Wednesday,
Apr 30 2014 |
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Saigon fell, end of Vietnam Conflict April 30 1975 |
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Hỏa Long (C7A)
is here today to mark the historic events of the Fall of Saigon and
the end of the Vietnam war. He has brought us his 1/48 MatchBox AD-5
that was made using parts from the Monogram AD-6 kit.
Also included in his article is the the heroic story of the plane he
modeled on the final day in this long and painful war. This is
a fitting memorial to the South Vietnamese pilots that fought and
died.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104 G Starfighter #19 finished
in the rare and attractive paint scheme worn by the a NASA
Starfighter. Shawn built this one for a Group Build here on
ARC and it is one sharp looking jet.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F6F Hellcat engine from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Heinkel He 111P Tail undercarriage strut and bay from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Revell kit
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
A-4B/P Skyhawk resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models. This set is designed
for
the Airfix kit.
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Tuesday,
Apr 29 2014 |
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here with the second and final part of his series
highlighting his recent road trip to the The Strategic Air and Space Museum – Pt 2.
Mark shows in his photos the huge variety of aircraft and items
on display at this museum. Wow....I'm impressed by the variety
of aircraft on display. Thanks again Mark for sharing. |
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Jose C. N. Motta Jr.
has put plenty of skill into detailing and finishing his
1/48 Airfix EE Lightning F.6. Jose added a resin cockpit
and Eduard PE along with scratchbuilt details and finished his
British jet with a first class bare metal finish. Barematal
finishes don't get much prettier than this,,,,,this one is a
beauty.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
JAS-39 Gripen Pitot Tubes from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Kitty Hawk kit
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Air Wing All Stars: Phantoms Part II decal sheet from
Furball
Aero Design.
This decal sheet gives
you markings for 7 different jets.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX E Wing Cannon Bay Covers from
Ultracast.
This set is designed for ICM Mk IX
& Mk XVI kits.
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Monday,
Apr 28 2014 |
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Mark L. Rossmann
starts today's update with photos from his recent roadtrip to
the The Strategic Air and Space Museum. This is Part 1
of his 2 part series and from what I've seen so far, this looks like
a museum that is well worth the visit if you are in the area.
Thanks for sharing Mark. |
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Sean Langley
has taken on quite the interesting project with his 1/48 Airfix Jaguar IM
wearing Indian markings. Sean had to do quite a few
changes including a new nose, intakes, cockpit and aftermarket
decals and a whole host of other scratchbuilt mods to get all the
details as accurate as possible. This one is a beauty from
every angle.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 BAC Lightning F.6/ F.2A interior photo etch
detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Kfir C2 / C7 Air Scoops from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Kinetic kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
T-28D weighted wheels from Royale
Resin. This set
is designed for any T-28D kit.
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Sunday, Apr
27 2014 |
Sierra Leone Independence Day |
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Saturday, Apr
26 2014 |
Tanzania Union Day |
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Burt
Gustafson 1/48 has a busy time building his Italeri Kfir
C1/C2. This is not the best fitting kit on the
market...but Burt is not a modeller to step back from a build, so he
pressed on to get himself a first class looking Kfir in all the
glory of an Israeli jet. For an added touch in the cockpit
Burt used photos etch seatbelts. |
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Harv
has done a gorgeous job detailing and weathering his
1/72 Italeri/Testors C-119 Boxcar. Harv finished it in RCAF
markings complete with open cargo doors and a resin nose to compliment
the Leading Edge decals. This one is a beauty from every angle.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Kfir C2/C7 Antennas
from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Kinetic kit.
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Thursday, Apr
24 2014 |
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Dragan Cvetic
has put quite a bit of work into his very realistic looking 1/72 Hasegawa Mirage F1 CG.
Dragan rescribed the panel lines, added a Pavla resin cockpit
and made the pitot tube out of a sewing needle and then finished it
all off with Hellenic markings and a full weathering job. Very
nice indeed. |
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Frederick Smith
has created a detail rich and very intriguing scene with his 1/72 Fine Molds Y-Wing Diorama.
Frederick explains the process in his article and what he did to
pull off the masterpiece. I love every photo of this Star Wars
diorama. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F4F Wildcat pitot tubes from QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Spitfire F Mk.22 resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This set is
designed for the Airfix kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
CF-18 Canada Combat Hornets decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models.
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Carlos Vargas
joins
us from Venezuela with his absolutely stunning 1/48 Hasegawa Focke Wulf 190 A-7.
Carlos rescribed the panel lines and added critical extra detail and
wrapped it all up in a flawless weathered camo scheme for Heinz Bar. |
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Juan Jaramillo
joins us with his very impressive build of the 1/32 Trumpeter Su-27B.
Juan is a very skilled modeller as you will see in his photos
and his big Flanker turned out looking very realistic in
everyway. I quite enjoyed seeing each photo of this big Su-27. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-47D-5/6 Cowl Flaps Conversion from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SAAB JAS 39 Gripen Pitot Tubes & Angle Of
Attack probe
from Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Heinkel He 111P Interior set from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Tuesday,
Apr 22 2014 |
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Kees Kuyper
begins today on a very creative note. This is his Fairey Rotodyne AWACS
with extended wings and and prop motors on the wings. No
doubt about it....this is one very creative design. |
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Lucian Capraru
has done a first class job on his bare metal 1/72 Academy MiG-21 F-13. Lucian
chose Romanian markings for his MiG and also includes some history
about the Romanian MiGs in his article. Very nicely done MiG Lucian. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F4F Wildcat Exhaust from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Hobby Boss kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
SH-60B/F Seahawks decal sheet from
Mike
Grant Decals.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX Replacement Standard Wing Tips from
Ultracast.
This set is designed for
the ICM kit.
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Monday,
Apr 21 2014 |
Red
Baron Manfred von Richtofen shot down (1918) |
United
Kingdom - Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second |
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Lorenzo Cassinadri
has done exceptionally
skilled detailing on the big 1/32 Revell Heinkel He 162A-2.
Lorenzo added scratchbuilt details to most areas of his Volksjäger
and then gave it a beautifully subtle weathering job that looks
perfect. His tarmac base is made from real concrete...read his
article for the details. Simply perfect.
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Olivier Barles
has been busy getting the weathering just right on his 1/32 Hasegawa Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai.
Japanese planes were famous for their peeling paint and
weathered look and Olivier has captured this look very well. Olivier
did add some extra detailing to his model, but it is the weathering
job that really shows well on this miniature beauty. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Eurofighter Typhoon single seater resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
He115 photo etch detail set from
Maestro
Models.
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Sunday, Apr
20 2014
Easter Sunday |
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Frank Daniels
gets things started with a bang with not one but two Hasegawa F-16 Egg Planes.
Franks built both his Egg Planes using Twobobs decals and one of
them even has a "Have Glass" finish....which I thought was
pretty cool looking. |
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Hal Elsberry
is an ol' pro at Egg Planes and I'm pleased to see a selection of
his models featured today. This is his very smartly done Blue Impulse T-4 Egg Plane
in-flight model with a custom made display base. Hal never
misses any details and this one is a beauty. |
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Dave Bailey, aka The Rat
is a very creative person and today he has taken the Egg Plane
concept in a whole new direction. This is his Hasegawa Zero Egg
Plane shortly after hatching a tiny new Japanese Zero.
Dave has a very amusing story to go along with his photos.
Keep doing what you do Dave. |
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Hal Elsberry
is one very creative fellow and this very special looking F-15 Egg Plane
is wearing an aggressor camo for a US jet. There is no
limit to Hals skill and creativity and I love seeing his latest
model on ARC. |
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Hal Elsberry
has done a first class job on his F-86 Blue Impulse Egg Plane.
Hal went the extra mile and found
a pilot figure to fit into his F-86 so it could pose it in-flight
with a custom made base. This is a very attractive paint
scheme for an F-86 and Hal's Egg Plane version looks outstanding. |
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Here's
a product article for the F-16
Eggressive Eggs decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features massive variety of Eggressor F-16's Egg
Planes in a huge assortment of Eggressor paint schemes.
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Here's
a product article for the F-16
Falcon Eggs decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet
features massive variety of F-16's Egg Planes in a huge
assortment of paint schemes. I can see building a few of
these....the tough part will be deciding which ones to build.
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Saturday, Apr
19 2014 |
Battles
of Lexington and Concord (1775) |
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Thursday, Apr
17 2014 |
Syria Independence Day |
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Shawn
"phantom" Weiler has been very productive building his
1/32 Hasegawa / Belcher Bits CF-116A
(CF-5A). Shawn combined the Belcher Bits CF-116A
conversion set with an F-5A to back date the big kit and make a
Canadian fighter from the famous Cold Lake AFB. This one is a
beauty Shawn. |
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Chris Parsons
took on a very involved project with his 1/32
Revell with AIMS
Models Ju88 G-6. Chris
used the very extensive Aims Models conversion kit to convert the
Revell Ju 88 A 4 to a G-6. This is an amazing conversion kit
and in the skilled hands of a modeller like Chris, it builds up into
a spectacular model. I particularly loved the camo Chris
chose. Spectacular. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
U.S. Mk.8 Gunsights from QuickBoost.
This set includes 6
identical gunsights.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 intake correction set from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
SAAB JAS 39 Gripen Pitot Tubes & Angle Of
Attack probe from Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Heinkel He 111P Undercarriage bays from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Wednesday,
Apr 16 2014 |
Denmark Queen's Birthday |
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I'm pleased to report
the ongoing IP address issue on the ARC forums has been fixed.
Special thanks goes out to Neo for fixing this annoying problem.
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CJ is
here with an absolutely stunning 1/48 Hasegawa F-22 TIGER.
CJ did a custom Tiger stripe paint scheme that fully takes advantage
of the awesome lines of the Raptor. The stripes were painted over a
special mix of paint that has the sheen that the F-22 is famous
for. Check out the Tiger heads on the tails. WOW!!! |
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Ryan Gay
is here with a special treat today. This is his 1/32 Revell Bristol Beaufighter Pt. 2
and in today's installment Ryan explains the scratchbuilding he did
on the interior as well as how he rescribed the panels lines.
Ryan followed all this up with a variety of weahtering techniques
including one interior weathering technique that involves painting
different layers of different shades of paint, then using a damp
Q-tip to rub off layers of paint for a worn looks. I find this
technique fascinating. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-105G Thunderchief Antennas
from
QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Adversary Ghosts Topgun decal sheet
from Fightertown
Decals.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-39 Airacobra Seats (with American Harness) from
Ultracast.
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Tuesday,
Apr 15 2014 |
In honor
of the victims of the Boston Bombing - 2013 |
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Monday,
Apr 14 2014 |
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Lucian Capraru
joins us with his Iraqi 1/48 Italeri MiG-21 MF. Lucian
tell the history of 2 of the Iraqi Air Aces as well as the history
behind the MiG- 21 and it's Iraqi service. His model turned
out looking excellent and his article is a very interesting read for
the MiG-21 and the Iran-Iraq War.
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Vince Pedulla
did quite the impressive job detailing and modifying his Korean
War 1/48 Tamiya AD-4NA Skyraider. Vince details the
process and the aftermarket goodies his used to create this
beauty. I'm very impressed with how the whole project came
together. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Spitfire Mk. Vb / trop interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set is designed for
the Hobby Boss kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Sepecat Jaguar A Air Intakes from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the
Kitty Hawk kit.
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Friday, Apr
11 2014 |
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Angelo M Picardo
gets things started in a big way with his very impressive
looking 1/32 Revell F-4F Phantom. Angelo used a resin
nose and resin intakes plus parts from a Tamiya F-4 along with his
own scratchbuilding to improve
upon the Revell kit. All this pulled together very nicely
indeed and the addition of the Luftwaffe markings and subtle
weathering makes this quite the masterpiece. Wow...sit back
and enjoy the photos. |
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Tolga Ülgür
joins us from Turkey with the latest gem from his
workbench. This is his 1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc Profipack
wearing the markings for a Czech pilot in the UK in 1944.
Tolga is a well known and highly skilled modeller here on ARC and I
always get excited when I see his latest model here on ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
BAE Hawk T100/T2 cockpit set from Neomega.
This set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Martin Baker Mk 4 ejection seats from
PJ
Production. It
is designed to be used with Lightning, Alpha Jet, Hunter, Canberra,
Vampire.
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Thursday, Apr
10 2014 |
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Gustavo Antonelli
has created quite the battle weary 1/72 Hobby Boss T6G Texan.
Gustavo added plenty of scratchbuilt cockpit detailing and then
did some very skilful weathering on his French Texan. I quite
enjoyed seeing his chose of markings with the sharks mouth and the
weathering looks fantastic. This is one very cool looking
Texan. |
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Raúl Corral
is here with another beauty today. This is his 1/48 Hobby Boss F/A-18A
wearing Spanish markings and just a gentle amount of weathering
for realism. Raúl has deployed the cockpit ladder and
his cockpit detailing and painting is first class. This one is
a beauty!!! |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
WW2 Finnish Pilot
from
Jaguar.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-39 / P-400 Seats (with British Sutton Harness) from Ultracast.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Su-7BM resin cockpit set with vacuformed canopy from
Pavla
Models.
This cockpit
set is designed for the Modelsvit kit.
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To honour this special day in
Portugal.....here
is a link to the story of a very heroic Portuguese soldier from
the horrific battle in 1918 that is the reason for their remembrance
day.....his name is Aníbal Milhais. Some of
the models above in the top header are wearing Portuguese markings in
honor of today.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here to begin this update in style with his eye popping 1/32 Hasegawa F-5E.
Shawn added a resin seat and decals from Twobobs to complete his
aggressor F-5. This is one sharp looking jet. |
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Tanel Kask
has done an exceptional job on his 1/72 Revell An-2 "Colt".
The AN-2 was reworked in most areas with resin and photos etch
and scratchbuilt parts and then finished with painted markings for
an Estonian aircraft. I love the finished model and the
in-progress photos are quite interesting to see. Tanel put
plenty of work into this Colt. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Exhausts from Zactomodels.
This set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SAAB 37 Viggen (mid and late versions) Pitot
Tubes & Angle Of Attack probe from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Heinkel He 111H1/H2/H3 Conversion set from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Monday,
Apr 7 2014 |
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
joins us from sunny Venezuela with his stunning 1/72 Academy Hurricane IIc.
Orlando added a bit of scratchbuilding to make his night fighter
more accurate and then gave it one of his flawless paint jobs
complete with exhaust stains and subtle weathering. This one
is a beauty. Happy belated birthday David. |
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Richard Spreckley
has captured quite the scene with his 1/48 Airfix Hawk T1 2009 Display CAD West sortie.
Richard chose one the most attractive Hawk schemes and then
detailed up the cockpit for his in-flight display over the UK
countryside. Read about his very simple technique for the
detonation cord on the inside of the canopy. Richard builds
some great looking models and his British Hawk is no exception...excellent
work Richard.. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
P-51D Interior late ser.30-35 photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 Ki-45 Kai Tei gun barrels from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
A-10 Closed Decelerons from
Sierra
Hotel Models.
This set is designed for
the Revell/Monogram kit.
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Friday, Apr
4 2014 |
Senegal Day |
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Sertaç Bayar
has done a first class job on his stunning 1/48 Academy NF-5B Turkish Stars.
This was a complicated project requiring quite a bit of work to
scratchbuild the cockpit and then mask and custom paint the
complicated markings for this Turkish aerobatic demonstration team
jet. |
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Steve Negley
took the 1/32 Hasegawa P-51D Mustang and built it into a
big beautiful replica of the famous Mustang "Dallas
Doll". Steve loaded his Mustang with resin and photo etch
from 5 different companies to get very delicate detail and finished
it all off with a flawless finish. Steve got everything
perfect on this one.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
US NAVY Triple ejector rack TER-7 (A/A37B-5)
from Aerobonus.
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Thursday, Apr
3 2014 |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with one of the best looking camo schemes worn by the
MiG-29 This is his 1/72 Italeri MiG-29 UB with scratchbuilt cockpit detailing and rescribed panel lines,
but it is the beautifully done camo scheme that makes this model
such a eye popping beauty. |
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Carmel J Attard
has done as most amazing job on his 1/72 Airfix Boeing WB-50D
conversion. Carmel started with the Airfix B-29 kit and
then added an Airmodel conversion set to create his WB-50D.
Carmel explains it all in his article and makes it sound so
easy. I love his in-flight photos of this stunning model. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Mk-77 Mod. 4/5/6 fire bombs from
Aerobonus.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
P-51 Mustang Pt 2 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals.
The 4 aircraft include two P-51B and two P-51D's and all 4 feature
noseart including 1 with sexy noseart and includes 2 aircraft in D-Day
stripes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SAAB J29A/B Tunnan detail set from Maestro
Models.
This set is designed for
the Tarangus kit.
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Wednesday,
Apr 2 2014 |
Falklands/Malvinas War Anniversary |
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Kitt Janpayom
joins us from Thailand with this most amazing 1/48
Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II Kurnass 2000. This Israeli F-4
has a variety of aftermarket detail items including resin and photo
etch from the cockpit to the weapons load. Then is is all
finished in one of those beautiful IDF camo schemes complete with
weathering for added realism. This Phantom is a work of art. |
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Gustavo Antonelli
joins us today with the very classic 1/72
LS Nakajima Ki-43 I from the early '60s. Gustavo
scratchbuilt the cockpit and then went to great lengths to
weather and chip the paint job to show his fighter as a true war
weary bird. The end result looks perfect and captures the look
very well. He put quite a bit of work into this old kit and he
was rewarded with a very nice looking Hayabusa model. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29A Correction kit for Revell kit from
Zactomodels
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
SAAB 37 Viggen (mid and late versions) Pitot Tubes & Angle Of
Attack probe from Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Boeing B-47E resin cockpit set with vacuformed canopy from
Pavla
Models.
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S K Loh
is here to mark the RAF Birthday with his very special 1/144 Mini Hobby Models Sepecat Jaguar GR1.
This tiny Jaguar was given custom made drop tanks and adorned in
special anniversary markings. There were many other things
done to make this beauty and you can read about them in the
article. It is amazing to see the work that went into this
tiny 1/144 kit.
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Claudio Moura
has a passion for central and South American aircraft and today
he joins us with his very attractive 1/72 Tamyia F-51 Mustang wearing
Bolivian markings. Claudio did a conversion on the tail
and gave his P-51 custom printed Sharks mouth markings plus
weathering. This is one very attractive Mustang.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 BAe Hawk T.1a Landing flaps from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Revell kit
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Air Wing All-Stars Tomcats Part 1 decal sheet from
Furball
Aero Design.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-39 / P-400 12 Stack Exhausts from Ultracast.
This set is designed for
the Eduard kit
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