Friday, July
30 2004
Vanuatu Independence
Day
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I'm
pleased to welcome a new ARC Sponsor. They are Kits
Discount
and are a hobby shop that has been in business since 1996. Drop
by their website and check them out.
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Juan
Ramon Garcia begins
today's update with his 1/72
Tamiya P-51D.
Juan gave the P-51 some very special attention of detail and
weathering usually only seen on 1/48 models.
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François
Maheux is here with his first article on ARC. This is
François's 1/48
Hasegawa A-7E Corsair II which he added a variety of aftermarket
detail items to and then finished it off with a elicately and
realistic done weathering job.
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Murli
Rajan is here with his
1/72
Academy Hawker Hurricane.
Murli added some exhaust weathering to his Hurricane and then finished
it off in Indian Air Force markings.
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Thursday, July
29 2004
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Gary Wickham begins
today's update with his 1/72
Hasegawa Grumman X-29.
This is the Forward Swept Wing Technology
Demonstrator and Gary found this kit to be quite the straight
forward build. Cool looking jet.
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Charles Kalina is
here with his 1/288
AER Antonov An-12 CUB
. Charles did this one up as an in-flight display.
A treat to see Charles work on ARC.
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Wednesday, July
28 2004
Peru
Independence Day
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Vinny Ibarra
and Katze Labrador are
here with their 1/35
Panda Huey.
This Huey is finished in Philippine Air Force
markings. This is one
big beautiful chopper.
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Chris McKee has built the
1/48 Hobbycraft IDF
Skyhawk A4N.
Chris did a pile of work to get his A-4 looking this good and also
sued some aftermarket detail items.
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Tuesday, July
27 2004
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Raja
Bose is here with his first article on
ARC today. this is his 1/48
Revell F-86D Dog Sabre.
Raja
finished his Sabre Dog in a bare metal finished....which is no easy
task to get looking this good. Welcome to ARC Raja!!!
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Gavin Rees has
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices this morning with his
1/48
Italeri SH-60B Seahawk.
Gavin did a Sweet looking job on this one.
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Chris
McKee is here today with his
1/48 ESCI
IDF Nesher. Chris
hasn't said too much about the build of his Nesher, but the pictures
show a fine looking example of this IDF jet.
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Monday, July
26 2004
Liberia
Independence Day
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Maldives Independence Day |
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Keith Money
has
dropped by with his
1/48
Hasegawa
F-4E Phantom.
This great looking diorama and filled with details.....including
Keith's very nice Phantom.
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Liam Hourston
is here with his first article on ARC. This is Liam's
1/48
Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane IIc
which he
finished in Irish markings. I have some Irish heritage in
my, so it's always fun
when I see Irish markings. Welcome to ARC Liam!!!
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Giuseppe
Penna has
dropped by with a real gem. This is his
1/48
Airfix Lightning F.2 which
he gave a truly impressive bare metal finish to. Well done
Giuseppe.
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Sunday, July
25 2004
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No update today.
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Friday, July
23 2004
Egypt National Day
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Luc
Janssen is here
with his first article on ARC. This is Luc's big
1/32
Hobbycraft MIG - 15 Fagot which he id some extra detailing
to. He finally created a diorama base to display his excellent
looking MiG-15. Welcome to ARC Luc!!!
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Shaun
Bowman-Davies is
here today with his
1/72
Revell
Westland Sea King HAR.3.
Shaun
finished off his eye catching Sea King as a British Search and Rescue
machine. He's included info about building his Sea King in his
article.
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Gavin
Rees is here with
his first article on ARC. This is Gavin's
1/48
Revell F-15E Strike Eagle which he did a very nice job on.
Welcome to ARC Gavin!!!
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Konley
Kelley is here with
his 1/48
Tamiya P-51B which he has used to create a piece of
artwork. Very nice indeed.
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Thursday, July
22 2004
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Emad
Tabsh begins today's update with his
1/48
Tamiya Dewoitine D.520. Emad did some panel line paint
chipping and other weathering to his D.520.
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Marv
Mays is
here with his moving model of LtCdr.
Scott Speicher's 1/48
Hasegawa F/A-18C Hornet. Marv
includes some history behind the story of this missing F-18 from the
Gulf War.
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Darren
McGuinness joins
us with his big 1/32
Revell UH-1H Huey Gunship diorama.
This is a Vietnam era Huey and Darren goes into some detail about
things he did during construction.
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Ýzzet
Celikoba is here
with his first article on ARC. This is
his 1/144
Revell Boeing 747-400....all the markings on this airliner are
painted on....not decals. Beautiful work Ýzzet....welcome to ARC!!!
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Wednesday, July
21 2004
Belgium Independence Day
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Bob
"Glidingbob" Verhegghen begins
today's special update with his
1/48 Monogram F-84F
Thunderstreak. bob finished his beautiful F-84 in markings for
27 sqn-10th FBW-Belgian Air
Force-1959.
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Dehouck Youri is
here to honour Belgium
today with his first article on ARC. this is Dehouck's 1/72
Heller Alpha-Jet
done up in special Belgium colour markings. Good to see this one
on ARC. Welcome to ARC Dehouck!!!Patrick
Heeren is
here from Belgium to mark his country's Independence day. Today
Patrick has
dropped by with his
1/72
Hasegawa F-16A, which he finished with decals from Daco
Products, which is a company in Belgium.
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Neil Burkill
is here with his 1/72
Hasegawa Mustang 1A that he back-dated
from Hasegawa P-51 B. Looking good Neil....I like it!!!
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Dave
Marshall is here with his first article
on ARC. this is Dave's 1/72
Kora Models Folkerts Jupiter,
which is a little resin kit. This is an interesting little
plane and a I'm glad Dave sent it
in. Welcome to ARC Dave!!!
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Tuesday, July 20 2004 Colombia
Independence Day
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USA Lands First Human on the Moon |
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Grant
Matthews 'blasts'
off today's update with his
1/72
Airfix Lunar Lander. This is to
mark the 35th anniversary if the first Lunar landing. If you're
over 40.....you remember where you were on that amazing day.
Grant goes into detail about building a Lunar Lander.
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Fernando
Azurdia joins
us from Guatemala
1/72
Academy A-37B Dragonfly.
Fernando has done a splendid job detailing his little 1/72
Dragonfly. Fernando goes into some good detail about the paint
scheme and general building of his Dragonfly. Nice one
Fernando.
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Darren
McGuinness is here
with his 1/48
Airfix Spitfire Mk.22. This kit is known for it's high
quality and Darren very much enjoyed building his. He finished
it off with a bare metal finish and weathering.
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Simone
Gazzola has dropped
by this
beautiful baremetal finish 1/48
Academy T-33 T-Bird. This is Simone's first article on ARC
and I look forward to seeing more work from Simone in the
future. Welcome to ARC Simone!!!
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Monday, July
19 2004
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Fariborz
(Fred) Shammas is
here with part 1 of his
Iranian
Air Force Tactical Aircraft. You remember Fred's
amazing photos....well he's back with more. His model look like
full sized Iranian jets.
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Spencer
“Warthog” West
is here with part 2 of his
1/35
Trumpeter Mil Mi-24V Hind-E
article. Today Spencer has done the
major assembling, airbrushing and some weathering. It's coming along
very nicely.
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Eric
Lowe is here with
the BIG 1/18
BBI F/A-18C Hornet - Golden Dragons. Eric is pretty pleased
with his big Hornet and he's looking at doing some detailing to
it. He's included a photos of this next to the 'tiny' 1/32
Academy Hornet.
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Murli Rajan is here with his
1/72
Academy A6M5C Zero. Murli
built this one more or less out of the box and quite enjoyed the
build. It's good to see it on ARC Murli.....well done.
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Sunday, July
18 2004
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I
will be dropping weekend updates until Sept. This is to
free up badly needed time to focus on other work on ARC as well
as to free up some time for my kids during the summer
months. I will continue to update the TPC on Saturday and
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Saturday, July
17 2004
Iraq National Day
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Friday, July
16 2004
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Grzegorz Stróżek begins
today's update with his 1/72
Academy P-40B.
Although Grzegorz built his Flying Tigers P-40 straight out of the
box.....he did produce a very fine and well finished model of this
legendary aircraft. It's always a treat to see a Flying Tiger
model.
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Nathan
Meyers is here
today with his first article on ARC. This is Nathan's 1/72
Hasegawa B-47E done
up with a diorama base. Nathan did a bit of scratchbuilding to
improve upon the kits detail. this is one big and impressive
model....welcome to ARC Nathan!!!
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Mark
Davies has dropped
by to show everyone his
1/72
Airfix Henschel Hs 123.
Mark did a variety of things including scrathcbuilding to improve upon
this model of this strong little bi-plane.
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Dan
Duna is here with
his 1/48
Scratchbuilt Proximan
Fighter.
Dan has a fill imagination and this model proves it......he's included
a variety of photos including one of the model before it was
painted. Very creative Dan!!!
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Thursday, July
15 2004
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Haik
Martirossian gets
today started with
2 of his very special airliner. This is Haik's 1/100
VEB Tu-134 and Tu-154 and on one of them Haik painted all the
markings himself, which on an airliner is not an easy job.
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Bill
Lachance is here
with another of his gems. This is Bill's
1/48
Accurate Miniatures TBM-3D Avenger which he built up into quite
the piece of scale art. Not much to say except Bill did this
exceptional kit justice.
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Ray
Utter is here with
his first
article on ARC. This is Ray's 1/48
Academy MiG-29UB that
he built with the "assistance" of his two young sons. A
well done MiG-29UB model Ray....welcome to ARC!!!
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Robert-Jan
Willekens is here
with his well weathered and brightly painted
1/48
Monogram Douglas C-49K. Robert-Jan has done some very
effective paint chipping/scuffling to his C-49.....I quite liked the
yellow markings.
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I have
a review of the 1/32
F4U-4 Corsair decal sheet from Cutting
Edge Modelworks.
This includes the first African American Naval aviator and a pilot
that was awarded the Medal of Honor. You'll also find a Honduran
Corsair on this sheet as well. Three Corsairs in all.
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Wednesday, July
14 2004
France National Day
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Anton
Alerte is here
today with his 1/48
Revell F-8 (FN) Crusader.
Anton finished his Crusader in French markings for the D-Day
anniversary paint scheme. Definitely an attractive paint
scheme. Welcome to ARC Anton!!!
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I
was out of town all day today visiting family with my kids and I'm
quite tired, so today's update is quite small, but I wanted to get
at least one article up for my friends in France.
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Tuesday, July
13 2004
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Cyril
Worley begins
today's update with his
1/48
Tamiya Spitfire Vb Trop.
the weathering and cockpit detailing on Cyril's Spitifre is nothing
short of perfection. What a treat to see.
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Mario
Alberto Fernández......a
big regular on the ARC discussion Forums is here with his
1/48
Italeri F/A-18E Super Hornet (Part
1 )
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on his Hornet and he's given it one heck of a nice paint scheme.
Read his detailed article for more info.
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I
have a review of the new 1/48
Bf-109B/D Early
Bf-109's Part 1 decal sheet
from Cutting
Edge Modelworks.
If you like Spanish Civil war 109's or you want to build a Werner
Molders Bf-109....then
this sheet is for you.
Werner
Molders Bf-109....then
this sheet is for you.
Werner
Molders Bf-109....then
this sheet is for you.
Werner
Molders Bf-109....then
this sheet is for you.
Werner
Molders Bf-109....then
this sheet is for you.
Werner
Molders Bf-109....then
this sheet is for you.
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Monday, July
12 2004 Sao
Tome and Principe Independence
Day
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Manuel
J. Armas S. begins
today's update with his 1/48
Academy F-14A Tomcat.
Manuel weathered his F-14 and then posed it in some in-flight shots to
further add realism. Very realistic display.
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David Matusek is here with a
beautifully done 1/48
Hasegawa P-51D Mustang. David's mustang has quite the famous
paint scheme.....Big Beautiful Doll. Excellent results David.
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Lin,Chih-Kuan is
here for the first time on ARC. this is his exceptional
1/48
Hasegawa F/A-18C complete
with weathering and wingfolds.....a very impressive job on this
complicated kit.
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I
managed to respond to 700 e-mails on Sunday......this put a
serious dent in my e-mail backlog.
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Sunday, July
11 2004
Mongolia
National Celebration
Day
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No
update today.....I'm answering e-mails all day.
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Saturday, July
10 2004
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David Rapasi begins
today's update with another of his bare metal beauties. This is two of
his 1/48
Accurate Miniatures SBD-1's. both are beautifully done and
finished in colourful markings.
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Alfonso
Patrón is here
with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/72
Zvezda Sukhoi 37.
Alfonso has provided 4 photos of his Sukhoi 37. He has also
provided his article in Spanish
for those of you that prefer Spanish. Good to see your Su-37
Alfonso....welcome to ARC.
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Marcius Cesar Costa
is here with his
1/72
Frog Vultee A-31 Vengeance. Marcius has finished his Vultee
in Brazilian markings. It's always good to see some Brazilian
planes on ARC.
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Friday, July
9 2004
Argentina
Independence Day
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I have set
up an Zotz/Albatros
Decals forum. This will permit modellers to actively discuss
these product lines with Eli himself as well as other modellers. A
forum like this is very helpful to a manufacturer like Eli.
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David
Rapasi kicks off today's update with his
1/48
Tamiya P-47-D-26.
this is a great looking bare metal finish...something Dave is very
skilled at. Dave then finished his P-47 with some excellent
looking markings.
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Ted
Taylor is
here with his 1/48
Revell/Monogram F-105D. Ted decided to make this build
'interesting' and modify
this F-105D to an early "D". Read his article for more
info on what this involves. It finally worked out in the end and
Ted ended up with one of his usual stunning models.
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Giovanni
Chirico joins us
from Italy with his
1/72
Heller Yakovlev Yak-3. Gianni built this one basically
out of the box with some weathering to finish it off. Good to
see someone building a Yak-3....nice one Gianni.
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Stefan
Szymanski is here with his 1/48
Revell "Eurofighter".
Stefan finished his off in a 2 tone camo scheme......and although this
may not be the paint scheme used by the Eurofighter when it enters
service.....it sure does look sweet!!! Beautiful job Stefan.
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No
reviews today.....I've been busy catching up on some behind the
scenes work on ARC.
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Thursday, July
8 2004
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I'm
pleased to welcome a new ARC sponsor. They are an
online hobby shop called ModelDeals.com
and they sell a variety of items from kits, decals, resin detail items
and even display cases plus much more. Check out their website.
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Bob Bartolacci is
here with the first model of the day. This is Bob's
1/48
Monogram B-26 Marauder done
up in a D-Day stripe paint scheme. Bob seemed to enjoy building
this older kit.....the finished model came out looking great.
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Darren Roberts has
built a Tomcat....it s the
1/48
Revell F-14D Tomcat
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Darren goes into some in-depth detail about building the Revell F-14D,
which is worth reading. Darren's F-14 has a weapons load and
weathering....nice one Darren.
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Somchai
"Blackeyes" is
here with his 1/72
Hasegawa Harrier GR.7.
Somchai added a full weapons load to his little Harrier.
Markings are from Model Alliance.
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Wednesday, July
7 2004
Solomon Islands
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Zotz/Albatros Decals and
Black Box have announced a joint venture. Black
Box will be producing Zotz/Albatros 1/32
F-105D/F/G resin wheel wells and landing gear doors. Jef
will start casting next week. You won't be disappointed.
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Iván
Peńa Nesbit is
here from Venezuela with his 1/48
Revell-Monogram Rafale M. Iván quite enjoyed
building his Rafale....nice fitting kit and he built it out of the box
except for the repositions control surfaces and some
weathering.
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Cris
Valverde is here
for the first time today with a model on ARC. This is Cris's
1/48
Hasegawa F-18C which
he found to be a treat to build. Welcome to ARC Cris.
Nice looking F-18C.
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Giovanni
Saladino is here
with his first article on ARC today. This is his 1/32
Hasegawa
Bf 109 G6 that
he finished in a very complicated paint scheme.
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Tuesday, July
6 2004
Comoros Independence Day |
Malawi Republic Day |
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Mark Davies begins
today's update with his
1/72
KP/Revell Avia S-199.
Mark finished his Avia in Czech markings....this is one of my
favourite 109 variants.
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Polly
Singh is here with his
1/48
Academy Hunter FGA 6.
Polly converted his
Hunter to a Indian Air force Hunter Mk 56 (FGA 9). Polly
finished his Hunter is quite the dramatic paint scheme.
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Massimo
La Civita is here today with his
1/48(?)
Smer Macchi MC-200.
Massimo detailed his MC-200 and ended up with a very nice model from
this cheap kit.
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Monday, July 5 2004
Cape Verde National Day
Venezuela
Independence Day |
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Sunday, July
4 2004
US Independence
Day
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I want to wish everyone in
the US a very Happy 4th. For today's special update, I've selected a
wide variety of famous US aircraft....and even some pics of the Mars
Rover. Enjoy!!!
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Albert
Moser begins today with 4 amazing
in-flight photos of his
F-4J
and F-16C.
Albert digitally adds the cloud backgrounds to his
photos......beautifully done as always Albert.
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Drew
Thompson has sent
in photos of his Blue Angels
1/48
ProModeler A-4F Skyhawk. Drew
has added a resin cockpit and some aftermarket decals to further
improve his Skyhawk. Drew goes into great detail about building
his A-4.
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Tony Crews
is here with his 1/72
AMT/ERTL EC-135C Looking
Glass. This aircraft was a big part of the defense structure
of the Cold War and Tony explains the role of this unique
aircraft.
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Mike
Wood is
here with his 1/48
Monogram B-17G.
The B-17 is one of the most famous US bombers and Mike's B-17 has a
flawless baremetal finish and exhaust stains on the wings. Very
nice job on this one Mike.
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Neil
Burkill has
built the 1/48
Hasegawa F/A-18A Hornet and finished it in 'VFA 113 Stingers'
markings. Neil has given his Hornet a wonderful level of
weathering and panel line shading....very nice indeed Neil.
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Darren
McGuinness is
here with hone of the most famous US fighters from WW2. this is
Darren's 1/48
Tamiya P-51D Mustang done
up in a baremetal finish. Daren added gun smoke stains as well
as exhaust stains to get a quite realistic look.
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Radim
Schimmer
is
here with one of the most famous US aircraft. This is his
1/72
Tamiya Bell X-1......nicely
done Radim
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Jeff Brundt is
here with another of the famous WW2 American fighters. This is his
1/48
Academy P-47D Thunderbolt done
up in very colourful
markings. Love the photos Jeff!!!
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Bret Xu
is here for
the first time today. This is Bret's
1/72
Testors B-2A Spirit and
to even finish this kit is worth noting.....and Bret's B-2 came out
looking as good as I've seen. Welcome to ARC
Bret.
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Kelly Quirk is
here to finish up this special update with his
1/48
Sword T-38 Talon.
Kelly used Twobobs decals to finish off his multi-media Talon. It's
always a treat to see Kelly's latest model on ARC.
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Saturday, July
3 2004
Belarus
Independence Day
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Tomáš
Juriga begins today's update with his
1/48
Tamiya P-51D.
This
is the first article on ARC for Tomáš. He used some resin
detail parts and also scratchbuilt a variety of items to detail his
baremetal P-51 further.
A darn fine example of what can be done with many months of serious
effort. Welcome to ARC Tomáš.
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Chip
Jean is here with
his award winning 1/48
Academy Su-27 Flanker. This is a beautiful kit of a
beautiful aircraft.....but even so.....Chip has done his up very
well. The awards were well deserved.
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Sungjun
Jang is here with his first article on
ARC. This is his 1/48
Monogram Mosquito done
up in markings for a captured Mosquito in Luftwaffe markings.
It's a treat to see this mosquito in these markings. welcome top
ARC Sungjun!!!
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Colin
Whitehouse is here
with his 1/48
Falcon Hawker Seahawk.
Colin deserves much credit for completing this vacuformed model.
It did require a fair bit of effort including a scratchbuilt cockpit.
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Emad
F.Tabsh has dropped by with a Preview
of 1/32
Hasegawa FW-190 A-8.
It's good to get a look at this kit....thanks Emad.
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Friday, July
2 2004
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The update is late
today.....I was quite occupied doing Canada Day celebrations with my
family yesterday.
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Laurent
"Angus" Beauvais is
here with his impeccably done
1/48
Tamiya D520 which he titles " Inside French Forces (FFI)".
The paint scheme on this one looks as complicated as any WW2 Luftwaffe
scheme.
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Yuval
Kizner has done a
fantastic job on the big 1/32
Trumpeter Mig-19 (Ft-6).
Yuval says this one is built out of the box......but it's still eye
candy.....just lovely.
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Happy Canada Day
to all the ARC Canucks
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The Rocky
Mountain Model Club has wrapped up their RMMC's RCAF/CAF Group Build and
would like to present it here on Canada Day. Go to this link to see
more. http://www.rockymountainmodelclub.com/rcaf/rcaf.htm
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Franck
Oudin is here to
honour Canada Day with his
1/48
Hasegawa Hurricane done
up in markings for a Canadian Ace. Franck's Hurricane is
finished in decals produced by IPMS
- Canada. Nice one Franck.
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Kairasp
Daruwala has dropped by with his 1/48
Monogram "F-86 Sabre".
This baremetal F-86 has some quite interesting dragon nose art.
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Ming Ho
is here with his
latest installment in his monthly claendars. This is his
July
2004 Computer Desktop calendar images. This image includes
the Thunderbirds and is sure to please everyone with July 4th coming
up in a few days.
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