Tuesday,
Sept 30
2008 |
Jewish New
Year |
Eid
Al Fitr - Muslim Family holiday
to mark
the end of Ramadan |
Guinea-Bissau Independence Day
Botswana National Day |
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Carmel J Attard
starts today with
a seldom seen model. This is his 1/72 Rare Plane RC-12D Cuckiya
which is a vac-u-formed kit that builds up into a very nice little
model. Carmel explains the history and build process in his
article.
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Ray Hemenway
has changed gears
and tried something other than his usual WW1 models. This is
his big 1/32 Tomy Mustang P-51D complete with a host of
scratchbuilding to bring up the detail level and finished off in the
markings for Frenesi, which gives this Mustang a great look.
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Bob Herbert
has shown with
his 1/72 Academy A-10A Thunderbolt II (Warthog) that although he
builds 1/48, he can turn out a great looking model in 1/72.
Bob added RBF tags and weathering plus a full weapons load to show
his A-10 as it would have appeared during the Gulf War.
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Darin Bellis
adds some colour
to the ARC homepage with his 1/72 Amodel Pitts Special. Darin
made his own custom decals for the colourful markings on his Pitts Special
with
marvelous results.
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Monday,
Sept 29 2008 |
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Bob Herbert
contacted me about a great
"Missile and Aircraft Reference Website" with info for missiles and aircraft for color
and type! The URL is http://www.milviz.com
This site has a huge amount of helpful info
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Daniele Dotti
starts
today with a 1/72 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk.2C. Daniele finished
this Hurricane in RAf markings for a night fighter, which looks very
good.
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Ian Buick
is here with a
selection of 1/72 RoG Typhoon FGR.4 (X4). If you are building
this kit......then Ian's article is a must read.......he's had
plenty of experience with this kit.
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Bla’k Ja’k
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/72 Heller Canadair CL-415.
This is one of the well known fire bombers in it's bright colourful
paint scheme.
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Louis Chang
has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/48 Academy MIG-21UM.
Louis used a conversion set to create this special MIG-21UM.
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Sunday,
Sept 28 2008 |
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Artur Oslizlo
starts today with
his detail rich 1/48 Tamiya P-51B Mustang Mk.III. Artur used
the Aires Super Detail set to add plenty of extra detail to his
Mustang and finished it off in markings for a Polish
pilot. |
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Warren Inman
joins us from down under with his 1/32 Revell F-4F Phantom.
Warren finished off his big Luftwaffe Phantom in the colourful Wild
Horse Phantom markings. No doubt about these markings are eye
catching. |
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Saturday,
Sept 27 2008 |
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Lefteris Legatos
has taken the 1/32 Trumpeter A-10A Thunderbolt
and done a huge amount of detailing and scratchbuilding. There
are many panels that were opened and detailed with glorious
scratchbuilt detail and then it was finished off in the Snow Hog
paint scheme.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
is here with his 1/48 Italeri CH-147 Chinook.
Shawn captured the look of this big Canadian transport helicopter
very well.
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Friday,
Sept 26 2008 |
I've added a link to
the ARC Manufacturers links page for Professional
Plastics. They sell Plastic Sheets, Rods, Tubing & Films.
Professional Plastics, Inc. (Fullerton, CA) offers more than 500
different plastic materials and products online from their
e-commerce website www.professionalplastics.com .
Products are shipped from 15 locations throughout the USA &
Asia. Mil-spec and hard-to-find materials are in stock for immediate
shipment.
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Tom Berres
has done a
marvelous job building and detailing his 1/72 Revell Seaking ASAC.7.
Thomas
scratchbuilt details and added details using aftermarket resin
parts. No doubt about it......the folded rotors and tail
really set this model apart.
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Bob Herbert
joins us from New Zealand with his 1/48 Hasegawa A-4K Skyhawk.
Bob used aftermarket decals to complete his Skyhawk as a RNAF
fighter. Nicely done Bob!!
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Malcolm Reid
has been busy
getting the detail correct on his 1/72 Revell C-160Z Transall to
make it into a SAAF Transall. Malcolm tells the history of the
South Afracian Transalls and what is required to build a Transall.
Malcolm displayed his with the doors open to show off the interior
detail.
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KNES Armin
has been busy
converting and detailing his 1/48 AA-models MiG-21 F-13. This
conversion required a good amount of work create this version of the
MiG-21, but Armin kept with it and turned out an excellent looking MiG-21 F-13.
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Thursday,
Sept 25 2008 |
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Tom Berres
has been busy getting
the details right on his 1/72 Aeromaster (Heller) Mirage 2000D.
Tom did a little bit of kit bashing a a whole lot of scratchbuilding
to detail his Mirage with excellent results.
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Juergen Klinglhuber
joins us with his very colourful 1/72 Aeroclub, Pilatus PC-7 - Viper.
Juergen made his own decals and airbrushed some of the markings to
complete this special aircraft.
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Malcolm Reid
had a good time building the classic 1/48 Monogram F-106.
Malcolm used Fox One decal and a subtle weathering job to finish
his F-106.
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Douglas Conrady
is here with his spoecial diorama he calls The Birth of Air Power.
Douglas captures the moment Billy Mitchell sunk the Battleship
Ostfriesland on July 21, 1921 and showed the ability of aircraft to
sink battleships.
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Wednesday, Sept
24 2008
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Tuesday,
Sept 23 2008 |
Saudi Arabia National Day |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These new Hot Babe of the Week is up courtesy of the Air
Force Flight Test Center. These are from back in 1997 at the Edwards
Air Show. 50th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight. |
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Here is a link to to a new forum set up in Ireland by the IPMS
Ireland chapter
http://www.ipmsireland.com/forum/
It has only opened for business recently so it's a little bare but
will hopefully build into a good reference for topics related to
Irish aviation, both military and civil. Already, there is a
thread up and running on available kits of the Irish Air Corps in
1/72 and another on the colours of IAC aircraft.
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Ricardo Santos
is here to gets
things started in a big colorful way today. This is his
big Scratchbuilt 1/35 Spad XIII C finshed off in one of the most
colorful paint jobs I've ever seen. Ricardo scratchbuilt everything
on his Spad.
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Dragan Cvetic
1/72 KP MiG-21 MF.
Dragan
rescribed the panel lines and scratchbuilt the cockpit. He
then finished it off in Egyptian markings with weathering done with
ink mixed with liquid soap.
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Yun Chong
has done a fine job
building the 1/72 Academy Apache. Yun Chong built
this Apache out of the box with some careful drybrushing etc to
bring the details alive with very effective results.
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Mario Araneda
did a beautiful
job building and finishing his 1/72 Hasegawa F-104 Starfighter.
Mario finished
this good looking Starfighter in Italian Air Force markings.
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James
Kelley is
here with a review of the 1/48
VX-30 Bloodhounds
decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This decal sheet features markings for 5 different VX-30
Bloodhounds jets. |
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Monday,
Sept 22
2008 |
Mali Independence Day |
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Aaron Spilling
has set up a very special resource for scale modellers. It is
The Ultimate Paint Conversion Chart which now has
over 25 brands and standards included over 60 pages, with more to
go. I've added a link to his Paint Conversion
Chart to the top of the ARC Tools 'n' Tips main page. This
will be an ever growing and very helpful resource. Well done
Aaron.
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Carmel J Attard
has been busy getting
the details right on his 1/72 Eastern
Express An-74 and Italeri/Dragon Su-24.
Carmel finished off both of these eye catching models in desert
camo and Iranian Air Force markings.
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Bob Herbert
is here with the second model he
has built since re-entering the hobby. This is Bob's 1/48 Hasegawa P-47D Thunderbolt-Razorback.
Bob gave it some weathering and paint chipping which all came
out looking fantastic and then he finished it off in American
markings with sexy noseart. It doesn't get much better than
this....enjoy the photos.
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Andy Bannister
has added extra details to his
tiny 1/144 Revell Black Bunny F-14. Andy added weapons and
then finished it off in the Playboy Bunny markings to get a great
looking tomcat.
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Pierre Christian Baudru
has joined
us today with his detail rich 1/72 Fine Molds BF-109F-4.
Pierre dressing up the cockpit with some pre-painted Eduard set for
the cockpit and finished it off in the attractive desert camo..
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I have a review of the new
1/48 F/A-18C VFC-12 and NSAWC Blue Bandits decal sheet
from
Fightertown
Decals. This new decal sheet includes markings for 6
different 1/48 F/A-18F's with VFC-12 and NSAWC.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Double Ugly II Hill decal sheet from Afterburner
Decals
Sea & Euro
Seymour Johnson Phantoms decal sheet. This new decal sheet
includes markings for 9 different 1/48 Sea & Euro Seymour
Johnson Phantoms in 2 tone gray paint schemes.
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Irene
Shurson of All
Occasion Aprons makes
and sells Aviation Print Aprons for the Scale Modeler. These
are the ideal thing to keep paint off your clothes and to help catch
small part from being lost in the carpet. |
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Sunday,
Sept 21
2008 |
Malta Independence Day |
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Nick England
gets
things fired up today with his 1/48 Revell Fokker DVII. Nick
got the wood grain on the prop and all the rigging looking the way
it should and then he finished it off in the markings of a infamous
ace. |
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Steve Sliger
has a talent for
building space models and today he is here with his Explorer 1
satellite kit by RealSpace Models. Steve was vert creative in
the way he chose to display his model in-flight on a diorama
base.
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Saturday,
Sept 20 2008 |
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geedubelyer
has built his 1/72 Revell AH-1W
Super-Cobra in a way most of us seldom do. It was built
out of the box and painted in a couple of hours....just like
we use to do when we were kids. Not a bad way to spend an
afternoon.
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Artur Oslizlo
has been busy getting thing right on his very sharp looking 1/48 Airfix BAe Hawk 127 LIF.
Artur used three CMK resin sets dedicated for Airfix kit and Eduard
color zoom set and finished it all off in RAAF markings with
excellent results. |
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Friday,
Sept 19
2008 |
Chile
- Anniversary of the Chilean Army
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Saint Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis Independence Day |
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Peter
Doll is a well
respected modeller and member of ARC and when you see the photos of
his 1/32 Republic F-105D Thunderchief, you'll understand why.
Peter fixed problem areas in this kit and added a pilot figure and
he usual impeccable painting and weathering before he took fantastic
photos.
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Vladimír Žucha
has done a wonderful
job finishing and weathering his 1/48 Revell F-4U-5 Corsair.
Vladimír added paint chipping around panel edges as well as full
weathering to his out of the box build and it looks excellent.
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Brian Pruitt
has been bust
dressing up his 1/72 Dragon / Northrup P-61B Black Widow.
Brian added resin engines and resin wheels to go along with his full
weathering job on this very historical aircraft.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar is here to make you
grin. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa Skyhawk A-4N with the
addition of two aftermarket resin kits by Cutting Edge and used
Isradecal's Skyhawk decals to create this stunning Israeli jet.
Rafi never fails to deliver.
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I have a review of the new
1/48
F-4 Double Ugly Hill Gray Seymour Johnson Phantoms decal sheet from Afterburner
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 5 different 1/48 Double
Ugly Hill Gray Seymour Johnson Phantoms in 2 tone gray paint
schemes.
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I have a review of the new 1/48 F-14A/B/D VF-101 Grim Reapers decal sheet
from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 8 different 1/48
F-14A/B/D's with VF-101 Grim Reapers.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
resin S35E Draken Recce conversion
by Maestro Models Conversions from Rebell
Hobby.
This new resin nose permits you to converts the 35E Draken
into a Recce nose S35E Draken and is designed for the new 1/48
Hasegawa J35 Draken.
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Thursday,
Sept 18 2008 |
Chile Independence Day |
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I've added a link
to Flevo
Aviation Hobby Here's what Neils & Björn
Dol, have to say
about their site. This will be a website full of Aviation Hobby and
Scale Modeling items. On the picture section you'll find pictures of
airshows etc, Davis Monthan AFB "The Boneyard", and Walk Arounds.
The Scale Modeling section will contain Kit and Decal Reviews. At
this moment there is just a small section online, but we will try do do
weekly updates! We hope that this site will be a welcome addition to
other aviation hobby and scalemodeling sites!
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Gabriel Stern
gets things
started today with his Scratch-built 1/72 American (Shelton) AG-4 Gyro Crusader. Wow.....this
is one very streamlined aircraft......I love the look of it. A
job well done by Gabriel on the model and an interesting article to
go with it.
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Dennis Brackett
has hit a home
run with his 1/72 Hasegawa F-104N. Dennis explains his tricks
to finishing this beauty and then he photographed it in
flight. Wow...beautiful.
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Resin Builder
is here
with something you don't see very often if at all. This is his
perfect looking 1/288 West Coast Hobbies/CMR Martin Mars JRM-3 Flying Tanker.
This is a famous water bomber that can be seen fighting fires in
Canada and the United states during the summertime forest fire
season.
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Huy Hoang
has been busy building,
detailing and finishing his 1/144
Dragon EA 6B Prowler. This is a tiny kit with almost no
cockpit detail, but that didn't stop Huy Hoang from scratchbuilding
some cockpit detail.
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I have a review of the new 1/48 VX-23 Salty Dogs Test Super Hornet decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals. This new decal sheet
includes markings for 3 different 1/48 F-18E's and F-18F's with
VX-23.
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr.
joins us today
with a book review of the new Messerschmitt Bf-110C, D, E: An illustrated Study.
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Wednesday,
Sept 17 2008 |
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Juergen Klinglhuber
has been busy building his 1/72 IMPS Austria Kit, Pilatus PC-7 Turbo
Trainer. This a limited run multi-media kit that Juergen
turned into a great looking model of this Swiss-made military
trainer.
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Paul Nortness
did something
different when building his 1/48 Monogram F-4J. Paul built
this kit as he would have when he was a kid with some very
satisfying results. Paul finished it off with SuperScale
decals.
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Joseph
R. Dias has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his Three Fighting Men.
This is a figure model is his first article on ARC and is of the Vietnam Memorial Statue which is a
very creative approach that brings this memorial to live.
Welcome to ARC Joseph!!!
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Dragan Cvetic
did a beautiful
job building, detailing and finishing his 1/72 KP MiG-21 MF.
Dragon added extra cockpit detail and finished his Mig-21 in
Iraqi markings.
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Laurent Boildieu
joins us with
his well weathered 1/48 Morane Saulnier MS 406 C that was flown by a
French Ace in 1940. The model looks very good and the diorama
base tells a story with the figures.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Scooter Trainers decal sheet from Afterburner
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for seven different
1/48 Scooter Trainers in a variety of paint
schemes. |
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F-14 VF-103 Final Tomcat Cruise decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals. This
new decal sheet includes markings for 4 different 1/48 F-14's
with VF-103 Jolly Rogers during the Last Tomcat Cruise in 2004
including one hi-viz jet and 3 line jets in lo-viz
markings. |
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Thierry
Dekker is here with a product announcement for the new CORSAIR
F4U-1 profile print from DekkerArtWork. |
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Tuesday,
Sept 16
2008 |
Mexico Independence Day |
Papua New Guinea Independence Day |
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Azlan Yusof
gets things
started today with his first article on ARC. This is his first
model after many years and he chose to build the 1/48 Academy Mig-29N
and finish it off in Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM). Nicely
done Azlan. |
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Loďc Lemarchand
is here with Part 2 of his 1/72 Academy B-17F.
Today Loďc shows how he did the diorama base for his crash
landed B-17. The battle damage on the tail looks very
realistic. |
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Yvan Vansteenkiste
is here with Part 2 of his 1/32 Tamiya F-16.
Yvan took has a talent for painting and you'll see this in the
excellent job he did on his F-16. He then finished it in
Hellenic Air Force markings with special anniversary tailart.
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Javier Córdoba
is here from Mexico today to honour the
Mexico Independence Day with his 1/32 P-39Q “Airacutie”.
Javier got the great markings for his big P-39 from Zotz
Decals.
I love these markings. |
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I have a review of the new 1/48 F-14 Santa Cat VF-103 decal sheet
from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 3 different 1/48
F-14's with VFA-103 including one in the Santa Cat markings.
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I have a review of the new
1/48
Scooter Bandits TA-4J Adversaries Pt. 2 decal sheet from Afterburner
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for seven different 1/48
Scooter Bandits TA-4J Adversaries sized for the Classic Airframes
kit.
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Richard Wood has a review of the new Pro Modellers Weathering Wash.
If you're looking for an easy way to do washes.....this might be the
perfect solution for you.
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Monday,
Sept
15 2008 |
Battle of Britain Day 1940 |
Costa Rica Independence Day |
El Salvador Independence Day |
Guatemala Independence Day |
Honduras Independence Day |
Nicaragua Independence Day |
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Artur Oslizlo
is here to mark
Battle of Britain Day with one of the two RAF fighters that turned
the tide. This is Artur's beautifully done 1/48 Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb
that has been upgraded with an Eduard Zoom set with excellent
results.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
has dome a first
class job on his 1/48 Hasegawa A+ and C Hornets. Shawn dressed
up these models with wing folds from JF models and resin cockpit
parts from Black Box and finished them off with markings for
CVW-8 and VFA-87 from Afterburner decals.
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Loďc Lemarchand
is here with part 1 of his 2 part
article on building
his 1/72 Academy B-17F diorama. Loďc tells the history behind
the crash landing for this B-17 on Bastille Day, 1943 and the fate
of the crew. Loďc also explains how he created the battle
damage on his B-17.
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Federico Kunz
is here with
a model of his 1/72 Revell Tornado. This was a gift from his
young son Olaf and I must say young has good taste and
Federico did a fine job on his Luftwaffe Tornado in anniversary
markings.
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I have a review of the new 1/48 VF-32/VFA-32 CAG Jets F-14B & F-18F decal sheet
from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 2 different 1/48 jets
including an F-14B with with VF-32 and an F-18F with VFA-32.
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Sunday,
Sept 14 2008 |
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Brian
Pruitt starts
today with his A
Tale of Two Zeros. Brian's
article features the 1/72 Hasegawa Zero and the Academy
Zero.
Brian added a well weathered look to each of his Zero's to
give them a more realistic look.
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Micah
Reysio-Cruz
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/72 Academy F-86.
Micah tells the story of attending airshows as a child with
his Dad. His sharp looking Sabre is finished with a very
well done bare metal finish and Haribon Decals.
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Saturday,
Sept 13 2008 |
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Chuang Xue Qian
joins us from Singapore with an great
looking 1/72 Academy F-16CG Block 40.
Xue Qian was quite impressed with this Academy kit and decided to
finish if in the markings of an F-16 in Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.
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Sébastien "Tyconderoga00" Stock
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48 Trumpeter Westland Wyvern S4 Early.
Sébastien finished his Wyvern in the markigns for 827 Naval Air
Squadron - HMS Eagle in June 1955. |
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Friday,
Sept 12 2008 |
A sale from the Small
Shop.....makers of Photos etch folding tools.
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We are thrilled to announce that Master Model Builder
- Floyd S. Werner, Jr. used The Small Shop Hold & Fold
workstations, PE Cut-off Set & Rolling Sets in the New Master
Class Model Video.
Master Class Clinic #2 Aircraft Series: Advanced Aviation Modeling
with Resin, Photo-Etch and Vacuform Canopies.
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"We absolutely loved your products and the three member
production team fought over who would get what at the end of
filming. LOL Your products were great and performed flawlessly.
Excellent stuff." Floyd S. Werner Jr.
Special limited time offer: Order either or both of the Master Class
Videos along with any Hold & Fold Workstation or Rolling Set and
receive 10% off your entire order (except shipping). Enter Coupon
Code MCVS10 during checkout and the 10% will be credited to your
order. |
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Andre Liebenberg starts
today with his highly detailed 1/32
Trumpeter NA-10 N/AW.
Andre opened quite a few panels and added resin cockpits to improve
the detail of his two seater A-10. The finished model is quite
the eye catching beauty.
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Paul R. Miles "Huey Gunner"
is here with his
spectacular 1/32
Wedell-Williams Racer.
This is a limited run kit, but Paul didn't let that slow him down
and he added detail and kept at it until he had a museum piece of a
model of this vintage racer that he could give to his step-father.
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Miroslav Adamovic
was determined to
complete his 1/32 Tamiya F-4J Phantom II
in the true style
in detail and finish that this big wonderful kit deserves.
Miroslav added resin intakes and exhausts as well as a Blackbox
cockpit before finishing his Phantom in USMC markings for a jet lost
in action with it's crew KIA during the Vietnam war. |
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Nick
England
had a busy
time building his 1/72
Airfix Lysander.
Nick finished his Lysander in special ops markings to end up with
one sharp looking model of this RAF aircraft. |
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Thursday,
Sept 11
2008 |
Terrorist
Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon 2001 |
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No product reviews today out of respect for
the Anniversary of Sept 11.
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Burt Gustafson is
here to honor the Sept 11 Anniversary with his
1/72 Hasegawa F-16C.
Burt chose an F-16 involved in 'Airforce One' escort duty on Sept
11. Burt added a resin seat to dress up the cockpit and
finished it off with a diorama. |
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Tom "Timi" Modłasiak
joins us
today on ARC with his beautifully weathered
1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider.
The Skyraider is very difficult to get the weathering correct, but
Tom did an amazing job finishing his Skyraider. Welcome top
ARC Tom!!!!
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Paolo Yuen
is here with his big 1/400
Heller Charles De Gaulle. Paolo
added plenty of scratchbuilt detail to many areas of this carrier
which include a deck full of aircraft and hanger deck detail.
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Dennis Robert R. Ferriol
joins us from the Philippines 1/32 Tamiya Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero.
Dennis added cockpit and engine wiring to complete his Pearl Harbor
attacker. Look carefully at the paint finish.......it's
amazingly well done.
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Vladimír Žucha
is here with his
1/48 Italeri F-86 Sabre.
Vladimír changed
the slats, ailerons
and flaps to the deployed position and pulled off an excellent
baremetal finish before finishing his Sabre
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Wednesday,
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
Tomorrow is Sept 11 and this weeks photos
taken by Peter Fey feature a Prowler in 9-11 artwork. |
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The Columbus 2009
IPMS/USA National Convention Web
Site is up and running thanks to the
efforts of Scott Sharkey (
2009 Convention Webmaster). You can find it at http://www.ipmsusa2009.org
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Elia Pagani joins
us for the first time today with this stunning looking 1/48 Italeri Fiat CR42.
Elia did much effort to get the details
correct including adding a scratchbuilt cockpit with tubular framing
and finishing it all off with a beautifully done paint job in
markings from North Africa. Welcome to ARC Elia!!! |
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Carlos
R. Eckardt had
an enjoyable time building his 1/72
Revell F-16C Block 50/52.
Carlos built his F-16 out of the box and to my surprise the very
smooth finish was done without an airbrush. Excellent work
Carlos.
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William Di Filippo
joins us from
Italy with his beautifully weathered
1/48 Italeri Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat.
William built his Tigercat mostly out of the box and finished her in
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Paul Nortness
is proving
to be quite the expert on the F-14 and you've seen from his recent
articles focusing on the Tomcat. Today Paul is here with his 1/48 Academy F-14A Bombcat
that he built out of the box with a nice
application of weathering to complete the look of his bombcat.
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Gabriel Stern
is here
with another of the oddities from aviation history. This is
his Scratch-built 1/72 Farman 250,
which is a boxy little passenger plane that I must admit I'd have
second thoughts of being a passenger in. Gabriel scratchbuilt
this model to his high and exacting standards.
Gabriel must have one heck of an interesting display case at
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Tuesday,
Sept 9
2008 |
Tajikistan National Day |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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No update today.
- I'm pleased to
report that on Monday, September 8th, Cobra Company
resumed
normal business. After a lengthy illness that required
hospitalization,
Chris Miller the owner of
Cobra Company has recovered enough to resume work. Chris would
like to thank you
all for understanding the necessity to close. He will work to ship
orders as reasonably as possible so please be patient.
Chris Miller is known as
Chief Snake in the ARC forums. http://www.cobracompany.com
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Monday,
Sept 8
2008 |
First
use of V-2 rocket lands Chiswick area of London (1944) |
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Andrea Cittadini
starts today with a fantastic diorama
of the 1/72
Revell/Matchbox Walrus MK.I.
Andrea did some scratchbuilding to complete this diorama and add
detail to the interior of this Walrus. The water has to be
seen to be believed. Sit back and enjoy the photos.
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Bas Kuijper
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/72 Hasegawa Luftwaffe F-4F.
Bas was very busy on his Luftwaffe Phantom using the AirDoc decal
sheet with stunning results. |
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Emad
Tabsh joins us with his sharp looking
1/72
Italeri RQ-1 Predator.
This little kit turns out very well as you'll see when you look at
Emad's photos.
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Kin
Wong has done a wonderful
job on his 1/144
Dragon F-14As.
It's amazing the level of quality and finishing detail that is
possible on these 1/144 kits. Well done Kin. |
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Laurent
"Angus" Beauvais did a
stellar job on his 1/48
Hasegawa Junker Ju-87 B2.
This is a first class kit and with Laurent's weathering job it looks
perfect. |
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Sunday,
Sept 7
2008 |
Brazil Independence Day |
Pakistan Air Force Day |
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Guilherme Kosciuv
starts this
special Brazilian update with his
1/72 Italeri C-119G. Guilherme did
some scratchbuilt modifications to create the G version of the
C-119. The finished model look excellent.
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PJ from Brazil has done a wonderful
job detailing, finishing and weathering his 1/48 Eduard Hellcat.
PJ gave his Hellcat sharks mouth markings with a very interesting
white panel lines to replicate salt in the panel lines.
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Guilherme Kosciuv
is here with 62 photos from the recent
XIII Open GPC
Contest in Brazil.
Use the slideshow feature to view the photos easier. There's
some very detailed models in these photos.
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Guilherme Kosciuv
joins us
with his fine looking 1/72 Revell and Academy P-47D's.
These 2 P-47's served during WWII and these Brazilian pilots were
very successful in their fight against the Axis powers. Guilherme
finished hisP-47's in bare metal finishes with noseart.
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Saturday,
Sept 6 2008 |
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Aaron Hughes
has put quite a bit of
effort into his BIG attractive 1/24 Heritage Aviation Lightning.
This great looking Lightning is a vac formed kit and took 6 months
to build.....wow.....quite the winter project with an excellent pay
off for Aaron's display cabinet in the end.
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Friday,
Sept 5 2008 |
Tomorrow is the
Kalamazoo Air Zoo Model Contest,
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 9-5 in
Kalamazoo, Michigan. Go to their
website for more info. www.ipmskalamazoo.org
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Nick England is
here from Dubai with his 1/48
Airfix Spitfire Mk22. Nick
built this kit a few years back and decided to rebuild it with a
bare metal finish and markings for the Southern Rhodesian Airforce,
Rhodesia, 1953. No doubt about it this Spitfire is quite the
eye catching model.
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Agnieszka Kuś
has a
passion for real space models and today she is here with her
1/30 Ogoniok Soyuz 7K-OK. Agnieszka
did her usual excellent job and she chose a Spacecraft with a Polish
connection. But you've got to see the photos she has of her
model in space and orbiting earth.......amazing.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar joins
us today with his noseart adorned 1/72
Revell Lancaster I.
Rafi gives this kit very high marks and after seeing the finished
model I must say it does look excellent.
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Paul Nortness
has been
quite busy building big Tomcats. Today he is here with his
sharp looking 1/32
Revell F-14A Tomcat.
and if you are planning on building this kit then Paul has some very
helpful tricks to make the process much easier.
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Rick Martens
is here
with his D-Day 1/48
Dragon P-51.
Rick chose decals with noseart and full D-Day stripes and then added
full weathering to complete the look. Have a close
look....this one has a stunning finish.
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Thursday,
Sept 4
2008 |
Swaziland Independence and National Day |
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German Schmitz
joins us
from Santiago, Chile with his first article on ARC. This is
his 1/72 Roden Antonov An-12BK
done up in the markings of the Russian Air
Force. German explains the little tricks to make this
beauty. Welcome to ARC German!!!
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Paul Parkes is
here with one of my favourite subjects....Tiger Meet jets. This
is Paul's 1/48 Airfix Super Etendard
finished with a set of his custom made
decals. I really like how this one turned out.
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
is back
with a well known Canadian aircraft. This is his
1/48 Academy CH-113A Labrador
modified with a Belcher Bits resin APU tail and decals to create a
Canadian search and rescue CH-113A Labrador. Very nicely done
Shawn.
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Oliver Peissl
is here with a stunning looking
1/48 Tamiya F-16CJ Block 50.
Oliver finished his F-16 as an Hellenic Air Force (HAF) jet with resin
and photo etch goodies with enhance the detail and he finished it off
with a flawless weathered faded paint job.
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I have a review of the new
1/72
P-3C AIP, EP-3E Aries II, C-119L, F-16C+, Su-15TM, EA-7Land an A-10A
decal sheet
from Wolfpak
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 8 different aircraft
including a P-3C AIP, two EP-3E Aries II, C-119L, F-16C+, Su-15TM,
EA-7Land an A-10A.
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Wednesday,
Sept 3
2008 |
Qatar National Day |
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The Kalamazoo
Air Zoo Model Contest in Kalamazoo, Michigan
is happening this Saturday, September 6, 2008, 9-5 Go to their
website at www.ipmskalamazoo.org
for further info
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Mike Mitchell
is here to mark
the anniversary of this airliner being shot down by a SAM missle.
This is Mike's
1/144 S&M Models Vickers Viscount.
Mike added aftermarket parts to complete this airliner. Read
his article for the full story of how this plane was shot down by a
SAM missile.
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Daniele Dotti had a
good time
building t his excellent
looking 1/72 Hasegawa F4F-4 Wildcat.
Daniele built this Wildcat out of the box and finished it in markings
from Dec 1941.
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Artur Oslizlo has done an
exceptionally nice job building and finishing his 1/48 Trumpeter Shenyang F-6.
Artur added Eduard photo etched parts to improve the detail on
his Shenyang F-6 and then finishd it in Pakistan air Force markings.
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Tuesday,
Sept 2
2008 |
Vietnam Independence Day |
V-J
Day Japan surrenders in Tokyo Harbour |
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Steve Filak has
set up the new ARC Telford 2008 UK Nationals
Forum and I've created a link for this big
show on the top right corner of the ARC homepage.
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John Wolstenholme
starts
today with his Tools N Tips article explaining
Simulating Wear and Tear in Cockpits etc.
John is a very talented modeller and his will give you a new
technique to try on your next model.
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Jeff Hamel has done a wonderful
job on his
1/48 Italeri Gripen JAS-39.
Jeff finished his Gripen in South African Air Force markings, which
looks very good on the Gripen.
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Paolo Yuen
is here with his award winning
1/144 Revell Airbus A-330.
Paolo used plenty of aftermarket items and finished his Airbus.
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Gidi Vitkon has done an
amazing
job detailing, finishing and weathering his1/48 Revell AH-64D-I
'Saraf'.
This is an older kit but with plenty of effort and aftermarket
goodies from Isradecal/Isracast a stunning AH-64 was created with full
weapons and that great looking Israeli desert camo.
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John McCormick has been
very busy building, detailing
and finishing his1/32
Revell/Monogram RF-4C Phantom II.
John did a ton of work on his Phantom and pulled it all together with
a SEA camo scheme with gentle weathering.
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Sept
1 2008 |
Libya Independence Day |
Slovak Republic Constitution Day |
Uzbekistan National Day |
World
War Two begins in Europe - Germany invades Poland (1939) |
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- No update today.....it's
the Labo(u)r Day holiday and I'm taking the day off to spend time with my
family before my kids go back to school on Tuesday.
- My best wishes go out
to everyone waiting for Hurricane Gustav to reach landfall. Stay
safe everyone.......I hope New Orleans is spared
further damage.
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