Friday,
Sept 30
2011 |
Guinea-Bissau Independence Day |
Botswana National Day |
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Paolo Yuen begins
today with another of his tiny wonders. This is his 1/144 ACE Corporation Dassault Rafale M
with weathering and a weapons load and drop tanks. Paolo then
displayed it on the DML 1/144 CVN carrier display base that he
painted to match the Charles De Gaulle fight deck. Very nice
indeed and hard to believe it is not 1/72 or 1/48 scale.
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John Smalbrugge is
here with a selection of photos from a Fraser Valley Modelers Club Photo Shoot
in 2008. This is a very active group of dedicated
modellers outside Vancouver, Canada and they do build a pleasing
variety of model types. Thanks for sharing the pics John. |
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Artur Oslizlo is
here with his very attractive looking 1/48 Academy MiG-21bis.
Artur added extra detailing with an Aires resin cockpit set and Quickboost air intakes.
The desert camo scheme is for an Ethiopian Air Forces 'Fishbed'
using Aeromaster decals. And of course Artur finished this
masterpiece with a perfect weathering job. |
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
F/A-18B VFA-125 Rough Raiders
decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features markings
for two complete adversary painted jets from the Rough Raiders
of VFA-125.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/35
OH-58D Mast Mounted Sight kit from
Zactomodels.
Zactomodels.
Also included are modified Pitch Change Horns for the main rotor
assembly.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
NSAWC SH-60F Oceanhawk Adversaries decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 4 different 1/48 SH-60F
Oceanhawk with NSAWC Adversaries.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Su-24M Fencer D radar from
Aires.
This set is designed for the Trumpeter kit.
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Thursday, Sept
29 2011 |
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Adriano Souza gets
things started today in style with his 1/48 Revell F-14B Tomcat.
Adriano dressed up his Tomcat with a weapons load and then
finished it with a flawless beautifully weathered paint job sporting
Jolly Roger markings from Fightertown
Decals. This
is one very impressive and realistic looking F-14.
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Hal Marshman Sr has done a gorgeous job finishing and weathering his 1/48 Tamiya Do-335V-11.
Hal added some scratch made seat
belts/buckles, and MV lenses in the landing light and then gave it a
subtle weathering job that includes exhaust stains. Very
nicely done Hal. |
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Shawn
"phantom" Weiler is
here with his entry for the Sharkmouth group build here on
ARC. This is his 1/48 Academy CT-133
T-Bird complete with Shark mouth markings using Leading Edge
decals. Shawn was kind enough to send in a photos of his CT-133
flight line. WOW!!! |
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I
have a product article for the 1/32
AIM-7E-2/M Sparrow Missile Markings decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet includes the
markings for on AIM-7E-2 and the AIM-7E-M. Four each are included
as well as bonus markings for the AN/ALE-39/47 chaff flare dispenserws.
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Zotz
Decals has
a new 1/32 AV-8B Harrier II+ at Sea decal
sheet. One aircraft is the demonstrator
aircraft commemorating Greg "Pappy" Boyington of WW2 from
2010-2011 airshow season.
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Alexey Sulla
is here with a product article for
the new 1/72
Fw.189 A photoetched flaps from Northstarmodels.
These flaps are designed to fit the FW.189 kits from Airfix, MPM,
Italeri.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F/A-22 Raptor Control Lever and Throttle from
QuickBoost.
These are designed for the Revell kit
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Wednesday,
Sept 28
2011 |
Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) |
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I'd like to wish a happy Rosh Hashanah
to all those that celebrate.
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Terry Chan has
been busy getting everything right on his 1/32 Hasegawa F-5N Tiger II.
Terry rescribed all the panel lines and then added some rivets
and dressed up the cockpit with a Verlinden resin cockpit set and
scratchbuilt detailing. The model was finished with a stunning
camo job and
Twobobs
Sundowners decals. The finished model is awesome looking
Terry.
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Rodrigo Rendon has
completely outdone himself with his 1/48
Academy CH-46E masterpiece. Rodrigo used the Big Red after market metal by Eduard
and then dressed up the interior with wiring and MRE boxes, water jugs, a 12-pack of Bud Light beer and a Maxim magazine to add realism.
Then stripped off the paint on the leading edge of the rotor blades
and displayed the finished model on a simulated ship
deck. This work of art was presented to his friend that was a
crew member on this exact chopper. A darn lucky friend to have
this gem in his display case....what an impressive CH-46E
diorama this must be in 1/48. |
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Axel Grundmann is
here with something you don't see very often. This is his very
nicely done 1/48 Revell Learjet wearing the markings for a
Finnish Air Force jet. Axel scratchbuilt the pod under the
left wing. This is one very attractive looking Learjet.
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Here's
a product article for the 1/48
QF-4E Heritage Drones (Holloman)
decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features three
complete QF-4E's with options for a fourth from the 82nd Aerial
Targets Squadron at Holloman AFB. These jets were painted in
commemorative schemes that had been previously worn by the F-4
during it's USAF service.
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Zoltan Pocza
is here with a product article for the new Boeing
777-300ER (G-STBA) - British Airways / United Kingdom print from
Deployment
Productions.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 A6M5 Zero
Fighter cockpit set from Aires.
This set is designed for the Tamiya kit and has some amazing detail. |
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Hal Marshman Sr is
here with alook at the The Last Gunfight book which is
about one of the biggest events in American Old West history.
The Shootout at the O.K. Corral.
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Tuesday,
Sept 27 2011 |
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
this week from
Twobobs is courtesy of a couple of pilots from VFA-25.
They contacted me about a month ago asking us to do up their jets
with the Twobobs treatment. We'll get to doing these ASAP. Good
lookin' jet(s). Got lots of pics of their line jets as well. Enjoy!
Bob
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Andre Dorion has
been very busy adding some exceptional detail to his 1/32 Trumpeter A-7 Corsair II.
Andy used the canopy and intake correction sets from
Zactomodels
and then added mores sets from Aires including the avionics bay
set, wheel bay set and cockpit set. All I can say is
WOW.....enjoy the photos everyone....this Corsair II is stunning!!!
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Kees Kuyper is here
with the first of too very funny models. This is his Revell Spitsfire,
which is a 3D caricature Spitfire model and quite amusing to
see. The roundel on the side of the fuselage has dart board
markings on it....pretty amusing stuff.
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Kees Kuyper is also
here with his Revell Messerschnitzel 3D
caricature model and if you look carefully at the engine cowling you
will see a hot rod style super charger intake. Both of these
models are a treat to see and Kees did an excellent job on both of
them.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
J2M3 Raiden Exhausts from QuickBoost.
These are designed to the fit the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Refueling Probe - NATO standard from
Master. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SAAB JAS 39 Gripen ladder
from
Maestro
Models.
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Monday,
Sept 26 2011 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up.
is up. The Royal Danish Viper sheets are
very big sellers and Bob has images of the
instruction and decal sheets. Plus the completed instruction
sheets for the 1/48 F-15C Eifel Eagles sheet are in the
newsletter.....this is a massive sheet with plenty of Eagles on
it. You're going to love seeing on both of these sheets. |
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A R Karimi has
taken and repainted this 1/72 Italeri IRIAF F-5F using
markings from Hi Decal Line for an aircraft that served in the Iran
- Iraq war. The finished model is an a very attractive F-5 in
it's 3 colour desert camo. I love the look of this
F-5.....very nicely done AR. |
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Ermanno Bonafin is
here with something your don't see very often. This is his
very attractive 1/48
Special Hobby Nardi F.N.305 in the markings for the Squadron
Leader's plane from 23° Gruppo. This is one very attractive
WW2 trainer....gotta' love those Italian markings....well done
Ermanno. |
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Andy Davies has
outdone himself with his multi shaded baremetal 1/72 Trumpeter Tupolev TU-16 K-10 Badger C.
Andy used a number of detail items from NeoMega to improve the
accuracy and detail on his stunning looking Badger, but you really
have to look at the bare metal finish....it looks fantastic and
really completes this wonderful model. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
WW2 Luftwaffe cockpit placards and dataplates from
airscale.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
B-24 Liberator Bomb Bay Doors from QuickBoost.
These are designed to fit the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/35
UH-60 Blackhawk Stencils decal sheet
from
Werner's
Wings. These stencils include US Army stencil
markings.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
C-46 Commando Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This landing gear set is
designed for the Williams Brothers kit.
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Friday,
Sept 23
2011 |
Saudi Arabia National Day |
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José Maria Reis Jr starts
off today's update with his first model on ARC. This is his
beautifully done 1/72 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt proudly
wearing the markings for a Brazilian P-47 from WW2. José
lightly weathered his P-47 and got it ready for a mission by loading
it out with rocket launchers. I am very pleased to see José's
P-47 on ARC and I look forward to seeing more of his models on ARC
in the future. |
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Andre Mimizu has
been very creative in kit bashing this Luft '46 jet. This is
his 1/72
‘combo build’ FW J.P.011.45 which used a combination of
modified parts from other models as well as good ol' fashioned
modelling skill. It's a very cool jet and as you might have
guessed....it is the first one on ARC. Very cool job you did
on it Andre. |
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Burcin Emren has
been busy detailing and weathering his stunning 1/48
Hasegawa F/18 F Super Hornet. Burcin added a cockpit set and landing bay set
from Aires which required some effort to get the fit right.
The then finished off his Hornet as a heavily weathered USN Jolly
Rogers bird complete with drop tanks and a full weapons load
including bombs and missiles. Wow I love the weathering job on
this one., |
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I
have a product article for the 1/72
1/32 F/A-18A/B Fighting Omars decal sheet
from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet is follow up to their
very popular VFC-12 release is this sheet in both 72nd and 32nd
scale. There are enough markings on this sheet to build a 72nd
scale jet and one 32nd scale jet.
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Thursday, Sept 22
2011 |
Mali Independence Day |
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No
update today.....I've been sick for the past week and it is starting
to catch up with me.
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Wednesday,
Sept 21
2011 |
Malta Independence Day |
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Fabrizio Frassica gets
things started today with his wonderfully detailed 1/48
Hasegawa F-4S Phantom II. Fabrizio used Eduard Zoom set for cockpit, True Details ejection seats
to add further detail and then finished it in the rare Ferris paint
scheme while using aftermarket decals. This particular F-4 is
a MiG killer and Fabrizio tells about the MiG killing mission in his
article |
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Bartosz Piotrowski
is here with his very attractive 1/72
Amodel Christen Eagle I . This is the single seat version
of the Christen Eagle and the colourful dedecals were from Amodel.
Bartosz took a photo of his model in his hand and in 1/72
scale this is a surprisingly small model. I sure do like the
way it looks. |
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Pablo Angel Herrera
and the members of IPMS/Guatemala are here with pictures from their
recent Expomodel 2011 "War over the Pacific".
This year the theme was the war in the Pacific during WW2 and as
you'll see by the photos of the models on display.....there was
plenty of talented modellers that attended. This show
attracted modellers from a variety of places including El Salvador.
It looks like a great show guys.....thanks for sending in pictures
for us to enjoy. |
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48 F-22A Roll The Dice Raptors
decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet includes markings
for 3 jets from the 90th FS of Elmendorf AFB.
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Here's a product article
for the Boeing 767-258ER
(4X-EAC) - El Al Israel Airlines (ELY) / Israel
print from
Deployment
Productions.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 J1N1 Gekko Gun Barrels from QuickBoost.
This latest release features a complete set of resin Gun Barrels for
the J1N1 Gekko from Tamiya. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 J-32 Lansen
ladder from Maestro
Models.
This
is a pre-painted photo etch ladder that is pre-painted on both sides
of the ladder.
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A photo
etch bending tool from The
Small Shop The
Small Shop does make bending photo etch much easier. If
you use photo etch, then you really should pick up one of their many
different photo etch bending tools
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Tuesday,
Sept 20
2011
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
this week from
Twobobs
Hot Babe of the Week is courtesy of the folks at VFA-147. Thanks to
the US Navy for providing us walkaround images of the Argos current
CAG scheme.
Right Click, Enjoy!
Bob
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Terry Chan joins us
with his award winning and absolutely stunning 1/32
Trumpeter AV-8B Harrier Night Attack. Terry dressed up his
big Harrier with an Aires resin cockpit, Aires resin wheel bays and
the stunningly detailed Zactomodels resin AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles.
Terry's finished Harrier is a treat to see and I can easily see why
if won an award. His article helpfully points out the few
tricky areas on the big Trumpeter Harrier. |
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Dave Fassett is
here to completely WOW you with his 1/144
Revell of Germany E-2C Hawkeye. Dave used some aftermarket
goodies such as the wingfolds and prop blades, but he also did a
massive amount of scratchbuilding on his tiny Hawkeye. This
level of detail would be impressive in 1/48 scale.....but in 1/144
scale......it leaves me speechless and in awe. And you have to
check out the Stars and stripes flame job on the nose of his
Hawkeye......the model as awesome from every angle. |
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Francisco Alves is
here with not one but two Vipers. These are his 1/48
Hasegawa GO ALABAMA & JUVAT VIPER built out of the box with
an excellent choice of markings including very cool looking tail
art. Francisco dressed them up with some careful weathering
for added realism. Everyone likes to see an F-16 and Francisco
has been kind enough to show us two of his great looking
Vipers......and I'm darn happy I got to see them. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
German WW I machine gun Spandau LMG 08/15 from
Master.
This latest release includes a pair of 1/48 German WW I Spandau
LMG 08/15 machine guns (2pcs) machined out of brass. These were
used on almost every German aircraft during WW I. These are
designed to fit perfectly the Albatros D.V, Fokker Dr.I, Pfalz D.III,
LVG C.VI and many other models in 1/48.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 Spitfire Mk. IXe Gun Barrels from
QuickBoost.
This latest release features a complete set of resin Gun Barrels
for the Spitfire Mk. IXe from Tamiya.
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Monday,
Sept 19
2011 |
Chile
- Anniversary of the Chilean Army |
Saint Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis Independence Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter has good news, the 1/72 and 1/48 F-16MLU
Royal Danish Anniversary Vipers sheets are for sale.
This sheet feature very colourful anniversary jets and there is full
info and images in the newsletter. Also the first images
for the Bitburg F-15 sheet which will be available in 72,
48 and 32 scale. The CoNA Reference CD's are almost
gone.....1000 were made and if you want one, you need to buy
quick while supplies last. Once all the CD's are gone, the
CoNA combo packs will not be offered and only individual CoNA decals
sheets will be available. |
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Ian T.M. Holahan has
pulled out all the stops on his stunning 1/48
Hasegawa F/A-18A+. Ian upgraded the instrument panel,
added a resin seat, added practice weapons and MER's to the pylons
and then completed the look with some downright great looking USMC
Reserve markings with eye catching tail art. Ian also tended
to a whole host of tiny detail items....wow I love how his Hornet
looks. |
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Artur Oslizlo joins
us from Poland with his amazing 1/32
Tamiya Spitfire Mk.IXc. This is the Spitfire flown by the
famous Ace Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski. Artur used a few resin Barracuda sets, Montex insignia masks, HGW seatbelts and Aber metal gun
barrels and dressed up this work of art with Spitfire markings from
the well known Victory Productions sheet. Artur is a master at
weathering and his Spitfire looks perfect. |
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Carmel J Attard is
here with a float plane and I LOVE float planes. This is his 1/72
Khee-Kha Art Products Fairchild F.71 in a combination of floats
and wheels and finished in the very colourful Pacific International
Airways of Alaska livery. Carmel explains in wonderful detail
the complete process of building the vac-u-fomed gem of a model. |
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Zotz
Decals has a new 1/32 GR.7 Harriers over Aldion decal
sheet. This new decal sheet includes markings for 6
different Harrier GR.7's flown by the RAF in the UK, Norway, Kandahar
and Kuwait. Two have great looking tail art, two have sexy
silhouette noseart with many mission markings, one has a Sharks Mouth
and the last one is a special white and grey winter camo scheme used
on a exercise in Norway.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F4U-1 Corsair Engine Cowling Flaps from
QuickBoost.
This is the the engine cowling flaps for the F4U-1 Corsair from Tamiya.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/35
Blackhawks "Workhorse of the Army" decal sheet from
Werner's
Wings. This
sheet includes 18 different UH-60's including one flown by
fellow ARC'er CW3 Erick Swanberg in Med Evac in Afghanistan.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Ju 52 (faired) Main Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This set of landing gear
for the Ju 52 from Revell / Monogram.
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Sunday,
Sept 18
2011 |
Chile Independence Day |
USAF Birthday |
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Friday,
Sept 16
2011 |
Papua New Guinea Independence Day |
Mexico Independence Day |
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Burt Gustafson
gets things started today in grand style with his bare metal and
very colorful 1/48 Trumpeter F-100D Super Sabre.
Burt has high regards for this
Trumpeter kit and I must say his finished model is nothing short of
exceptional looking. Beautiful work Burt....you REALLY did
this kit justice...I love the look of your Super Sabre. |
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Axel Grundmann
has outdone himself on his highly detailed and flawlessly finished
1/48 Trumpeter C-47. Axel used Eduard photo etch and MAV
Decals from South Africa to complete this stunning C-47.
Check the photos of the fully detailed interior or the photos of the
maintenance worker figure using a dip stick on the wing fuel
tank. Axel finished his C-47 in South African Air Force
markings...which is always attractive.
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Paolo Yuen
has mastered the fine art of modern jet weathering and you can see
this in the photos of his
1/48 ACE Corporation Dassault Rafale M.
Paolo built his Rafale out of the box and then chose to display his jet in the
very dramatic in-flight pose and wow does it look good. Check
out the weathering job...it's amazing.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
J-10 Enter the Dragons Chinese Demo Team decal
sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features beautiful markings from the first airshow
season of the J-10 Chinese Demo Team. There are unique markings for
both the single and dual seat versions of the J-10.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
WW2 Luftwaffe cockpit placard & dataplates decals
from
airscale.
This new release gives you hundreds of multi-colour placards &
dataplates as found in Luftwaffe aircraft from the 30’s &
40’s.
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Here's a product article
for the AH-1
Tzefa in IAF Service book from IsraDecal. This new soft cover 100 page book
contains over 400 (mostly color) photos and covers the AH-1 Tzefa in IAF Service and is written by IsraDecal owner, well respected modeler and world renowned all around nice guy Ra'anan Weiss.
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Thursday, Sept
15 2011 |
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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Sten-Arne B Brunsby
starts today in fine style with this eye catching
1/48 Hasegawa F-22 "Alaskan Raptor". Sten-Arne offers some
excellent insight into getting the paint scheme right on this F-22.
I know I sure enjoyed reading his article and seeing the photos of
this F-22.
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Franz Galli
has made my day by sending in photos of his latest model. This
is his
1/72 Academy T-6G Texan
done in a very convincing finish with just the perfect amount of
weathering to bring this beautifully done little trainer to
life. It's good to see you back on the ARC homepage Franz.
I've missed seeing your work on ARC.
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Micah
Reysio-Cruz is here with an airliner in my favourite
livery. This is his 1/144 Airfix Philippine Airlines
BAC-111 wearing custom made decals. The model looks
fantastic but you'll also enjoy reading Micah's article about an
early experience flying in a jet just like this one. Simply
beautiful Micah. |
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Here's a product article for the 1/72 F-15S Khamis
Mushait/Anaconda Eagles decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet gives you lots
of bang for your buck! Enough options for eight Saudi aircraft
and three USAF Strike Eagles.
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Here's a product article
for the F-15A/B
Eagle 102nd FW, 101st FS MA 77-0102 & MA 77-0163 - 2006 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 1/32
VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" F-14A "Victory in the Storm"
decal sheet from Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 3 different 1/32 F-14's
with VFA-84 Jolly Rogers including one aircraft with sexy noseart.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Instrument Panel from QuickBoost.
This is the 1/32 Su-27 Instrument Panel and is designed for the
Trumpeter kit. |
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Wednesday,
Sept 14 2011 |
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Fabian Mario Vera
starts today with his outstanding looking
1/48 Hasegawa A4-P Fuerza Aerea Argentina.
Fabian scratchbuilt the gun on his Skyhawk and then finished his
model with a beautifully done and very rare paint scheme.
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Lyle Brown
is here with his latest artwork. This is his
F-15 Reporter artwork. The
F-15 Reporter is the reconnaissance version of the P-61 night
fighter.
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Daniel Such
is here with a very attractive looking
1/144 Eduard Me 262.
This is a tiny 1/144 kit of the 262, so it is small, but Daniel
still took the time to dress with up the cockpit in a very
creative way. The finished mottled camo scheme came out
looking great....hard to believe it is 1/144. Wonderful work
Daniel.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48 F/A-18C VFA-192 Golden Dragons
decal sheet
from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features markings
for two complete aircraft from the Golden Dragons with the US
Navy. This is their current CAG scheme as well as a deployment
scheme from one of their line jets (circa 2003).
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Here's a product article
for the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker "Blue 08" Print
from
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 1/72 F4U-1 Corsair Engine from QuickBoost.
This engine is loaded with detail. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-18 Hornet seamless air intakes from Maestro
Models.
These intakes are designed for the Hasegawa family of F-18 kits. |
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Tuesday,
Sept 13 2011 |
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
this week from
Twobobs is courtesy of
Ken Middleton. Ken is a regular contributor of photos to Twobobs and
these photos are of an F-15 with the 102FW. Right Click, Enjoy!
Bob
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John King
is here with
his great looking
1/144 Revell Eurofighter Typhoon. John built his primered
Typhoon for his local club's "Natural Finish" group build
and the finished model won a well deserved first place in it's
category at the 2011 USA IPMS Nats in Omaha. Beautifully done
John and I'm not surprised you got a first place with your Typhoon.
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Juan Carlos Gomez
joins us from Argentina with his
beautifully weathered
1/48 Hobbycraft Bf-109K-4.
Juan chose a 109 from
JG-53 and although this 109 is built OOB, there is some very
carefully done paint chipping and other weathering that brings this
model to life. Beautiful work Juan.
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WELTER Florent
has done an
exceptionally nice job on his stunning
1/48 Hasegawa EA-18G Growler "Navy Centennial". This
EA-18G is wearing one of the US Navy Centennial paint schemes and is
sitting on a custom made base with the "Navy Centennial"
logo. This Growler also has resin seats to dress up the
cockpit. A very colorful Growler and a pleasure to
see.....enjoy the photos.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
BAC TSR.2 Stencils from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-4 Phantom II Ejection Seat from QuickBoost.
This seat has molded in seat belts. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/35
Blackhawks "Workhorse of the Army" decal sheet from
Werner's
Wings. This
sheet includes 18 different UH-60's including one flown by
fellow ARC'er CW3 Erick Swanberg in Med Evac in Afghanistan.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
German cannon Bordkanone 5cm (Mk 214 / 5cm BK) from Master. |
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Monday,
Sept 12 2011 |
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Ken Middleton
is here with one of his highly renowned in-flight models.
This is Ken's 1/48 Testors Canadian CF-18AM using Leading Edge decals and a spotlight from the Hasegawa
kit. Ken gave his CF-18 a well weathered look which perfectly
captures the look of the real jets. Ken finished his Canadian
Hornet as an in-flight model complete with missiles using Twobobs
decals and drop tanks. Beautifully done Ken. |
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Frederick D. Smith
is here with a very special 1/72 Italeri SH-60 Seahawk (Rescue version).
His Seahawk was built mostly out of the box with some scratchbuilt
detailing. What makes this Seahawk special is it will be
placed on the deck of Frederick's R/C U.S.S. Decatur, DDG-73,
Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer. This great looking chopper with
be a very attractive addition to his R/C destroyer. I'd love
to see photos of the destroyer when it is done.
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Siddharth Pantoji
joins us with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48 Academy MiG 21 PF Fishbed D
finished in a very attractive 5 color camo with Russian markings
and a weapons load. Welcome to ARC Siddharth, I look forward
to seeing more of your models on ARC in the future.
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Here's a product article
for the CoNA-CD
Centennial of Naval Aviation Reference CD from
Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This CD contains hi-resolution reference photographs of the
Centennial of Naval Aviation jets that are featured on the Twobobs
decal sheets
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-15A/C Ejection Seat from
QuickBoost.
This seat comes with molded in seatbelts.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
XB-70 Valkyrie Landing Gear
from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
These landing gears
are designed for
XB-70 Valkyrie Italeri/AMT kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Antarctic Helicopters Part 1 decal sheet from Max
Decals.
This latest decal sheet includes a varied and wonderful selection of
helicopters that operated in the Antarctic. This sheet includes
8 different types of helicopters from 5 different countries wearing a
colourful variety different paint schemes. The helicopters are
from the USA, Argentina, Japan, Uruguay and Chile. You get
11 helicopters in all.
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Sunday,
Sept 11
2011 |
Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon 2001 |
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My 15 year old daughter
asked me the other day to tell her about 9/11.....10 years ago it was
early in the morning in our time zone when I turned on CNN to
get a few minutes of early morning news while everyone in our
house was
getting ready for work and school. At this point the image of a
lone WTC tower was shown on TV.....I recognized the building but it
made no sense because there should have been 2 WTC towers.
The building was on fire and a few minutes later they showed video of
the first building dropping. I sat in stunned disbelief.....I
knew at the moment our world had changed. I will carry those
feelings of horror, disbelief and sadness to my grave and I doubt they
will ever fade.
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Thursday, Sept 8
2011 |
First
use of V-2 rocket lands Chiswick area of London (1944) |
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Mick Alderson starts
your Thursday update with a very big and impressive what-if 1/32 Trumpeter OA-10B
OZHOG. Mick did quick a bit of exceptional cockpit
detailing but what really makes his OSZHOG (Aussie Hog) stand
out is the eye popping camo scheme. I thoroughly enjoyed
seeing this A-10. |
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Greg Moss
has added extra detailing to his very nicely done 1/35 Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey)
"Bushranger". This particular Iroquois is the
one Greg's Dad flew in during the Vietnam war. Greg gave it
the perfect amount of weathering to complete the very realistic
look.
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Earl Hosmer
has been busy adding endless detail
to his 1/48 Hasegawa TF-104G Starfighter.
Earl used a cockpit set, open bays on
the both sides of the fuselage and an engine access bay on the
underside that is loaded with amazing detail. The exhaust
nozzle is also an aftermarket item. The exterior is covered
with aluminum foil and then it was finished off with Norwegian Air
Force markings. Fantastic job Earl!!!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 CoNA Platinum
Set from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This massive new release includes all 3 Centennial of Naval Aviation
decal sheets...plus the CoNA Centennial Walk-Around CD...plus 3
Pressure Sensitive Stickers. Priced separately, this set
retails for more money, but purchase this bundle set and receive a
20% discount! Look for this bundle package in 1/32nd scale shortly!
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Zoltan
Pocza is here with a product article
for the Boeing 737-900ER (N75436) - Continental Airlines /
United States of America 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 1/32
Su-27 Ejection Seat from QuickBoost.
This 1/32 Su-27 Ejection Seat comes with molded in seat belts. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Israeli Air Force F-16C/D Barak decal sheet
from
IsraDecal.
This new decal sheet includes markings for a large variety of 1/48
F-16C/D Baraks including markings for the 60th Anniversary of 'The
Valley' squadron. The serial numbers are individual numbers that
you can mix and match to create almost any Barak you choose.
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Wednesday,
Sept 7
2011 |
Brazil Independence Day |
Pakistan Air Force Day |
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Daco
Products
is
marking their 22 anniversary with a 22% off sale
on
every order from Sept 7 to Sept 14.
Drop by their site
to check out their many decals, excellent photo reference books and
many other items. |
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Tom Valaoras has
been busy doing a huge amount of very involved detailing to the
exposed engine area on his 1/32 Trumpeter Mig-21MF. Tom
also added detail inside the tail area and finished his MiG-21 in a
great looking Grey camo. But read his article for the full
story on this stunning 'Fishbed'. |
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Paolo Yuen
is here with a very tiny and stunning 1/144 ACE Corporation E-2C Hawkeye.
Paolo folded the wings and gave it a flawless shaded paint job
you'd expect to see on an French Navy Hawkeye. Paolo has
wonderful talent with an airbrush and you'll see that on his
beautifully weathered Hawkeye.
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Cüneyt ÖZEN
joins us with his beautifully
done 1/48 Hasegawa TUAF Block 50+ Ceylan Filo.
Cüneyt added CFT's and finished off this beauty in Turkish Air
Force markings. Simply flawless and a treat to see. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
CoNA Platinum Set from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This massive
new releaseincludes all 5 Centennial of Naval Aviation decal
sheets...plus the CoNA Centennial Walk-Around CD...plus 5 Pressure
Sensitive Stickers.
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48-228
F/A-18C F/A-18E VFA-106
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48-229
EA-6B/EA-18G VAQ-129
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48-230
F/A-18C VFA-122/VFC-12
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48-231
F/A-18F VFA-204/VX-31
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48-232
F/A-18F VX-9
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CoNA
Centennial Walk-Around CD w/over 800 hi-res walk-around photos
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Five
Pressure Sensitive Stickers (included with sheets)
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
E/A-18G F/A-18G "Black Growlin Rhinos" decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 2 different jets including
a F/A-18F Super Hornet and an EA-18G Growler in hi-viz markings.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-15A/C Ejection Seat from
QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Antarctic Helicopters Part 1 decal sheet from Max
Decals.
This latest decal sheet includes a varied and wonderful
selection of helicopters that operated in the Antarctic. This
sheet includes 5 different types of helicopters from 5 different
countries wearing 10 different paint schemes. The helicopters
are from the USA, France, Belgium, Uruguay and Chile.
This sheet
is also available in 1/72 scale.
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Tuesday,
Sept 6 2011 |
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
this week from
Twobobs is courtesy of
Darren McTee. Right Click, Enjoy!
Bob
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Burt Gustafson
joins us with a classic American fighter from the Vietnam
war. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa F-8E Crusader built OOB
in the classic scheme worn by this "Last of The Gunfighters".
Burt has high regards for the Hasegawa kit and he further enhanced
the look of his model by darkening the panel lines. The markings are
for the USN VF-191 Satan's Kittens.
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JR Smith is here
with his first article on ARC and I am quite excited to see it is
the 1/720 Revell LZ-129 Hindenburg. Airships are rare here
on ARC and I am one person that loves variety in life. This
how the Hindenburg appeared with Olympic Rings for the 1936 Olympics
and before her tragic crash on May 6, 1937. Welcome to ARC JR
and I certainly hope to see more of your work on ARC in the
future. Excellent job on the in-flight photos of your airship.
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drakendk
has been busy packing as many aftermarket goodies and added
detailing into his 1/72 Hasegawa RF-35 Draken as he could.
Wow you've got to read the list of goodies used on this Draken...AMAZING.
It took a while to pull together this very involved project but in
the end drakendk pulled it all together with the dedication and
skill of a master modeller. Beautiful work drakendk.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 WW2 Luftwaffe
cockpit placard &
dataplates decals from airscale.
You get hundreds of multi-colour
placards & dataplates as found in Luftwaffe aircraft from the
30’s & 40’s.
Essential
for cockpit instrument panels, sidewalls, FuG radios, throttle &
flap quadrants and oxygen/air cylinders etc.
This decal
sheet incldues Manufacturer Dataplates for Junkers, Messerschmitt,
Focke-Wulf, Henschel, plus cockpit ancillary manufacturers such as
Bosch, Lorenz and Askania
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
BAe HAWK T.1 - Pitot Tube from Master.
The set includes turned aluminum Pitot Tube designed to fit the
Revell model. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 Tp52 EE Canberra Mk 2B nose conversion from
Maestro
Models.
This new resin nose conversion is designed for
the Classic Airframes Canberra model, but it should fit other Canberra
kits as well. |
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Monday,
Sept 5 2011
Labor Day or Labour Day |
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Jens Gerber
is here from Germany with today's first model. This is his
1/48 Hobby Boss Me 262 A1a/U5 with some added detailing using
goodies from Paragon as well some scratchbuilt items. The
finished model was given a flawlessly applied camo scheme with
very careful shading to get the look just right. Simply
wonderful work Jens....well done.
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JJ Chen has been
enjoying a creative time with his 1/72 Academy RAF Mustang III.
JJ explains the story behind this 3 bladed Mustang and I know I
certainly enjoy reading his story and seeing the finished
model. Special congratulation to JJ and his wife for their
happy and healthy young son. Beautiful job on the Mustang JJ. |
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Kees Kuijper
is one of the more creative modellers from the Netherlands here
on ARC and today he joins us with his Hyper
Spaceshuttle. This is a what-if Netherlands version of the
space shuttle and I do admit I like the model and his background
story in his article. Nicely done Kees.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
EA-6B VAQ-140 Patriot Prowler decal sheet from
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
You get enough markings for
one complete CAG jet from the Patriots of VAQ-140.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-47 7.5 inch Dry Transfer Tail Codes from
Hobby
Decal.
This new decal sheet includes dry transfer 7.5 inch Tail Codes for
the 1/48 P-47.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Ju 52 (plain) Main Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
These are designed for the Revell / Monogram kit.
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Gino
P. Quintiliani is here with a product article
for the 1/35
Blackhawks: Workhorses of the Army Decals
from
Werner’s
Wings.
This decal sheet is available in 1/35, 1/48, and 1/72
and this set includes markings for 18 different aircraft plus 3
extra, partial markings for aircraft that they could not find all
the markings for.
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Sunday,
Sept 4 2011 |
Swaziland Independence and National Day |
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Saturday, Sept
3 2011 |
Qatar National Day |
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Friday,
Sept 2 2011 |
Vietnam Independence Day |
V-J
Day Japan surrenders in Tokyo Harbour |
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Today's update is a
bit late.....I've been burning the midnight oil redoing the review
section archives. I hope to have it done and launched in a
week or so.
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Gerard
Chua is here with an article that was originally intended for
the Singapore National Day. This is Gerard's 1/72 Mini Hobby Models RSAF F5S Tiger
II in the markings for the Republic of Singapore Air Force.
Gerard added some
extra detailing including a HUD and other cockpit details.
This is definitely a great looking RSAF F-5.
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Hal Marshman Sr.
has been busy adding some first class detailing to his 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1a Corsair.
Hal added a host of detailing and then finished his corsair as
an expertly weathered workhorse with endless mission markings.
You have captured the look of the Corsair perfectly Hal.....I loved
seeing it. |
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Narin
Lert-assawawiwat is here with a very special Sci-Fi model called
MF 3-PaSS : Double X. This is a space capable F-5 X-wing
fighter....you'll have to read Narin's article for all the details,
but I must say there is some exceptional creativity put into this
model. I enjoyed seeing this one....it's a very cool model
Narin.
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Alexey Matvienko
is here with a product article for the new 1/48
F-14A/D Tune-Up sets from A.M.U.R.Reaver.
This article features 2 PE sets for the Tomcat...one for the F-14A
and one for the F-14D. |
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Jason Cooper
is here with a product article for the new Aircraft and Armor Artwork
Profile prints from Scale
Central. |
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Thursday, Sept
1 2011 |
Libya Independence Day |
Slovak Republic Constitution Day |
Uzbekistan National Day |
World
War Two begins in Europe - Germany invades Poland (1939) |
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Rod
Bettencourt is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14 Tomcat done
up in the markings for one of the favorite USN squadrons...VF-84
Jolly Rogers. Rod built his Tomcat mostly out of the box with
some added detailing in the cockpit. I must say the photos Rod
took of his finished model look VERY realistic. What a great
way to begin today's update.....thanks Rod.
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Fabrizio
Frassica joins us today with his 1/48 P-39 Collection. Fabrizio
has included 2 Italian P-39's as well as one Soviet P-39 and he has
included the story behind each model and I know you're going to
enjoy seeing all the photos....each of these P-39's has wonderfully
shaded panels......the weathering is well worth checking out.
Great work Fabrizio.
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CJ
is here with a very unique 1/48
Italeri Qatari "What If" Typhoon. CJ tells the
whole story in his article about this what-if Typhoon, but you
really need to have a close look at the camo job on CJ's
Typhoon........I know you will never see another Typhoon with a camo
scheme this cool.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
EA-6B/EA-18G VAQ-129 Naval Centennial decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This new release celebrates the Centennial of Naval Aviation with
heritage markings for both an EA-6B and EA-18G from the Vikings of
VAQ-129. Included in this decal sheet is a full set of
markings for both aircraft on this sheet.
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Here's a product article
for the F-14B Tomcat VF-102 Diamondbacks, AB102 / 163225 /
Last Cruise, 2002 print from
Deployment
Productions. 20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Levent
Basara is here with a product
article for the new F-100 Super Sabre in Turkish Air Force Volume - 1 book
from HobbyTime. |
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Gino
P. Quintiliani
is
here with a product article for the new 1/35
UH-60 MedEvac Conversion from Werner’s
Wings. |
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