Monday,
June 30 2008 |
No update today. I
was busy all Sunday celebrating my daughter's birthday and didn't have
much of a chance to get an update done for today.
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Sunday,
June 29 2008 |
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Serge Dompierre
is here with one of my favourite 109's.
This the 1/48 Hobbycraft Me-109 E4
in the markings for Major Adolph Galland in Aug of 1940 during
the peak of the BOB. A excellent looking yellow nosed 109.
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Saturday,
June 28 2008 |
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Yun Chong
begins
today with his first article on ARC. This is Yun's 1/72 Tamiya General Dynamics F-16
which is built out of the box with very good results. I like
how this F-16 looks and I hope to see more of Yun's models on ARC in
the future.
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Friday,
June 27
2008 |
Djibouti National Day |
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Baran Cakmak
joins us from sunny Turkey to get things started today with his
1/28 Revell Fokker DR 1.
Baran built his Dr 1 mostly out of the box with the exception of
some very well done and effective engine detailing.
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Vasilis Dimitropoulos
is here
from Greece with his 1/72
Italeri/Tamiya Ju88 C6. Vasilis has
a very special Ju-88 here today. This one has a nose full of
guns for a frontal attack......but the nose cone is painted to look
like a glass nose of a bomber. Vasilis added extra detailing
and a first class winter camo paint job.
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Jacey Guo
has taken the older 1/48 Revell F-5E
and finished it off in the attractive markings
of a USMC adversary jet complete with a desert camo scheme. I
do like how it turned out.
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Allan Yeats
has done a
fantastic job on his 1/48 ICM Spitfire VIII.
This kit has a loyal following despite it's shortcomings, but Allan
finished it off with style in the markings for a weathered Spitfire
in Burma.
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Laurent “Angus” Beauvais
is here to blow
you away with his
1/48 Revell Mil Mi-24 D late.
Laurent did endless improvements to his Czech Hind and finished it
off in a cool looking Tiger camo. Sit back and enjoy....this
is quite the model.
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David C S Teo
is here
with his sharp looking 1/144 Minicraft SQ B777-200.
David did this kit justice and ended up with a fine looking model in
the livery for Singapore Airlines.
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Thursday,
June 26
2008 |
Madagascar
Independence Day |
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A
note from Two Mikes Resin.... |
Two Mikes Resin
set up and running, we are now officially open for business!! Our first
four products are now available for secure ordering on www.twomikesresin.com
Its been a long and bumpy road getting everything lined up and ready to go
so this is a very exciting day for us!! We have actually had the
links on for the last two days with no announcements whatsoever and have
already had several orders processed and shipped. We also have a lot
more coming in the very near future that are in works. We are
also going to be vending at the IPMS USA National Convention in Virginia
Beach this August. We will be teamed up with Two Bobs in the same booth.
Feel free to stop in and see us!!
Thanks for all of the support and assistance offered during this long
road. We truly appreciate it and look forward to offering more and more
products in the coming months.
Cheers!!
The Two Mikes Team |
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Tudor
Gheorghiu has
done an exceptional job detailing his 1/48
Tamiya Focke Wulf Fw 190D-9.
Tudor added Aires resin detail items and I must say the finished
Dora looks fantastic and detail rich.
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Guy
Wilson has
worked hard to get his 1/32
Tamiya F-15E Strike Eagle looking
like a real Strike Eagle. Guy paid close attention to
detailing and painting an weathering and his F1-15 looks exactly
like the real jet.
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Agnieszka
Kuś is here
from Poland with her latest models. Today she has a series of
5 1/48
Academy Hughes 500
paint in a variety of paint schemes from different countries. Agnieszka
has provides quite the colourful selcetion of Hughes 500's for you
to enjoy that she did a very nice job on.
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Shawn
"Phantom" Weiler is
here with his 106th Phantom model. This is Shawn's 1/48
Hasegawa RF-4E done
in markings that I find doubly attractive. Not only is this
jet in Luftwaffe markings......but it's also in Tiger markings.
Shawn gave it his usual care and attention to complete this one in
it's multi-shade camo scheme.
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Ray
Hemenway has dropped
by with another of his eye catching WW1 fighters. This is
Ray's 1/28
Revell Spad XIII finished
and display with a figure
of Eddie Rickenbaker to resemble a vintage photo from WW1.
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Wednesday,
June
25 2008 |
Croatia Independence Day |
Mozambique Independence Day |
Slovenia National Day |
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LuckyModel.Com
is having their 5th Anniversary Sale
from now until June 30. Check out the latest Lucky
Model newsletter for all the details.
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Marko Skukan dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices in Croatia with part 1 of his article
on his Part I 1/48 Hasegawa F-16I Sufa
conversion. Today Marko shows how he
detailed the wheelbays and canopy on his F-16I. This F-16 will
be loaded with much scratchbuilding and aftermarket detail items.
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Michael Ezat
has been
busy adding detail to his 1/48 Tamiya A1 Skyraider.
Michael chose to add wingfolds and a full weapons load before he
finished his Skyraider in colourful markings and a full weathering
job. Michael captured the look of the Skyraider very well.
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Marcus Brown
has taken
detailing of 1/144 kits to a new level. Marcus scratchbuilt
various cockpit parts for his 1/144 Platz Fw 190D.
He also corrected various detail inaccuracies on the kit and
displayed the canopy in the open position to show off the super
detailing in the cockpit. It's amazing what you can do in
1/144.
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Franz Galli
has done a
lovely job on his 1/72 Italeri BAE Hawk Mk.100.
Franz dropped the flaps and finished it off with Royal Australian
Air Force markings. Gotta' love those Roo markings.
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Thierry Jacques
is here
with his very good looking 1/72
Pavla Dewoitine D510.
Thierry built this limited run kit with great skill to produce quite
a fine model of this classic French fighter. I really do like
how it turned out.
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Tuesday, June 24
2008 |
Order of Malta - St. John's Day |
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- MAW Decals
is having a sale!!! Starting
immediately select decals will be up to 45% off. This sale will last
through the
weekend and prices will go back normal. Now is your chance to get
those sheets you have been holding out
for. Check their products pages to see what the deals are.
http://www.mawdecals.com/decals.html
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Cyril Worley
joins us
from Malta on this special day with his
1/24
Trumpeter Spitfire Mk Vb. Cyril has
a well deserved reputation for being a first class modeller and this
highly detailed Spitfire continues to confirm that fact. Wow
you will not believe the level of detail in this Spitfire.
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Carmel John Attard
also joins us from Malta with his
1/72
Khee-Kha Art Products Bellanca Skyrocket.
This is a flawlessly built vacuformed limited run kit of a planes
used in Alaska.....and if you look at the photos you will see they
were taken in St Paul's Bay, Malta.
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Daniel PerezVertti
is showing
his love of the F-16 with his spot on 1/48 Tamiya F-16CG.
Daniel put much effort into his F-16 from the scratch built scab
plates to the weathering job and careful painting inside the exhaust
can and full weapons load. F-16 models don't get any better
than this.
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Kep Ar
joins dropped by
the ARC offices in Patagonia, Chile with this highly detailed 1/72 Italeri AS 332 F-1 Cougar.
Kep added Eduard Photo etch along with plenty of scratchbuilding to
create this special little Chilean Navy Helicopter. Then
finished it off with two AM 39 Exocet missiles.....it doesn't get
much cooler than that.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar is
here with one of my favourite Fw-190's. This is his
1/48 Kitbash Focke
Wulf Fw 190S-8.
Rafi used his usual attention to detail to create this trainer in
fine style. I don't know why but I always enjoy seeing two
seaters.
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Monday,
June 23
2008 |
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Luxembourg - National Day and Official Birthday |
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of H.R.H. the Grand
Duke Jean |
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Albert Moore
gets this week
fired up in fine style with his
1/72 Hasegawa Mil Mi-24
Hind.
Ably built this beauty mostly out of the box and finished in in the
attractive desert camo with Ethiopian Air Force markings.
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Daniele Dotti has done a lovely job
building t his 1/72 Hasegawa Focke-Wulf Ta154V-3.
Daniele added masking tape seatbelts and other details to improve on
the kit details. I must say it is a treat seeing how well this
one turned out.
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Ryan Turgeon
joins us
with his first article on ARC. This is Ryan's
1/48 Italeri F-15
that he put quite a bit of effort into with help form folks on the
ARC Forums. welcome to ARC Ryan!!!!
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John Garis
has done an
exceptional job on his 1/72 Special Hobby Martin Baltimore MkIV.
John finished his Baltimore in Hellenic (Greek) Air Force markings
as it looked during WW2. John has some amazing photos of
his model including some spectacular sunset photos.
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John Krukowski
is here with his first article on
ARC. This is John's 1/72 Airfix P-51B Mustang
that he rebuilt from a sorry state into this flawless looking
Mustang in the markings of Don Gentile’s “Shangri-La”.
Read John's article to understand the effort he put into his
Mustang. Welcome to ARC John!!!
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Sunday,
June 22
2008 |
Russia - The Invasion of Russia |
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Zac Yates
joins us with his first article on
ARC. This is Zac's very nicely done 1/48 Hasegawa P-40M
finished off in the markings for a WW2 RNZAF
from WW2. Zac captured the look of this Kiwi P-40 in all it's
glory including noseart.
Welcome to ARC Zac!!!
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Peter Kormos
has been busy getting his in-flight 1/72 Hasegawa MDD F-4D Phantom
looking like the real jet taking off.
I like the way Peter did the intake turbines and the
runway......very creative approach that gives quite effective
results. The whole diorama is simply stunning.
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Saturday,
June 21 2008 |
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Serge Dompierre takes
you back in time to the late '50's with his
1/48 Tamiya Douglas F4D-1 Skyray.
Serge added a full weapons load on his and the
bright colours of the period to finish his USMC Skyray.
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Friday,
June 20 2008 |
I've been busy this week
working on my backyard. Mini excavators were busy for half a day on
Wednesday digging out the areas for the patio and walkways. They
removed 10 yards of rock hard soil. I'm now turning my attention to
designing and then installing the sprinkler system. Due to lack of
funds I'm doing as much of the work myself which really does slow down the
project. My kids getting out of school in 1 week has added pressure
to the mix as they anticipate me setting up the $300 above ground
pool. :-D
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Alex
Kontiveis dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices in Greece with his
1/24
Trumpeter Fw190 D-9 Dora.
Alex and his exceptional modelling skills are well known on ARC and
this Fw-190 Dora is quite well done. Alex did much scratch
building on his Dora and explains how he figured out the camo
colours.
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Niels Peter Henning
has been building
building the big 1/32
Revell AH-64A Apache.
Niels took advantage of the big scale of this kit and added extra
detail to those areas on a chopper to show detail very well such and
the rotors and the chainguns etc. I love how it turned out and
very nice photos as well.
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Gonzalo D. Mendoza
is here
with his story of building his 1/???
Boeing 767.
I found Gonzalo's article to be an light hearted enjoyable read.
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Albert
Moore is here with a review of
the 1/48
Heavy Haulers decal sheet from MAW
Decals.
This
decal sheet features 2 different Ch-53's in different color schemes
including one with digital camo on the tail.
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Thursday,
June 19 2008 |
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Deun Yu
starts your Thursday with his 1/72 Revell F-22A Raptor.
The most difficult part of building an F-22 is to get the paint job
right and I do like how Deun did his paint job. He explains
his techniques in his article.
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Brian Pruitt
has been busy building his vacuform 1/72 Formaplane UC-64 Noorduyn Norseman.
Brian had to do a fair bit of scratchbuilding to create his Norseman
and he tells about some of the notable events involving the Norseman
including the disappearance of big band leader Glen Miller.
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Chee Hong Wong
joins us with his excellent looking 1/48 Italeri F-14D.
Chee Hong started with the Italeri F-14B kit and converted it to an
F-14D with much scratchbuilding and effort. Chee Hong then
finished off this F-14D with a beautifully done paint job.
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Tudor Gheorghiu
has done a flawless job on his
1/48 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw 190A-4.
This Fw-190 is wearing the winter camo scheme which is a favourite
of mine and Tudor gave it just the right amount of weathering.
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Wednesday,
June 18 2008 |
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Barbara Cornelissen
is here for
the first time on ARC. This is her 1/72
Academy Fieseler FI.156 Storch and I must
say she did one very impressive job on the complicated camo job in
his tiny Storch.
I'm pleased to feature Barbara's Storch on the ARC homepage and I
look forward to seeing more of her work on ARC in the future.
Welcome to ARC Barbara!!!
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
has been busy
building more Phantoms and today he is here with
Two
Hasegawa Phantoms.
I really must compliment Sean on his collection of Phantoms and
these 2 are both very sharp looking.
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Pablo Calcaterra
has done a
stunning job on his bare metal 1/48
Hasegawa P-51D.
This blue nosed Mustang is George Preddy a Last Cripes
A’Mighty and Pablo captured the look of this aircraft very well.
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Claudio Moura
joins us
with his 1/72
PJ Products Meteor F.4 finished off in the
blue and white markings of Argentina. Claudio did a very
nice job on this Meteor.
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Tuesday,
June 17
2008 |
Iceland Anniversary of the Establishment of the Republic |
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LuckyModel.Com
is having their 5th Anniversary Sale
from now until June 30. Check out the latest Lucky
Model newsletter for all the details.
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Here's the
latest Hot
Babe of the Week! photos from Twobobs.
These F-15 photos were taken by Wally Van Winkle
and include quite a few photos with noseart.
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Petit James
is here with his 1/48 Esci Skyhawk
A-4C.
James started with an A-4E kit and used a KMC conversion set to
complete his model. He finished it off in an attractive camo
scheme of the Argentine Air Force.
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Dennis Djou
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya F4U Corsair.
I really enjoyed seeing how well the paint job came out on this one
and the noseart just comes the model perfectly.
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Andreas Sunarso
has done a
wonderful job capturing the look of a battle damaged
1/420 USS Defiant.
Andreas didn't have the easiest time building his USS Defiant but he
stuck with it and the finished model shows the effort was worth
it.
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Claudio Moura
put quite a bit
of effort into this
1/72 ICM Polikarpov I-16 RATA.
Detail was added to the interior and exterior to this I-16 and
finished it off with weathering and Eduard decals.
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Monday,
June 16 2008 |
No reviews today, I
was busy on Fathers Day with my
kids.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar starts
today with his 1/48 Tamiya Swordfish floats.
Rafi has captured the complex look of the Swordfish very will with
this first class kit. Rafi's models are always a treat to see
due to their high level of quality.
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Yuval Kizner
is here with an exceptional 1/72 Italeri TU-22 KDP.
Yuval put a large number of hours and much effort into correcting
every part of this model to improve the accuracy of his finished
Tu-22. I'm very impressed how well this model turned
out......it looks very realistic.
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Kep Ar joins
us from down south in Chile with his 1/72 Revel H-34 Seabat.
Kep did some extra work on this chopper to make it more accurate to
the actual Chilean Navy Helicopter it depicts. I sure do enjoy
seeing aircraft form different countries.
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Sean McDermott
has been busy
going all out on his
1/32 Tamiya F-4S Phantom.
Sean used a variety of aftermarket goodies including Twobobs
weapons decals to get all the details correct on his Phantom
which excellent results.
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Sunday,
June 15 2008 |
Happy
Fathers Day |
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Today is Father's day and
I'll be enjoying a British car show that is a tradition on Fathers Day in
my city. In the afternoon I'll be going with my daughters to
the new Kung Fu Panda movie. Get out and visit your Dad and if you
are a Dad....relax......spend time with your kids and enjoy.
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Patrick Vossenberg
has been
busy getting the paint job and weathering right on his 1/48 Revell OA-37B Dragonfly.
I liked the painting techniques Patrick explains in his article that
he used on his Dragonfly.
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Binding Leo joins
us from Germany with a very nicely weathered 1/48 Tamiya Mitsubish J2M3.
Binding built his Raiden ("Jack")
out of the box and gave it some careful weathering to get
that realistic look.
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Saturday,
June 14
2008 |
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United Kingdom - Official Celebration of the |
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Birthday of
H.M. Queen
Elizabeth II (1926) |
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Daniele Dotti starts
today's update with a very attractive 1/72 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk.1.
This Hurricane was built out of the box with very good results.
I'm pleased to say that there will be more models
from Daniele in the future on ARC.
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Yves Lelievre
is here for
the first time with a very rare aircraft. This
1/72 Marivox Saab 105 O
is finished in Austrian markings and a very
well done paint job. Welcome to ARC Yves!!!
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Friday,
June 13 2008 |
My apologies for not
updating the homepage yesterday. I updated it on my computer, but
forgot to upload it.
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Serge Dompierre
gets things
started today with his very well done
1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.vB
Trop.
Serge finished his Spitfire with some aftermarket seatbelts and
chose the markings for Canadian ace George Buzz Burling
on Malta fame.
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Dennis Djou
is here with his just completed 1/48 Hasegawa F-18F.
Dennis used a very good and interesting pre-shading technique that
is a twist on the usual way pf pre-shading. Dennis got some
very good results from his pre-shading and weathering and he then
finished off hit Superbug with Twobobs
decals.
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Ray Hemenway
joins us with his fine looking
1/28 Revell Sopwith Camel.
This is a specpial little Camel and Ray made his own markings to
finish it off.
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June 12
2008 |
Philippines Independence Day |
Russia National Day |
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No update today. I've
been busy doing behind the scenes stuff on ARC most of Wednesday and this
lingering cold isn't helping any.
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Wednesday,
June 11 2008 |
I've added a new
website to the ARC links pages. It is Scale
Rotors, a new online community dedicated to building scale
helicopter models.
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These F/A-18C photos were taken by Corey
Plocher and these photos show a huge amount of weathering and dirt.
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Juergen Klinglhuber
begins your
mid-week updates with this stunning 1/72 Academy Consolidated PBY-5.
WOW......the PBY is beautifully done, but the water has to be seen
to be believed. It looks so realistic. Amazing.
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Heinrich Spangenberg
is here with his
eye catching
1/48 Hobby Boss Mirage III CZ.
South Africa operates some great looking aircraft and Heinrich's
Mirage is a fine example of the beautiful aircraft that wear South
African markings.
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Gabriel Stern
is here to
raise your eye brows with his Scratch-built 1/72 Gallaudet A-1 Bullet.
This little known and somewhat flawed design from the early days of
aviation features a rotary engine and pusher prop on the tail.
Gabriel's articles will give you a good chuckle as you read about
his model.
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Jeroen Berkvens
joins us from sunny Holland with an articles dedicated to his new
son. This is Jeroen's 1/48 Hasegawa F6F5 Hellcat
finished in the markings of an American ace. No doubt about
it......Jeroen found this kit to be a treat to build and the
finished model looks very nice indeed. Congratulations on your
new son Jeroen!!!
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Tuesday,
June 10
2008 |
Portugal National Day |
Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia Army Day |
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Dragan
Cvetic begins
today with his
1/72
Zvezda Suhoj Su-25.
Dragan added aftermarket resin detail items and finished
it off in a great looking camo scheme. Dragan shot his
photos with the model sitting on the wing of a full sized
Su-25.
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Pablo
Calcaterra
is
here with his 1/48
Tamiya Lancaster Dambuster.
The Lancaster in this article was rebuilt after many years of
neglect after it was originally built. Pablo has focused
on the little talked about Canadian contribution to this RAF
raid.
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Monday,
June 9 2008 |
I'm
pleased to welcome a new ARC sponsor
today They are Jammydog
and they specialize in micro
size masking tape. Check
out the masking job on the Starship
Enterprise on their website. I'm
very excited about their product line and I think you will be
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Here's
what they have to say about themselves..... |
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We’ve
been running Jammydog
for a couple of years manufacturing micro size masking tape.
Our range covers sizes from 0.5mm up to 10mm to meet a huge
range of applications and we specialize in smaller sizes (0.5,
0.75, 1, 1.25 and 1.5mm) favoured by scale model builders. We
post orders to anywhere in the world and everything goes by
airmail so the waiting times are kept to a minimum. To help
spread the word we are currently running a link exchange
promotion where we send a free trial pack (1mm and 2mm paper
tape) to anyone who links to our site from their home page or
a relevant site or forum. Details about the promotion, along
with the full range of masking tape, are available on our
website,
www.jammydog.com. |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Click
here to read the latest from Twobobs.
Bob has news about the 2008 Nationals Twobobs Hospitality Suite as
well as a new Tiger Meet of the Americas F-16 sheet that is in the
works. Check out the images of this one!! Even the
ladder is in Tiger Meet markings!!!
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Stephen Hall
is back with his second article on ARC.
This nicely done 1/72 Revell Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10
is Stephen's second model in 30 years and I do
admit I'm enjoying watching his progress as he re-enters the hobby
and has some fun. Keep it up Stephen.....it's all about having
fun.
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Eduardo Cruz ("Carioca")
is here to show
you his Boeing 737-900ER Cruzeiro.
Eduardo did quite a bit of cutting and scratchbuilding to create his
"what-if" airliner and he details the build in photos from
start to finish. I do like how it turned out, but blue and
white always looks good.
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Mark Littrell
has
completed his tiny 1/144 Minicraft B-17G.
This tiny Bomber matches a bigger B-17 Mark built for a group build
and in his article he talks about building this tiny kit was well as
showing you how it looks next to his 1/48 B-17.
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Alan Williamson
has been busy
enjoying himself building the
1/48 Tamiya Republic P-47D.
Alan added some extra goodies as he usually does and finished off
his Jug in the fine style he is well known for.
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Sunday,
June 8 2008 |
No update today.....I'm now
at day three of a bad cold and my energy levels are pretty low.
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Saturday,
June 7
2008 |
Yorktown
sunk - US Carrier Yorktown sunk (1942) |
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Terry Price
starts today with
his marvelous looking 1/48 Eduard F6F-3 Hellcat.
Terry build his Hellcat OOB with excellent results.
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Dairo Sánchez is
here with something different. This is his
1/35
Tamiya Mutt 151 A2
complete with all the accessories needed for a diorama. This
particular vehicle is a USMC TOW launcher. Nicely done Dario.
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Friday,
June 6
2008 |
Sweden National Day |
D-Day
- Allied Landings in France in 1944 |
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LuckyModel.Com
is having their 5th Anniversary Sale
from now until June 30. Check out the latest Lucky
Model newsletter for all the details.
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I've
added a link to the Pelikan
Guys Remini website to the ARC links pages. This is a new Italian modelling
site that includes a model Gallery section as well as walkarounds of
Italian aircraft. http://www.pelikanguys.it
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Björn Bäcklund starts
this special Swedish update with his two 1/72 Airfix Sk 61's.
Both of these little aircraft have quite the colourful paint schemes.
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Thomas Olsson
is here
with something very special. This is his carefully done
1/72 Airfix Swedish Mosquito
in a very well done diorama base with figures,
equipment and a ladder. Thomas captured the look of this
Swedish Mosquito very well and I must admit I like seeing the
Mosquito in Swedish markings.
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Björn Bäcklund is
back with his sporty looking 1/72 A-models Pitts S2.
This little bi-plane was painted in the markings of a Swedish airline.
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Björn Bäcklund has
been very busy with his neat
looking 1/72 Airfix Sk 14
conversion. Björn started with the N.A. Harvard from Airfix and
reworked most of it to create his little Swedish trainer. I
almost can't believe Björn
stuck with it and managed to get this one done.
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Björn Bäcklund did
a fine job on his 1/72 Airfix Piper Cherokee.
Björn painted in in SAS markings....SAS flying club that
is. I like how it turned out.
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Björn Bäcklund is
here with a rare Swedish plane. this is his very well done
1/72 KP Nord N.C.701. Björn
was very creative in the base he made complete with a map to show the
purpose of this aircraft.
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Björn Bäcklund finishes
his models today with something very special. This is his
1/72 Revell Junkers Ju 52/3m
floatplane. Björn put quite a bit of effort into this
floatplane with very good results in the end.
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Thursday,
June 5
2008 |
Denmark Constitutional Day |
Seychelles Liberation Day |
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XXIII
Exposición y Concurso del IPMS Mar del Plata
- Argentina
June 6, 7 and 8
- 2008. As the oldest model group in Argentina with continuous
activity, they will open their doors and friendship to all modelers.
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CAMS
20th Show, back from the deluge !
Saturday, June 7, 2008 Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
Capital Area Modelers Society, 20th Anniversary Spring Classic Show and
Competition Click
here for all the info
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I
was saddened to learn of the news that Filipino scale modeler and
ARC'er Rico "Forge" Maula
passed away 2 days ago (June 3) from a stroke. Rico is known
for his great modeling skills and was always helping Filipino scale
modelers. He has a number of contributions on ARC,
particularly with the Edy Ong collection series. My thanks to Tony Feredo
for telling me this sad news.
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Lee Siew Keong
is here
with his fantastic looking 1/48 Tamiya Heinkel He 219.
This He-219 took months to complete and after seeing photos of the
camo paint job and weathering, it looks like the months of work was
well worth it.
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OISHI
is here with another of his masterpieces. This is his
1/48 Academy F-15E
built out of the box with a stunning paint and
shaded weathering.......you've got to have
a look at the paint job on this F-15E.
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Jeremias Nicolas Luchina
has been busy building
and detailing his 1/48 Aconcagua Embraer Tucano.
This is a limited run kit with very good detail and Jeremias got it
looking perfect.
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Wednesday,
June 4
2008 |
Battle
of Midway (1942) |
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Ian Buick
fires
things off today with some of his photos of the outstanding work on
display at the recent Scottish Nationals, Perth 08.
No doubt about it, there's some serious talent that attended this
show.
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Serge Dompierre
has done an
exceptionally nice job building and finishing his1/48 Dragon Ju-88 C-6 night fighter.
This has got to be one of the more attractive camo colours worn by
the Ju-88.
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Jean-Charles GODDET
is here with his very colourful 1/72 Hasegawa F/A18F Super Hornet
in VFA-102 Diamondback markings. Jean-Charles
got his Super Hornet looking right and what a great looking jet this
is.
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Richard Elman
had a few mis-haps building his 1/48 Tamiya Beaufighter Mk.VI Nightfighter
but he prevailed in the end and ended up with a fine looking
Beaufighter. I quite enjoyed seeing the noseart on Richard's
nightfighter.
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Gabriel Stern is
here to get you pondering aviation history. This is his
Scratch-built 1/72 Fokker V.42 seaplane-glider.
No doubt about this is an odd design and I quickly understand why it
never went into mass production. Nicely done Gabriel
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Tuesday,
June 3 2008 |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These F-16 photos were taken by Mike Long and
include mostly colourful artwork.
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Michael Presley is
here with a stunning 1/48 Lindberg Lockheed Vega.
Michael did a masterful job on this historic aircraft and he details
the history of this fascination aircraft as well as all the work he
put in to getting his model right. Grab a coffee or cup of tea
and enjoy the article.
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Graham Howe
has put much effort into his
1/48 Italeri Thunderbolt A-10.
Graham added an Eduard cockpit set as well as an exterior set to
improve on the kit detail and he finished it off with special
anniversary markings with impressive results.
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Eric Tutskey
joins us with his first article on ARC. This is immaculately
done 1/72 Academy KC-97L.
in all it's glory. Eric doesn't own an airbrush but you'd never
know that from looking at his flawless KC-97L. Welcome to ARC
Eric!!!
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Darren Crull has
done a
marvelous job building and detailing his 1/48 Revell (Monogram) AH-64 Apache.
Darren has a passion for the Apache and you'll see that when you
have a look at the scratchbuilt engine he made for his AH-64.
I really liked how this one turned out.
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Yiannis Ladopoulos is
here with a Tools 'n' Tips article on Aluminium
Foil for Jet engine exhausts.
Yiannis is a skilled modeller and his technique in this article is
well worth having a look at.
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Monday,
June 2
2008 |
Italy
National Day |
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Giovanni
Chirico joins
us from sunny warm Sicily on Italy's National Day with his 1/72 Italeri Fiat Cr.42 Falco.
Giovanni built his little Italian fighter OOB with a bit of
careful detailing to improve upon the kit details with very good
results.
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Busolini Massimo is
also here to honour Italy on her National Day with his 1/48 Tamiya F-84G Thunderjet.
Busolini finished his F-84 in Italian markings with some very
effective weathering techniques including using different clear coats
with different level of shine for various panels on his jet.
With fantastic results.
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Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY joins
us with his 1/48 Nakajima Ki-27.
Jean Pierre added extra detailing in a few areas in his Ki-27
and I must say the engine detail looks very good. The markings
for this Ki-27 are quite unique.
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Kevin Luo is
here with his first article on ARC. this is Kevin's
1/72 Academy F-16CJ/CG.
Kevin was very careful about getting the details right on his F-16 as
you'll see in his article and I was quite impressed with his the camo
paint job and weathering turned out.
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Sunday,
June 1 2008 |
Mexico Navy Day |
Western
Samoa Independence Celebration Day |
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Fernando
I. Moreno Villa begins
this special Mexican update with his article about his recent
visit to the Museo
Histórico Naval de Veracruz.
Fernando starts off with a bit of history then show you some of
the excellent models on display at this wonderful museum in
Veracruz.
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Carlos
Arvizú had
an enjoyable time building his 1/72 Hasegawa Dauntless.
Carlos built his Dauntless out of the box and finished with with
aftermarket decals in Mexican markings. Nice one
Carlos.
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Ricardo Castellanos built
the classic 1/48
Monogram C-47 FAM.
Ricardo chose markings for the Fuerza Aerea Mexicana from the 1980's
for his great looking transport plane.
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Ricardo
Castellanos
joins
us with 3 of his 1/48
Monogram AT-6s.
Ricardo has included 3 different paint schemes in his article
for these 3 models. And of course all 3 of these
beauties are in Mexican markings.
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