then did a very involved weathering and chipping job on his F-105 and finished it off with decals from Cutting Edge Modelworks.  

• Matt Bacon has done a fine job building his Three 1/48 "Airfix" Spitfires.   Matt kept busy and ended up with 23 very impressive Airfix Spitfires.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Goran Kovacic starts your Friday update with his carefully built 1/72 Revell Fokker DVII.   Goran finished his Fokker with some painted markings for Hermann Göring.

• Tom Milne joins us with his beautiful looking 1/48 Airfix Mosquito B Mk XVI.   Tom goes into very good detail in his article about building his Airfix Mossie and you'll find his article to be a big help when you build one of these.

• Calum Gibson has been busy getting the details right on his 1/48 Airfix Blackburn Buccaneer S2B.  Calum used a resin cockpit and finished his Bucc with outstanding weathering and markings Operation Granby.

• Ercan Karakas joins us with his 1/48 Tamiya F4U Corsair.   Ercan finished his sharp looking Corsair in New Zealand markings.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Pablo Calcaterra is here on Argentina's National Day with his special article on his 1/48 Skyhawk A-4B C-214.  Pablo tells to story of the Argentine pilots during the Falklands/Malvinas War.  

• Luc Borlé is here with his very well done 1/72 Academy Republic P-47D.  Although this is 1/72....Luc painted the checkerboard pattern by hand......amazing.   

• Ercan Karakas has been busy building a very sharp looking 1/48 Tamiya Mig 15 Bis.  Erkans finished his bare metal MiG in Chinese markings with a careful amount of weathering as well as photo etch seatbelts and engine wiring.  

• Anthony Manzoli stopped by the Australian ARC Corporate offices with his1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G-6.  Anthony built his 109 mostly out of the box with the exception of some cockpit photo etch.  then added his skillfully applied weathering using a variety of methods (that he mentions in his article).   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Kit Leung has dropped by today with his 1/72 Innex MiG-21PFM.  Kit did a wonderful bare metal finish complete with Polish markings.  

• Vladimír Žucha is here with his 1/48 Hobbycraft F8F-1 Bearcat.  Vladmir used photos etch and careful skill to finish his Bearcat in South Vietnamese air force markings.  Check out the panel line chipping on his Bearcat.....very nice.  

• Christian Page joins us from Belgium with his great looking 1/72 Hasegawa F-104 and 1/72 ESCI F-104.  Christian has finished his Starfighters in 2 different paint schemes to give you a feeling for the variety of countries to use this jet.      

• Matt Robeson joins us today with his 1/32 Tamiya A6M5 Zero.  Matt is 15 years old and seems to have this hobby figured out as you'll see by his beautiful Zero model.   

• Lyle Brown once again graces ARC with his artwork.  This is his Artwork of WW2 Poster that he carefully created from a vintage museum poster. I really get a kit out of seeing Lyles work and I've included a link to his website so you can enjoy more of his artwork at www.lyleart2000.com.   

• Jörgen Toll dropped by the ARC Corproate offices with his 1/48 Resin Neomega AJ-37 Viggen Cockpit.  Jörgen gives you the full story on this cockpit set.

• Ken Middleton is here with a  preview of the 1/48 F/A-18C/B Sh*% Hot Sharpshooters decal sheet from Two Bobs Aviation Graphics.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Pablo Angel Herrera begin today with his nicely done 1/72 Hasegawa A-1H Skyraider.  Pablo finished his Skyraider in the attractive SEA camo scheme. 

• Mark Barnes is here with his first article on ARC today.  This is his 1/48 Hasegawa A4-C finished in an attractive scheme.  I'm glad Mark has joined us on the home page and I look forward to seeing more of his work on ARC.  Welcome to ARC Mark!!! 

• Maxime Pidara has been busy building one of my favourite ground attack aircraft from WW2.  This is his 1/72 Academy Typhoon  complete with a ground target....both are excellently done..   

• Ken Middleton is here with a preview of the 1/72 JAS-39A/B/C/D Rippen' Gripens decal sheet from Two Bobs Aviation Graphics. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Paul Hayes starts today with his great looking 1/48 Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate.  Paul explains the very easy and effective paint chipping technique he used.   

• Paul (KonaMonkey) Goretti is here with his first article on ARC.  This is his nicely finished 1/72 Revell F16c Block 50/52.  Welcome to ARC Paul!!!  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Michael Stanley is here with his 1/48 Spirit of St. Louis to make the anniversary of the first solo transatlantic flight.  The engine cowling finish is very difficult to do on this aircraft, but Michael pulled it off.  

• Edgar Murillo has been busy building one of the Tomcats from the Tomgun movie.  This is his 1/48 Revell/Monogram F-14A complete with custom markings.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Tamer Ozkan starts this special update with his 1/72 PM Beech JRB-4.  An attractive model.   

• Vladimír Žucha has dropped by with his 1/48 Revell Dassault Rafale M.  Vladimír fixed the wing issue on his Rafale and finished it off with weathering.   

• Scott Gruszynski has done a stunning job on his 1/48 Hobbycraft Dornier Do-17Z.   Scott did quite a bit of extra work on his Do-17 as you see in his article.

• Tamer Ozkan joins us with his good looking 1/48 Ford Flivver.  Neat looking little plane.  

• CW3 Erick Swanberg is here with some photos from the recent Dortmund Model Show.   

• Ken Middleton is here with a preview of the  1/72 F-14B Retro Tomcats Part 2 decal sheet from Two Bobs Aviation Graphics. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Philippe Dognon from ARC Sponsor Kits Discount is here with his 1/48 Scratchbuilt CH-54A Tarhe Pt. 1.   This one is amazing.....and took 4 years to build!!!

• Jan Manninen has been busy adding details to his very sharp looking 1/72 Hasegawa Sukhoi Su-27.  The detail and weather is very impressive....especially considering this is 1/72 scale.   

• Tommy Thomason has put some very nice effort into his 1/72 Vacuform Eagles Talon TT-1.  These are two of the cutest vacuformed models I've seen.  

• Chris Churchman dropped by the ARC Corporate offices with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-15C.  Chris built his Eagle almost out of the box with the addition of a resin ejection seat.  A very fine end result.   

• Lyle Brown joins us with his AD4NA Artwork.  You're going to love this one.....you can see more of Lyle's artwork on his site at   www.lyleart2000.com

• Ken Middleton is here with a preview of the  1/48 JAS-39A/B/C/D Rippen' Gripens decal sheet from Two Bobs Aviation Graphics.  This very popular sheet will sell out fast.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Mr. Terje Opsahl starts this special update with his article featuring Norwegian Aircraft.  The models are by Nils H. Gran, Nils Mathisrud, Kyrre Ingebrethsen, Tormod Sørvang, Ragnar Eckhoff, Jens Håkon Brandal
• Jens H. Brandal joins us with his Norwegian 1/48 Hasegawa Canadair CF-104 Starfighter.  Jens used great care building his CF-104 as you see when you read his article.  
• Angus McDonald is here with his resin 1/72 CMR Avro York.  The fact this is a resin kit didn't prevent Angus from turning out  a very finely done model.
• Eric Bade joins us with his beautifully built 1/72 Hasegawa Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.  Eric added photo etch and Twobobs decals and other details to improve his Super Hornet.  
• Ted Taylor is back with part 2 of his photos on the Milton Keynes Model show 2006.  Enjoy. 
• Ken Middleton is here with a preview of the 1/72 F-14D Retro Tomcats Part 1 decal sheet from Two Bobs Aviation Graphics. 

We here at VMDecals have some good and bad news today.

First off, we would like to announce that the link for the P-3C decals is open. You can now pre-order the decals by simply following this link http://www.vmdecals.com/p3c.html Everything you need to know is there. This sheet is currently being printed by Fantasy Printshop.

Now the bad news, I had a major computer crash this week although I got my computer running again, I LOST EVERYTHING! If I was doing artwork for you please let me know so I can make any refund arrangements. I had drawings for about 150 different decal sheets in different stages of completions.

Although this is a grave loss, I still have some of the older decals backed up and I can restart from there.

Thanks  

Vince

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Ed Fuquay begins today with Part 3 of his 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 Wildcat build.  Today Ed shows us how he painted the markings.   

• Nissim Tzukduian has put quite a bit of effort detailing his beautifully done 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E and getting the details correct.  He finished his F-4 in Israeli markings.   

• Matija Lisec has put quite a bit of effort super detailing his 1/48 Dragon Fw-190 A-8.  This model wasn't the quickest and easiest build as you'll read in the article.....but the finished model was worth the effort.   

• Oxiel Carrizo (Necsac) has been busy adding details to his very sharp looking  1/48 Monogram Mirage 2000.  Oxiel then finished his Mirage in French Air Force Gulf War markings from 1991. 

• Ted Taylor has dropped by the ARC UK corporate offices with his photos from the Milton Keynes Model show 2006.  This is Part 1 and Ted will be back tomorrow with Part2.   

• Ken Middleton is here with a preview of the new 1/48 Rockin' Rhinos #6 VF-213 Black Lions   decal sheet from Two Bobs Aviation Graphics.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Darrell Thompson has been busy building and detailing his 1/72 Tamiya P-47D-15.  I was quite impressed with the straight forward and well thought out details Darrell added to his P-47.

• George "Chorse6" Salerno joins us with his beautifully done 1/48 Monogram F-101C Voodoo with C&H Aero Conversion.  George rescribed his Voodoo and did so much more.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Paolo Yuen starts today with his 1/32 Revell F-4F Phantom II.  Paolo has used resin and photo etch detail items to improve the detail on his Phantom and then gently shaded the panel lines and finished it off in Luftwaffe markings.

• Bill Lachance joins us with his 1/48 Eduard Bf 108 Taifun.  Bill built his 108 to his usual high standards complete with his carefully done cockpit detailing.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Hidekazu Ogi joins us fron Japan with his 1/48 Type100 command reconnaissance plane.  This aircraft is interesting because it is in captured British markings.  Very good to see.

• David Chong built a special F-14 for a special lady.  This is his 1/48 Academy F-14A Tomcat complete with sexy noseart and a hand-drawn script of her name next to the noseart.  Pretty cool project David, I'm sure she was impressed.   

• Yasushi Saito joins us from Japan with a very well done 1/48 Dynavector Westland Wyvern S.4.  This is a high quality limited run kit and was built very well with excellent photos.  

• Pablo Ggirgulsky has done a fine job building and detailing his  1/48 Revell F-8 Crusader.  The end result is quite appealing and his article tells about the history of this famous gunfighter aircraft.   

• Ken Middleton is here with a preview of the  1/72 F-14D VF-2 OIF Bounty Hunters decal sheet from Two Bobs Aviation Graphics.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Manuel J. Armas S. starts your Thursday update with his 1/48 Revell F/A-18E Super Hornet.  Manuel did a fantastic job on his F-18 and quite likes this new model kit.  

• Lou Anatrella has done a beautiful job building his 1/48 Revell B-25J & TB-25J.  Lou finished one in olive drab and the other in baremetal and ended up with 2 great models from this classic kit.  

• Armin Knes  is here with another aircraft in his continuing Su-collection.  This is his 1/48 KoPrp Su-22 M3 complete with a resin cockpit and cool looking paint scheme.   

• Jason Cooper has put quite a bit of effort detailing his 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire VB.  Jason added quite a few scratch-built details and weathering and finished it of in the marking for one of the most famous RAF Aces from WW2.  

• I have a p review of the 1/32 resin Bf 109G/K-4 Super Detailed Main Wheel Wells & Top Wing from Cutting Edge Models.  WOW.....now you can really go to town when you build this kit.   

• Mark Kubes is here with some of his Lockheed F-22A Raptor walkaround photos. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Eric Salazar starts today with his very well done 1/48 Italeri F-4E Phantom II.  Eric finished his Phantom is the very attractive SEA camo scheme.  This one looks great Eric. 

• Rafi Ben-Shahar has done a flawless job on his 1/48 Tamiya Fairey Swordfish.   Every plane looks better in D-Day stripes. 

• Jose R. Quimbiulco "Q" has risen to the occasion when he built the big 1/32 Tamiya F-16CJ.  Grab a coffee or tea and enjoy this one during your work break.     

• Gabriel Stern is here to educate and amuse you with his article on his 1/72 ICM I-1 (IL-400).   Not quite as attractive as a Spitfire......but definately more unique.

• I have a preview of the 1/48 resin RA-5C Late Seamless Intakes, Full Throats, & Rear Fuselage Correction set for Trumpeter from Cutting Edge Models.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Igor Svetlov (IS) has been very busy repainting his 1/72 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien" Type I-TEI.  Igor has included his opinions from research about  WW2 Japanese paint schemes that you'll find quite interesting.

• Kairasp Daruwala is here with his 1/48 Airfix "Hawk" R.A.F Aerobatic team.  I always get a kick out of seeing aircraft in  aerobatic team markings, so this Red Arrow model is a treat.    

• José R. Alvarez joins us with his very nicely done 1/48 Revell F4U-7 French Corsair.  José has weathered and chipped the paint and added a full weapons load and I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing it.

• Matt Wohlford has done a beautiful job building his big 1/32 Revell F-14A Tomcat.  Matt finished off his Tomcat in Jolly Rogers markings to get quite the attractive bird.    

• I have a p review of the 1/48 resin RA-5C Early Seamless Intakes & Full Throats for the Trumpeter kit from Cutting Edge Models.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Alejandro Núñez "Marseille" has been busy weathering his 1/48 IAR-80 LTD Models.  I was quite impressed with the paint chipping on this one.   

• Rob Knox has done quite the job on his 1/32 Tamiya F16-CJ.  You'll get a kick out of his one when you see it. 

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Gonzalo Vidal has done a stunning job on his 1/32 Hasegawa BF 109 G-6 "Gustav".  Gonzalo finished his 109 in the markings for Erich Hartmann's 109.  

• Jorge Luis Loya joins us with his beautifully done 1/72 Italeri F/A -18F Hornet.   Jorge finished his Hornet with TwoBobs decals and a full weapons load.

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Bill Lachance begins today's update with his 1/48 Hasegawa A6M2-N Rufe.  Bill added some photo etch detail items and finished it off to his usual high  standards.
• Armin Knes has done a fine job building his 1/48 Historic Plastic Models MiG-19 S.  Armin wasn't satisfied building his MiG straight out of the box and instead did some extra work to improve the detail.  
• Pawel Befingre has been busy building his 1/72 Revell Mustang P-51B.  It's not easy building these smaller Mustangs, but Pawel put good effort into his Mustang. 
• Eddie Lau joins us with his beautifully done 1/72 Fujimi A4KU "Free Kuwait".   Eddie did an excellent job on his Skyraider....I always get a kick out of seeing these Kuwaiti Skyraiders.
• Here is a preview of the 1/48 resin RA-5C Forward Fuselage/Canopy/Fin Correction set from Cutting Edge Models.

News from Meter Productions regarding the 1/32 F-105D canopies....they are now shipping!

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Edward A. Fuquay is back today with part 2 of his 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 Wildcat.  Today Ed works on the engine and weathering.   

• Henrique V. Malzone joins us with his first article on ARC.  This is his very well done 1/48 Monogram He 111 torpedo bomber complete with white engine nacelles.  Nice job.  I look forward to seeing more of your models on ARC.  Welcome to ARC!!!   

• Mark Rutt joins us with his very fine looking 1/48 Italeri Tornado.  Mark finished it in Royal Saudi Air Force markings and scratchbult cockpit details.   

• Hidekazu Ogi is here from Japan with 2 photos of his 1/48 Academy Mig21MF.  This MiG-21 was finished in Hungarian AF Puma squadron markings.   

• I have a review of the  1/32 resin Fokker Dr.I Conversion from Cutting Edge Modelworks.  This includes the resin engine cowling and early style ailerons.   

• Ron Dobrzelecki is here with a preview of the 1/48 Resin Curtiss XF6C-6 Racer  model kit from Fisher Models.  

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• Girolamo Lorusso begins today's Israel Independence Day update with his 1/48 ESCI Kfir C2.   Girolamo did quite a few modifications to his Kfir and finished it off with aftermarket decals. 

• Ed Fuquay has been busy building and detailing his 1/32 Trumpeter's F4F-4 Wildcat.  This part 1 and part 2 will run tomorrow.  Nice one Ed.   

• Yoav Efrati is here to mark Israeli's Independence Day with his 1/72 Revell F-4E, 1/72 Fujimi & 1/72 AML Mirage IIIC.   It's a treat to see Yoav's models on ARC....especially today......I hope everyone in Israel has a fun day with family and friends.

• Ryan Cameron and Ken Stanworth have been busy building their 1/72 Academy Typhoons.   I got a kick out of seeing both of the Typhoons and the story in the article.....that is what this hobby is all about.

• Ugo Crisponi is here with a review of the artwork for the SIKORSKY CH-34A/S-58 "CHOCTAW" c/n 58340 / 07 ISRAEL AIR FORCE, 124 SQUADRON. 1968  from AVIATIONGRAPHIC.COM 

• Mel "Webster" Silvestre and the modeler's at IPMS Philippines Bert Anido have a preview of the upcoming  1/32 Trumpeter SBD Dauntless.

• I've added a link to Kiwi Resins to the ARC Manufacturers Links Page.  They produce a variety of resin kits with a strong focus on New  Zealand Aircraft. http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Kiwi_Resins.htm

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.

• P. W. Stantiford starts your special May Day update with his first article on ARC.  This is his 1/72 RVHP Be-12 "Mail" which was made froma  multi-media kit to produce this excellent looking model of this bent wing aircraft.  Welcome to ARC Patrick!!!   

• Mukund Vora is here with his May Day article to honour Poland.  This is his 1/48 Su-22 M4 from KP.  Mukund gave his Su-22 a full weapons load and a fantastic paint job.  

• Gabriel Stern is also here on May Day to honour Russia with his 1/72 ICM I-16.  This little model is up to Gabriel's usual high standards   

• Leal Antoniazzi Pedro has dropped by with his 1/48 Monogram A/B-26K Nimrod.  Thiis sharp looking Counter Invader was built using the Cutting Edge Modelworks resin set. 

• I have a review of the new 1/32 Fokker Dr.I Early Ailerons from Cutting Edge Modelworks.  These will permit you to replace the earlier ailerons with these earlier versions.

• Vince Maddux  from VMDecals is here with a preview of the upcoming 1/72 P-3C Orion Decals.  You get a choice of 6 different schemes.  Vince is testing the waters here to make sure there is demand for this sheet.   

• In the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new funny picture and daily joke.