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Yoav Efrati
is here to
mark Israel's 59th Independance Day
with
a selection of 38 different models....all in Israeli markings.
Yoav is an
expert modeler with talent that also extends to taking good
photos.....so you're going to enjoy the huge selection he has
provided for you today.
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Steven J. Corvi has done a fine job
building and
detailing his 1/72
Tamiya F-84G.
Steven added a resin cockpit to his detail his baremetal F-84G and he
finished it in Norwegian Air Force
markings. This is one sharp looking F-84.
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Louis Chang
joins us
today with another of his beauties. This is his
1/48 Tamiya Mosquito Bomber Mk4.
Louis added scratchbuilt details to different areas of his model, as
well as a Cutting
Edge seat to add detail to the cockpit.
No doubt about it, the Mosquito is one very graceful looking
aircraft.
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Ray Yeo (Seiya)
is here
with his highly detailed and flawlessly finished
1/72 Italeri SU-34 'FullBack'.
Ray gave his Su-34 a full weapons load which completed the look of
realism on his Russian jet.
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Monday,
Apr 23 2007 |
England - St. George's Day |
Turkey - National Independence and
Children Day |
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Modelers Society is having their 18th Annual Show and
competition on April 28th 2007 in Fredericton,
New Brunswick, Canada. Location is St Mary's Anglican
Church Hall, 770 McEvoy Street, Fredericton, New
Brunswick, Canada from 9am to 5pm.
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IPMS/Gaston County Model
Builders
will be hosting a competition and swap meet on April 28
2007. The
theme is " Showing Our Support". It is intended as a tribute to all
military, police, and fire personnel who protect our freedoms in the
post 9/11/01 world. For more information see
their web page The show will be held in
Gastonia, North Carolina. Gastonia is located
approximately 20 miles west of Charlotte, NC.
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West Central Missouri Chapter IPMS
will be hosting their
Show Me State Model Fest -
5th Annual Contest on
Saturday - April 28th, 2007 Registration - 9AM to 12Noon
Awards Ceremony - 3PM -
40 + categories IPMS-USA Rules including the NO SWEEPS Rule -
The 4th Annual Dick Clay Memorial Trophy.
For complete contest information and downloadable Registration and
Entry Forms see
their website
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Tony Feredo starts
your week with his 1/48 Tamiya N1K1
"Kyofu" (Rex). Tony built
this floatplane beauty straight from the box with some weathering and
paint chipping to complete the look.
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Peter Doll
is here with
another of his excellent looking models.. This is his
1/48 Collect-Aire Douglas RB-66B Destroyer
built out of the box....which is not always an easy thing with resin
kits......then Peter covered it in kitchen foil to get the bare metal
finish he was after. Wow......my mind boggles at the
thought of trying to finish a model with kitchen foil.
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Alex Kontiveis
is here with a masterpiece. This is the
1/24 Trumpeter Spitfire Mk Vb Trop
which took more
than 700 hours of work and more than 500 extra scratchbuilt pieces for
detailing!
You are a true master modeler Alex!!!
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Sunday,
Apr 22 2007 |
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Aleksi Saarelainen
dropped by
the ARC Corporate offices in Finland with his first submission on
ARC. This is the 1/72 Zvezda MiG-21PFM
with weathering and a weapons
load. Aleksi is 13 and this is only his 3rd model......which is
pretty impressive. Welcome to ARC Aleksi....it's great seeing
your MiG-21!!!
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Thierry Jacques has done a wonderful
job detailing and finishing his 1/72 Hobbyboss Hawker Hurricane MkII.
Thierry finished his Hurricane in a desert scheme of the Free
French Air Force from 1942.
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Saturday,
Apr 21 2007 |
Death
of the Red Baron - Apr 21 1918 |
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United Kingdom - Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second |
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Dean Large is
here to mark the anniversary of the Red baron's death with his
1/28
Revell Fokker Dr.1 “The Red Baron”.
Dean put plenty of effort and scratchbuilding to create this tri-plane
beauty....sit back and enjoy.
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Eric A. Archer is
here today with his first articlke on ARC. Eric is here with his
well detailed and carefully weathered 1/32 Revell F-14A Tomcat.
Eric put 2 week of effort into detailing the cockpit and his efforts
produced a very fine looking F-14. Welcome to ARC Eric.
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Friday,
Apr 20 2007 |
Reminder...Baton
Rouge Scale Modelers present Cajun
Modelfest XXII
Saturday April 21st Baton
Rouge, LA
at the USS Kidd by David
Campbell
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Reminder...The
IPMS Seattle 2007
Spring Show will be held Apr 21.....go to their website for all
the details http://www.ipms-seattle.org/Springshow/
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Reminder...The
IPMS-Manila in cooperation with
Robinson's malls will hold an exhibit open to the public on
April 21 and 22 at :
Robinsons Place Pioneer Mall
EDSA corner Pioneer Street
Pasig City, Philippines
In conjunction, a internal contest with the theme "God Save
the Queen" will be held as part of our annual activities.
All are invited to attend.
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Max Tollens Jr. is
here with his 1/48 Revell P-51D Mustang.
Max attended Meteor’s
NMF webinar and decided to try out what he learned on this
Mustang. As you'll see in his photos, Max has the NMF techniques
all figured out.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here with
his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14A
that he built for an ARC Group Build. Shawn.
Shawn finished his carefully weathered F-14
in VF-84 Jolly Rogers markings. Nice one Shawn.
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Joseph Garcia has done a wonderful
job finishing and weathering his 1/48 Tamiya Fw-190 A-3.
Joseph has an interesting story about acquiring and completing his
Fw-190. His efforts paid off with a very well done 190.
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Glenn "Wingnut" Bontigao
has been busy modifying and detailing his
1/72 Italeri UH-19A.
Glenn was smart to begin with an Italeri helo kit for his first
chopper build. He then went the extra mile to really make his
UH-19A stand out with folded rotors and other eye catching details
brefore he finished it off in Philippine Air Force markings.
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Kelly
Quirk is here with a review of the
USMC
V-22 Osprey Profile CD from Orion
Models.
This photo CD contains 165 detailed photos of
the V-22.
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Thursday,
Apr 19 2007 |
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James Ashton kicks
of your Thursday update with his 1/24 Airfix Hurricane Mk1b.
James made sure his big Hurricane had plenty of detail showing for all
to enjoy. This old kit still builds into a very nice model.
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Busolini Massimo has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18D Hornet.
Massimo chose to finish his F-18D with "Viking" decals from
Orion Models.
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David Horn has
done a spectacular job kitbashing his 1/48 Matchbox/Tamiya A-1E Skyraider.
David wanted a 2 seater Skyraider, so he combined the Tamiya single
seater with the matchbox 2 seater...then he added endless aftermarket
goodies and used his masterful modelling skills to complete a very
perfect looking model. I get tired just pondering the work
involved in this one model.
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Arne Goethe had
a fun time building his 1/72 Revell Eurofighter
"Typhoon".
This is an excelelnt kit that builds up into a great looking
model....as Arne has shown. He tells the history of the
Eurofighter in his article and covers the whole build process.
Arne finished his Eurofighter in the attractive Luftwaffe
markings. Well done Arne.
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Federico Kunz joins
us from Mexico City with his
1/48 Tamiya Hyakushiki Shitei III Recon Plane.
This special model has all the right look from weathering to chipped
paint along the panel lines. Although it is built out of the
box, Federico got it looking just right.
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1/48
& 1/72 Vivacious Vipers #1 decal sheet has
been revised and re-released by Zotz
Decals. This sheet sold out quickly
back in 2004, so if you missed it then you might want to get your
order in. F-16's on this sheet includes
markings for 25 different F-16's. Countries represented on this
decal sheet include F-16's from Bahrain, Denmark, Egypt, Greece,
Pakistan, Portugal and Turkey.
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Wednesday,
Apr 18 2007 |
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Chas Bunch has
been very busy creating his 1/48 Revell B-24D (GR-V).
This is a sub-chaser B-24 built using a variety of aftermarket detail
items including a conversion set.
WOW......this is quite the project....don't miss this one!!!
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Malcolm Reid spent
2 years building his 1/32 Revell Tornado Gr.1.
Malcolm added scratchbuilt detail to the cockpit and has some very
good advice about using Future to install the decals on his
Tornado. This is quite the model and welll worth having a long
look during your coffee/tea break.
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Armin
Knes has dropped by
today with his 1/48 Hobbycraft La-7.
Armin built his Soviet WW2 fighter out if the box with dropped flaps
and he posed it in a diorama with figures.
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SCOUT712 has
been busy correcting the shape and details on the big
1/32 Revell F-4F Phantom II.
His article details the creation of this beautifully done Luftwaffe
Phantom......this involved quite a bit of effort.
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Max Tollens Jr. has
had one heck of a tough time finishing his 1/48 Academy F4U-4B Corsair.
This included stripping the paint job.....I give Max credit for
finishing his Corsair. He
finished in in USMC
markings. Read his article for the full story of the grief this
model gave him.
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Kelly
Quirk is here with a review of the new
UH-1N
Huey Profile CD
from Orion
Models. There
are close to 200 photos on this CD taken from a modellers
perspective. If you need UH-1N Huey detail
photos....this CD is worth considering.
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Tuesday,
Apr 17 2007 |
We were
deeply saddened by the recent untimely death of Pete Forrest while
riding his motorcycle. Pete was the creator of the Hold and
Fold and a gifted modeler. His family still owns a portion of The
Small Shop and business will contiinue. A portion
of the proceeds from the sales
of the Hold & Fold will help
to support Pete's four daughters.
Also Pete's family has set up a Trust
Fund at US Bank
under the name of Roderick Pete Forrest III to help his 4 daughters
when they are older.
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Angelo M Picardo
joins us with
another of the beauties from his display case. This is his
1/48
Trumpeter Westland Wyvern sports a resin
cockpit and Suez Stripes.
Angelo has high praise for this kit and his very well done
finished model shows he enjoyed the build.
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Harrison G. Carmody
has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/32 Academy F-16C Falcon.
Harrison used a variety of aftermarket detail items and quite a few
new techniques on his F-16 to get these stunning results. You
can read all about it in his article.
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Frontpenny,Wen Jin Xu
is here with a nicely done
1/72 Revell Swordfish Mk I.
The markings for this little jewel are based on the Swordfish involved
in the Bismark attack.
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Federico Kunz is
here with one of the most interesting paint schemes I've seen on a
MiG-21. This is his 1/48
Academy Mig-21 in
an unusual Vietnamese camo scheme.
Federico
added a variety of
aftermarket goodies to raise the detail level of his Mig.
Quite the eye catching paint scheme.
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Jerry Hawhee (Old Blind Dog)
has been very busy building and detailing
his 1/72 Academy A6M5c diorama.
Jerry used a variety of kits and aftermarket sets to complete his
diorama and he tell the whole story in his article. I love
it....there's quite a bit to see.
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Monday,
Apr 16 2007 |
Denmark - Queen's Birthday |
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Baton
Rouge Scale Modelers present Cajun
Modelfest XXII
Saturday April 21st Baton
Rouge, LA
at the USS Kidd. Thanks to
David Campbell
for sending in photos of last years show.
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The
IPMS Seattle 2007 Spring
Show will be gheld Apr 21.....go to their website for all the details
http://www.ipms-seattle.org/Springshow/
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IPMS-Manila in cooperation with Robinson's malls will hold an exhibit open to the public on April 21 and 22 at :
Robinsons Place Pioneer Mall
EDSA corner Pioneer Street
Pasig City, Philippines
In conjunction, a internal contest with the theme "God Save the Queen" will be held as part of our annual activities. All are invited to attend.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar has
been busy converting and kitbashing to create his
1/48 P-38J "Droop Snoot".
Rafi's finished P-38 is a treat for the eyes.
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Dennis Cermak
is here with
his first chopper build. This is his
1/72 Italeri H-19 B "Chickasaw"
finished up in a bare metal finish and USAF markings. You can't
go wrong with Italeri chopper kits and Dennis turned out a fine
looking "Chickasaw".
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Charles Johnson
joins us with his 1/72 Heller E-8C J-STARS.
Charles used a conversion set to create his J-Stars along with
some scratchbuilding and finished it
in 116th ACW markings.
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Sunday,
Apr 15 2007 |
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Busolini Massimo starts
today's update with his
1/48 Hasegawa A-4C Skyhawk.
This particular Skyhawk
is in Argentinean
markings from the Falklands/Malvinas war. I particularly liked
the way the paint chipping looks on this A-4.
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Bill Bunting
joins us with his 1/72 Academy P-39.
Bill was pretty busy on this P-39 adding resin and photo etch to
details including
a resin cockpit, gun bay, engine, radio
compartment
and control surfaces. This is a heck of a lot of detail to add
to a 1/72 P-39, but Bill pulled it off with
great skill.
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Saturday,
Apr 14 2007 |
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Steffen "Little Airwolf" Tittmann
begins your
saturday update with his excellent
looking unique 1/48 Tamiya Republic P-47 D.
Steffen built his P-47 in captured markings with a complete
diorama. Steffen tells a bit more about this story in his
article.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler is
here with a great looking selection of his
1/48
Hasegawa Tomcats.
And yes.....all of these are Jolly Rogers jets.
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Friday,
Apr 13 2007 |
Reminder...IPMS Model Expo/Contest at the USS Alabama Museum
in Mobile, Alabama on April 14th 2007.
You are invited to attend the show which is in an excellent location, being held in the facilities of the USS Alabama Museum Park.
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Reminder... The Shearwater Aviation Museum's 9th Annual Spring Hobby
Show is coming up this Saturday on April 14th, at the museum of course!
This in the east coast of Canada in Nova Scotia.
Click
here for more info. You'll be able to
meet ARC'er Iain Matheson and possibly his son if you attend.
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Jer Wei starts
today from China with a well done 1/72
Academy Messerschmitt Bf-109 G6.
Jer Wei added scratchbuilt cockpit details and a very finely done
mottling job on the fuselage and followed that up with a complete
weathering job to get this baqttle hardened 109.
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Bob Moore has
gone above and beyond with his 1/48 Monogram EA-6B Prowler.
Bob
chose to use the Cutting
Edge exterior correction & wingfold
set's and a resin cockpit to bring this older kit up to
modern standards of detail. His finished Prowler is up to the
very high level we're seeing from Bob and I look forward to each of
his articles on ARC.
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Krzysztof Gęga joins
us from Poland with what has to be one of the best looking paint
schems you'll find on a 1/35 Trumpeter Mil Mi-17.
Krzysztof added quite a bit of scratchbuilt detail to this Mi-17
and finished it orff in Polish Army markings and has it displayed on a
diorama base. I love the look of this Mi-17.
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Chris Parsons has
done quite a bit of converting and scratchbuilding on his
1/48 Hobbycraft Canada (Turbo) Beaver.
I have these Beavers flying out of our city's harbour and I never tire
of seeing floatplanes. Chris has included some detail pics of
the interior before he closed up the fuselage so you can see all he
did.
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Thursday,
Apr 12 2007 |
Sorry....no update
today.....I got side tracked all day Wednesday doing other duties relating
to ARC and never got a chance to get an update ready for today.
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Wednesday,
Apr 11 2007 |
The Shearwater Aviation Museum's 9th Annual Spring Hobby
Show is coming up this Saturday on April 14th, at the museum of course!
This in the east coast of Canada in Nova
Scotia. Click
here for more info. You'll be able to
meet ARC'er Iain Matheson if you attend.
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Here
is a preview of 5 new decal sheets
available from Meteor
Productions. Some with nose art. These include; |
- 1/32 PYN-up Decals P-51 D
Sheet (2 aircraft)
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1/32 Cutting Edge Decals P-51 D Sheet (2 aircraft)
- 1/32 Yellowhammer SBD-1s sheet (4
aircraft)
- 1/32 Yellowhammer SBD-3/4s
sheet (6 aircraft)
- 1/32 Yellowhammer SBD-1/2/3s,
sheet (7 aircraft)
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Clostermann joins
us with a beautiful baremetal 1/48 Tamiya P-47 D-27
RE.
Clostermann finished his Jug in an attractive scheme with
colorful accents.
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Keith Money has
done a stunning amount of work super detailing his
1/32 Academy F-16CJ.
Keith modified quite a few areas on his F-16 and he tells the whole
story in his article. Enjoy ythe pics of his F-16.
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Steve Ringlein has
been busy building his 1/35 Trumpeter Mi-24 Hind.
Steve chose to finish his Hind in markings used by the Soviets in Afghanistan.
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Bill Arnold has
been persistant and completed his 1/72 Airmodel Dornier Do23G.
Bill added sscratchbuilt details to get his Dornier lookign just
right.
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Tuesday,
Apr 10 2007 |
I'm
very pleased to welcome a new sponsor for ARC. |
HobbyBuy.com
specializes in military model kits and hobby items, and
they strive to provide the best in service and price. Everyone should know about
their weekly 50% off deals as they really do take a massive 50% off the retail price on a bunch of items, no strings attached, just buy and save. The deals rotate weekly on Mondays, so be sure to check it out. |
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Armin
Knes has
dropped by today with his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures Il-2 M3.
Armin
built his Il-2 M3 out of the box with re-positioned flaps in his usual
great way.
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Ben Montgomery is
one of the junior modelers here on ARC.. Today he joins us with his
exceptional looking 1/32 Revell Tornado ECR.
Ben wisely chose the excelelnt markings from the Tigermeet 2001/02.
I love htis Tiger scheme. Ben had more than his fair share of
problems with this model during and especially after it was finished.
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Gabriel Stern is
here with another of his classic models. Today's treat from
Gabriel's work bench is this very odd looking
Scratchbuilt 1/72 FMX-4 Facetmobile -1993.
And yes...this is based on a real aircraft.
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Raymond Biggs is
here with his sharp looking 1/72 Academy MiG-23MS.
Raymond tells some history of the MiG23 in foreign service and
his particular MiG-23 is
finished in Libyan
markings.
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David Upp is
here with his baremetal 1/24 Airfix P-51.
David took this older kit and did it up in fine style....and enjoyed
the process.....you can't do much better than that. Nice one
David.
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Monday,
Apr 9 2007 |
Portugal - Day of remembrance (La Lys Battle 1918) |
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The IPMS Model Expo/Contest at the USS Alabama Museum
in Mobile, Alabama
is on April 14th 2007. You are invited to attend the show which is in an excellent location, being held in the facilities of the USS Alabama Museum Park.
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Stephen Prior starts
today with a very nicely finished
1/48 Tamiya Beaufighter TF.X.
Stephen enjoyed building this model and it shows in his photos.
Stephen tells the story of this particular aircraft and one of it's
fateful WW2 missions.
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Angelo M Picardo is
here with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/32 Revell IAI Kfir
with a conversion to create an Israeli aircraft.
Angelo did the extr5a detailing and weathering to get his Kfir
looking perfect. Well done Angelo and welcome to ARC!!!
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Oliver Weston stopped
by with his mostly out of the box 1/72 Matchbox Heinkel He170A.
Oliver added a bit of extra detailing and finished this colourful
beauty off in
Royal Hungarian Air Force markings.
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James J. Olschlager Jr.
is here with his first article on
ARC. This is his 1/48 Testors F-4 Phantom II
complete with a full weapons load.
James finished his Phantom in markings
for 561 FS, based at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Welcome
to ARC James!!!
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Jerry Hawhee (Old Blind Dog)
is here with his first article on
ARC. This is his 1/72 Academy T-6 Texan
done up in a great looking bare metal finish. Jerry tells the
whole story of building this trainer in his well written
article. Welcome to ARC Jerry!!!
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Sunday,
Apr 8, 2007 |
Easter Sunday |
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Tigre del Aire dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices in Colombia with his 1/72 Italeri AH-60L ARPIA III.
This special AH-60 has had all the mods done
to it to make it a Colombian version and finished with Colombian
markings.
It is very nicely detailed inside and out.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos stopped
by today with his 1/32 Revell P-47 Thunderbolt.
Thanos used old fashioned modelling sjkill to detaila nd finish his
big Jug. Great to see this dirty ol' D-Day bird.
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Saturday,
Apr 7 2007 |
The ARC community was saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Pete Forrest, following a motorcycle accident near his home. Pete, as many of you know, was the owner of The Small Shop, and was the inventor of the Hold & Fold line of tools. Pete leaves behind four daughters, other family members and many friends. He revolutionized the application of photo-etched parts with his invention of the Hold & Fold Photoetch Workstation, and he will be forever remembered for his very significant contribution to the hobby. On behalf of the entire ARC Staff, I wish Pete's family peace in their time of sorrow, and we ask you to remember Pete in your thoughts and prayers today.
Steve B.
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Phil Vorvis
joins us with two of his pint sized
models. These little gems are the l1/144
Dragon F-177 Stealth Fighters.
Phil chose 2 different paint schemes.....including one with the Stars
and Stripes on the underside.
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Chip Berseth
has done a fine job
finishing his
1/48 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hein".
Chip built his Hein out of the box with a new panel line weathering
technique and then added guns make stains to complete the look.
Chip has an obvious talent for taking photos.
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Friday,
Apr 6 2007 |
Good
Friday |
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Tony Feredo joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/48 Trumpeter P-40B.
This P-40 is one of the Dec 8 1941 defenders that confonted the
Japanese airforce in the Philippines. Tony has done a great job on
his P-40 and I look forward to seeing more of his work on ARC in the
future. Welcome to ARC Tony!!!
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Bryan Lee joins us for the first
time on ARC with his weathered 1/32 Tamiya Viper.
Bryan used pre-shading on the panel lines and used many different
weathering techniques including dry brushing to get the look he was
after. Bryan then added a full weapons load. Nice
one Bryan....welcome to ARC!!! I look forwrd to seeing
your next model on ARC.
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Steffen "Little Airwolf" Tittmann
is here with
his first article on ARC. This is Steffen's very well done
1/48 Accurate Miniatures North American B-25B.
Bryan chose to go with the B-25 flown by Lt.
Col. James H. Doolittle on this famous mission to bomb
Tokyo 6 months after Pearl Harbor. Welcome to ARC Steffen!!!
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Giuseppe Santaromita dropped
by today with his 1/72 Academy Mig-21 F-13. Giuseppe
added weathering and a weapons load and finished off his Mig in an eye
cathcing in-flight display. Well done Giuseppe.
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Thursday,
Apr 5 2007 |
I'm
pleased to welcome a ARC Air sponsor. They are your source for
SnJ spray metal finish. |
Hawkeye’s
Hobbies LLC-Manufacturer
of SnJ Spray Metal (Enamel) and Talon Series (Acrylic) NMF paints. Beside paints we offer unique plastic model building supplies. But that's not all. Hawkeye's Hobbies also offers marketing assistance for plastic scale modelers with original products to sell and an idea exchange by and for plastic model builders.
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Peter Valica starts
today's update with his very fine and well weathered
1/72 Vought F4U-1A Corsair.
His technique for the chipped paint was quite simple and effective.
Well done Peter.
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Bill Havel is
here with his first model on ARC. This is Bill's
1/48 Hasegawa F-14D
that he added 2 resin aftermarket sets and Hasegawa weapons and
finished it off with Twobobs
decals and a full weathering job.
Nice Tomcat Bill, I look forward to seeing more of your work on
ARC. Welcome to ARC!!!
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Clarence "Clare" Wentzel
is here with
another beauty from his workbench. This is Clare's
1/72 Azur Breguet 27 Liaison
which is one very interesting looking
aircraft. This was a limited run kit and Clare tells all about
building it in his article. Good to see it Clare.
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Daniël Obers has done an outstanding
job detailing and finishing his
1/72 Hasegawa IRIAF F-4E.
Daniël used aftermarket resin and photoetch and finished it off with
custom made decals for the Iranian Air force. This is one very
sharp looking Phantom.
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Glenn (wingnut) Bontigao
is here with
with his first article on ARC. This is his 3
1/72 Philippine Air Force Prop
aircraft.
Glen built these 3 models mostly out of the box and finished them of
in Philippine Air Force
markings. Looking
good Glenn. Welcome to ARC Glenn!!!
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Noel Saplala is
here with with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48 Academy P-47D.
Wow Noel went to town on his P-47 adding extra details and making it
look perfect. Enjoy the photos of this one...it's a
beauty. Welcome to ARC Noel!!!
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Wednesday,
Apr 4 2007 |
Senegal Independence Day |
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No
update today.....I'm catching up on a number of things on ARC.
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Tuesday,
Apr 3 2007 |
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J.C. Bahr begins
today with an article I was supposed to run yesterday on the 35th
anniversary of this aircraft being shot down. This is the famous
"Bat 21" aircraft. JC has included the history and
story to go with his 1/72 Douglas EB-66C Destroyer "BAT-21".
JC also includes full details of building his flawless
Destroyer.
A very well done tribute JC.
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JM
joins us with
a very nicely done
1/48 Revell Monogram P-40B.
JM did all the little things to improve the details with very good
results. Well done JM.
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John Lanning
has done a beautiful
job building and finishing his 1/72 Fujimi A-4B Skyhawk.
John finished his Skyhawk in the very attractive markings for the Argentine
Navy and he includes the history of this aircraft in the involvement
of this A-4 in the Anniversary Falklands/Malvinas War and the
sad end to it's pilot.
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Gonzalo Vidal has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/32 Hasegawa Ju87 Stuka Kanonenvogel.
Read Gonzalo's article for some very helpful weathering
information. This is one very nice Stuka.
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Oishi dropped
by today with his 1/32 Trumpeter F-105.
Oishi finished his F-105 to his usual very high standards.
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Lamfan is
here with a nicely done 1/72 Heller Alouette III.
Lamfan finished this Alouette III in an attractive red paint
scheme. Well done Lamfan and I look forward to seeing more
of your work on ARC.
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Monday,
Apr 2 2007 |
25TH Anniversary Falklands/Malvinas War |
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In case you missed it....click
here
to see the ARC April Fools day homepage. Special thanks to
Brett Green at
Hyperscale
for his good sense of humor.
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Gareth Phua is
here with his silver
1/72 Mosquito FB.5.
This striking looking Mosquito is finished in Israeli markings.
Good to see Gareth....thanks for sharing.
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Agnieszka Kus is
here with her second completed model This is her 1/72 Airfix Apollo 11 LEM
that she added quite a few scratchbuilt detail items to improve the
accuracy of her Lunar Lander. This model brings back memories
from so long ago.
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Armin
Knes dropped
by with his 1/48 Hobbycraft I-16 Typ18.
Armin buikt his little Soviet fighter straight out of the box and
finished it in one of those classic Russian camo schemes.
Looking good Armin.
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Geoff "jug-junkie"
has been busy
building his 1/48 Academy F-15E.
The finish on this Eagle is quite well done. A fine job on this
equally fine model kit. I love how it turned out.
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Alessandro Biagetti dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices in Italy with his 1/72 Airfix Heinkel HE-177 A-5.
Alessandro
spent much time reworking pretty well every part and aspect of his
He-177....with very impressive results. Well done
Alessandro.
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Sunday,
Apr 1 2007 |
Happy
April Fools Day!!!!
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Marc Gray kicks
off today's update with his
1/24
Airfix Messerschmitt BF109E.
Wow....Marc had quite the time building his 109.....his persistance
paid off with a sharp looking yellow nosed bandit.
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Stephen Cornett is
here with his two Tomcats.....a 1/32 Tamiya
F-14D and a Revell F-14B.
Stephen did use some aftermarket items to improve his F-14's, but in
the end it was Stephen's high skill that made it possible to complete
these two Tomcat gems.
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