Monday,
Dec 31 2007 |
This is the last update for
2007. I'd like to wish everyone a very safe and happy New Years
Eve...........Silly week begins tomorrow. Happy New Year!!!
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Patrick Vossenberg
begins the
last update of the year with his exceptionally nice 1/72 Hasegawa F-4EJ.
Patrick used the cockpit from another kit and added Eduard photo etch
and some scratchbuilt details to improve his Phantom before finishing
it off in early Japanese Aggressor markings.
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Adam Bates is
here with his first model on ARC today. This is Adam's
1/32
Hasegawa BF-109 G-10 that
he bush painted and weathered with very good results.
Welcome to ARC Adam!!! I look forward to seeing more of your
work on ARC.
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Daniel PerezVertti has
been busy doing a stellar job on his 1/48
Hasegawa A-4SU Singapore.
Daniel built this one mostly out of the box and finished it off in a
great looking camo job complete with subtle weathering. Nice one
Daniel.
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Josip Žagar is
here with his 1/72
Bilek Junkers JU-188 D-1 finished in one the
more interesting camo paint schemes I've ever seen on any WW2 German
aircraft. Josip
also did an exceptionally nice weathering job which you will see in
his photos.
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Sunday,
Dec 30 2007 |
I returned home late Saturday
night from a 4 day trip out of town visiting relatives with my wife and
kids. The trip was not as relaxing as I would have hoped.
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DoraQQ joins
us for the first time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/72
Academy Spad XIII.
I'm very pleased to see DoraQQ's Spad on ARC and I look forward to
seeing more work by DoraQQ on ARC in the future. Welcome to ARC
DoraQQ!!!
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Serge
Dompierre has done a
marvelous job building and detailing his 1/48
Dragon Heinkel 162.
Serge chose a very unique paint scheme and did one heck of a fine job
detailing the engine on his He-162.
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Saturday,
Dec 29 2007 |
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Armin Knes is
here with another of his Soviet/Russian masterpieces. This is
Armin's 1/48 OZE Suchoi Su-7 BKL.
You've got to check out the camo paint job on this one.
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Derek Derks has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/72 Hobbycraft CH113A Labrador.
Derek used a variety of aftermarket tiems as well as plenty of
scratchbuilt items to get everything correct on his Labrador.
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Friday,
Dec 28 2007 |
Nepal - Birthday of H.M. Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
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Australia - "Proclamation Day" in South Australia |
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David Chong and
his friends are here with their 1/72 Airshow 2007.
This is an annual display and this 728 sq ft airport diorama must be
one of the bigger dioramas on the planet. I get a kick out of
seeing it each year here on ARC and I only wish I could see it in
person. Well done everyone.
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Lu Changji joins
us today with a very well done 1/72 Academy F6F-3 Hellcat.
Although this kit wasn't fully up to expectations, it still turned
into a very fine looking model of this famous WW2 USN fighter.
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Arthur L. Caesar Jr has
dropped by today with his big
1/32 Hasagawa F-16C.
Arthur finished his Viper in the eye catching markings of the Alabama
187th Fighter Wing.....you got to check out the tail art on this
one. A great looking F-16 Arthur.
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Josip Žagar has
been busy getting things right on his 1/72 Hasegawa A6M3 Zero.
Josip added scrtatchbuilt engine and cockpit detailing and
finished off his Zero with an exceptionally nice paint job.
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Malcolm Reid has
put quite a bit of scratchbuilding effort as well as aftermarket
goodies into his 1/48 Revell MiG-25BM Foxbat F.
I was very impressed with how well the finished model turned out and
the paint scheme just leaves me stunned....very nice indeed.
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Thursday,
Dec 27 2007 |
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Ole Westphalen gets
things started today with his super detailed 1/32 Trumpeter A-10.
Ole has done extensive detailing using aftermarket items as well as
scratchbuilding over the past 5 years to complete his A-10. The
finished model is a beautiful sight to see. Well done
Ole.......you have inspired many people today.
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Charles Johnson has
been busy building and finishing his 1/72 Hitech Caribou
in US Army markings. Charles had to put extra effort into his
Caribou to get the results he was after, but his efforts paid off in
the end with a very nice model of this critical little transport
plane.
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Darren Snow has
been busy enjoying the build of his 1/48
Hasegawa Hurricane Mk I.
Darren added aftermarket items to improve the detail of this fine kit
and he finished it off in the markings of Squadron Leader Douglas
Bader in the final stage of the BOB in 1940.
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Dan McWilliams is
here with his tribute to a very special couple of F-104 pilots.
This is Dan's 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104.
in a bare metal Alclad finish and aftermarket resin goodies and decals
from Belcher
Bits. Dan has a passion for the CF-104's and seeing
his work on ARC is always a treat.
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Wednesday,
Dec 26 2007 |
Slovenia Independence Day |
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Alvis 3.1 is
here today with his annual feature as he ponders what Santa would fly
on Christmas eve. The first article is What Santa Would Fly: 1927
and of course it is equipped for landing on snow.
This one has the "Sprit of St. Nicholas " painted on the
nose.
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Alvis 3.1 is
here with part 2 of his 4 part Santa series. This time he
explores the possibility of Santa flying a
1/144 Comet.
I gotta' admit....Alvis might be on to something here. He
explains the full story in his article.
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Alvis 3.1 is
here with the aircraft from my favourite Christmas Eve story.
This is "The Shepherd"......a
story that is played on CBC radio each Christmas Eve. I've
listened to it each year for the past 25 years.
Alvis has included a link to the audio story and his models are the
models featured in the story. This story is a MUST listen.
Enjoy.
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Tuesday,
Dec 25 2007 |
Christmas
Day |
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Here's a photo of the Official
ARC Gingerbread House 2007.
It's not quite aircraft related......but it is a scale model.
Have a very Merry Christmas everyone and all the warmest wishes to all
of you around the world. Be well.
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Monday,
Dec 24 2007 |
Serbian Air Force Day |
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Gabriel Stern joins
us from his workbench in the twilight zone
with his 1/72 Eagles Talon Northrop N9M.
This is a limited run kit.....but that sort of thing doesn't slow down
Gabriel. I always get a kick out of seeing these flying wing
aircraft......which explains why I like Tim "Hortens"
coffee.
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Eric Hargett has
been very determined and skillful with his
1/48 Fonderie Miniature Grumman F11F-1 Tiger.
Eric has created a stunning example of this sleek early USN jet.
Eric's skills at detailing and painting gave him the upper hand on
this kit which turned into a model worthy of any display case.
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Ermanno Bonafin has
been busy getting the details right on his
1/48 Hasegawa Macchi C.202 Folgore.
Ermanno used aftermarket resin, photoetch and decals to complete this
marvelous Folgore. The smoke rings are painted......which is not
an easy thing to do. The finished model is a pleasure to see.
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Jeremias Nicolas Luchina
is here with
his 1/72
Academy Dassaul-Breguet Super Etendard.
Jeremias added extra scratchbuilt details plus Eduard photo etch and
finished it off with a weapons load and aftermarket decals for an Argentinean
aircraft.
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Sunday,
Dec 23 2007 |
Japan - Birthday of H.I.M. Emperor Akihito |
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Lionel "YOYOal" Albecker
is here for
the first time on ARC. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa A6M2
"Rufe"
is a very well done paint job complete with chipped peeling
paint. Nice one Lionel and welcome to ARC!!! I hope to see
more of your work on ARC in the future.
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Juanjo Dominguez went
to great lengths to detail his
1/72 Hasegawa Saab J-35J Draken.
This model is full of scratchbuilt details and finished off with a
stunning paint job.
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Saturday,
Dec 22 2007 |
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Danny Braverman
is here with his beautifully done
1/48 Academy Su-30.
This is the
Academy Su-27UB Converted
into theSu-30 using the Sol
conversion kit. Danny
finished his Su-30 in one of the more attractive airshow schemes of
the Indian Air Force.....complete with weathering.
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Friday,
Dec 21 2007 |
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar gets things started today
with his 1/48
Dragon Focke Wulf Ta 152H-1.
Rafi has a talent for building Luftwaffe fighters from WW2 and his
Ta 152H-1 captures the look and feel of the real aircraft
perfectly.
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Leslie
Choy has been busy
adding a flawless aluminium finish to the 1/48
Tamiya F-84G Thunderjet.
Leslie added extra goodies from Cutting
Edge, Teknics
and Aires to detail the cockpit and gunbay and Leslie also added
scratchbuilt details to complete this very well done F-84.
Leslie finished it off with Cutting
Edge decals complete with noseart.
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Gustavo
Adolfo Balaguera López is
here with his first article on ARC. This is the
1/144
Revell Eurofighter
in a factory fresh paint job. I'm impressed with the level
of detail and the final finish on this tiny Eurofighter. Well
done Gustavo and welcome to ARC!!!......I look forward to seeing
more of your work on ARC.
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Rogerio
Mota has
been busy building the 1/32
Pacific Coast Macchi 200.
Rogerio had some challenging moments with this limited run
kit.......but the finished model clearly shows this is a kit that
builds up into an impressive model of this classic WW2 Italian
aircraft.
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Thursday,
Dec 20 2007 |
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Gabriel Stern
begins today with another of his
marvelous creations of
actual aircraft. Today Gabriel is here with his Scratch-built
1/72 Mignet Pou-du-Ciel.
This is the grandaddy of the ultra-light aircraft movement....yet
another amusing wonder from aviation's past thanks to Gabriel.
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Patrick Vossenberg
has done a
very fine job on his 1/72
Revell F-105D.
Patrick built his Thud out of the box but his painting skills and
talent brought this model to life. Very nice indeed.
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Armin
Knes is here with his 1/48
Polikarpow Po-2/U-2.
Armin got everything right on his little bi-plane with great
effect. The rigging looks perfect as does the rest of the
model.
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Rian W. Jones
has gone the extra mile detailing and
scratchbuilding on his 1/48
Tamiya He 162.
I give Rian full credit for pulling together this whole project.
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Wednesday,
Dec 19 2007 |
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Jaime "JGV" Vinha
starts your
update today with a second article on ARC. This sharp looking 1/72 Revell F-4 F Phantom II
is done in special anniversary Luftwaffe markings.
A great looking phantom by Jaime and a good run down in the
article about tackling this kit.
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Zafer Yilmaz
has been busy painting his 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109.
This model was flown by 3 different airforces and the markings show
it. The final markings are Yugoslavian, but
for the full story about this aircraft an the process to create this
1/32 beauty....read Zafer's article.
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Andrés "Cítrico" Fonseca Wilder
joins us with
his 1/48 Zhengdefu Su-27 UB.
I LOVE the look of the Su-27 and Andrés
did it up right with a scratch built cockpit and other details
before giving it a masterful paint job with weathering.
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Phillip Roache is
here with his first on ARC. This is his
1/48 Academy CH-53E
which Phillip spent 7 months builing, detailing
and the scratchbuilding more details. Phillip chose to fold the
blades which does give this model an even more complicated look.
Excellent article Phillip and an outstanding job on your CH-53E.
Welcome to ARC Phillip!!!
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Hal
Marshman Sr is here with an
article on the Luftwaffe Ground Crew Work Uniforms.
There's no pics but there's plenty of info here to help you painting
your next Luftwaffe figure.
Thanks Hal!!
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Tuesday,
Dec 18 2007 |
Niger - Proclamation of the Republic |
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Ole Westphalen starts
today's update with his first article on ARC. I'm pleased to
show you Ole's award winning 1/32 Trumpeter F-100D RDAF.
Ole did quite a bit of scratchbuilding and used aftermarket goodies to
enhance his exceptional F-100. He then finished it off
in Royal Danish Air Force markings. Welcome to ARC Ole!!!
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Vidal Antonio de Azevedo Costa
has dropped
by today with his award winning 1/72 Revell Spitfire MkVb Trop.
Vidal had quite the challenge building his kit bash spitfire....but
I'm glad he stuck with it, because the finished Spitfire come out
looking beautiful.
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Antonio Avalos Valverde
joins us from Spain with a flawless
1/144 Revell F-14 D Tomcat.
You've got to check out the quality of finish on this F-14.....it
could easily pass for 1/48. Amazing work Antonio.
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AEX dropped
in the ARC Corporate offices on
the Canary Islands with this very well done
1/72 Fujimi Aichi B7A2 Ryuseikai “Grace”.
It's always a special treat for me to see the latest model from
my friend AEX. This one is well weathered with peeling
paint and shaded panel lines.
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Monday,
Dec 17 2007 |
Bhutan National Day |
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Scott Vomacka begins
today with his 1/48 Hasegawa A-4F Blue Angels.
Scott built his Blue Angel Skyhawk mostly out of the box but he did go
a step further by using foil on the leading edges to get things
looking right. His finished model captures the look and pay
homage to this famous aerial demonstration team.
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Steffen "Little Airwolf" Tittmann
has been very
busy building his huge 1/48
Ainring/Bavaria Air Base 1945 diorama.
Steffen has included 3 fighters in his diorama as well as support
vehicles and a figures. These were the special late war prop
fighters tasked to protect the Me-262's as they took off and landed.
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Dan McWilliams is
here with his latest 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104.
Dan has a passion for the F-104 as his Dad was a pilot in the
CF-104. Dan's passion shows through in his Canadian Starfighter
model. Dan used aftermarket decals from Belcher
Bits.
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Catherine Vickers has
dropped by today with her latest work. This is Catherine's
1/72 Airfix de Havilland Chipmunk
done up in Canadian markings. Catherine
has built the Airfix Chipmunk in the past so her articles offers
skilled advice on this particular kit. Catherine used
aftermarket seats to improve upon the kit detail.
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Sunday,
Dec 16 2007 |
Bahrain
National Day |
Kazakhstan National Day |
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No update today. I'm
busy with my kids putting up Christmas lights on the house. I made
the mistake years ago telling them the importance of Christmas lights as
they help Santa spot our house at night. Now I get hounded every
year to put up more and more lights.
More than once I've had airliners doing final approach on my driveway
before they figure out their mistake.
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Saturday,
Dec 15 2007 |
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Héctor Fabian Vidales (Pinino13)
is here with his
1/72 A-Model Yak 15 Feather.
this is a limited run kit built out of the box.......which is quite
the success. This particular aircraft has history in the
development of the jet aircraft. Héctor
gave his Yak 15 a very care well done weathering job.
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Pascal Frey joins
us from France with his outstanding 1/48 Tamiya P47 D-30.
Pascal's P-47 is a multi-shades battle worn aircraft complete with
aftermarket resin and nose art and weathering.
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Friday,
Dec 14 2007 |
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Edward Lowdell is
here with my favourite yellow nosed 109E. This is Edward's 1/48 Messerschmitt BF109 E-4/N
in the
markings of Adolf Galland's aircraft. Edward built this one to a
very high standard and you're going to love how it turned out.
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Robert "NoBoB" Moore
has been busy
building his 1/12 ESCI F-16 Cockpit.
This big cockpit kit is quite the sight when it's built and Robert
sure did do it up right. This would be quite the desktop
display.
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Stefano Lana
joins us from Milano Italy with his beautifully done 1/72 Italeri MiG-29A.
Stefano
weathered his MiG and finished it in Iranian Air Force markings and
displayed it ona diorama base to set the scene.
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Serge Dompierre
is here with his 1/48 Monogram P-61A Black Widow.
Serge got everything looking just right on his Black widow and the
fact it has D-Day stripes and sexy noseart makes it a favorite of
mine. Nicely done Serge.
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Mark
Buchler is here with product
announcement for the 1/48
Goshawk Resin Update Set
from Model
Shack. This is for the Lindberg
Curtiss F11C-2 Goshawk kit.
If you're building this kit.....you should check out this set.
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Thursday,
Dec 13 2007 |
Saint Lucia Independence Day |
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I'm currently adding
dynamic areas to the upper part of some review articles. These areas
just below the birthday greetings and will be used to show off the latest
news for that particular manufacturer and are designed to be changed to
reflect new products or news from that manufacturer. Currently I'm
adding this new feature to the Twobobs reviews. If you look at
today's Twobobs review, you will see what I mean. This is another of
the enhancements I'm adding to ARC. This content will change
regularly on old and new reviews.
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Nikolas Hakime "El
Hereje" gets
things started today with a Spanish 1/48 Italeri Mirage F.1E.
Nikolas added photo etch and resin goodies along with some very
talented scratch built details. Very nice indeed.
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Gabriel Stern is
here with another of his non-mainstream beauties. This is
Gabriel's Converted 1/72 Italeri S.M.79
in civilian markings.
Read Gabriel's article....he has a talent for writing...not to mention
the fact he builds darn fine models....with good photos to boot.
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Stephen Prior is
here to wow you with his 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18F Super Hornet.
Stephen used aftermarket decals and a first class weathering job
before displaying his Super Hornet on a diorama base.
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Claus Gustafsen
is here with
three of his 1/32 Revell Thunderbolts.
One of these is a Brazilian bird and 2 are in American markings....one
with sexy noseart. Claus put plenty of effort into his
Thunderbolts and they do capture the look of this historic
fighter. Nice one Claus.
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Wednesday
Dec 12 2007 |
Kenya Independence Day |
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Here's the latest
Hot
Babe of the Week! photos from Twobobs.
These photos are of A-10's by Robin Polderman. Check out the ladder door art which includes a sexy blonde as well as
a nasty green dragon.
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Seán Langley
has put quite a bit of
effort into his sharp looking 1/48 Hobbycraft Sea Fury FB.11.
Sean added quite a bit of aftermarket items and finished it off with a
dynamite weathering job and D-Day stripes.
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Mike Regan joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/48 Classic Airframes Canberra B.2.
Mike is from New Zealand and chose to build his Canberra as a RAF bird
in the mid 50's. Nice one Mike.....I look forward to seeing more
of your work on ARC. Welcome to ARC!!!
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Gonzalo D. Mendoza
had a blast building his
1/48 Hasegawa F-4EJ
straight out
of the box.
I'm not sure what it is, but I enjoy seeing jets in Japanese markings
and Gonzalo's Phantom looks Phantastic!!
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Tuesday,
Dec 11 2007 |
No update today.....I spent
all day Monday working on doing some html programming for ARC's make
over. There was no time to get today's update done.
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Monday,
Dec 10 2007 |
Constitution Day in Thailand |
Sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse
(1941) |
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Blackeyes is
here to honour the Constitution Day in Thailand with
his baremetal 1/72 Academy F-84G.
Blackeyes did his F-84G in a baremetal finish
and Royal Thailand Air
force markings complete with noseart. Very nice Blackeyes.
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Apirak joins
us with his Constitution
Day in Thailand article of his 1/48
Monogram/Revell F-5 & 1/48 Italeri/ESCI F-5.
Apirak provides us with a
selection of 4 of his F-5's....all in Royal Thailand Air force
markings.
So many great choices of
paint schemes.
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Alan Purusram
has been busy building his 1/48 Tamiya Mustang IVa.
This is an RCAF Mustang and Alan tells the story of this Canadian
Mustang and it's short combat history. Alan covered it in foil
to get the correct bare metal look he was after.
I love how it turned out Alan.
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Suckjoong Kim
is here for the first time on ARC. Suckjoong
is from Republic
of Korea (South Korea) with
a very well done 1/48 Hasegawa SH-3H SeaKing
finished off in US Navy markings. It's good to see another
Korean join us on ARC. Welcome to ARC Suckjoong!!!
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Alfonso Barajas is
here with a selection of photos from the recent
Encuentro XXV
show and contest in Monterrey, Mexico.
There's a large variety of models including figure and autos
etc. Enjoy
the photos and use the slideshow feature to view them easier.
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I have a review of the new Human
Eyes decal sheet from Zotz
Decals.
This sheet contains a total of 336 pairs of eyes in 7 different
sizes.....and a huge variety of colours of eyes.
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Sunday,
Dec 9 2007 |
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Agelos Tsinas is
here for the first time with a sharp looking
1/48 Mirage PZL P.24G.
Agelos gave this Greek aircraft a careful coat of weathering to
complete the look.
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Scott Vomacka has
been busy getting the details right on his
1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18F.
Scott finished his folded wing FSuper Hornet in Diamondbacks
Anniversary Scheme from Two
Bobs
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Saturday,
Dec 8 2007 |
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Tim Cvetic gets
things started today with his 1/72
Airfix Aerospatiale Gazelle.
This little beauty is built mostly out of the box with some
scratchbuild detailing to add some life to the cockpit and
exterior. Nice one Tim.
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Rick Bellanger has
done a marvelous job building and finishing his 1/32 Trumpeter F-100D.
Rick added a resin cockpit to add to the leval of detail on this big
wonderful kit. Sit back and enjoy the many great photos Rick has
included with his article.
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Friday,
Dec 7 2007 |
Pearl
Harbor - Attack on U.S. base 1941 |
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Tigre
del Aire is
here with Part 2 of his 2 part article on the recent XXII
IPMS Guayaquil National Contest.
This sounds like it was quite the trip and a very enjoyable show with
a great friendly bunch of modellers. Part 2 will run tomorrow on
ARC.
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Chuck Holte has
been busy building one of my favourite Dutch F-16's. This is
Chuck's 1/72 Italeri F-16A/B
with a resin seat and some scratchbuilt details. The markings
are the kit decals.....which do have a funny story to them when this
aircraft was seen later with Diana fully clothed.
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Ricardo Castellanos has
been busy converting his kit into a model of the
1/48 Entex Beechcraft F-33
in Mexican Air Force markings. Nicely done Ricardo.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar has
dropped by today with two of his 1/48 Focke wulf Fw190D-9's.
Rafi is well known for his skill and talent and these Fw-190 Doras are
another fine example of his work.
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Andrea Cittadini is
here for the first time today with an exceptionally well done
1/72 F/A-18C Hornet in Hangar
Diorama.
Grab a coffee or cup of tea and sit back and enjoy the photos.
Welcome to ARC Andrea!!!
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Thursday,
Dec 6 2007 |
Finland Independence Day |
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Janne begins
today with an article to honour Finland. This is Janne's 1/32 Academy F-18D Hornet.
Janne went
all out and did this big Hornet up with plenty of Black Box resin
and Eduard photo
etch and finished it off with decals from F4Dable. All
this was finished off with a first class weathering job.
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Tigre del Aire is
here with Part 1 of his 2 part article on the recent XXII IPMS Guayaquil National Contest.
This sounds like it was quite the trip and a very enjoyable show with
a great friendly bunch of modellers. Part 2 will run tomorrow on
ARC.
Enjoy
the photos and use the slideshow feature to view them easier.
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Serge Dompierre
is here today with his very well done 1/48 Hasegawa Ju-87 B-2 Stuka.
Serge finished his Ju-87 as one of the yellow nosed Stukas in winter
camo operating in Russia. I love those winter camos.
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Stefano Lana has
been very busy building and finishing his 1/72 Italeri A-6E Intruder.
Stefano displayed his Intruder on a diorama base of a carrier flight
deck with figures and equipment to complete the scene.
A very inspiring display.
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Billy Calzada
"Billbuccaneer"
is here with
his 1/72 Monogram A-1E Skyraider.
Billy added extra details and handpainted markings and homemade decals
to get the look just right on this classic Vietnam War attack
aircraft. Nice one Billy.
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Wednesday,
Dec 5 2007 |
Thailand National Day (H.M. The King's Birthday) |
Russia - Soviet winter counter offensive under Moscow
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Today
is the beginning of Chanukah/Hanukkah. I would like to wish
everyone that celebrates the 8 day Festival of Light the very
best. Enjoy this time with your family.
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Colin Whitehouse
is here again this year to honour the Thailand
National Day with his 1/48 Classic Airframes Curtis Hawk Fighter type 10.
Colin included the gallant history of this little bi-plane as it
fought against the Japanese invasion on Dec 8 1941....a sad tale
indeed. Colin brought this aircraft to life.
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Blackeyes joins
us from Thailand on this special day with his
very well done 1/72 Sword F8F Bearcat.
Blackeyes finished his Bearcat in Thai markings complete with exhaust
stains and paint chipping.
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CAPT. TOM is
visiting us today in honour of Thailand with his great looking 1/72 Kitech
Caribou.
This special Caribou is finished in Royal Thai Police
markings. It good to see a Caribou in these rare
markings.
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Scott Brown
is here with a preview of the new 1/48
F-16CG decal sheet
from Afterburner
Decals.
This sheet features F-16CGs from the 86th FW at
Ramstein
AB
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Germany
during 1994.....including one with kill markings. Read Scott's
preview for more info.
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Tuesday,
Dec 4 2007 |
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Rodrigo Rejas - Blacklight
is here with Modelling
Expo photos
of the www.solomaquetas.com
Expo
that is currently running until December 16
in Santiago, Chile.
If I lived closer....I know I'd be attending.
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Ceki Erginbas has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/48 Tamiya Dornier Do-335A Pfeil.
Ceki added
quite a few aftermarket items including decals from Cutting
Edge. This
is a fantastic kit and Ceki did a wonderful job on it.
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Patrick Vossenberg joins
us today with his second model on ARC. This is Patrick's 1/72 Revell Tornado Gr.1
in markings from Operation Granby. Patrick added weathering and
decals from Hi Decal Line to complete this Gulf War hero.
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Ken Duffey has
been busy creating his usual magic. This is his
1/72 South Front Mil Mi-26 'Halo'.
diorama based on an actual heavy lift recovery in Afghanistan.
Ken got everything perfect on this one....sit back and enjoy.
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Bob Engle is
here with a varied selection of his Aviation Artwork....including
B-17 artwork and much more.
This is definite talent.
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Cutting
Edge has Six
new B-52 decal sheets coming
out featuring TWENTY-FOUR
B-52D, B-52F, B-52G, and B-52H markings schemes. Click the image to
the left of the link to get the full story with large images of these
6 new sheets.
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Cutting
Edge will
release a number of 1/72
B-52 conversion sets to allow you to modify
the widely available Monogram/Revell B-52D kit into an accurate B-52G
or B-52H. These will be large sets that will result in your creating a
really great (and accurate) model! Also...there
is an audio file from Dave Klaus himself you can listen to at the link
above.
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Monday,
Dec 3 2007 |
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Steve Filak
has set up the ARC 2008 IPMS USA Forum. This will be the place
for all ARC'ers to connect up to discuss the upcoming 2008 IPMS USA
National Convention in Virginia Beach and plan get togethers etc. No doubt about
it...we're gonna' have fun!!!
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Richard Elman is
here with his first article on ARC today. This is Richard's
1/48 ICM Spitfire Mk. IX
done up in the desert scheme of one of the
Polish Aces that flew with the RAF during WW2. This is an
excellent looking Spitfire and I look forward to seeing more work from
Richard in the future.
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Karl Sander has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/48 Italeri EA-18G.
Karl found this kit somewhat challenging as he completed his EA-18G
and added aftermarket and scratchbuilt detail to make his jet
correct. Very nicely done Karl.....I loved reading your
article.
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Lorenzo Cassinadri has done an amazing
job finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa Me-109 G-6.
This 109 is finished in the markings of the second highest Luftwaffe
ace with some of those markings being airbrushed. The
complicated airbrushed paint job looks perfect.
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Max Tollens Jr. is
here with his baremetal 1/144 Minicraft 737-400.
Max actually did his 727 in a multi-shade baremetal finish as a Piedmont
737. It looks great Max.
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Sunday,
Dec 2 2007 |
Laos Proclamation of the Republic |
United Arab Emirates National Day |
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Corbett Legg
is here from the UAE to honour the United Arab Emirates National
Day with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16F Desert Falcon.
Corbett did
quite the conversion to create his Desert Falcon including resin sets
from Cutting
Edge &
Aires, Photo etch from Eduard and decals from Zotz
Decals. Outstanding.
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Corbett Legg
is here from the UAE with his second article for the United Arab
Emirates National Day with his
1/48 Italeri Mirage 2000-9.
Corbett used
Eduard photo etched set and the Neomega cockpit and Carpena decals to
pull together this amazingly well done Mirage.
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Saturday,
Dec 1 2007 |
Romania National Day |
Central Africa National Day |
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Marin Gigi
Cristinel begins today with a special
1/72
Junkers Ju-87 D5 in Romanian markings
to honor
the Romanian National Day.
Marin hand painted some markings and the rest were made from homemade
decals....with great success. This little Stuka came out looking
very good on it's display
base.
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Christian Curec is
here to honor the Romanian
National Day with
something different from the usual aircraft models
on ARC by Christian. This is Christian's
34 mm Grey Knight
Warhammer
Metal figure. The painting looked very impressive until I
realized this whole figure is only 34mm tall.....a cigarette in the
last photo looks like a telephone pole next to this tiny figure.
I love it.
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