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Michael
Jack is a top notch modeller with a passion for real
space. Today I'm quite excited to show you his 1/16
Resin Astronaut kit - Astronaut Alan .B Shepard Jr. - Apollo 14.
This resin kit had quite the different pose, but Michael cut it
apart and repositioned the figure for this new pose. Michael
has a passion for modelling the space program that shows very much
in his photos.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
has been busy modifying his 1/48 Pro-Modeller B-25 Mitchell.
Shawn chose to build his Mitchell as a post war RCAF radar
trainer bird which required some mods and he explains all this in
his article. This B-25 looks quite good in it's post war RCAF
paint scheme. This is Shawn's 268th article on ARC.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-36A Hawk Engine from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-21-BD3-60 early-pylons from
Zactomodels.
These new resin MiG-21 weapons pylons are the early style
MiG-21-BD3-60 early-pylons. The later style MiG-21-BD3-60 'heavy
duty' pylons are also available from separately from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC - Hispano Mk I 20mm cannons from
Master.
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Tuesday, Sept
29 2015 |
I'd
like to wish a Happy Birthday
to ARC Moderator Albert
Moore. Happy Birthday Alby!!! |
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Lorenzo Cassinadri
gets things started in a big way today with his 15th artile on
ARC. This is his 1/32 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61-I Otsu as
it appeared in 1943 on New Guinea. Lorenzo covered his model
and added the weathered camo and he explains this process in his
article. As you will see in his photos, this technique gives
fantastic results if you are patient and careful. |
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Serge Dompierre
joins us today in style with his 50th article on ARC. This
is his 1/48
Hasegawa CF-104 Red Indian which was an anniversary scheme and
one of the better looking schemes worn by the CF-104. The
decals for this beauty came from Leading Edge. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
B-26 Marauder Engines from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Monogram kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
TBF/TBM Avenger Pilot Seats from
Ultracast.
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Monday, Sept 28 2015
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Carmel J. Attard
is here with an article that tell the historical story of the
Bottishan Airfield 374 and its Mustangs. And of course
Carmel talks about some of the Mustangs he built and what was
involved in building each kit. His article is an interesting
read and I realise that I was near the Bottishan Airfield on my
recent trip to the UK and I possibly drove through it with out
knowing it was there. Excellent article and first class models
Carmel.
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Ian T. M. Holahan
joins us with his 18th model on ARC. This is Ian's big and
quite impressive 1/32 Trumpeter F-105 Thud. Ian added
seat belts and aftermarket items to further enhance this very nice
kit including a pilot helmet and then after painting and weathering
he chose the markings for the "JEANIE II/ I DREAM OF
JEANIE". I love the look of this Thud very
much...excellent work Ian.
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Kees Kuyper
is here with his very creative what-if 1/72 Hawker Hurricane
float plane. He used Seafox floats on his Hurricane....it
actually looks like a real design. Nicely done Kees. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-47 Thunderbolt Engine from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Il-2 Sturmovick weighted wheels from
Royale
Resin.
This detail set is designed for any
Il-2 Sturmovick kit.
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Sunday, Sept
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Saturday, Sept
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Friday, Sept
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I got
home late last night after over 29 hours of travel. Time to
catch up on sleep and get over jet lag.
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Val Golez
starts today with this tiny and highly detailed
1/144 Revell E-2C Hawkeye. Val scratchbuilt the wingfolds
and the flaps on this tiny little gem. Amazing work on the
detailing.
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David Wigley
is here with his first article on ARC. This is his
stunning
1/32 Revell Tornado GR1
in Gulf War colours and markings. Of all the Tornado
schemes......the Gulf War ones always seem to look the best with all
the artwork and desert camo. Beautifully Done
David.....welcome to ARC!!! I look forward to seeing more of
your work on ARC in the future.
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George Ting
has been busy scratchbuilding and improving his great looking
1/48 Heller OH-58A Kiowa. George scratched built the
rotor head and opened the door to show off his added interior
detail. |
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KNES Armin
has done a huge amount oif scratchbuilding and detailing to create
this
1/48 Yakovlev Yak-17. Wow....this one is quite the
project.
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Thursday, Sept
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Today's update is
being done while sitting on the floor at the Manila airport....1
hour before a 13 hour flight home.
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Stephan Mühlberger
gets things started today with this very rare 1/48 Airfix Saab Sk37E 'Stör-Viggen'.
This is the 2 seater version of the Viggen and Stephan used
aftermarket and scratchbuilt detailing to build the 2 seat cockpit
and other items to complete this conversion. Stephan then
finished this beauty with a awesome camo paint job.
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Louis Chang
has done a
marvelous job detailing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa Ki-84 Frank.
Louis added extra details with a combination of aftermarket
items and his own scratchbuilding. Louis then gave this Zero
the full weathering treatment complete with paint chipping and
peeling paint.
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Peter Wilkinson
has gone the extra mile and then some on his 1/48 Hasegawa Phantom FGR2.
Peter added an Aires resin cockpit, Aires exhausts, Seamless Sucker
intakes, Check Six decals and then plenty of work and effort to make
all these parts fit correctly. But you have to admit, it's a
beauty and well worth the effort.
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"Kit"
has done a beautiful job on the 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair.
"Kit" added an Aires cockpit and gave this
Corsair full weathering to complete the job. It looks perfect.
The article is in Italian and English.
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Wednesday, Sept
23 2015 |
Saudi Arabia National Day |
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Carlo Morelli
starts today with a winter camo
1/72 Hasegawa Harrier Gr Mk 3. This is one of my favourite
Harrier camo patterns. Carlo is displaying his Harrier in
a diorama......enjoy the photos.
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Paolo Yuen
has been busy building the big
1/32 Revell JU 88A-1. Paolo added aftermarket items to the
cockpit which really made that area look excellent. Paolo then
gave it the classic Luftwaffe camo.
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James Petit
is here with his amazing
1/72 Heller Atlas Cheetah C. This plane is covered in
Cheetah spots and you will be amazed to find out these spots were
done with a special pen.
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John Doerr
is here with his coral colored
1/48 Hasegawa P-39Q and AMT P-40N. John explains the
story behind this unique color on these aircraft. Both of
these are great looking models.
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Tuesday, Sept
22 2015 |
Mali Independence Day |
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Manuel Negri
joins us today with this beautiful
1/48 Hasegawa Mitsubishi T-2. Manuel gave his Mitsubishi
T-2 full weathering.
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Paul Mortimer
is here with a rare bird. This is his
1/48 Hasegawa P-47D Razorback with Eduard seatbelts to add more
detail to the cockpit. Paul then used Loon Models resin dinghy
packs & smoke flares to create a rescue P-47. He then
posed it in a diorama with a staff car and figures. Cool P-47
Paul.
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Don
Bryans has been busy building the 1/72 Modelcraft Whitley
Mk.V. This is a classic kit, so there was some effort
required to get it to look good......but with some patience and a
vac-u-fomed canopy, Don ended up with a great looking Whitley.
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Monday, Sept
21 2015 |
Malta Independence Day |
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Carmel J. Attard
joins us
from Malta on this special day with his eye catching 1/72 Airmodel of Germany IMAM Ro-43.
This is a resin kit but Carmel is an expert at resin kits so
that didn't stop him from building an excellent model. I LOVE
the paint scheme.
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Peter Athanasopoulos
is here with his eye catching 1/48 Academy MIG-29A Fulcrum.
Peter did an excellent job on his MiG, including the cockpit.
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Massimo Busolini
joins us from Italy with his 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104D Starfighter
in a bare metal finish in the markings for the Royal Norwegian Air
Force. Massimo added an Aires resin cockpit and
finished with weathering to complete his Starfighter
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Ermanno
Bonafin also joins us from sunny Italy with his 1/48 Eduard F6F-3 Hellcat.
Ermanno carefully weathered his Hellcat and finished it in the
markings for an American Ace in the PTO during WW2.
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Sunday, Sept
20 2015 |
Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) |
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I
would like to send our thoughts and prayers to our friends in
Chile after the recent destruction from the terrible earthquake
and tsunami. |
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Rodrigo Rejas - BlackLight
gets this very special
Chile Independence Day update started with his 1/48 Italeri Bell UH-1H Huey.
Rodrigo added plenty of scratchbuilt details to improve the
detail and accuracy of his Huey with excellent results.
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Oxiel Carrizo
(Necsac) has added many scratchbuilt details as well as
aftermarket items to this outstanding 1/48 Hasegawa F-16 D Viper Block 50.
Oxiel did an amazing job making this an accurate Chilean Viper.
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Juan Manuel Ossa Salas
(Flakus)
has done an outstanding
job finishing his bare metal 1/48 Academy P-47 D Thunderbolt.
Juan added weathering to make his P-47 look as real as possible.
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Rodrigo Rejas - BlackLight
has done an amazing
job finishing his 1/72 Revell Hawker Hunter FGA.9. Rodrigo
added scratchbuilt details to his Hunter and then finished it off
with some homemade decals and a flawless paint job.
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Reinaldo Orellana (Shark) is
here with his first article on ARC. He has been very
busy building his 1/48 RVPH HU-16 B Albatross. This is
not an easy kit to build, but Reinaldo was careful and worked hard
to build this kit into a beautiful model. Welcome to ARC
Reinaldo!!! I hope to see more of your models on ARC in the
future.
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Axel Grundmann
is here
with his first article on ARC. This is Axel's 1/48 Italeri C-130 H
with extensive scratchbuilding in the cargo area and elsewhere
on this lovely model. Axel as rescribed the whole model.
WOW....this one is fantastic!!! Welcome to ARC
Axel!!! I hope to see more of your models on ARC in the
future.
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Thursday, Sept
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Tolga
ULGUR has
been busy building his 1/48 Classic Airframes
Northrop F-5A.
This kit has
fit issues and I admire Tolga for completing such a fine
looking model of a Turkish F-5A from this particular
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Theodore
Fonbonne is here with his first article on ARC.
Today Theodore is here with his very nicely done 1/72
Yakovlev Yak 9-K which he carefully weathered.
I did like how well his antenna wires look.
Welcome to ARC Theodore, I look forward to seeing more
of your models on ARC in the future. |
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David
Mielke (VMFA314 Knights) has done a stellar job on
his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4G. This particular jet
flew in "Operation Southern
Watch" and is David's 100th model
built......I think this is the perfect plane to mark
such an occasion. |
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
starts things off today with not one, but two 1/48 Hasegawa F-86 Mk5 Canadair Sabres.
Shawn chose to build a bare metal Sabre as well as one in camo......both
look excellent.
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Jamie Cheslo
is here with one of my favourites....a
1/48 Tamiya Mosquito FB Mk.VI wearing D-day stripes. Jamie
added some pre-painted Eduard PE to dress up the cockpit, as well
Jamie did some added detailing before finishing his Mosquito in the
very attractive D-Day stripes.
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Carmel J Attard
has done an
exceptionally nice job building and finishing his 1/48 Revell Bo-105.
Carmel chose to build the anti-tank version of the Bo-105 and finished
it in German markings. Carmel's article tells the history of the
Bo-105 as well as what to look out for when building this kit.
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Bruce Scott
has put a pile of effort into conversion of his
1/144 Bandai Wing Club Spitfire MkVc. Bruce dismantled the
kit.....added cockpit details....this is 1/144 remember....and then
he finished it off as an RAAF aircraft complete with Tasmanian Devil
nose art. You've got to admire anyone that details a cockpit
in 1/144.
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Tuesday, Sept
15 2015 |
Battle of Britain Day 1940 |
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My Dad was a 14 year
old school boy in London watching the dog fights in the clear
blue sky above London and in 1969 he was quite excited to take me to
the theatre to see the movie Battle of Britain. He
recalls seeing a fighter pilot baling out of his stricken machine
and he rushed over with his friend to see the "Hun"
up close....only to discover it was a young Canadian pilot flying
with the RAF. It turns out this was the first time he met a
Canadian. Later he would move to Canada and be a career
soldier in the Canadian Army.
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Ian
Buick is here to honour the Battle of Britain Day with the
RAF's 2 epic fighters from the pivotal air battle above Great
Britain on the Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary. Thank you
Ian.
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Pete Malaguti
has not only built the poor fitting 1/48 HobbyCraft CF-105 Avro Arrow,
but he has done quite a bit of scratchbuilding to create an
outstanding model of the Avro Arrow. Then he set it up in a
diorama.
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Raúl Corral
is here with 2 models and one fighter was flown by the legendary USAAF
Tuskagee Airmen. Raúl has done a top notch job on his 1/72 Academy P-51C & Tamiya P-47 Razorback
complete with weathering to add realism to his fighters.
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David Rapasi
has done a particularly nice job on his 1/48 Hasegawa F 15 C Eagle.
David dressed up the cockpit with goodies from Eduard P.E. and
an Aires seat before giving it a full weapons load and finishing it
off in markings for the 58th Fighter Squadron.
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Monday, Sept 14 2015
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No update
today.......the internet signal was brutally weak today.
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Sunday, Sept
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Friday, Sept
11 2015 |
Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon 2001 |
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Wow...it's been 14
years since the horrific events of 9/11.....at the time I recall
some people saying it was an event that would shape the lives of
this generation....it seems that prediction was correct.
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George
R. Mustafa is
here to WOW you in a VERY BIG way with his diorama
called The
Mighty Beaver. This
award winning model started off as a very basic kit
with 26 snap together parts.......now if you know
George like I do, you know he is a master scratch
builder and he added over 110 scratchbuilt parts
including a motorized prop and complete water diorama
for this masterpiece. |
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Sláma
Karel is
here with a 1/32
Trumpeter Me-262a flown
by the famous General Adolf Galland. Sláma gave
this 262 an amazing paint job as you will see when you
view the photos. |
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Burt
Gustafson has
done a gorgeous job building and finishing his 1/48
Hasegawa P-40N. Burt
chose the markings for Kansas City Kiddie III, which
looks very good on his P-40N. Nicely done Burt. |
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Thursday, Sept
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Pushed into the late
evening to travel to an island with an internet signal.
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Agnieszka Kuś
has a
passion for real space models and today she is here with her 1/30 Ogoniok Soyuz 7K-OK.
Agnieszka
did her usual excellent job and she chose a Spacecraft with a Polish
connection. But you've got to see the photos she has of her
model in space and orbiting earth.......amazing.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar
joins
us today with his noseart adorned 1/72
Revell Lancaster I. Rafi gives this kit very high marks and after seeing the finished
model I must say it does look excellent.
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Paul Nortness
has been
quite busy building big Tomcats. Today he is here with his
sharp looking 1/32
Revell F-14A Tomcat
and if you are planning on building this kit then Paul has some very
helpful tricks to make the process much easier.
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Rick Martens
is here
with his D-Day 1/48
Dragon P-51. Rick chose decals with noseart and full D-Day stripes and then added
full weathering to complete the look. Have a close
look....this one has a stunning finish.
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I'm staying 2 nights
out in the countryside in the Philippines at the house of Angel's
family. To upload the ARC daily update, I need to do a 40 minute walk to the main
road to get an internet signal. I made the walk today in the
heat and humidity only to discover there was no internet
signal. I'll be going to a different island tomorrow that I do
know has internet.
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Tuesday, Sept
8 2015 |
First
use of V-2 rocket lands Chiswick area of London (1944) |
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José Maria Reis Jr
begins today's update marking Brazil's Independence Day with his
excellent looking 1/72 Academy NA T-6G.
José built this beauty out of the box and then finished it off as a
Brazilian trainer using aftermarket decals. Beautifully done José.
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Graziano
Marcat joins
us today with this heavily modified 1/48
ESCI F-104X Starfighter. The
fuselage is longer, intakes are larger, the cockpit
is upgraded with a modern cockpit, modified
tail and much more. Then this modern
Starfighter is given a proper Italian camo scheme
with Italian markings. WOW!!!. |
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar is
in fine form today with his 1/48
Dragon Junkers Ju 88P-1. Rafi
added extra scratchbuilt detail and then finished it
off in an amazingly realistic weathered paint job.
Nice one Rafi. |
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Friday, Sept
4 2015 |
Swaziland Independence and National Day |
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I'm spending the weekend
in Manila before continuing on to my final destination. Manila
is a city with it's own special charm.
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Sláma
Karel starts
your Friday update with this 1/32
Revell He-162 Salamander. This
very nice looking He-162 includes noseart and a
diorama setting complete with pilot figure. |
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Mike
Maynard has
done plenty of scratchbuilding on his award winning 1/48
Monogram USCG PBY. Mike
finished his PBY in US Coast Guard Search and Rescue
markings. |
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Heico
van der Heide is
here from The Netherland with this big impressive 1/72
Revell/Monogram German submarine type VII U295. Heico
added full weahtering to add realism to this
beautifully done U-Boat. |
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Rafael
Colindres has
been busy making things accurate on his 1/72
Tamiya F51-D Mustang Cavalier FAS 404. Rafael
tells the story of his Mustang and the modificatiosn
made to create an accurate Mustang from the War of
100 hours. |
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Thursday, Sept
3 2015 |
Qatar National Day |
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I've arrived in
Manila on an overnight flight....the weather is warmer than
Canada. :-) Now I need to get a portable internet
connection arranged.
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Mark
Littrell gets
things started today in a big way...literally.
This is his 1/24
Airfix Bf 109E-3 with
added detailing and custom made decals to bring this
old lady up to modern standards.....and no doubt
about it.........it DOES look good now that Mark has
worked his magic. |
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Daniele
Dotti is
here with something you don't see often. This
is his very nicely done 1/72
Hasegawa Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusuicomplete with
tape seatbelts to dress up this Out of the Box
Build. I love the orange colo(u)r. |
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Michael
Katz dressed
up his 1/48
LS Yokosuka K5Y Willow trainer in
all the important ways. One very cool feature
he scratchbuilt was wood wing struts and propeller.
He then added seatbelts from tape, modified a couple
of figures and created a diorama to tell the story.
No doubt about it.....it looks great. |
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Timothy
H. Zarco is
here with something a bit different today.
This is his 1/16
Trumpeter Soviet Officer done
up with all the wonderful shading that brings
figures to life. Looks excellent Timothy. |
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Wednesday, Sept
2 2015 |
Vietnam Independence Day |
V-J
Day Japan surrenders in Tokyo Harbour |
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Tuesday,
Sept 1 2015 |
Libya Independence Day |
Slovak Republic Constitution Day |
Uzbekistan National Day |
Singapore Air Force Day |
World
War Two begins in Europe - Germany invades Poland (1939) |
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Thomas Brückelt
joins us from Germany with a very interesting late war aircraft
design. This is the 1/72 Airmodel Products Lippisch P.15 Diana
and it is a combination of a variety of aircraft from the Me 163
and the He 16 and even includes Me 109 main landing gear.
Thomas had big praise for this resin kit and his finished models
look very good indeed. This is a very interesting aircraft
design.
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Kees Kuyper is here
with a very realistic looking floatplane racer. This is his 1/72 Macchi Folgore
floatplane using Seafox floats and painted to represent an
raceplane from the time period. This model looks quite realistic
in it's design.
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