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Today is the
Malaysian National Day and I'm pleased to report the
modellers from Malaysia are here in style with 9 models for
today's update. Happy Merdeka 2020 everyone.
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Thomas Ng
gets things started today with another Malaysian beauty.
This is his 1/32 Hasegawa TA-4PTM built using a conversion
set to create the short nosed 2 seater A-4 trainer. This is a
very cool looking 2 seater and I enjoyed seeing it. |
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Aidy Abdullah
has been a big contributor in this special update and his first
model in a very attractive 1/48 Hobbyboss Hawk 208. Aidy
added some scratch built details and finished it in a special
anniversary scheme. |
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KY Wong
is joining the celebration today with his 1/72
Hobbyboss F/A-18 D. This F/A-18 D has added scratchbuilt
detailing for added accuracy and finished it in Malaysian markings
and a great looking paint scheme. |
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Aidy Abdullah
is here with a very special Malaysian jet. This is his 1/48 AFV
Club RF-5E Tigereye with added scratchbuilt detail and finished
in a great looking camo scheme. |
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HK Low joins
the party today with his 1/48 Hasegawa A-4PTM. This is
a single seat Malaysian Skyhawk finished in that attractive tan and
green camo. |
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Aidy Abdullah
is back again with his flawless 1/48 Airfix Spirfire PR XIX
finished as an RAF fighter that flew in
Malaya in the post WW2 years. This is one fine looking
Spitfire, enjoy the photos. |
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Thomas Ng
is here with his very well done 1/72 Tasman CA-27 Avon Sabre.
This is a combination of the Tasman Avon conversion kit and the
Academy kit with excellent results. |
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Aidy Abdullah
has done a gorgeous job on his 1/32 Kittyhawk F-5F and he
finished that Malaysian jet in a fantastic blue camo scheme.
Beautiful work Aidy. |
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Aidy Abdullah
finishes up this special Malaysian update with his 1/48 Hasegawa A-4PTM.
Aidy also built a very convincing display base to further
compliment his Scooter. |
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Here's a product article
for the 5.5"
(5 Speed) Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
This is the Revolutionary 5 Speed – Most features of any Photo Etch
Bending Tool Ever.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Su-35S Flanker Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit (2014 mold).
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Tamer Ozkan
is here from Turkey to honour the
Turkish Victory Day with his 1/32 Revell Piper Pa-18 Super Cub.
This is a flawless build and Tamer has included some very
interesting history about the Super Cub in Turkish service.
Beautifully done Tamer. |
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Saturday, Aug
29 2020 |
Slovakia National Day |
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Friday, Aug
28 2020 |
Polish (Military) Aviation Day |
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Nick Adlam
joins us with his first model on ARC This is his 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I
with lovely detailing in the cockpit and gentle paint chipping
of the wing by the pilots door. Exceptional work Nick, welcome
to ARC!!!.
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naioh2 – FC Saran S.
is back again today from Thailand with another amazing Japanese
F-15. This is the 1/48 Hasegawa F-15J #92-8906 with
added cockpit detailing and painted in a most appealing camo
scheme. Sit back and enjoy the photos. |
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Michael Phillips
spent a very productive 3 months building his 1/48 Academy MH-53E Sea Dragon - Vulcan 552.
Michael is a well known modeller here on ARC and I was quite
surprised to see he built a chopper. And what a build it is
with the folded rotors and weathering, simply perfect. I
really did enjoy seeing all the photos for this one, such a treat. |
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David Chapdelain
is here with a beast of a plane. This is
his classic 1/48 Monogram Pro-Modeler SB2C
with added crew figures to complete the scene. David also
fitted some underwing stores to show the purpose of his Helldiver.
I really enjoyed seeing this one. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Spitfire Mk.I seatbelts photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Eduard kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
TBD-1 Devastator Main Landing Gear
from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Great
Wall kit.
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Thursday, Aug
27 2020 |
Moldova National Day |
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Sodasorb starts
today in style with his 1/48 Hobby Boss F4F-3 Wildcat. This
a wildcat is finished in those bright pre-war colors that look so
great. Sodasorb explains the paint colors in his
article. I love these pre-war paint schemes. |
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naioh2 – FC Saran S.
is here with another flawless Japanese F-15. This is his 1/48
Academy F-15DJ #32-8086
beautiful finished and posed in a very aggressive in-flight.
mode. I love seeing this F-15. |
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RSK48, Rafael with
another aircraft used by the Venezuela Air Force. This is his 1/48
Smer Piper L4 Cub finished with custom made
decals and full weathering. Looking great Rafael. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Sea Gladiator interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the ICM kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Bf 109 F, G1 - G4 armament set (MG 17 tips) & Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Wednesday, Aug
26 2020 |
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Shawn
"phantom" Weiler gets things off to a
great start today with another of his RCAF Mosquitos. This is
his 1/48 Tamiya Mosquito in all it's glory and looking
fantastic in this camo.
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naioh2 – FC
Saran S. joins us from Thailand with another of his amazing
F-15s' This is his 1/48 Hasegawa F-15J #72-8880 with
added aftermarket detailing and flawlessly finished to a very high
level. Sit back and enjoy the photos.
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Pedro Couto
is a master modeller with impressive skill. This is his
1/48 Academy SB2U Vindicator with the most impressive weathering
job. Pedro has given his Vindicator a sun faded look and posed
it on one of his fantastic diorama bases. Enjoy.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-23 Splitter Plates from
Zactomodels.
This
detail set is designed for the 1/32 Trumpeter MiG-23 kit. This
set from Zactomodels provides new splitter plates, new intake trunk
blades that mount inside the intakes, plastic strip to make new
supports between the splinter plates and the fuselage and mounting
pads for the fuselage.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Do 217J-1/2 interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories. This
detail set is designed for the ICM kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Tuesday, Aug
25 2020 |
Uruguay Independence Day |
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No update
today. I need a day off.
Saturday and
Sundays are long days used to create content for the coming week.
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Monday, Aug
24 2020 |
Ukraine National Day |
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Today
on my
wife's Youtube channel "Mai
Sexy Garage"
we
fix a nasty Bullseye Rock chip on a windshield. Also
included is bikini video shot at our local secluded swimming
hole in the mountains.
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Income
from these videos will be used to support ARC. Thanks
everyone!!
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Mike Muth starts
your week with a very special Great War aircraft. This is his
1/48 SMER AIRCO DH-2 built and finished to a very
high standard. Mike has a passion for WW1 aircraft and
he kindly explain all about the DH2 and it's history in his
article. A informative and fascinating read. The
complicated finished rigging is a sight to behold. Well done
Mike.
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naioh2 – FC Saran S.
has done a spectacular job on the 1/48 Eduard F-15J #72-8895.
Although this was built mostly out of the box, the detail of the
finished model is a joy see. Sit back and enjoy the
photos and as an added bonus you also get to see a Japanese F-15J
egg plane. |
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Greg Kerry has
done it again with great style. This diorama features his 1/72
Hobbyboss T6 Texan & Academy Vehicles in a most convincing
scene. Although the models are well worth your careful
attention, I would also like you to have a thoughtful look at his
unique display base. Very creative indeed.
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Hiroyuki Suzuki
joins us from Japan with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-18A. Hiroyuki
has captured every detail and every oil stain perfectly on his
Spanish Hornet. Every single spot on this model makes me think
that this is a full sized jet magically shrunk down to 1/48
scale. Wonderful.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Bending Tool - The Wrangler Wire Forming Tool from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is for rings, loops, grab handles and
more
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Me 262B-1/U-1 Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed
for
the Revell, 2016 mold kit.
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Saturday, Aug
22 2020 |
I would like to wish a
VERY Happy Birthday to my friend Chris Hughes. We both
share the same birthday today.
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Friday, Aug
21 2020 |
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Juan Carlos Porcella
is here today with his stunning 1/48 Hobby Boss Fairchild A-10 Warthog.
Juan Carlos has provided many excellent photos, this one is a
masterpiece. Enjoy his photos. |
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar joins us with a very special looking 1/32 Roden Stearman PT-17 Kaydet.
Rafi has some helpful tips on building this Roden kit and
although it isn't an easy build, the finished model sure does build
to a very high standard with patience and skill. |
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Lloyd Long
had great success building and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa F-15E.
I really enjoyed seeing the photos of his finished F-15. |
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RSK48, Rafael
joins us with another interesting aircraft flown by Venezuela.
This is his 1/48 Fonderie Miniature Dewoitine D-500 built to
a very high standard. I'm enjoying seeing all the different
aircraft flown by Venezuela. Thanks Rafael. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Do 217J-1/2 interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed
for
the ICM kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-16 Falcon Landing Gear from Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya (Block 30 &
up; heavy) kit.
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Thursday, Aug
20 2020 |
Hungary National Day |
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No update today, been
busy doing other things.
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Wednesday, Aug
19 2020 |
Dieppe
Raid 1942 |
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Sodasorb
is here with the rare 2 seater 1/48 Classic
Airframes TA-4J Skyhawk wearing a special Air Superiority
Blue/FS35109 Blue scheme. I love seeing Sodasorb's models on
ARC. |
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Csaba Fodor
has done an exceptional job building and finishing the 1/48
Special Hobby SG-38. This is a delicate little glider and
I love how it looks. Excellent work Csaba.
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Dirk Schenk
dropped by the ARC corporate in South Africa with his lovely 1/72 Airfix Dassault Mirage F1 AZ.
Dirk includes some great info about the different Mirages and I
quite enjoyed reading his article and seeing his Mirage. Dirk
is a regular on ARC and this is his 15th model featured on ARC's
homepage. |
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Daniel Veliz
is here with his first model on ARC's homepage. This is
his
1/72 Italeri P-51 Mustang finished as one of the most famous
Mustang from WWII. It's looks great and I'm pleased to
see it on ARC. Welcome to ARC Daniel.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-21-BD3-60 late-pylons from
Zactomodels.
These late style 'heavy duty' pylons provide highly detailed corrected
pylons for the 1/32 MiG-21 kit. Detailed mechanisms are included
on the undersides of each pylon. Each set includes 4 pylons and
optional brackets that can be posed in a variety of different
configurations.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Spitfire Mk.I landing flaps photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is
designed for
the Eduard
kit. |
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Tuesday, Aug
18 2020 |
Afghanistan Independence Day |
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Thomas Brückelt has
a passion for gliders and today he is here with a very elegant
glider from the 1930's. This is his 1/72 KP FVA 10b Rheinland (Šídlo)
finished in Czech markings and a great looking yellow paint
scheme. I love seeing these gliders.
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Vladimir Cortez
is on ARC for the first time with his 1/144 Dragón Tomcat.
Vladimir created a flight deck diorama to display his F-14
complete with flight deck crew figures and a vehicle.
Beautiful work Vladimir, welcome to ARC!!!
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Greg Kerry
joins us with another of his eye catching dioramas. This
is his 1/72 Hobbyboss Hurricane IIC & Airfix Crash Tender complete
with a motorbike and figures. It really does create quite the
interesting scheme.. |
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Antonio Romero
joins us for the first time with his very attractive 1/48 Airfix BAE Systems Hawk 127.
Antonio finished
it as an Australian Air Force jet in a special anniversary paint
scheme. Lovely work, welcome to ARC Antonio!!! |
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Here's a product article
for the1/72
Su-35S interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
Great This detail set is designed for
the Wall Hobby kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the1/72 F-16
Pitot tube & Angle Of Attack probes from
Master.
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Today
on my
wife's Youtube channel "Mai
Sexy Garage"
we have
some video we shot at our local secluded swimming
hole in the mountains. While we were there 2 young
cliff jumpers dropped by for some cliff jumping. |
Income
from these videos will be used to support ARC. Thanks
everyone!!
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Sodasorb
starts your week with a very historic aircraft. This is he
expertly finished 1/48 Hasegawa B5N2 "Kate"
in the markings for the actual bomber that is believed to have
dropped the bomb on the U.S.S Arizona
on Dec 7 1941.
Wow....this is something to see.
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Victor
De Jesus is here with one of the most well known
Nighthawks. This is his 1/32 Testors F-117 Nighthawk with
the flag scheme painted on the underside. Yes you heard that
right "painted" on the bottom, which I'm sure was a
massive undertaking. I love this flag paint scheme...what a
sight it must have been to see it fly.
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RSK48,
Rafael is here to continue the very enjoyable display for
the 100 Year Anniversary of the Venezuela Air Force. This
exceptional model is his 1/48 Scratchbuilt Breguet
273. Scratchbuilt....I admire that commitment.
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Massimo
Tebaldi is here with his first model on ARC. This is his
1/72 Italeri B-57G Canberra "tropic moon" that is weathered
to perfection. He also has one photos showing the very unique
bomb bay in his Canberra. Excellent work Massimo, welcome to
ARC!!!. |
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Here's a product article
for the 4"
Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool Mk IV from
The
Small Shop.
This is the classic Hold and Fold and well worth buying.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
PLA J-8B Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This
detail set is designed for the Trumpeter
kit.
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Saturday, Aug
15 2020 |
India Independence Day |
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I am very
pleased and proud to present to you this years special update for
the
India Independence Day. These modellers do a wonderful job
making this Indian update so special. Here is a link to the
Indian
Scale Modellers Facebook
Group.
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Today
on my
wife's Youtube channel "Mai
Sexy Garage"
we refurbish
the seats on a 1985 Toyota Supra to return the
car to original factory condition. Also
included is bikini video shot at our local secluded swimming
hole in the mountains. |
Income
from these videos will be used to support ARC. Thanks
everyone!!
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Aditya Singh Chauhan
joins us from India to begin this special update. This is
his 1/144 Zvezda IL76 with a flawless weathering job. I
love it.
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Aamod Potdar
has chosen one of the best looking camo schemes used by the IAF.
This is his 1/72
Hasegawa Mirage 2000 in the classic blue camo schemes and
squadron artwork. Very pleasing to see this Mirage.
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Ratish is
here in style with his 1/72 Azur
Dassault Mystère. Ratish chose a clean bare metal
finish and it looks great. |
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Aamod Potdar
is here again with his second model for this special
update. This is his 1/72
Italeri MiG 29 finished in a special scheme with blue
tails. Looking good Aamod.
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Bob TheDoc
is also here today to be part of this very special update.
This is his 1/72 Azur Dassault Mystere IV A with tiger
artwork that looks very good. Well done Bob. |
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Aamod Potdar
is here with model #3 for today. This is his 1/72 Italeri Jaguar T2
finished in a very attractive camo scheme. I love how this
camo looks.
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Murli Rajan
is here as well. This is his 1/72
Azur Dassault Mystère IAF finished as a baremetal bird
complete with squadron artwork. It's good to see Murli here
today. |
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Leonard Prakasam
joins the fun today with his 1/48 Kinetic Mirage 2000-H in a
great looking blue camo scheme. Leonard added extra details
and a wash to help show off the recessed details on his
Mirage. The finished model looks perfect.
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tomthounaojam
has done an exceptional job on his 1/72 Revell MiG-21 F-13 Indian Air Force.
Tom gave it a multishaded bare metal finish compete with subtle
weathering. He also included another model in his photos as
well. |
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Ashish Velankar
joins us with his Indian jet trainer. This is his 1/72 Airfix Hawk Mk.132
finished in Indian markings with drop tanks and pilot
figures. Looking good Ashish. |
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iflytb20
got the bare metal finish looking perfectly on his 1/72 Azur FRROM Dassault Mystere IV A.
iflytb20 added extra details and finished it as a jet from the
1965 war complete with squadron artwork. Very nicely done
indeed.
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tomthounaojam
finishes up this special Indian update with his 1/72 Trumpeter MiG-29UPG.
Tom includes some history of the IAF MiG-29's to go with photos
of his great looking MiG-29. Tom did some excellent work on
his MiG-29, enjoy his photos. |
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Friday, Aug
14 2020 |
Pakistan Independence Day |
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Enzo Acorda
starts you Friday update with his expertly finished 1/72 Academy P-51B Mustang.
Enzo did a great job painting and weathering his Mustang and he
explains the process in his article. Very nicely done.
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an amazing job on his tiny 1/144 Mark 1 Models Harrier GR.3.
Dragan finished it in a classic camo with a subtle weathering
job. |
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Dario Castellana
is here on ARC for the first time today. This is his great
looking 1/72 Italeri AC-130E with plenty of interior detail
and a gentle weathering job. Welcome to ARC Dario.
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Kitti Tatsumaki
is here with something very different. This is his flawless
1/72 AMK KFIR 2 in 1. Kitti gave it a half and half paint
scheme which looks very good. Kitti has much skill as you will
see in his amazing photos.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
A-26B Invader undercarriage photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Hobby
Boss kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Sopwith Snipe Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the
Wingnut Wings kit.
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Thursday, Aug
13 2020 |
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Robin Langlois
starts today with his heavily weathered 1/48 Italeri A-1J Skyraider.
Robin gave it a full weathering job and some attractive hi-vis
markings. I love it. This is Robin's first model on
ARC. Welcome to ARC Robin!!!
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Dragan Cvetic
is here today with a tiny 104 in some great looking Italian camo.
This is his 1/144 Mark 1 Models F-104S with darkened panel
lines and a weapons load. Very nice indeed. |
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John Loner
has dropped by with his well done 1/48 Revell PT-17. John
finished this one as a bright yellow US Navy biplane. I like
the way it looks.
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Cullan Lester
is here with his first model on ARC. This is Cullan's
stunning 1/48
Academy F-4J finished as it appeared in Thailand long ago during
the Vietnam War. Cullan gave it weathering and a full weapons
load. He dressed up the cockpit with resin seats and finished
it with aftermarket decals. Welcome to ARC Cullan!!!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Do 217J-1/2 landing flaps photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the ICM kit
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
German aircraft machine gun MG-131 barrels from
Master.
These were used on many German fighters and
bombers.
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Wednesday, Aug
12 2020 |
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Dragan Cvetic
joins us with his wonderfully weathered 1/72 Sword F2H-2 Demon.
Dragan has created a build video on youtube for this Demon and the
video link is in his article. |
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Gordon L. Hewstone
is here with his second model on ARC and did an impressive job
on his 1/72 Czech Master Resin Grumman JRF-5 Goose. Gordon
added scratchbuilt details including a cockpit as you will see in
his photos. His weathering job is subtle and well done.
Very nicely done Gordon.
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Paulo Fonseca
is here with one of my favourite camo schemes. This is his 1/72 Italeri Harrier Gr.3
wearing a great looking winter camo. Enjoy his photos, I
certainly did..
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Greg Kerry
is here with something very unique. This is his 1/48 Tamiya Fw190D plus Sculptural Base
and I must say I love the base Gerry built for his Dora.
Very cool indeed. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-21-BD3-60 early-pylons from
Zactomodels.
These
resin MiG-21 weapons pylons are the early style MiG-21-BD3-60
early-pylons. The later style MiG-21-BD3-60 'heavy duty' pylons
are also available separately from Zactomodels.
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Tuesday, Aug
11 2020 |
Chad Independence Day |
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Scott S. aka Desertpilot
is here with a special "what-if" treat today.
This is his 1/48 F/A-201E Super Kestrel kitbashed from
different kits and finished in the markings for a famous pilot from
the Spratley Islands conflict in late 2021. I very much
enjoyed reading his war story from the Spratley Islands conflict in
late 2021, a very exciting read. Darn fine looking model as
well. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with an RCAF Mosquito wearing a classic camo from
WW2. This is his 1/48 Tamiya Mosquito Mk XIII finished
as a 409 squadron Mossie with 2 crew figures ready for their next
mission. I enjoyed seeing Shawn's Mosquitos on ARC. |
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Dragan Cvetic
has gone above and beyond with the weathering on his 1/72 AMK Kfir C7.
Dragan finished it as an Israeli jet with drop tank and
missiles. He has also included a link to his build video on
his youtube channel. Enjoy. |
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Massimo Vettorello
is here from Italy with his first article on ARC. This is
his nicely done 1/72 Hobby Boss UH-1C Huey finished in US
Army markings. Welcome to ARC Massimo!!! It's a great
looking Huey.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
L-29 photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Eduard
kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Mirage III/V Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the
PJ Productions
kit.
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Monday, Aug
10 2020 |
Ecuador Independence Day |
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Today
on my
wife's Youtube channel "Mai
Sexy Garage"
she
removes an alternator and you learn how to replace
alternator brushes.
This also applies to other alternators (Ford etc) and is a
very inexpensive and common repair. Also
included is bikini video shot at our local secluded swimming
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Income
from these videos will be used to support ARC. Thanks
everyone!!
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Sodasorb
has done an excellent almost OOTB build on the 1/48 Kinetic
Sea Harrier FRS 1 and
finished it in historic markings for a SEa Harrier from the
Falklands War. Sodasorb
added a metal pitot tube and foil seatbelts with impressive
results. Sodasorb included the Falklands War history of this
Harrier in his article. This Harrier is a treat to see. |
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RSK48, Rafael
is here to continue marking the 100 Year Anniversary of the
Venezuela Air Force with a classic biplane. This is his 1/48 Lindberg Curtiss Jenny
finished in Venezuela Air Force. I really enjoy seeing
Rafael's Venezuela Air Force models. |
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Rodrigo Aparicio
is a very skilled modeller and a long time member on ARC.
Today he joins us with his 1/48 Tamiya F-16 finished with an
exceptional weathering job. Exceptional work Rodrigo.
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with something very different today. This is his 1/72 RVHP RC-12 Guardrail
built from a resin kit with very
pleasing results. This is not the best fitting kit but in
skilled hands, it does build into a first class model as you will
see in his photos. I am pleased to report this is the first
model of this aircraft type on ARC. Well done Dragan. |
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Here's a product article
for the Wire
Assist Forming Tool - Photo Etch Bending Tool from The
Small Shop.
Matched Grab Handles Every Time!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-86 Sabre Landing Gear
from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy kit.
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Sunday, Aug
9 2020 |
Singapore National Day |
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David C S
Teo is here with a very special project for the Singapore
National Day. This is his 1/144
Revell Singapore Airlines Airbus A340-300 (9V-SJM) posed
in-flight that he built for a former First Officer on this
particular airliner. The finished display
model is a wonderful sight.
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S K Loh
has done quite a bit of extra work on the tiny 1/144 Mark I Model Hawker Hunter FR10/FR71A/FGA73A.
SK Loh deployed the airbrake and added plenty of exterior
details before building his model in-flight with a pilot
figure. This wonderful Hunter was finished with custom made
decals for a Republic of Singapore Air Force
jet. I love these tiny 1/144 models.
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Friday, Aug
7 2020 |
Cote d'lvoire National Day |
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Greg
Kerry is here with a very pleasing diorama of his 1/48 Tamiya
Spitfire V & Hasegawa Figures. Greg explains the whole
scene in his article. I love this Spitfire. |
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Dragan
Cvetic has done an excellent job building and finishing his
1/72 Modelsvit Su-7BKL. Dragan finished it as an Iraqi jet
and he has a link in his article to the build video on his youtube
channel. Very nice indeed.
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Shawn
“phantom” Weiler is here with his very cool looking RCAF
photos recon Mossie. This is Shawn's 1/48 Tamiya Mosquito B
Mk.IVPR in all it's glory. Beautiful work Shawn. |
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Creighton
Henthorn Jr has done an outstanding job building and weathering
his 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C. Creighton added crew
figures to complete this exceptional Hornet. I love it. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Spitfire Mk.1 cockpit set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This
detail set is designed for the Eduard kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Bf 109 E3 - E9, T armament set (MG 17 tips, MG FF barrels) from
Master.
These can be used on all Bf 109E in 1/48
scale.
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No
Update today. I was busy with my wife and unable to complete
today's update..
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Wednesday, Aug
5 2020 |
Russia
- End of Kursk operation (1943)
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Croatian
Victory Day or Dan Domovinske zahvalnosti |
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(similar
to a Thanksgiving Day) |
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Brian Duddy
has put much effort into detailing and finishing his bare metal 1/48 Hasegawa F-86F-30 Sabre.
Brain added detail items from Eduard and Quickboost and finished
his Sabre with a combination of custom made markings and after
market decals for this Korean War Triple Ace. Outstanding work
Brian.
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Victor De Jesus
has done a exceptional nice job with his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures TBM-3 Avenger.
Victor finished the cockpit to a very high standard and gave his
Avenger a great looking camo and a subtle weathering job.
Enjoy the photos of this gem. |
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Yusak Hendrata
is here with a very unique and cool looking 1/72 Tamiya McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II.
This is a special Harrier and Yusak did quite the nice job on
it. |
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RSK48, Rafael
dropped by today with the first aircraft in the Venezuela Air
Force. This is his 1/48 Eduard Hanriot HD-1 in Venezuela
Air Force markings. Rafael includes the story behind this
particular aircraft which is quite interesting. His model is a
pleasure to see, |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
AIM-9LM Sidewinder Missiles from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Do 217J-1/2 exterior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the ICM kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Tuesday, Aug
4 2020 |
Burkina Faso National Day |
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler
gets things off to a great start today with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4EJ Phantom #212
finished in a eye popping special scheme for a Japanese
Phantom. Shawn has included a group photos of some of his
other Japanese F-4's. I love this one Shawn!! |
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RSK48, Rafael
is here today with an aircraft I did not know was part of the
Venezuela Air Force. This is his 1/48 Kinetic Grumman Tracker S-2E
finished to a very high level with flawless weathering.
It's very cool to see this on ARC.
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an excellent job building and finishing his 1/72 Aircast Resin J-21 Jastreb.
This one is a beauty and Dragan has included a link to his
youtube video on building this J-21 model.
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Pedro Couto
joins us from Portugal with his first model on ARC. This
is his exceptionally well done 1/50
Tamiya F1M2 Pete in a water diorama complete with crew figures
and full weathering. Enjoy the photos, I sure did.
Welcome to ARC Pedro!!! |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-14A interior & exterior photo etch
detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Great Wall Hobby kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Monday, Aug
3 2020 |
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Carl Jarosz
dropped by the ARC
Corporate offices with his 1/72 Airfix B-25D Mitchell. This is one of the B-25 fitted with nose guns, which are a very
cool version of the Mitchell. Carl was very successful with
his weathering job and the exhaust stains on the top side of the
wings look particularly good. |
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Greg Kerry
has done a lovely
job building his 1/72 Hobbyboss F-86 &
MiG-15 in-flight diorama. In this diorama a South African
F-86 has just shot down a North Korean MiG-15 with the MiG pilot in
the process of ejecting. Check out his photos, this is quite
the action scene. |
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Ashish Velankar
has put quite a bit
of effort into his sharp looking 1/72 Revell NH-90 ASW Helicopter.
This Dutch chopper looks very detailed and well done.
Impressive work Ashish. Impressive. |
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an
outstanding job detailing and weathering his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C. Dragan added cockpit details including seatbelts and added a
very special HUD. I quite enjoyed seeing this F-16.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Cut-Off Set - Standard from The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Cut-Off Set - Standard is designed to hold the photo
etch fret as you remove parts from the photo etch fret. This is
a big help so parts don't go flying into your carpet or parts unknown.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
L-19 / O-1 Bird Dog Landing Gear & Eng. Supts. from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed
for
the Roden kit.
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Sunday, Aug
2 2020 |
Republic of North Macedonia National Day |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here to mark the Republic of North Macedonia National Day
with his 1/72
Aircast Resin Soko NJ-21 Jastreb. Dragan added
scratchbuilt cockpit details and other details and finished it with
weathering and aftermarket decals. His finished model is a
beaut.
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