Tuesday,
Oct 31 2006 |
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Steve Eggers
starts this
Halloween update with his 1/48 Lindberg XF-88 Voodoo.
For some reason beginning with a plane called the Voodoo seemed
to make sense today. Steve tells the history of this post-war
jet along with the process needed to build this older kit into such
a fine looking model.
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Edward A. Fuquay
joins us
with Part 4 of his 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 Wildcat.
Today Ed shows the finished model....Ed did some weathering and
panel line shading.
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Daniel has
completed his big 1/32 Tamiya F-15E.
Daniel did a great job on the finish on his Eagle and gave it a very
complete weapons load.
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AEX dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices on the Canary Islands, Spain with his
1/72 Testor Skyraider.
This is an older kit, but AEX turned it into a jewel of a model.
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Fernan De Gannes
put quite a
bit of effort with aftermarket parts and scratchbuilding and good
old fashioned modeling skills to create his
1/48 Academy Mig-29.
The finished model was well worth his effort.
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Stefan Woltmann
has done a
stellar job on his 1/48 Tamiya Focke-Wulf 190 D-9.
Stefan finished his Dora in the markings for
"Jv 44" "Papageien Staffel". Very nice
indeed.
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Monday,
Oct 30 2006 |
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Alex Bigey
has dropped
by with his 1/144 Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign I.
This is a vac-u-formed kit, but that didn't stop Alex from
getting her done and turning out a great looking model of this
mammoth aircraft.
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Alberto Borzellino
has been busy
building and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa Phantom.
Alberto did a conversion to create this Phantom including a resin
nose, cockpit and nozzles. The end result is "phantastic".
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Aaron Hughes
has
complete his conversion to create his 1/72 Italeri Sea Harrier.
This is Aaron's first conversion and it turned out very
well.
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Fabrice Fanton
has also
been busy building his converted 1/48 Republic TP-47G "Thunderbolt".
This is the rare 2 seater P-47 and Fabrice tells about the project
to create this beauty in his article.
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Karel Slama
is here with his
very well done 1/48 Academy F-16C Block 32.
Karel found the Academy F16 to be a every nice kit and tells about
it in his article.
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Sunday,
Oct 29 2006
Turkey
Republic Day |
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Ozkan
Turker, Ahmet Donmez, Tolga
Ulgur are here from Turkey
with their collection of 1/48
Turkish F-84's.
This is quite the big comprehensive article full of beautifully done
F-84's.
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Tolga Ulgur
has done an
outstanding job building his out of the box
1/48 Tamiya P-47 D30 Thunderbolt.
The multi-shade baremetal finish looks excellent and you'll love
seeing the detailed cockpit photos.
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Ercan Karakas
has dropped
by with his 1/48 Hasegawa TF-104G.
Ercan added cockpit detailing and finished this beauty off with
a we done paint job.
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Özkan
Türker is
here with his 1/72
Azur Vultee V-11GBT.
Özkan includes the background history on this specila little
plane in his article.
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Rahmi Kocaman
has been
busy building his 1/48 Revell F-102A.
The finished model came out looking great with just a delicate
amount of weathering.
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Melih Yararcan
is here
with his very tiny 1/144 Revell Puma.
I could not imagine decaling a tiny Tigermeet aircraft like this and
have it turn out looking so well.
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Zafer Yilmaz
is here from
Turkey with his
sharp looking 1/72 Zvezda Su-47 Berkut.
Zafer tell the history of this very rare and unique state of the art
Russian fighter.
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
has dropped by on
this special day with his award winning
1/32 Hasegawa FW-109Aa3.
H.Ufuk did extra work to convert his Fw-190 into a proper
Turkish version.
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Ercan Karakas
has done a
very fine job on his 1/48
English Electric Lightning.
This beautiful looking model was inspired by an aircraft on display
in Hendon.
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Melih Yararcan
joins us with his
tiny 1/144 Revell TF-104 G.
This special little model was finished in Luftwaffe markings.
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Saturday,
Oct 28 2006
Czech
Republic National Day |
Greece National
Day |
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Charles P. Kalina
honours the
Czech Republic and ARC with his Fifth-Annual 1/72 Scale Tribute.
Each year I eagerly await to see what Charles comes up with on this
special day and he has never disappointed me.
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Jaroslav Hajecek
has left me in awe with his 1/32 L159B Albatross II.
This custom model features a a fiberglass body with a bag full of
resin detail items. I tip my hat to Jaroslav for completing
this kit into such an impressive model.
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Jan Jezl
is here with his first model on ARC
today. This is his 1/48 MPM JAS 39C Gripen.
This models shows
why I feel Czech modellers are a pretty special bunch of modellers.
He took this very difficult project and turned it into a shining
diamond.
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Jaroslav Hajecek
is here on this special day with his
1/48 ESCI MiG-23MF Hell Fighter.
Jaroslav has taken an older kit and done some magic to it......rescribed
paenl lines....cockpit from another model kit and a darn eye
catching paint scheme to finish this gem off.
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Jan Jezl
is here with his award winning and
superdetailed 1/72 Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vb.
This aircraft was flown during WW2 by a Czech pilot and I am left
deeply impressed by the quality of this model. And it built in
the smaller 1/72 scale.
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Radim Schimmer
has dropped by the ARC Czech Corporate offices with some photos he
took at the recent ModellBrno Contest.
You guessed it....there's plenty of sharp looking Czech models
in these photos.
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Friday,
Oct 27 2006
Turkmenistan National Day |
Saint Vincent and the Grenaidines Independence Day |
Ecuadorian Airforce Day |
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Larry G Johnson
is here to
give you a look at his 1/48 Academy F4U-1 Corsair USAAC
in a "What if" paint scheme.
This scheme on a Corsair really plays with the mind. Larry
talks in his article about the differences between the Academy and
Tamiya kit.
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Sam Chia
has
been busy
building a very sharp looking 1/48 Monogram RF101C.
Sam rescribed the panel lines and used a conversion set to create
his model. He then finished it off with some very effective
weathering.
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Gareth Phua
joins us
with his very nicely done 1/48 Tamiya Gloster Meteor F.3.
Gareth used a PE set in the cockpit and chipped the paint in certain
areas on the airframe and finished everything off with a
realistic looking display base. He explains the making on the
model and display base in his article.
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Angel Mesa
has dropped
by today with his great looking 1/72
MPM. Douglas DC-2 that was flown by Capitan Vara del Rey.
This special plane has quite the story behind it as you'll see in
angel's article.
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Terry Chan
is here
with his big beautiful 1/32 Academy F-18B Hornet.
Terry goes into great detail in his article about building his
Hornet (which wasn't without some challenge) but he did get her done
and he is rightly proud of it,
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Cutting
Edge Modelworks has
the RA-5C Late Seamless Intakes, Full Throats, & Rear Fuselage
Correction for the Trumpeter kit back in stock. This set
provides properly configured intakes (Dash 10) and full intake
throats for the late model Viggies.
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Thursday,
Oct 26 2006 Austria National Day |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here with the
14th and almost final part in his Phantom series. Today Shawn
has brought us his
USN/USMCPhantoms.
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Rafael Colindres
has been busy adding
details to his very sharp looking 1/72 Italeri F51-D Mustang FAS.
Rafael added scratchbuilt details and finished his Mustang
in Salvadoran Air Force (FAS) markings.
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Tigre del Aire
jons us
from Columbia with his 1/72 Heller F-86.
This is a model of John Glenn´s MiG Mad Marine that
served in the
flew in the Korean War.
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Rodney Williams
is here
with some photos of his 1/32 Revell F4U-1A Crashed F2-G.
Rodney is one very serious modeller when it comes to getting all the
details correct.
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Zafer Yilmaz
has put quite a bit of
effort into his sharp looking 1/72 Revell MiG-29.
Zafer finished his MiG-29 in Indian markings.
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Carmel John Attard
is here
from Malta with his selection of 1/72 Sea Gladiators and
a Wlarus.
These are delicate looking aircraft with all the rigging and Carmel
got them looking just right.
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Lyle
Brown is
here with his latest artwork. This is his Mirage
2000D artwork
that he calls Matra's
Magic Touch'.
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Wednesday,
Oct 25 2006 Charge of the Light
Brigade in the Crimean war (1854) |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
fires up today's update with part 13 of his
Phantoms
series.
Today Shawn shares a variety of his F-4's....some colourful and of
course one is a Jolly Rogers jet.
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Rian W. Jones
has been busy building
and detailing his fine looking 1/48 Eduard Polikarpov I-16 Type 10.
Rian provides some history behind this aircraft and it's role in the
Great Patriotic War. Nice
to see this little fighter.
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Pete L'Heureux
has been
busy building his out of the box 1/72 Tamiya Mosquito FB Mk VI.
Pete's beautifully done Mosquito clearly shows the lovely lines
of this eye appealing aircraft.
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Zafer Yilmaz
stopped by the
Turkish ARC Corporate offices
with his 1/72 Revell Tornado.
I'm a big fan of tiger Meet aircraft and was pleased to see this one
when Zafer sent it in. I give him full credit for sticking
with it considering this kit has 116 decals. Very nice indeed.
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Laurent Boildieu
has done a wonderful
job weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk VIII.
Laurent provides some background on the Ace pilot that flew this
plane.
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Tuesday,
Oct 24 2006
Zambia
Independence Day |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here
with more Phantoms
USAF.
This is part 12 in his Phantom series. I think it's fair to
say Shawn has a certain fascination with the F-4
Phantom.
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Thierry Jacques
has done a fine
job building and weathering his
1/72
Hobby BossGrumman G36A. This
special
little fighter was tested by the French Navy in 1940.
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Tim Groombridge
is here
with his great looking 1/72
Matchbox Saab J29-F Tunnan.
You've got to check out the rivet detail on this one and read how
Tim did it....very simple and effective.
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Pierpaolo Maglio
joins us
with his beautifully built 1/72 Hasegawa Draken.
This special aircraft is finished ina retirement paint scheme.
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Kai Peters
joins us
from Germany with his 1/48 Mustang Collection Pt 2.
Today Kai presents 3 excellent looking Mustangs from his
collection.
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Monday,
Oct 23 2006 |
Today is the first day of of Fitr feast after the fasting during the Holy
Month of Ramadan. It is a time for family and friends to gather
together to enjoy a special meal. I'd like to wish all Muslim
ARC'ers a very happy time with friends and family today.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
starts your
week with Part 11 of his Phantom series. Today Shawn presents
his his USAF
Phantoms.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar
joins us with
his 1/48 High Altitude Spitfires.
Rafi presents 2 of the best examples of the 1/48 Spitfire and Rafi
does them up right.
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Hellobi
is here with a HUGE
1/48 Hyper Z Gundam resin kit.
This model stands .5 meters (1.5 feet) tall and includes 500
parts. This is quite the project and turned into an amazing
model.
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Tom Kellogg
joins us with his
1/32 Revell P-51D.
This is the "clear" plastic Mustang from long ago.
Tom tells in his article how he revisited this kit after a earlier
attempt. Tom built a beautiful Mustang.
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Fernan De Gannes
has done an
exceptionally nice job building and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa F-18D.
Fernan added extra details including decals from Twobobs
plus well done weathering to complete his Hornet.
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Edward Fuquay
joins us
with his 1/48 AMtech P-40E
in my favourite paint scheme....sharks Mouth.
Ed tells about building this kit and what he did to get the P-40
model he wanted. The Chinese saw a Tigers mouth (Animal from
Chinese Zodiac).....the Japanese are island people saw the much
feared sharks mouth.
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr. is here with a review of the 303rd
Bomb Group DVD from Victory Films.
Floyd gives you a very good idea what you get in this DVD.
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Sunday,
Oct 22 2006 |
Today is the last day of the Holy Month of Ramadan. I'd like to wish
everyone celebrating this special occasion the very best of times with
their friends and family.
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Pierre Christian Baudru
has dropped
by with a beautifully done 1/72 Revell P-51B.
Pierre finished off his lovely Mustang in RAF markings.
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Saturday,
Oct 21 2006 Somalia National Day |
Trafalgar Day - Royal Navy Anniversary |
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Liam Hourston
is here
with A "WHAT IF" 1/48 Airfix BAe Hawk.
Liam
finished his Hawk in Irish Air Corps
markings.
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Friday,
Oct 20 2006 |
It looks like today is the
day the ARC hit counter breaks over the 40 million mark since it's launch
on Nov 15 1999. Time to crack open a beer and put it on Jim
Barnett's tab. ;-)
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
fires
things up today with part 10 of his F-4 series. Today Shawn
bring you some of his ANG,
Phantoms.
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Calum Gibson
has dropped by
with a beautifully done
1/48
Hasegawa Hawker Typhoon IIB.
Calum had a very large disaster when building this model but he
stuck it out and completed it in the ever attractive Kiwi markings.
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Alan Purusram has been busy getting
the details right on his 1/32 Academy F/A-18C Hornet.
Alan added
the Cutting Edge
resin cockpit and ejection seat and aftermarket decalsto
improve upon the kit detail.
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Yufei Mao
is on a
roll with his 1/144 models. I am deeply impressed with the
quality of Yufei's 1/144 models. Today he brings us his
1/144 A6M2b Zero with Deck.
You'll love how the models and carrier deck turned out.
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Daniel has done an outstanding
job building and detailing his 1/32 Trumpeter A-7E Corsair II.
Wow....Daniel did a fair amount of extra work on
his A-7.
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Thursday,
Oct 19 2006 |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here with part
9 of his Phantom series. Today Shawns brings you a selection
of his ANG
Phantoms.
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Arie (Lion) Cohen
joins us with his
1/24 Trumpeter Zero Floatplane.
Arie posed this sharp looking floatplane on one of his local beaches
and as winter closes in.....I sure do wished I lived there.
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Olivier Pinsolle
is here with part 3 of his
1/32 Academy + scratch F-16 MLU ( DUTCH ).
Today Olivier finishes the bomb load as well as other weapons and
displays his F-16 on the custom made base. Quite the
sight.
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Louis Chang has
dropped by with the third and final part of his
1/48 Hasegawa F6F-3
series. Today you get to see the finished model complete with
weathering.
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Wednesday,
Oct 18 2006 |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here
with part 8 of his Phantom series. This part is called
Never-ending Phantoms
and includes quite the selection of international Phantoms.
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Louis Chang joins
us today with part 2 of his series of articles about building his
1/48 Hasegawa F6F-3.
Louis adds scratchbuilt details to the cockpit and airbrushes the
national insignia.
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Fausto Muto
has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/48 Italeri JAS Gripen.
This beautiful jet includes a detailed cockpit and pre-shading and
more for the weathering......with very satisfying results.
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Tuesday,
Oct 17 2006 |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
kicks off today with More
Phantoms.
This is part 7 in his Phantom series. Enjoy his selection
of Japanese and Israeli F-4's today.
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Pierre Christian Baudru
has done a fine job
on his 1/72
Revell Douglas DC-3.
Pierre converted his very nice DC-3 to a
Swissair version. He tells about the process in his article.
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Olivier Pinsolle
is here with part 1 of his 3 part series on building the
1/32 Academy + scratch F-16 MLU.
Olivier chose to detail and finish his F-16 as a Dutch Viper and his
article will explain some of the modifications needed to build the
Dutch F-16 MLU.
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Louis Chang
is here
with part 1 of his 1/48 Hasegawa F6F-3.
Today Louis will work on the engine and gear bays.......you'll enjoy
seeing the scratch built work he did.
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David Weeks
is here
with his US Nationals award winning scratchbuilt 1/48 Mercury Atlas.
Wow a pile of work went into building this masterpiece.
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Graham Howe joins
us today with he very nicely done 1/32 Revell Me109 G-4 Trop.
Graham dressed up the cockpit with added details and chose the
attractive desert camo scheme for his 109.
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Monday,
Oct 16 2006 |
Jimmy Galvez
is here with some
info on the upcoming
IPMS Guayaquil XXI Modeling Contest -- October 21 & 22 2006.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
kicks off the week with part 6 of his F-4G
Phantom series.
Today Shawn presents a selection
of his F-4G Wild Weasels.
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Jeff Brundt
joins us
with his very attractive 1/200 Hasegawa MD-11
finished in KLM marking. Jeff definately knows how to build
airliners.
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Carmel John Attard
joins us
from Malta with his well done 1/72
Piaggio P-108.
Carmel gave his bomber shading and weathering.
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Martin Benko
has dropped
by with his Soviet 1/48 Academy MiG-21 PF.
Martin added a detail set and finished his MiG in a very well
done multi-shade bare metal finish.
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Steve Platt
stopped by the
Australian ARC Corporate offices
with his 1/72 Airfix C-130 Hercules.
It's always good to see models with a 'roo' on the side. Nice
one Steve.
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Sunday,
Oct 15 2006 |
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Tim
Groombridge starts your Sunday update with
his 1/48
Tamiya Spitfire Mk.Ia.
Tim has high praise for the fit of this kit and he went on to build
a very fine Spitfire.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar has
been busy scratch building conversion parts to create his
1/48 Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5/U14.
This is the Torpedo version of the Fw-190 and Rafi did it up
perfectly.
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Saturday,
Oct 14 2006 |
Reminder...Halifax, NS, Canada Model
show today and tomorrow Oct 14,15. Click here for more info http://www.mmmhfx.ca/
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Chris Evans
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/24 Trumpeter Bf-109 G6.
Chris has gone the extra mile building his Bf-109 and I'm sure
you'll enjoy it when you see it. Welcome to ARC Chris!!!
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C.H Chong
had a good time building and
finishing his 1/32 Tamiya F-15C.
C.H. added RBF tags and built a base among other detailling on his
F-15 to create a very fine looking model of this jet.
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Friday,
Oct 13 2006 US Navy's birthday |
Halifax, NS, Canada Model show
tomorrow and Sunday Oct 14,15. Click here for more info http://www.mmmhfx.ca/
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
gets things
started today with his Drone, Phantoms Pt 5.
Shawn presents quite the variety of F-4 drone aircraft in his
article.
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Mark L. Rossmann
built his
finely crafted 1/48 Hasegawa FW190 A8/R8
out ofn the box. Mark
includes some history about this type of Fw-190 in his article.
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Manuel Negri
is here with a
very sharp looking
1/48
Hasegawa F-104G. Manuel did a very special job
tinting the paint to get a slightly faded weathered look and created
a display base to display his wonderful F-104.
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Drakendk
has dropped by today with his nicely done 1/72 Broplan Saab T-17.
This aircraft is a Danish trainer and Drakendk
did a very nice job on it and built a base to display it on.
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Marcelo
Paiva, 'MASP' has
been busy building his 1/48 ESCI
Dassault Mirage IIIEBR.
This special little Mirage is finished
in Brazilian Air Froce
markings and is even painted in the exact same paint used on the
full sized aircraft.
Marcelo did extra detaillin gon his Mirage to improve things.
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Thomas Neuss
has been busy adding
details to his very sharp looking 1/35 Trumpeter Chinook HC.2.
Thomas added quite the detail to his Chinook and finished it off in
British markings with a display base.
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Thursday,
Oct 12 2006
Spain National Day |
Terrorist Bombing in Nightclub Bali, Indonesia (2002) |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
begins
today with his British, Phantom Pt 4.
Shawn has included quite the variety of British Phantoms.
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Yufei Mao
has done an outstanding
job finishing his 1/144 Sweet Bf-109F-4 Trop.
Yufei choise to finish his tiny 109 in the markings for the
Luftwaffe's famous North African Marseille.
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Oishi
has done an
exceptionally nice job building and weathering his 1/32 Trumpeter's A7-D.
Oishi has captured to look of the A-7 perfectly and finished off the
detailling quite well.
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Calum Gibson
has been busy adding
details to his very sharp looking 1/48 Hasegawa P-40N Kittyhawk.
Calum added a resin cockpit and finished his P-40 in RNZAF markings
complete with weathering.
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Pete Morgan
joins us
with his very nicely done 1/72 Revell Hawker Hunter Mk 9.
Pete did some conversion to create his Mk 9 and his efforts paid off
in a fine looking Hunter.
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Thierry
Jacques has
dropped by today with his 1/72
MACH2 Piasecki HUP2 "MULE". This
good looking little chopper is finished in French Navy markings
complete with a well done display base.
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Wednesday,
Oct 11 2006 |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here
with more Phantoms!!! This is his
German, Phantoms Pt3.
Shawn has quite the collection of German F-4's.
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Arie (Lion) Cohen
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/24 Airfix Ju-87.
I love how this model turned out....the engine looks excellent.
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Gabriel Stern
is back
with another of his unique models. This odd looking Russian
aircraft is his Scratchbuilt 1/72 BICh 14.
I've gotta' admit.....I always get a chuckle when I see
Gabriel's latest model.
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Steve Negley
has been busy adding
details to his very sharp looking 1/32 Revell Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC.
Steve has proven what magic can be created with an older kit and
some persistence.
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Tuesday,
Oct 10 2006 Republic of China
National Day |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is back
with part 2 of his F-4 series. This is his
Marine, Phantom Pt.2
article that focuses on the Phantoms flown by the USMC.
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Eric Yang
has done an
exceptionally nice job building and weathering his 1/48
Hasegawa Macchi C.202.
Eric also did the extra work and created an attractive diorama base
for his fighter.
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Tong+71 Thailand
has
been busy
building a very sharp looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-16 ADF RTAF.
This F-16 was converted to the ADF model of the F-16 and then
finished with aftermarket decals.
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Kobus Erasmus
did a very
nice job building his 1/32 Trumpeter P40B
in a crash diorama.
Kobus finished things off with some figures.
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Juhwan Lee
has put quite a bit of
effort building his 1/32 Kangnam F-5E Tiger II.
This was a difficult kit to build, but Juhwan did a beautiful job on
it.
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Alexandre Studer
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/48 Monogram B-24J.
Alexandre
finished his bomber in a baremetal finish with noseart
decals. Welcome to ARC Alexandre!!!
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Monday,
Oct 9 2006 Thanksgiving Day in Canada |
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Iain Matheson
has the
latest update on the Kits for Kandahar project and it's called
Kits 4 Kandahar are on the way!
It's fantastic to see this latest update. A special thanks to
everyone that donated kits and the businesses that got
involved.....including
Badger, AMJ movers, Mikerian,
Borgfelt,
NA Hobbies, Maritime Hobbies and others.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here
with his new series devoted to the F-4 Phantom. Today he
begins with Various Phantoms
Pt 1.
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Pablo Calcaterra
joins us with a
very historically interesting article. This is the story of
the Pulqui II - A broken dream
complete
with Pablo's model of this aircraft. Kurt
Tank (Fw-190
designer) moved to Argentina after the Second War World and
this aircraft is the result of his work.
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Bill Lachance
is here
with his 1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair.
This particular Corsair is in the markings of
the Air Force of Hondourasand was flown in the infamous 1969
"Soccer War" with El Salvador.
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Tim Groombridge
has dropped
by today with his 1/48
Tamiya Sea Harrier FRS1.
The Sea Harrier is a classically beautiful and inovative
aircraft and Tim captures the look of this aircraft very well.
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Sunday,
Oct 8 2006
Croatia Independence Day
Indian Air Force Day
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Vjekoslav Ranec
begins the Croatian Independence Day update
with
his 1/48 Academy MiG-21bis.
Vjekoslav fixed the bigger problems with this kit and then added
plenty of aftermarket and scratchbuilt detail to greatly improve the
detail on his MiG.
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Mislav Ribar
joins us on the Croatian Independence Day with
his 1/72 Croatian AF Pilatus PC-9M.
This lovely model is built from a very nice resin kit. Read
Mislav's article for the full story.
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Daniel Van Schepdael
is also
here for the Croatian Independence Day update
with
his 1/48 Academy Mig-21.
This is Daniel's first time on ARC and I must say I love the way he
accented the panels with lighter paint on his MiG. Welcome to
ARC Daniel!!!
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Saturday,
Oct 7 2006 |
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Friday,
Oct 6 2006 |
A reminder...F-4DableModels
and E-Hobby HQ aided by the Selangor & Federal
Territories Plastic Modeling Society (SFTPMS), will be holding a
F-14 Retirement Party event on 7 October here in our
capital city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The one-day event
will be paying tribute to the best of Naval Aviation and will showcase
a large collection of F-14 models and related stuff that
tells the story of the F-14, from beginning to end.
There'll also be a USN flight gear display and a round-the-clock
video presentation including some footage from Grumman.
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A reminder...IPMS
Vancouver, Canada Fall Model Show and swap meet, October 7,
2006, Burnaby, BC
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Cristopher Holcomb Lara
is here
with his 1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109 E4.
This particular 109 is the one flown by Mayor
Adolf Galland during the Battle of Britain (on of my favourite
moments in history).
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Francois Montandon
has done a fine job
building his 1/48 Nakajima Ki-43 I Oscar.
Francois built his Ki-43 out of the box with aftermarket decals.
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Ryan Cameron
had a
challenging time building his 1/72 Mach 2 TBM-3W AEW Guppy.
Ryan was persistant and completed his Guppy and did quite a nice job
on it to boot.
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Jozef Horvath
has done a stunning job on his 1/48 OEZ SU-25K.
The artwork and paint scheme on this model are quite eye catching.
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Karl W Branson
had a grand
time building his impressive looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-4 Phantom FGR Mk2.
Karl build his Phantom mostly out of the box with some additional
scratchbuilding in the cockpit to raise the level of detail.
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Thursday,
Oct 5 2006 |
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Carmel J. Attard
starts your Thursday update with
his Bulgarian Top Ace.
Carmel tells the
story of Stoyan
Stoyanov with models done of his aircraft by Carmel.
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Dario Crisman
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/72 Italeri T-45A Goshawk.
Dario used no aftermarket detail items on his T-45 and instead
scratchbuilt the needed details to get his jet looking just
right. Welcome to ARC Dario!!!
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Oliver Weston
joins us with his
nicely done
1/72 Pioneer Sukhoi SU-21G "Flagon".
Alhtough this isn't a high end kit, Oliver found it to be a very
nice kit. He tells the whole story in his article.
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Yufei Mao
has done an amazing
job on his 1/144 Sweet A6M2b Zero.
This is another 1/144 model by Yufei and it includes full
weathering.
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Gianni Chirico
joins us from Sicily with his sharp
looking 1/72 Italeri Mirage 2000D.
Gianni added some scratchbuilt details and repositioned the
control surfaces on his jet and finished it in French Air Force
markings.
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Wednesday,
Oct 4 2006 Lesotho
National Day |
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Ross Blackford
begins
today with some photos from the recent Our Town Model show.
Sounds like it was quite the enjoyable show.
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Bruno Cywinski
has been busy adding
details to his very sharp looking 1/32 Hasegawa Me 163 Komet.
Bruno used aftermarket parts as well as scratchbuilding and
weathering and aftermarket decals to complete his Me-163.
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Joe Youngerman
has done an
exceptionally nice job building and weathering his 1/72 Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan.
Joe includes the history behind the interesting little orange
aircraft as well as how he weathered it.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here with a
selection of his colourful
1/48 & 1/72 Hasegawa CF-18's.
Shawn has included 3 Canadian CF-18's as well as an Aussie F-18.
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Adam Smith
has done an outstanding
job weathering his 1/48
Tamiya P-47 Thunderbolt.
This P-47 was built OOB and it was the weathering where Adam put his
main focus.
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Louis Chang
is here
with his 1/72
Revell He-177A5.
This He-177A5 was built mostly out of the box with some
scratchbuilding to improve certain details. Louis finished it
in quite the complicated camo scheme.
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Tuesday,
Oct 3 2006
Germany National Day |
F-4DableModels and E-Hobby HQ aided by the
Selangor & Federal Territories Plastic Modeling Society
(SFTPMS), will be holding a F-14 Retirement Party event on 7
October here in our capital city of Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The one-day event will be paying tribute to the best of
Naval Aviation and will showcase a large collection
of F-14 models and related stuff that tells the story of the
F-14, from beginning to end.
There'll also be a USN flight gear display and a
round-the-clock video presentation including some footage
from Grumman.
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IPMS
Vancouver, Canada Fall Model Show and swap meet, October 7, 2006, Burnaby, BC
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Paul A. Birkenfeld
starts
today's update with his eye catching 1/72 Hasegawa MiG-29A.
Paul modified the pilot figure and finished his MiG in the
attractive markings and camo scheme for a Cuban jet.
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Mark McClellan
has done a fine job building his 1/32 Revell ASK-21 Glider.
This little gem is finished Out-of-the-box in USAF markings.
A fine looking glider if I ever saw one.
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Bill Lachance
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/48 Hobby Craft FG-1D Corsair.
Bill added photo
etch seatbelts and used
the markings for the El
Salvador Air Force and went with a multi-shade bare metal
finish.
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Aloong
joins us with his beautifully
done 1/32 Tamiya F-4J.
Aloong added a resin seat and some scratchbuilt detailing in the
cockpit and finished it off witha flawless paint job.
Very nice indeed.
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Yufei Mao
dropped by today with his 1/144 Sweet F4F-3 "Butch".
This sharpe looking little fighter is finished in the markings for
Edward "Butch" O'Hare.
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Busolini Massimo
joins us from
Italy with his beautifully
done 1/48 Hasegawa TF-104G Starfighter.
Busolini did his F-104 in Italian markings and added weathering and
drop tanks to complete this beauty.
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Angus McDonald
is here
with his Deluxe airbrush holder.
Angus has got a very inexpensive option here for holding your
airbrush.
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Monday,
Oct 2 2006
Guinea
Independence Day
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No update today.....I need
to devote time to other matters. Updates will resume tomorrow.
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Sunday,
Oct 1 2006 People's
Republic of China National Day |
Cyprus Independence Day
Nigeria Independence Day |
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My
younger brother Dave
passed away yesterday, he was almost 45. This was the reason for the
lack of
updates for a few days last week......his cancer had taken a nasty
turn for the worst. I've included a couple of photos including
one of us riding a camel on Cyprus in 1972.
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newca
starts today with his very well done
1/144 PLA NAVY J-10C.
This is the special Chinese fighter and this article is in honour of
China's National Day. Very good to see your J-10C newca.
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