Friday,
July 29 2011 |
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Mark Davies is here
with a very unique model. This is his 1/72 CMR Opel-Sander
RAK.1 which is a rocket powered glider. Mark explains the
whole build process to complete this very delicate looking glider
model.
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Gil Gregg aka “Dutycat”
has done an exceptionally fine job on his 1/72 Revell F-4F Phantom.
Gil explains the whole painting process and there is some very
helpful lessons to be learned in his article and I know you'll enjoy
see his Luftwaffe Phantom.
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Darwin Justice is
here with a special treat today. This is his perfect looking
1/48 Tamiya F4U-1/2 Birdcage Corsair.
Darwin built it OOB, with just an aftermarket seat and aftermarket
decals which includes sexy noseart. Darwin got the paint and
weathering looking perfect.
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I
have a product article for the 1/72 F/A-18C
Werewolves of Beaufort decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet features enough
markings for three complete aircraft from VMFA-122.
VMFA-122 has just recently changed their monicker from the Crusaders
to the Werewolves and they have some new tail art to kick it
all off!
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Zoltan Pocza
is here with a product
article for the new Boeing
787-8 (N787EX) - All Nippon Airways / Japan print from Deployment
Productions.
20% off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members! Deployment
Productions.
20% off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
M61 A1 Vulcan - Six-barrelled rotary 20mm cannon from
Master.
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Thursday, July 28
2011 |
Peru Independence Day |
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Giuseppe Santaromita honours
the Peruvian Independence Day with his beautifully done 1/72 Premiere Embraer T27 FAP Tucano.
Giuseppe did some extra
scratchbuilding to some of the details and then hand painted a shark
mouth on the nose of this sharp looking Tucano.
It doesn't get much better than this.....beautiful work Giuseppe. |
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Philipp
has been busy getting the paint and weathering looking just right on
his 1/48 Revell F-15E Strike Eagle.
Philipp gave his Strike Eagle a full weapons load and drop tanks,
plus photo etch seat belts to give his F-15E a very realistic
look. I love the way the shaded weathering looks......it looks
just like the real jet.
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Artur Oslizlo has
put plenty of work into his 1/48 Italeri Republic F-84F Thunderstreak.
He added a Quickboost proper nose and Aires wheel bays and
cockpit and then finished it off with a spectacular weathering job
and Hellenic Air Force markings.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48 A-10A Barksdale's Dogpatchers
decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features2 different
F-16C Wolfpack Bandits with 8th Fighter Wing based at Kunsan
AB in Korea in October 2007.
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Here's
a product article for the Sukhoi
Su-27 Flanker "Red 51" Print
from
Zactomodels.
Zactomodels.
This particular print shows this Flanker without missiles, but you
also have the option of having this print with missiles.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
WW1 Instrument Dial Decals from airscale.
airscale.
This new release gives you a vast selection of individual
instruments for WW1 aircraft from both sides of the conflict.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
EF 2000A Typhoon cockpit set from
Aires.
This
latest release features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit set
for the EF 2000A Typhoon from Revell.
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Wednesday,
July 27 2011 |
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Dragan Cvetic
starts off your Wednesday update with his 1/72 Hobbyboss Mi-24V.
Dragan used decals from his own
Balkan
Models decal line to
finish his very attractive Hind.
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Ian T.M. Holahan
has done a masterful job on his 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C Hornet.
Ian gave his Hornet a typical Desert Storm weapons load and then
fill weathering as the markings for a VFA-81, "The Sunliners"
jet. This really is an impressive F/A-18C.
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Carmel J Attard
is here with another of his gems. This is his beautifully done
1/72 Pavla Models Typhoon F Mk1B. Carmel chose the
markings for a Typhoon with 609 Squadron based at Manston.. It's a
good looking Typhoon Carmel.
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Here's
a preview of a new
1/32
Harrier Decal sheet
from
Zotz
Decals. These decals are designed for the Trumpeter
Harrier kits. This preview page features 4 different British
Harrier including one with sexy noseart and another with a Sharks
Mouth under the nose.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72
Spitfire Mk. Vb Position Lights
from QuickBoost. QuickBoost.
This latest release features a complete pair of coloured position
lights for the Spitfire Mk. Vb from Tamiya. |
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Maciej
Goralczyk is here with a
product article for the 1/32
Pacific Mustangs Part 1 decal sheet from Kagero
Publishing. Kagero
Publishing.
The first release in the Red Series is
entitled “Pacific Mustangs Part 1” and contains three striking
schemes from the Pacific Theater of Operations...including some with
sexy noseart. |
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Tuesday,
July 26
2011 |
Liberia Independence Day |
Maldives Independence Day |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
gets things fired up today with his great looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E - Phantom #138.
Shawn used a combination of kit decals and aftermarket decals to
create this eye catching 110FS 30th anniversary Phantom. I
love the look of this Phantom.
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Alvis 3.1
joins has done a impressive job on the camo on his 1/72 Revell Germany FW 200.
Alvis 3.1 built this one out of the box....which is pretty rare for
him. He built it for a friend and I must say he got the
squiggly camo looking perfect.
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Christian Villa
joins us from Milano Italy with his second article on ARC. Christian
started with the 1/32 Trumpeter
Su-27B and added resin goodies from
Zactomodels
as well as items from Begemot, Lindenhill, MasterCaster and Aires.
Christian also used his scratchbuilding skills on his big Flanker
with stunning results. Read his article for the full
story. Amazing work on your Flanker Christian.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48 A-10A Barksdale's Dogpatchers
decal from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features the option
to build 2 of 10 different A-10A Warthogs from the 47th FS from
Barksdale AFB. LA. There is two complete set of markings and
nose art adorns every single one of these jets.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
CONA VX-30 Bloodhounds S-3B Vikings decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals. This new decal sheet features markings for 2 different 1/48 S-3B Vikings with VX-30
Bloodhounds including one CAG jet in hi-viz markings and 1 CONA (Centennial of Naval Aviation) anniversary
jet.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72
F-22A Raptor cockpit set
from Aires. Aires.
This resin and photo etch cockpit set is designed for the
F-22A Raptor from Revell. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
CAF CF-104 Green / Metal Schemes decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models. This sheet
gives you markings for multiple CF-104's in 2 different paint
schemes from 4 different Canadian squadrons and also the "AETE
Test Aircraft". You also get a selection of markings for
single seat and twin seat Starfighters.
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Monday,
July 25 2011 |
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Phil De Keyser
joins us from Belgium with his first model on ARC. This very
attractive 1/32 Revell Tornado Tigermeet 2007/2008
in it's amazing Tiger camo is built out of the box with the addition
of resin ejection seats. This is a great looking Tornado and I
look forward to seeing more models by Phil on ARC in the
future. Welcome to ARC Phil!!!
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Jens Gerber
has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/48
Tamiya Corsair F4U-1D. Jens dressed
up the cockpit using an Eduard Zoom set and then finished it
off with paint chipping and weathering. This is a great
looking Corsair.....nicely done Jens.
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Lyle Brown
is here with his latest artwork. This is his drawing entitled
Flight of the Dragon Lady.
Fantastic perspective Lyle.
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I
have a product article for the 1/72 F-105D Wrap
Around Thuds decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet features three
complete sets of markings for the famous wrap-around schemes from
Hill AFB. My Karma, Stardust and Desert Fox are all
represented on this sheet.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
Iranian F-14 Ali-Cat Dry Transfer/Decal sheet
from Hobby
Decal. This new
decal sheet includes a combination of dry transfer stencils
and regular decals (printed by Cartograf) for the 1/48 Iranian F-14
plus as a bonus you get a 2 sided A2-Size Poster-Manual (pay $3
extra and get the poster mailed in a tube rather than folded and put
into the envelope with the decals). It's a fine looking 2
sided poster and doubles as the instruction sheets.
Plus as
an added bonus you get a set of 1/144 Iranian markings with serial
numbers for 4 different aircraft.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
MiG-23 Flogger Brake Chute
from QuickBoost. QuickBoost.
This set features a resin brake chute and doors for the MiG-23
Flogger from Trumpeter. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
A-7 Corsair II Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This set features a set of landing gear for the A-7 Corsair II from
Hasegawa.
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Sunday,
July 24 2011 |
Simon Bolivar's (Venezuela's liberator) birthday |
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Orlando Sucre is
here with some Helicopters and armoured vehicles photos from
the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011.
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Orlando Sucre
is here with some Military
jet photos from the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011.
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Orlando Sucre
is here with some Ships, dioramas and vignettes
photos from the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011.
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Orlando Sucre
is here with some Figures and SciFi
photos from the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011.
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Orlando Sucre
is here with some Motorcycle and
car photos from the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011.
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Saturday, July
23 2011 |
Egypt National Day |
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Friday,
July 22 2011 |
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Federico Kunz joins
us with a very colourful 1/48 Hasegawa A-4C in the markings
for a jet that was used by the Argentina’s Air Force during the
war in the early 1980's. I love the camo colours on Federico's
Skyhawk. |
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Jason Cooper joins
us today with his big beautiful 1/32 Revell BF-109 K4. This
can be a tricky kit to build and Jason included some very helpful
info in his article. The finished model came out looking
excellent with it's complicated camo. Nicely done Jason.
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PS did
extensive work getting everything correct on his 1/72 Hasegawa MiG-23MF Flogger-B.
I'm very impressed by the work done on this MiG-23. PS
gave it a full weapons load, attractive camo and full weathering
before finishing it in Bulgarian air force markings. Amazing
work PS. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48 A-10A Barksdale's Dogpatchers
decal from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet features the option
to build 2 of 10 different A-10A Warthogs from the 47th FS from
Barksdale AFB. LA. There is two complete set of markings and
nose art adorns every single one of these jets.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
S-2 Trackers Around the World decal sheet from
Caracal
Models. This new decal sheet is designed for the 1/48 Kinetic/Italeri S-2
Tracker kits and includes 10 different marking options. This
sheet includes markings for both the short fuselage (S-2A, S2F-1,
CS-2F) and long-fuselage (S-2E) variants from 7 different nations. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32 Bf 109F-2/F-4 early cockpit set from
Aires.
Aires.
This resin and photo etch cockpit for the Bf 109F-2/F-4 early from
Hasegawa. |
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Thursday, July
21 2011 |
Belgium Independence Day |
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Paolo Yuen has done
an exceptional job on his 1/72 Italeri A-6E Intruder.
Paolo captured the heavily weathered looking of a USN Intruder
perfectly. You're going to enjoy seeing this one.
Amazing work Paolo.
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Jim Birchfield
has been busy doing a gorgeous job on his 1/48 Monogram B-26K Nimrod.
Jim used the Meteor Productions B-26K resin seats well as some resin Pratt & Whitney R-2800's late version from
Quickboost to make his B-26K and to add further detail to this
classic kit. The finished model is a treat to see in it's
South East Asia camo. Beautiful job Jim.
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Alex Cimenti is
here with not one, but two Canadian Starfighters. These are
his 1/72 Italeri & Hasegawa CF-104. With added
detailing and scratchbuilding, Alex was able to create two stunning
Canadian Starfighters. I loved seeing both of them and
reading Alex's comparison between the two different model kits. |
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I
have a product article for the 1/72 F-105D Wrap
Around Thuds decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet features three
complete sets of markings for the famous wrap-around schemes from
Hill AFB. My Karma, Stardust and Desert Fox are all
represented on this sheet.
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Zoltan Pocza is here with a product article for the new
A-10A Thunderbolt II 23rd FW, 74th FS Flying Tigers, EL/82-665 /
1990 print from Deployment
Productions. Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72
Fw 190A-3 Rudder
from QuickBoost.
QuickBoost. These are designed for the Fw 190A-3 from
Tamiya. You get 3
rudders in this set. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72
Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden int.+ ext. set from Resin
Art. Resin
Art. This latest release features a complete resin
cockpit and exterior detail set for the Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden from
Hasegawa. |
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Wednesday,
July 20
2011 |
Colombia Independence Day |
USA Moon Landing - First Human on the Moon (1969) |
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Andrew Taylor is
here with a very special model. This is his flawless looking 1/32 Trumpeter
FT-5 that Andrew built for a friend and former Group Captain in
the Pakistan Air Force. Andrew got everything perfect including the
custom decals made by
Parkes682
decals.
Beautiful work Andrew.....thanks for letting us see it.
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Roberto Rojas Castro
joins us from sunny warm Costa Rica with his
1/72 Hasewaga Nakajima G8N1 18-shi Renzan RITA.
Roberto did a
wonderful job on his Nakajima G8N1 as you will see in his photos.
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James J Olschlager Jr
is back today with photos of his good looking 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18D.
James has a new camera and he's trying it out on his Blue Angels
Hornet. Photos are looking good James.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48 F-16A/B
NSAWC Vipers #2
decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features markings
for four complete aircraft from NSAWC at Fallon NAS, NV. Two splinted B models and two gray A models (Ex-Pakistani Block 15
jets) are represented on this sheet.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
IL-2M Stormovik Gun Barrels
from QuickBoost.
QuickBoost.
This latest release features a set of resin gun barrels
for the IL-2M Stormovik from Italeri/Acc. Min. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
Refueling Probe - NATO standard from Master.
This latest release includes a 1/48 Refueling Probe - NATO
standard machined out of aluminum. Used in every NATO aircraft
with air-to-air refueling system.
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Maciej
Goralczyk is here with a product article for the new
1/48
Pacific Mustangs Part 1 decal sheet from
Kagero
Publishing. The first release in the Red Series is
entitled “Pacific Mustangs Part 1” and contains three striking
schemes from the Pacific Theater of Operations. |
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Tuesday,
July 19 2011 |
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Artur Oslizlo
has put plenty of work into his excellent looking 1/48 Airfix Jaguar GR.3.
Artur dressed up his Jaguar with
a NeOmega resin cockpit and Paragon bulged wheels and exhausts
nozzles and then finished it off with some very attractive markings
from a Model Alliance sheet. This is one great looking
Jaguar....nicely done Artur.
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Enrique Cardenas B
is here with 62 photos of some of the models from the 1st Annual
IPMS/ARME Model Contest & Show. This show brought
together modelers from many cities and it is obvious from the photos
that the quality of the models was first class.
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Petit James
is here with not one but two 1/48 Eduard Mirage III.
Both of these jets are Israeli and honor the pilots from the Six Day
War. James did a wonderful job on both of them and displayed
them in a diorama base with a 3 wheeled Vespa vehicle and a bomb
cart from
Skunk
Models Workshop. Great job James.
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I
have a product article for the 1/72
F-117A Silver Anniversary Bandits decal sheet
from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This F-117 sheet features four
different aircraft in the twilight of their careers. Two jets
are in the experimental gray schemes that have been in use for
the last couple of years. With the retirement of the Nighthawk
currently in work, this very well may be the last set of
markings ever to be on these jets.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
Su-25K Frogfoot A exhaust nozzle from Aires.
These are designed for the Trumpeter kit. |
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr. is here with a product article for the new
1/48
Focke Wulf 190 Late Style Wheels from
Ultracast.
Ultracast.
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Monday,
July 18 2011 |
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Burt Gustafson
is here with his very attractive 1/48
Hasegawa Mitsubishi F-2A. Burt gives some excellent
background info on the F-2 and then explains the full build
process. I love the look of the F-2 and Burt really did this
one justice....it's a treat to see.
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Luc Janssen has
done an exceptionally nice job on his 1/32 Trumpeter F4U-1D Corsair.
Luc used the Black Box cockpit set and then a very effective
weathering technique to give his Corsair a weathered and chipped
paint look. He then displayed his fighter on a South Seas
diorama base. Simply perfect. |
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Bernard Lapeyrie
got everything looking flawless on his 1/48 Airfix Sea Vixen.
Burt decided to go with the folded wing option for his Sea Vixen
and his careful efforts were rewarded with an amazingly fine model
of this classic RN jet.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
Su-25K Frogfoot Correct Fan from QuickBoost.
QuickBoost.
These fan blades have to be seen to be appreciated. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
CAF CF-104 Green / Metal Schemes decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models.
This
sheet gives you markings for multiple CF-104's in 2 different paint
schemes from 4 different Canadian squadrons and also the "AETE
Test Aircraft". You also get a selection of markings for
single seat and twin seat Starfighters.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/144
A-4E Skyhawk model kit from Platz
Hobby. Platz
Hobby. You get 2 model kits in each box with markings
for 4 different aircraft. Panel lines are recessed of course. |
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Friday,
July 15 2011 |
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Paolo Yuen
has done a huge amount of work on his flawless looking 1/350 MRC USS Wasp LHD-1.
Paolo added aftermarket photo etch as well as his own
scratchbuilt detailing to really dress up his assault carrier and
then finished it off with a beautifully weathered paint job.
Wow....amazing work Paolo...I love it. |
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Mark Davies
has done a stunning job on his 1/72 Czech Master Resin Supermarine Seafire F.46.
These are excellent resin kits and Mark did this one total
justice and produced a flawless looking model of this wonderful
aircraft. I know you're going to really enjoy this one.
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Gareth Owens
is here with his first article on ARC and I'm pleased he has decided
to send it in. This is his great looking 1/72 Revell Typhoon
F2
in the markings for an RAF Wing Commander. Gareth did an
excellent job on the whole model and finished it off with a weapons
load to give his Typhoon the perfect look. Welcome to ARC
Gareth and I look forward to seeing more of your work on ARC in the
future.
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I
have a product article for the 1/48
F-15C Lindbergh's Eagles decal
sheet from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features three different
aircraft with enough stencils included to build a total of two.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
S-2E/G Tracker Trefethen Part 1 decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 5 different 1/48 S-2E/G
Trackers from VS-30, VS-31, VS-37 and VS-38. These would be
perfect decals for the S2F kit from Kinetic Models. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
Su-25K Frogfoot Packed Brake Chute from QuickBoost. |
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Floyd
S. Werner, Jr. is here with a product article for the 1/32
Me 109 Part 2 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals. This
sheet is also availabe in 1/72 and 1/48 scale. |
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Thursday, July 14
2011 |
France National Day |
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The 2011 IPMS
National
Convention announces that a group of re-enactors will visit the
convention on Saturday, August 6, dressed in mostly in German and
American WWII uniforms but also going as far back as those worn in
the American Civil War. The re-enactors plan to bring an
Sd.Kfz 251 half-track, some Sd.Kfz 222 scout cars, Jeeps, an M20
half-track, an M3 White half-track and a 45mm Russian anti-tank gun.
Details are at http://www.ipmsusa2011.org/index.cfm?mode=news |
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Bartosz Piotrowski
is here to mark Bastille
Day with his stunning 1/72 Heller Mirage 2000C. Bartosz
used aftermarket decals to get a French jet with big Tiger artwork
on the underside. I love tiger scheme aircraft.
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Thitaphol Meelarp (Neo)
joins us with his beautifully done
1/144 Minicraft Super G Constelletion. This particular
aircraft is one of the most attractive prop driven airliner and it
is a pleasure to see on in Thai Airways livery. The decal
came from Siam scale. What a treat it is to see this model.
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Carmel J Attard
has done a truly
impressive job on his 1/72
Execuform Curtiss XP-87 Blackhawk. This is a rather
simplistic kit but that didn't stop Carmel from turning it
into a great looking model of this very rare aircraft
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I
have a product article for the 1/72
F-15E Da' Heath decal sheet
from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. This sheet includes Markings for
three different Raptors from the 325th Fighter Wing of Tyndall AFB
including the jet flown by an ARC member. This subject has
never been done in any scale! You can build 3 complete models from
this sheet.
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Zoltan
Pocza is here
with a product article
for the Boeing
747-400 (VH-OEB) - Qantas / Australia print from Deployment
Productions. 20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members! |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48 A-7E Corsair II late v. cockpit
set from Aires. Aires.
This set includes resin and photo etch parts and is designed for the
Hobby boss kit. |
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Maciej
Goralczyk is here with a
product article for the new 1/72 Pacific Mustangs Part 1 decal
sheet from Kagero
Publishing.
This decal sheet includes 3 American
Mustang including 2 with sexy noseart. This sheet is also
available in 1/48 and 1/32 scale. |
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Wednesday,
July 13 2011 |
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Mastermodeler
and IPMS multiple award winner John Vojtech from
UMM-USA
has an excellent scribing video for you to enjoy.
This video features an excellent scriber available from
UMM-USA.
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Roderick Agius
is here with his very eye catching 1/72 Revell F-16 MLU. Roderick
chose a very attractive Tiger scheme for his Viper that also
features Tiger Tail art. I love the job Roderick did on his
F-16.
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Kees Kuijper
is here with not one but three 1/48 Italeri Harvard/Texan.
Kees chose 3 very different paint schemes for his attractive trio of
Harvard/Texans and I enjoyed seeing all 2 of them.
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Paolo De Sanctis
joins us today with his very attractive 1/72 Airfix Armstrong W. Sea-Hawk.
Paolo finished his Sea-Hawk in Suez campaign markings and posed
it as an in-flight model. Beautifully done Paolo.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48 F/A-18A/B
VFC-12 Shades of Gray Omars
decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features markings
for two complete aircraft from the Fighting Omars of VFC-12.
Both an A and B are represented on this sheet with enough stencils,
etc.. for both.
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Zactomodels
has a new item....it is their new
1/35
OH-58D MMS.
This kit provides a new, more
detailed Mast Mounted Sight for the OH-58D kit.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/24
Ju-87 Dry Transfer Stencils
from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
F-101 Voodoo Pitot Tube from QuickBoost. |
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Tuesday,
July 12
2011 |
Sao Tome and Principe Independence Day |
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
this week from
Twobobs is courtesy of the trash dumpster outside the
audio visual lab at Nellis AFB. Back when we were researching this
sheet, an intrepid aviation historian from Nellis AFB dug boxes and
boxes of old slides out of a dumpster behind the audio-visual lab
out there; seriously, that's where these came from.... Right-click,
enjoy!
Bob
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Gabriel Stern
joins us today with his
absolutely great looking 1/72 Khee-Kha Art Products vacuformed Fairchild 71.
This is a multi-media kit that builds up into a fantastic looking
bush plane. Gabriel explains the whole building process in his
article. I love the look of the finished model.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here to
brighten your day with not one but two Phantoms. These are his
1/48 Hasegawa RF-4B Phantoms, #136 and 137 and both are
sporting USMC markings. I love seeing Shawn's latest model and
I especially enjoy seeing the photos of his display cases.....they
must be quite the sight in person.
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David Rapasi
is here with his latest
gem and what a beauty it is. This is Dave's 1/48 Pro Modeler SB2C- 4
Helldiver with all the fine detail of the real aircraft
including a weapons load. Dave finished it with homemade
decals and his usual amazing paint job. Excellent work
Dave...I always love seeing your latest model.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
Instrument Decals for US Navy Aircraft from
airscale.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
Bf 109F-2/F-4 cockpit set from Aires.
This multi-media cockpit set is designed for the Trumpeter kit. |
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr.
is here with a product
article for the 1/72
Me 109 Part 2 Marseille Special with his Kubelwagen decal sheet from
Lifelike
Decals.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
Arado Ar 196 armament set (MG 17 and MG 15 barrels) from Master. |
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Monday,
July 11
2011 |
Mongolia National Celebration Day |
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This weeks
Twobobs
Newsletter
is up and the CoNA sheets and the J-10
Demo Team sheets have arrived from the printers and will be
shipping soon. The 1/48 AIM-7/AIM-9 Missile Markings
sheet is now available again. Twobobs has a great
selection of ordinance markings that are an excellent
deal at $10 a sheet. Check out the newsletter for
the first images of the Danish Vipers decal sheets...WOW....I
LOVE the tailart on these jets. |
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Gidi Vitkon
has done an exceptionally nice job on his 1/48 Hasegawa AV-8B Harrier II Plus.
Gidi added some aftermarket goodies and then did his own
scratchbuilding before finishing his Harrier with
Twobobs
decals. It doesn't get much better than this
Harrier.
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Jens Gerber
joins us today with his beautifully finished 1/48 Tamiya Do 335 A 2.
Jens dressed up his DO 335 with an Aires cockpit set and then
finished it with his expert airbrushing skills. Very nicely
done Jens.
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Moises
has done an amazing job on the big 1/32 Trumpeter A-7D Corsair II.
Moises added Eduard photo etch to the cockpit and finished off this
Corsair II with a full weathering job. Simply gorgeous.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
F-84E/G Thunder Jets decal sheet from Zotz
Decals. This new decal sheet includes markings for 3 different F-84
Thunderjets flown by USAF, Greece and Portugal. Two of the
jets feature artwork and the American jet features sexy artwork.
All jets are in a natural metal finish.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72
Hurricane Mk. IIc Fishtail Exhaust Pipes from
QuickBoost.
The tips of the exhausts are very tiny, but somehow the craftspeople
at Quickboost have managed to have hollow tips on each exhaust.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
De Havilland Mosquito Main Landing Gear
from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
These
landing gear are cast from metal and include the main gear legs as
well as the tail landing gear leg.
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Floyd
S. Werner, Jr. is here
with a product article for the 1/48
Focke Wulf 190 Late Style Wheels 700 x 175 Smooth Tires from
Ultracast.
Ultracast carries hundreds of resin items for a variety of scales
and aircraft.
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Sunday,
July 10
2011 |
Invasion
of Sicily - Allied Landings at Sicily in 1943 |
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Saturday, July 9
2011 |
Argentina Independence Day |
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Friday,
July 8 2011 |
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Max Bianchi
gets things start in fine style today with his 1/32 Ruporator Su-22m4.
This is a big resin kit and Max spared no effort to get it looking
perfect. Max also opened up plenty of panels and packed them
full of lovely detail and then finished it off with a weapons load
and a weathered camo paint job and Polish markings. Bravo Max.
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Ermanno Bonafin has
been very successful at building his very reslistic looking 1/48 Hasegawa Junkers Ju 87B-2
Stuka. Ermanno added
Ultracast exhausts, Eduard PE interior set and gun barrels from
Quickboost. The whole model was finished with
a flawless paint job and then painted
the markings with masks from Montex Mask. I love how it looks. |
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Paolo Yuen
has done a wonderful
job building, finishing and weathering his 1/72
Kinetic Israel F-16I. Paolo finished his F-16 in Israeli
markings and one of those attractive Israeli camo schemes.
Beautiful job Paolo.
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I
have a product article for the 1/48
F-4F Press to Test "Elefant" decal
sheet from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet includes complete
markings for the 50th Anniversary F-4F of the WTD61 Flight Test
unit from the German Air Force.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
UB-32 Soviet rocket launchers
from
Aerobonus.
Aerobonus.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV detail set from Resin
Art. |
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Thursday, July 7
2011 |
Solomon Islands National Day |
Terrorist Subway attacks in the UK July 7 2005 |
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Sakis Georgiadis
has done an exceptionally fine job on the bare metal finish on his 1/72 Trumpeter F-105D.
Sakis added extra detail with
an Eduard photoetch cockpit set and a Pavla resin seat.
Sakis has included plenty of photos to show you the build and
painting process on this flawless model..
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Konstantinos Vergos
is here with a fantastic looking 1/48 Hasegawa AH-64A Apache
in Hellenic markings. Konstantinos added extra detail with an
Aires cockpit set along with Eduard colour-etched set for the
instrument panels, formation lights and for replacing some other
parts of the kit. Stencils decals came from
Twobobs.
Konstantinos also gave his
AH-64 a weathered look which turned out looking excellent.
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Steve Nichols
did an impressive job on all the scratchbuilding on his 1/24 Vostok 1.
This is a 1/24 replica of Gagarin's capsule post re-entry as
she sits in the Korolyov Museum today WOW...enjoy the photos.
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I
have a product article for the 1/72 F-16C/D Blue Fox
Bandits decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet includes markings
for four Lizard, Flanker and Arctic scheme jets from the 18th AGRS
at Eielson AFB.
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Zoltan
Pocza is here with a product
article for the Airbus
A380-800 (HL8226) - Korean Air / South Korea print from
Deployment
Productions
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members! |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
Su-24M Fencer wheel bays
from
Aires
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Sinuhe Hahn is
here with a product article for the FW-190 in Foreign
Service - Captured Butcherbirds vol. 2 book by Atelier
Kecay.
Sinuhe enjoyed this book very much. |
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Wednesday,
July 6
2011 |
Comoros Independence Day |
Malawi Republic Day |
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Juan Jose Moreno
gets things fired up today with his 1/48 Classic Airframes Lagarto Español F-5A.
Juan
dropped the flaps and repositioned the rudder before giving his F-5
a weathered tri-colour camo, full weapons load and Spanish markings.
Juan did an amazing job on this F-5.
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Andrew Marriott
joins us from Guam with his stunning 1/48 Hasegawa G4M2A Betty.
Andrew did a masterful job getting the faded and chipped paint looking perfect
on his WW2 Japanese bomber. This particular Betty had history
in the Guam area and will be a fantastic addition to Andrew's
display case.
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Gil Gregg
is a regular on the ARC forums and he was also a crew member on a S-3
Viking, so it is a special treat to see his 1/72 Airfix S-3A.
Gil has also included a very knowledgeable and informed
comparison between the Airfix and Hasegawa S-3 Viking kits. He
folded the wings on his Viking and did plenty of other work to turn
it into quite the gem. Enjoy his article and the photos.....I
know I sure did.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
A-6E Stormin' Intruders Desert Storm decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 7
different 1/48 A-6E Intruders including 2 with desert camo.
These decals are designed to fit the Revell kit. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
N1K1 Shiden Gun Barrels and Pitot Tube
from
QuickBoost.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32
German aircraft autocannon MG FF and sights from Master.
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Tuesday,
July 5
2011 |
Cape Verde National Day |
Venezuela Independence Day |
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Orlando Sucre is
here from
Venezuela with a fine selection of photos from the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011 Part 1: Venezuelan armed forces.
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Orlando Sucre also
joins us on the
Venezuela Independence Day with these photos from the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011 Part 2: Airliners and aviation pioneers.
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Orlando Sucre also
has these photos from the XIII Master Hobby Show 2011 Part 3: Propeller-driven military aircraft.
I'd like to thank Orlando for sharing these photos from the
show.....many of us don't get a chance to attend shows, so it is
quite the pleasure for us to see photos from model shows.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
F/A-18F Rockin' Rhinos #6 VF-213
Black Lions decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
Super Bugs from VF-213!!
Enough markings for both the factory delivery scheme as well as the
current CAG scheme.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48 F/A-18E/F Dry Transfer Stencils from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72 ACES II ejection seat late v.
from Aires. Aires. |
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr.
is here with a product
article for the 1/48
Focke Wulf 190 Spoked Wheels 700 x 175
Treaded Tires from Ultracast.
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Monday,
July 4
2011 |
United States of America Independence Day |
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I'd like to wish
everyone in the US a very happy Independence Day. Enjoy the
holiday!!!
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Ian T.M. Holahan is
here to honor the 4th with his 1/48 Promodeller Curtiss P-40E in
Flying Tigers markings. Ian added some resin wheels and a
vacuformed canopy before dressing up his P-40 with faded panels and
chipped paint to give it the correct weathered look of the real
flying Tiger. If you don't know the story of the exploits of
the Flying Tigers against the Japanese in defense of China during
WW2, then it is well worth doing a Google search on. Stunning
work Ian.
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Brett D Prusso is
here to remember the 4th of July with a modern American jet.
This is his 1/48 Revell F-15E with a full weapons load
and aftermarket decals and a flawless looking weathering job.
Wow....this looks more realistic than the real jet....great job
Brett.
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Gabriel Stern is
here with another of those wonderful models built from a
Khee-Kha Art Products
kit. Gabriel tells the full story about building his
1/72 vacuformed Khee-Kha Art Products Bellanca CH-300 in
his usual humorous story telling way. This looks like one heck
of a neat kit and the finished model is quite the eye catcher in
it's Hawaiian markings. Nicely done Gabriel.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/32 F-84E/G Thunder Jets decal sheet
from Zotz
Decals. This new decal sheet includes markings for 2
different F-84 Thunderjets in USAF and French Air Force markings.
Both jets feature artwork and natural metal finishes.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72
Fw 190A-3 Stabilizer
from
QuickBoost.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/72
Hawker Tempest Mk.V interior set
from
Resin
Art.
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Sunday,
July 3 2011 |
Belarus Independence Day |
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Happy Canada Day to all
the ARC Canucks |
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Wlad Franco-Valias is
here to honour Canada Day with his 1/48 Hobbycraft Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk 11.
Wlad has a passion for the Sea Fury and you'll see that when you
read his article and discover all the extra work and detailing he
did on his Sea Fury. This is an excellent model to honour
Canada Day...well done Wlad. |
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Alvis 3.1 is here
to celebrate Canada Day in true What-if fashion with his 1/48 Monogram Bell AiraMamba (Or: Frank Whittles' Holiday).
Have you ever wondered what a jet powered P-39 would look
like?.....well wonder no longer. And of course there is a
humourous story to go along with Alvis 3.1's photos. |
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Don Flynn aka Crazydon
is back with another of his gems. This is Don's 1/72 Tamiya Bf
109E-4
finished off in a very complicated looking lizard camo scheme which
Don got looking perfect.
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I
have a product article for the 1/72
F-16C
Buckeye Vipers #1 decal sheet
from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet is a combo sheet in
both 72nd and 32nd scale for the Ohio ANG. There are enough
markings to build two 72nd scale jets and one 32nd scale jet.
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Here's
a product article for the Sukhoi
Su-27 Flanker "Red 07" Print from Zactomodels.
This particular print shows this Flanker with missiles, but you also
have the option of having this print without missiles.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
UB-16 Soviet rocket launchers
from Aerobonus.
Aerobonus.
You get 2 rocket launchers and a full set
of decals for the markings. |
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