Friday,
Dec 31 2010 |
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Tony Feredo is a
modeler from the Philippines that I always enjoy seeing his latest
model on ARC. This is Tony's 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Razorback in
the markings for a P-47 that fought from Leyte Island in the
Philippines in late 1944. Tony is a very talented modeler and
I'm sure you will enjoy seeing his P-47......I sure enjoyed seeing
it.
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Steve Sliger is
here with the granddaddy of satellites. This is his 1/12 RealSpace Models Sputnik I
as it appeared when it did it's historic flight so many years
ago. Steve used a variety of paints from Alclad II to get the
very realistic finish. Nicely done Steve.
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Byron R. Leal Garza
is here with a model built by his late friend Adolfo de León.
This is a 1/48 Monogram X-29A
which is a model built using parts from a variety of models as well
as custom made decals. The X-29 is something you don't see
very often.....it's a neat looking jet from any angle.
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Phil Marchese is
here with his converted 1/48
Revell B-25. Phil had to kit bash parts from different
kits to build this specially modified B-25 with a full compliment of
nose guns. Phil has the nose panels open to fully display all
the gun. This B-25 is loaded with all the fine detail that
make a model stand out.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48 EA-6B VAQ-140 Patriot Prowler decal sheet
from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. You get enough markings for
one complete CAG jet from the Patriots of VAQ-140.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
E-2C Hawkeye Air Intake from
QuickBoost.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48 Gotha G.V German Heavy Bomber model kit from
Hippo
Models.
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Thursday,
Dec 30 2010 |
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Danny Dinh is here
with the aircraft that was used extensively during the Vietnam War.
This is Danny's 1/48 AMT / ERTL UH-1H Huey in VNAF markings
with some added details and custom made decals for this Vietnamese
Huey. It's great to see your Huey on ARC Danny.
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David Rapasi joins
us today with a very interesting Mustang. This is his
beautifully weathered 1/48 Accurate Miniatures P 51-A Mustang
in the markings and paint scheme for an American bird that served in
India.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
has been busy
building a very sharp looking 1/32 Czech model CT-133 Silver Star (T-bird).
Shawn tells the history of this brightly
coloured jet which he finished off with Leading Edge decals.
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Paolo De Sanctis is
here with something you don't see very often. This is his 1/72 Matchbox Tempest Mk. II
in the markings for an Indian Air Force Tempest. Paolo
built this model many years ago and recently refinished it with very
good results.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
A-10A Assam Draggins decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. You get enough markings for two
jets from the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB, South Korea including one
with some very sexy ladder door art.
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Zotz
Decals has a new Figure kit. This sexy
warrior 1/6 figure is called Iceni. This is a kit and comes unpainted and
unassembled.
Check it out......I know you'll enjoy
the photos.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
F-22A Raptor exhaust nozzles – opened from Aires.
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Wednesday,
Dec 29 2010 |
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Armin KNES
has done a lovely job
building and finishing his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures Yak-1.
Armin dropped the flaps and did some scratchbuilding in the
cockpit in his Yak-1. I love the look of this Yak-1.
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Chuang Xue Qian
has done a gorgeous job building and finishing his 1/48 Trumpeter J-10A Vigorous Dragon.
This J-10 has a full weapons load and some very subtle
weathering done with pencil dust which you can read about in the
article. This is a beautiful J-10.
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Ricardo E. Martinez
did a beautiful
job building and finishing his 1/76 Revell Ford Trimotor.
Ricardo chose to display his Trimotor as
an in-flight model. Looks good Ricardo.
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Zsolt Szivak
got the weathering on his USN 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C Hornet
looking just right. This Hornet had a bit of extra detailing
to the landing gear and then was given a wonderfully realistic
looking weathering job. I really like the look of this Hornet.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48 F/A-18F
Rockin' Rhinos #6 VF-213
Black Lions decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet includes Super Bugs
from VF-213!! Enough markings for both the factory delivery
scheme as well as the CAG scheme.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
Fairchild Au-23A Propeller with special alignment tool from
QuickBoost.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/32
Me 109 Part 2 decal sheet from
Lifelike
Decals. |
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
P-40 E-N - fairings with blast tubes for .50cal Browning
from Master.
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Tuesday,
Dec 28
2010 |
Nepal - Birthday of H.M. Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
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Australia - "Proclamation Day" in South Australia |
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Nath Andrade
is here today with his first article on ARC. This is Nath's 1/48 Academy
F-86F-30
sporting noseart on the gun panel and flawless baremetal
finish. This is a good looking Sabre to be sure and I look
forward to seeing more of Nath's models on ARC in the future.
Welcome to ARC Nath!!!
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Gary Adams is here
with his beautifully finished 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk Vb. Gary
added goodies from Ultra Cast, Cooper Details, Eduard and
Eagle Strike decals to dress up various areas of his American
Spitfire and then followed that up with a stunning weathering job.
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David Porter
has done quite a bit of research for his flawless looking 1/32 Trumpeter MiG-29M.
This particular MiG-29M is a prototype for the Super Fulcrum and
there is quite a few little modifications which David explains in
his article. You're going to love seeing this one and reading
about the build.....David did an excellent job on it.
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Zenden Ng had an
enjoyable time building this tiny 1/350 Tamiya E2C-Hawkeye.
This was a break from building larger scales and I do agree
these smaller scale models are fun to build. I do like the
look of this diorama very much.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
F-4C First of the Weasels decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. Very historically relevant
markings for one of the first F-4 Weasel squadrons from the Vietnam
Conflict.
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Zotz
Decals has a new Figure kit. This 1/6 sexy
fantasy figure is called Hostile-Takeover. This is a kit and comes unpainted and
unassembled.
Check it out......I know you'll enjoy
the photos.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F-16I Sufa cockpit set from Aires
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Spitfire Mk.XVIe Part 1 decal sheet
from Lifelike
Decals.
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Monday,
Dec 27 2010 |
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Hal Marshman Sr gets
things fired up today with his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures A-36 Apache.
Hal scratchbuilt the seat armor, belts and buckles and then
added little details to other areas of the A-36 before finishing it
off with markings that include noseart for 'Priscilla/Mavonne'
with the 526th FBS, 86th FBG, USAAF. Beautifully done Hal.
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José Luis Hernández Márquez
has done a
marvelous job detailing and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya He162 A-2 Salamander.
Jose did a lovely job detailing the cockpit and engine. This
is one cool looking jet.
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Gabriel Stern is
taking a break from scratchbuilding today as he is here with his 1/72 Execuform General Aviation PJ-1.
This is a vacformed kit which means it needed plenty of
additional detail to complete it into the attractive flying boat you
will see in the photos. As an added bonus, Gabriel includes
the history of the shadowy group known as the Shaolin Modeling
Monks.
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Adriano Souza joins
us today with his first article on ARC. This is Adriano's 1/48 Italeri F-14A Tomcat
with a full weapons load and weathering and finished in the markings
for the Blacklions. I'm pleased to see Adriano's F-14 on ARC
and I look forward to seeing more models from Adriano in the
future. Welcome to ARC Adriano!!!
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
F-105D Wrap Around Thuds decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. In the early 80's the 466th FS
at Hill AFB had some of the slickest camo scheme Thuds that ever
existed. This sheet captures 3 of these camo schemes.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/24 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. 1a / Vb instrument
panel from airscale.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48 Fairchild Au-23A Correct Cowling from
QuickBoost.
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Sunday,
Dec 26
2010 |
Slovenia Independence Day |
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Friday,
Dec 24
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Serbian Air Force Day |
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I would like to take a
moment to wish everyone a very Merry
Christmas. I
wish you all peace and love during this holiday season and into the
New Year.
I'd like to share
my favourite Christmas song.....this one always touches my
heart each time I listen to it......it tells the story of the
"Christmas Truce in No Mans Land" on Christmas Day
1914. Christmas
in the Trenches
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To
track Santa on Christmas Eve with your kids...go to this website
http://www.noradsanta.org/
I've done this with my daughters when they were small and it was quite
fun for them....and myself. There are already some videos loaded
and more get added all day long as Santa makes his way around the
planet on his Christmas Eve run.
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Alvis
3.1 is here with the aircraft from my favourite Christmas Eve
story. This is "The Shepherd"......a story that is
played on CBC radio each Christmas Eve. I've listened
to it each year for the past 27 years.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
Arado Ar 196 Radio Equipment from QuickBoost.
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Thursday,
Dec 23
2010 |
Japan - Birthday of H.I.M. Emperor Akihito |
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Artur Oslizlo is
here with his
marvelous looking 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C.
Artur added extra detail with an Aires
cockpit and open exhausts nozzles along with an open electronics
bays from Aires. Artur gave his Hornet full weathering
as you would expect to see on USN jets.
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Fabio Carabelli joins
us today with his second article on ARC. This is his excellent
looking 1/48
Hasegawa Vought F4U-5N in the markings for a Corsair that
operated in the Korean war.
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David
"Meurglys" Ull is here with his heavily weathered 1/48 Revell F-14D Super Tomcat.
As I read David's article, I must say I found his weathering
technique to be very interesting as it is ink applied with a Q-tip
and I can't recall reading about this technique before.
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Jorge Bonilla Alvarado
joins us from Mexico with his very attractive 1/48 Smer Reggiane 2000.
This particular fighter is wearing a great looking camo scheme and
Swedish markings. It is very cool to see one of these in
Swedish markings.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
F-105D Wrap Around Thuds decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. In the early 80's the 466th FS at Hill AFB had some of the slickest camo scheme Thuds that ever existed.
These sheet includes 3 of them.
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Zotz
Decals has a new Figure kit. This sexy 1/6
figure is called Bath-Time and includes 5 pieces.
This is a kit and comes unpainted and unassembled.
Check it out......I know you'll enjoy
the photos. |
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
F4U-7 Corsair cockpit set from Aires.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/72
Ju-188A Exhaust from QuickBoost.
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Wednesday,
Dec 22 2010 |
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Carmel J Attard
has been busy getting
things right on his very sharp looking 1/72 Italeri C-130J Hercules.
Carmel
reworked plenty of small details and then finished it in Maryland
Air National Guard markings. Carmel gives a very detail report
on this kit.
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Steve Sliger is
here today with something that is truly unique. This is his 1/48 Revell Monogram Rescue LM
which was a design from the late '60's
space program that he explains in his article. Steve kit
bashed parts from 2 kits and used some scratchbuilding to create
this very interesting satellite serving vehicle..
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is back today with another Phantom. This 1/48 Hasegawa F-4J, phantom #133
has seamless intakes, Eduard photo etch set, True details wheels and
ejection seats and Eagle Strike decals. Shawn went with the
markings for VF-142 Ghostriders on CV-66 USS America back in
1974. Looking good Shawn.....love the photos of your display
cases....WOW!!!
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Jaroslav Kral has
put a huge amount of work into his big 1/35 Trumpeter CH-47D Chinook.
This Chinook has over 7m of wires to power
the lights and the motors that turn the rotors. It's a great
looking model and diorama......but the addition of the electrics
makes this a mind blowing display that I would love to see in
person.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
AIM-120B/C and AGM-88 Missile Markings decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet features markings
for AIM-120B/C and AGM-88 Missiles. |
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
MiG-23 Flogger B Air Scoops from QuickBoost.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/32
British Mk 2 Browning .303 caliber (7,7mm) with flash suppressor
from Master.
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/72
MiG-21 Exercise markings Part 2 decal
sheet from from Balkan
Models.
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Tuesday,
Dec 21 2010 |
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Blackheart – 1Malaysia
has done a massive amount of extra detailing on his 1/35 Heller Super Frelon.
This particular Super Felon was finished in French markings and
placed on a diorama base to complete the scene.
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Burcin Emren is
here from Turkey with his stunning 1/48 Academy F-15 E Strike Eagle
out of the box and displayed it as an in-flight model. Burcin
has good things to say about the fit and quality of this model kit
and I do like the look of his finished fighter very much. It's
good to see his Eagle with a full weapons load and in-flight.
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David Rapasi
has done a lovely job
building and weathering his 1/48
Tamiya P 47 D-15 Thunderbolt. David
chose a P-47D as it appeared in partial D-Day stripes weeks after
the landings at Normandy. And of course David gave it his
usual impeccable weathering job.
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an outstanding
job detailing and finishing his 1/72 Italeri MiG-29.
Dragan
dressed up the cockpit with a partial Aires cockpit set and finished
this beauty in Yugoslav markings.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
F-117A Kosovo Bandits Updated decal
sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet is a re-release of
their very popular 48-022 sheet but with updated markings for the
Lockheed "Skunk Works" jet! Plenty of markings for
Allied Force jets (including Vega 31) are also included! |
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Zotz
Decals has a new Figure kit. This sexy
warrior 1/6 figure is called Aphrodite-XV and comes with 2
different heads. This is a kit and comes unpainted and
unassembled.
Check it out......I know you'll enjoy
the photos. |
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
Bf 109E-3 cockpit set from Aires. |
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/48
Sukhoi Su 7 Engine Ventilation Louver from QuickBoost.
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Monday,
Dec 20 2010 |
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Phil Marchese joins
us with his first articles on ARC today 1/48 Revell B-25
and a selection of his other models. Phil has been
modeling for many years and it's excellent to see his work on
ARC. I look forward to seeing more of his models on ARC.
Welcome to ARC Phil!!!
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Moises Ballester has
done an exceptionally nice job on his 1/32 Tamiya Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle.
Moises added aftermarket details from Eduard as well as some of
his own scratchbuilding before the whole project was finished in a
most impressive paint job using subtle shading and weathering.
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Gary Adams is shown
awesome persistence and skill at creating and detailing his 1/48 Scratch built DH-4B mail.
This was a very involved project to create this early US mail
plane and Gary used a very creative approach to build each part of
this lovely model. Grab a hot drink and enjoy this one during
your coffee or tea break.
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Bob Bartolacci
has done a lovely job
building and finishing his 1/48 Trumpeter F-100F.
Bob chose to
build one of the 2 seater Misty FAC jets that was used for low fast
flights to identify enemy positions during the Vietnam war.
It's interesting history and Bob tells about it in his article.
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Here's
a product article for the
1/48
AIM-9 Missile Markings
decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This sheet includes the
markings for on AIM-9B/D/G/J/L/M and AIM-7E-2/M. Bob Sanchez
has a good understanding of missiles and bombs and the markings and
paint colours, so you are going to love these. |
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Here is
a product article
for the new 1/72
Ju-188E Exhausts from QuickBoost.
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Saturday, Dec 18
2010 |
Niger - Proclamation of the Republic |
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Friday,
Dec 17
2010 |
Bhutan National Day |
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Burt Gustafson
has done a wonderful
job building and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa J-35J Draken Swedish Special. Burt
chose a stunning yellow paint scheme for his Swedish Draken and he
explains in his article how to easily paint a model a light color.
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Serge Dompierre is
here to show you his 1/48 Otaki Ki-84 Hayate / Frank. Serge
built his model 25 years ago and recently refinished it to his
higher skilled level and I must say I do like the way it looks. It's
neat to see these models being given a new lease on life.
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Steve Sliger has
been quietly building this sharp looking in-flight 1/72 Accurate Miniatures RQ-1 Predator.
Steve did a bit of scratchbuilding, gave it a wash to bring out
all the lovely recessed details and then mounted it as an in-flight
model. Nicely done indeed.
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Ermanno Bonafin dropped
by the ARC Corporate office in Italy with his flawless 1/48 Eduard Bf 110E.
Ermanno is a very skilled modeler and the complicated camo looks
perfect on his Bf-110. I really enjoyed seeing the photos as I
always do when Ermanno finishes a model.
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Nick Moore
is here with a product article for a Modeling
Stand for 1/24-1/48 Scale Monoplanes by JHmodels
and available from Hobby
Link
Japan.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
C-47 Dakota Correct Cowling set from QuickBoost.
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Thursday,
Dec 16
2010 |
Bahrain National Day |
Kazakhstan National Day |
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Li Weiguang joins
us from China with two of his 1/48 Trumpeter J-10A. He
built one for a friend and the other for himself, both look
excellent...he has a very lucky friend and I love the look of these
J-10As.
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Gabriel Stern
is here with one very odd passenger plane. This is modified 1/72 Eastern Express -ex
Toko- Hansa Seaplane. Gabriel created a tiny passenger
compartment behind the pilot seat and he explains the whole story in
his articles. To get the correct markings, he used some home
made decals. This is definitely a neat little float
plane...but then again.....all of Gabriel's models are neat.
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David Rapasi
has done a gorgeous job building and finishing his
1/48 Revell F 86D Sabre Dog.
David painted the bare metal finish with his own custom made
paints.....now that is seriously talented. I love the markings
on his Sabre Dog.
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Terry Davis
has dropped by today with his award winning 1/32 Revell PA-18 Piper Air Ambulance.
Terry was very busy scratchbuilding the conversion parts to
create this truly unique air ambulance. I was left in awe as I
read his article explains the work put into this little gem.
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Here's
a product article for the F-14B VF-74 Bedevilers decal sheet from
Two Bobs Aviation
Graphics. There are three aircraft represented on this
sheet including enough markings for two complete aircraft.
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Here's
a sneak peek at the instruction sheet for the New 1/48 B-57
Canberras in Vietnam decal sheet from Zotz
Decals.
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Dragan
Cvetic is here with a
product article for the new 1/72
MiG-21 Early Versions Part 1 decal sheet from Balkan
Models.
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Here
is a product article for the 1/48
F/A-22 Raptor cockpit set from Aires.
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Here
is a product article for the 1/72
F-117A Nighthawk V-Tail from QuickBoost.
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Wednesday,
Dec 15 2010 |
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Artur Oslizlo
is here today with his first 1/32nd model. This is Artur's 1/32 Eduard Bf
109E-4 built using the Eduard Profipack kit with an Aires
cockpit, resin exhausts and wheels. Check out the amazing job
done on the complicated camo paint scheme on this "Yellow Nosed
Bandit". Simply beautiful.
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Paolo Yuen
is here with his very attractive 1/144 Zvezda
Boeing 787 Dreamliner done up in ANA livery. There was a
fair bit of custom work done to this sharp looking 787 including
dropped flying surfaces. It's good to see the 787 done up in ANA
livery....this is one very good looking airliner.
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Hal Marshman Sr.
is a well respected modeller here on ARC and today our friend Hal is
here with his 1/72 Tamiya F4U-1 Corsair. Hal went the
extra mile when it came to finishing his Corsair and you'll see this
when you look carefully at the weathering including gun smoke
stains. Hal finished his Corsair in the markings for a Corsair
flown by Lt Ken Walsh, USMC, in the Solomons in 1943.
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Malcolm Reid
has been busy enjoying himself building his 1/48 Airfix Canberra
B(I).Mk.12. Malcolm chose South African Air Force markings
which are a combination of the kit decals and some of his custom
made decals for a Canberra used in the SWA (Namibia)-Angola border
war of the 80s.
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Here's
a product article for the F-16C Fighting Fulcrums decal sheet from
Two Bobs Aviation
Graphics. Markings included for three complete jets
from the 414th CTS of Nellis AFB, NV.
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Dave
Johnson
is here with a product article of the 1/48
RQ-4B Global Hawk model kit by Skunk Model Workshop and
available from Lucky
Model. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 Arado Ar 196 Corrected Cowling from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 German aircraft cannon 3,7cm Flak 18 gun
barrels from Master. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32 F-16I Sufa weighted wheels from
Wheelliant.
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Tuesday,
Dec 14 2010 |
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
this week from Twobobs
is brought to you by Glenn Ashley this go-round.
Glenn provided all our references for the VMFA-122 Wolverines Hornet
sheet we put out a few months ago. Thanks as always Glenn.
Bob
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Pedro Pablo Santos Aladro
is here with his very special looking
1/72 Airfix Westland Whirlwind.
This is an older kit and Pedro re-scribed the panels lines and
dressed up the cockpit with scratchbuilt details and finished it off
as an RAF machine from 1942.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with not one...but two of his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4Js.
Shawn built both of these for the Centennial of Naval Aviation
Group Build. For markings he chose the colourful paint schemes
from the 1970's. Both are beautifully done Shawn.
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Keith Chambers
has taken Egg planes to a whole new
level. This is his Hasegawa Egg Plane Hughes 500 Chopper
that has kit bashed parts and extra detailing including photo etch
seats belts to get all the details as accurate as you can get on an
Egg Plane model. Gotta' love that....way to go Keith.
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Dragan Cvetic
has been getting the details
correct on his 1/72 Zvezda MiG-21 PFM. Dragan reshaped
the nose cone and added a resin ejection seat and other cockpit
details before finishing his MiG-21 with decals from Balkan
Models.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32 Su-22M3/4 Fitter decal sheet from Zotz
Decals. This is the same sheet Eli Raphael used on his
Su-22 that was featured in yesterday's update. This sheet has 3
colorful birds including 2 Russian jets and one from Peru......all
with very attractive camo schemes. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 P-51 B/C Mustang Round style Exhaust from
QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32 F-16I Sufa wheel bay set from Aires.
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Monday,
Dec 13
2010 |
Saint Lucia Independence Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up and there are more image of the up-coming
F-16 Egg Plane sheets. I sure do like what I'm seeing
so far, we'll have to organize an ARC Egg Plane Group
Build. Bob also has news on the F-16 Shark Attack
sheets, which includes plenty of extra markings that will really
make this a popular sheet among the Viper crowd. |
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Eli Raphael
gets things off to a good start today with his 1/32 LEM Su-22 Fitter.
This attractive looking Su-22 is wearing the colorful camo and
markings for a jet that served in Afghanistan. The full story
of this Su-22 Squadron's time in Afghanistan is told on the
instruction sheet for this Zotz
Decal sheet.
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Juan Jesús Moreno
has done a spectacular job weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61-Ikai Hien (Tony).
You've really got to see the weathering on this one.....amazing!!!
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Serge Dompierre
got the bare metal finish looking just right on his 1/48
Trumpeter North American F-100D.
This is a 416TFS 21TFW based at Misawa AFB, Japan in 1959 and I must
say I do like the look of the dis-colored metal on the tail end near
the exhaust, this is very tricky to replicate, but Serge got it
looking excellent.
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David Rapasi
is one of the well known weathering experts here on /ARC and today
I'm pleased to see he's detailed his Weathering with
"DULLCOTE"
technique for you all to enjoy. This will give you some
excellent insight on his weathering techniques that you may wish to
experiment with.
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Nick Moore
is here with a product article of the
1/32
Bf110D (BIG ED) model kit by Eduard and available from Hobby
Link Japan.
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I
have a product article for the new 1/72
E-2C Hawkeye Propellers W/Tool
from QuickBoost
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Friday,
Dec 10
2010 |
Constitution Day in Thailand |
Sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse (1941) |
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Twobobs
is having a clearance
sale on their
remaining
1/72 F-22A Press to Test Raptors decal sheet (Product
# 72-056). Markings for three different Raptors from the
Edwards AFB CTF and the Air Warfare Center of Nellis AFB. This
subject has never been done in any scale! Only
$9.90!!! Check
out their "Clearance Items" section.
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Blackeyes is
here to celebrate the
Constitution Day in Thailand with his beautiful looking 1/72 Hasegawa F-16A.
Blackeyes
added extra detail including Stiffener Plates and a resin ejection
seat as well as pitot and AOA tube from Hobbydecal.
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Blackeyes
is
back again with his second article for the
Constitution Day in Thailand. This is his 1/72
Sword T-33 with
a perfect looking bare metal finish and Royal Thai Air Force
markings.
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Blackeyes is
here from Thailand today with his third article for today's special
Thailand update. He did an impressive job finishing his
1/144 Trumpeter F-86F Sabre
and used some very colorful markings that
include noseart.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/24
Junkers Ju87B Stuka instrument panel from airscaleIndependance
Day.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Su 22M-4 Exhaust & Air Intake Covers from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new Scale Aircraft Wheel Sander from CB Model
Products. I've included a little video that shows
how this tool works. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
F-35 Draken decal sheet by Maestro Models Conversions and available
from Rebell
Hobby. This
sheet gives you 5 different choices of markings including a Christmas
scheme.
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Thursday,
Dec 9 2010 |
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Babe of the Week!
this week from Twobobs
is courtesy of Mike Long. Mike helped us out
quite a bit on the OH ANG Viper sheet we did a while back. Wouldn't
have happened without his help. Thanks a bunch Mike!
Bob
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr. is
here with his own Cobra that he named after his wife and flew in
Desert Storm. This is Floyd's 1/48 Monogram AH-1F 'Vivacious
Vonnie'
with Werner's Wings resin Kit (OOP), Decals, IPS, Upgrade, TOWs, and Rocket
Pods as well as Eduard photo etch, RBF tags and Two
Bobs decals and full weathering. Floyd also added
further scratchbuilt details.
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Stanton Fodness
has been busy getting things perfect on his big 1/32 Trumpeter F-14D Tomcat.
Stanton used Aires GE-110 Nozzles, Steel Beach “D” extra parts, Wolfpack Designs SJU-17a seats,
Fighter
town Decals VF-31(FTD 32-012).
I really love how well this Tomcat looks.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar
has done a
marvelous job
1/48 ProModeler Junkers Ju 52/3mg5e. Rafi chose a
weathered winter camo scheme from the Russian Front which Rafi
got looking just right. Rafi has also included some pics of his
other Tante Ju. Enjoy.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
A-20G Havocs in the PTO decal sheet from
Zotz
Decals |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32 F-8N
Crusader exhaust nozzle from Aires
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 Ki-43-II
Hayabusa (Oscar) cockpit set from SBS
Model |
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Wednesday,
Dec 8 2010 |
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I
forgot to mention yesterday that this week's Twobobs
Newsletter contains an image of the upcoming F-16 Egg Plane
instruction sheet. Check
it out.....it looks pretty cool!!! |
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David Rapasi
built this very detailed 1/72 Fairchild A10-A Thunderbolt II
back in the 1970's. He kit bashed 3 kits to create this beauty
and included plenty of scratchbuilt detail to make it a stellar A-10
model. Wow built back in the 70's....amazing work David!!!
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Artur Oslizlo
is here with an Aussie beauty. This is his 1/48 Special Hobby CAC-12
Boomerang
that he built out of the box with great success. I really like
how this one turned out..
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Malcolm Reid
has been adventurous and I'm pleased to say......he was also VERY
successful at building the 1/48 Airfix Buccaneer S.Mk.50. Malcolm
dressed up the cockpit with a Neomega cockpit set and then gave his
Bucc weathering and South African markings. It is a treat to
see his Buccaneer on ARC.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
Panavia Tornado exhaust nozzles from Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
SBC-4 Helldiver Cockpit Upgrade Set from Starfighter
Decals.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32 F-16CG/CJ Fighting Falcon weighted wheels from
Wheelliant.
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Tuesday,
Dec 7
2010 |
Pearl Harbor - Attack on U.S. base 1941 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter
is up. Bob has great story about a B-17 he built for a B-17
tail gunner. There are pictures of the model and the gent
that was the tail gunner as well as the whole wonderful story.
Quite the enjoyable read. Bob also has photos of the upcoming
sheets including the Italian Diana F-16 sheets. |
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
joins us from warm Venezuela
with his sharp looking 1/72 Italeri Vought F4U-4B.
This is a Korean War Corsair and Orlando gives some very helpful
tips in his article if you are planning to built this Corsair from
Italeri. I loved his reason for choosing the aircraft with an
"S" on the wings and tail.
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Steve Negley
is here with 2 very special looking Phantoms. These are his 1/48 Hasegawa and Revell Monogram McDonnell Douglas F-4B, F-4J Phantom
II's
in the markings for the famous "Showtime 100" and well as
the CAG jet for VF-111 "Sundowners". Steve built
these beauties OOB, but that didn't slow him down when it came to
turning out 2 excellent looking F-4s.
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Fernando I. Moreno Villa
joins us from Monterrey, México with something very rare.
This is his
1/72 Hasegawa P-51D Mustang of the Haitian air force. If
I'm not mistaken, this is the first model on ARC with Haitian
markings and I must say it is a treat to see this little gem.
The decals are by Zotz
Decals.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/24
British Mk 2 Browning .303 caliber Barrels from Master.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
F1M2 Pete Pitot Tube & Tie Rods from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Irish Corps Selection 1990 - 2010 decal sheet from Max
Decals. |
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Monday,
Dec 6
2010 |
Finland Independence Day |
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Keith Chambers
has done quite a bit of scratchbuilding and kit bashing to create
his Hasegawa Hughes 300 Calypso Egg Chopper. This is an
egg plane version of the Hughes 300 the flown from the Couesteau's
Calypse exploration ship and I love the way the finished model looks
and I know you'll enjoy reading the story behind building this one.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
joins today with his sharp looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-4G. This
is Shawn's 130th Phantom on ARC
and I must say I've enjoyed seeing each one of them. She's a
beauty Shawn.
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Pedro Pablo Santos Aladro
has done a fabulous job detailing, finishing and weathering his 1
/72 Finemolds Me 109F-4.
Pedro added full engine detail, photo etch in the cockpit and
scratchbuilt details and then finished it in the markings for
Marseille and gave it a full weathering job. This is Pedro's
first article on ARC and I look forward to seeing more of his models
on ARC. Welcome to ARC Pedro!!!
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 F2A-2 Buffalo Exhaust from QuickBoost.
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Dave Johnson
is here with a product article for the 54mm
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Keith Park (Battle of Britain) figure from
Gary
Hunt Miniatures.
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Sunday
Dec 5
2010 |
Thailand National Day (H.M. The King's Birthday) |
Russia - Soviet winter counteroffensive under Moscow
(1941) |
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Friday,
Dec 3 2010 |
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Pascal Lafrenière
is here with his first model on ARC. Pascal has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C "Green Mountain
Boys" using the decal sheet from Twobobs.
His F-16 has a full weapons load and drop tanks. Welcome to
ARC Pascal!!!
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Serge Dompierre
is here with one of my favourite Japanese aircraft. This is
his 1/48 Hasegawa
Ki-61-1 Hien/Tony
in one of the most difficult and attractive camo schemes worn by the
Ki-61. Serge built this beauty mostly out of the box with
exceptional results..
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Harv
made me smile when I saw the pics of his 1/72 Airfix Canadian Nimrod.
Harv did a bang up job on his British Nimrod and even backs up the
Canadian roundel with photographic proof. I love it!!!
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Twobobs
is having a clearance
sale on their
remaining
1/72 T-38A Talon Tango #2 decal
sheet (Product
# 72-054). Markings for four different Talons from the US Navy
Test Pilot School, USAF Test Pilot School and a trainer from Vance
AFB.
Only $3.00!!! Check
out their "Clearance Items" section.
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Zotz
Decals
has a new 1/32
Su-22M3/4 Fitter decal sheet with markings for 3 jets including 2 Soviet Fitters
and one jet from Peru with Tiger head noseart.
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Here is a product article for
the 1/48
Mosquito Wheel Fenders from QuickBoost.
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Here is a product
article for the 1/32
F-14A Tomcat weighted wheels
from Wheelliant.
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Thursday,
Dec 2
2010 |
Laos Proclamation of the Republic |
United Arab Emirates National Day |
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Juan Jesús Moreno
joins us from Spain with his excellent looking 1/48 Tamiya Focke Wulf 190 A3.
Juan chose to finish his 190 in Russian Front markings complete
with dirt and exhaust stains for weathering. I really like how
this one looks.
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Vladimir Bilbija
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/72 Italeri Mil-24D. Vladimir
didn't use any aftermarket resin or photo etch and instead built his
Iraqi Mil-24D OOB with some scratchbuilt details.......this is old
school modelling with excellent results. Impressive work Vladimir.
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Dave Johnson
is here with a product article for the 1/72 Hasegawa B-24J Liberator 90BG The Jolly
Rogers model kit available from Hobby
Link
Japan.
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Twobobs
is having a clearance
sale on their
remaining
1/72 F-14B Retro Tomcats Part 2 decal sheet (Product
# 72-051).
Enough markings for two complete jets. Retro schemes from VF-11 and VF-32.
Only $3.00!!! Check
out their "Clearance Items" section.
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Here
is a product article for the 1/32
F-86F Sabre cockpit set from Aires.
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Here
is a product article for the 1/72
F-35 Draken decal sheet by Maestro Models Conversions
and available
from Rebell Hobby.
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Floyd
S. Werner, Jr. is here with a product article for the Wings
of the Black Cross- Number Six book from Eagle
Editions.
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Wednesday,
Dec 1
2010 |
Happy Channukah |
Central Africa National Day |
Romania National Day |
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Arthur L. Caesar Jr
gets things start in a big way today with his 1/32 Revell F-15E.
Arthur gave his F-15 a flawless paint job with a very subtle
wash and then finished it off with a full weapons load. This
is one very sharp looking Eagle.
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Jorge Bonilla Alvarado
is one of those very skilled modellers from Monterrey, Mexico and
today he joins us with his 1/48 Monogram SNJ-5. Jorge
opened up plenty of areas on his SNJ and then added a huge amount of
scratchbuilt detail which you can see in his photos.
WOW....beautiful work Jorge.
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Vladimír Žucha
has done a fabulous job
detailing and finishing his 1/144 Minicraft Boeing 777 Emirates.
The good looking decals are from F-DCAL production. This is
one great looking 777, I love it!!!
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Twobobs
is having a clearance
sale on their
remaining 1/72 RF-4C
No-Gun Shoguns decal sheet
(Product
# 72-048). Enough markings for two complete jets from this
recce group out of Kadena. RAM 1985 and 1986 markings are
represented on this sheet.
Only $3.00!!! Check
out their "Clearance Items" section.
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Dave Johnson
is here with a product
article for the 1/48
Hasegawa Mitsubishi F1M2 Model 11 Pete ‘Seaplane Tender’ model
kit
available from HobbyLink
Japan.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 F-2A-1 Buffalo Exhaust from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
Browning AN/M2 aircraft .30 caliber barrels from Master.
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