Thursday,
July 31 2003
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Ray
Seppala
is starting off our day to a "flying" start with his 1/144
Minicraft Boeing 707 Tanker. Look carefully....there are 2
fighters back there refueling. The tanker is from 33 Squadron RAAF.
A flawless display.
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James
Kelley is here with
his 1/72
Dragon Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat.
James decided go go with folded wings on this wildcat. The
detail and quality is quite inspiring.
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Hiran
Horta is here with
his 1/72
Fujimi A-7D.
Hiran scratchbuilt much of the detail (open panels etc) in this
A-7....and remember....it's 1/72.
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Sertan Eral
is here from Turkey with his 1/72 Revell Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-8. Under the belly is a BV 246 'Hagelkorn'
glide-bomb.
Read Sertan's article to learn more about this very rare weapon
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I
have a full review of the new 1/48 F-105D
Hill AFB Wrap-Around Thuds decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. Here's
your chance to build a colourful Thud.
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I
have a review of the new Lockheed
F-104 Starfighter On Target
Profile
series of
books Model
Alliance Group. Jon Freeman
did some spectacular profile artwork in this book.
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Pegasus
Models has
sent me some info about their new 1/72
SPAD VII C.I model kit
. I've put together a preview
of this new kit.
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I have a
request for folks in the
Houston,
Texas
area. Larry
Chapman
has the following request (he tried the ARC Discussion board with no
luck).... "Several years ago my Father-In-Law
gave me a 14 3/8 inch cast-metal model of the jet I flew in
Vietnam. He is dead now, so I can not ask him
where he bought it. I would like to know who I could
contact to get it re-painted the way I remember it. I was in VMFA 115 in Da Nang in 1970.
Currently it is painted with the
scheme of VMFA 232."
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I've
added a link to the IPMS
Guatemala website
on the ARC links pages.
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Robert
Pionteck is here
with a selection of PQ
PBY Water Bomber walkaround
photos.
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Wednesday,
July 30 2003
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Vanuatu Independence
Day
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Mario
Fernandez starts
today with his 1/72
Academy AH-64D Longbow Apache. This is one of Mario's first
kits since reentering the hobby....and it's won a well deserved award
as well.
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E.J. DeVivo
is here with his feature article on his 1/48
Academy SU-27 Flanker B. E.J. used aftermarket resin and decals to complete his very attractive
Flanker. Decals were from
Linden
Hill.
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Ed
Fuquay has
built the 1/48 Revell Junkers
Ju52 “Tante
Ju”.
Ed's Ju-52 is so nice, it's got me interested in building one of these.
Beautiful attention to detail Ed.
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Tom Rench has sent in one In-flight photo of his O2-A
68-10862.
It's good to get some photos for this relatively new section.
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I
have a review of the Tiger Scheme
1/48
F/A-18D
ATARS Peek-A-Boo Leathernecks decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This one is too
cool.......I love Tiger Schemes!!!
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Lance
over at
Vita Needle
contacted me to let
me know of another source to buy
hypodermic Tubing (for model gun barrels
etc). For smaller orders you can buy Vita Needle products at
McMaster-Carr. They sell Vita Needle hypodermic tubing by the foot....very
reasonable
prices. Go to the website for
McMaster-Carr
and type hypodermic
into their search engine. That will take you to the page you
need to buy this tubing. I've updated the Tools 'n' Tips Hypodermic
Tubing article
with this new info.
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I've
added a link for the Macchi
Mc.202 "Folgore" website to the ARC Reference Links
page. This site is in Portuguese, but for you folks that don't
speak Portuguese, it does have some great images.
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Jan M Visser
has sent in some A-10
walkaround
photos.
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Steven Lu has sent in some
B-17G
walkaround
photos.
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Tuesday,
July 29 2003
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I
heard this morning of the sad news that Bob Hope passed away.
He well be dearly missed and remembered always.....Bob Hope was a
inspiring individual.
No update today...I'm
focusing on catching up on e-mails.
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Monday,
July 28 2003
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Peru
Independence Day
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Eric
Lowe fires
up our week with his 1/32 Revell
F-14A Tomcat VF-41
& VF-154.
This isn't the best fitting kit, but it is a very inexpensive kit and
Eric proves it does build up into an excellent looking model if you
put in some effort.
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Thomas
Neuss has dropped by with his
big 1/35
Panda Models UH-1N Twin Huey. Thomas chose to finissh his UH-1N in Search
and Rescue colours.
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Darius Aibara is
here with his 1/48
Monogram F9F Panther. Monogram kit eh?.....gotta' love those older
Monogram kits.
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Alex Bigey
has his 1/144
Welsh Models TUPOLEV
Tu-114. I
love the photos and model in Alex's article. Good looking
airliner.
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I have a review
of the new 1/72 and
1/48 scale 433 Squadron 50th Special decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models. Leading
Edge Models. This particular CF-18 is one of the specially paint
CF-18's for this year's airshow circuit.
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I've
added a link to Ed
Fuquay's Website
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Sunday,
July 27 2003 |
Belarus National Day |
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Michael
Taylor begins today with his 1/48
Hi-Tech AEG. This is quite the
interesting twin engined Bi-plane. Looks great Mike!!
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Yusof
Zakaria is here with his 1/48
Hasegawa F-15DJ. This Japanese Aggressor is using Twobobs
Decals. Yusof's F-15 has some excellent finishing to the
paint job.
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Julio
Abraham Toro has sent in an article about
his 1/72 AVM IA-58
Pucara
. This type of aircraft was used during the
Falklands war in 1982. Beautiful job Julio
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Bill
Clark has dropped by
with his 1/48
Aeroclub Gloster
Meteor PR10.
Bill did a pile of modifications to this limited run kit to create his
PR10. Well done Bill!!
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Kaan Gök and Ufuk Aydýner
kick
things off today with their pair of 1/72
YF-23 Prototypes. Each of them built of of the prototypes of
this advanced fighter. Very nice indeed guys!!
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Glenn Cook joins us with his
1/32
Hasegawa Bf 109G-6. Glenn finished off his 109 in the markings for
Hartmann.
These 1/32 109's are quite the sight to behold....big and impressive Glenn.
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Jan M Visser is
here with his 1/32
Tamiya F-4J converted to a F-4B. Jan used a variety of
aftermarket item son his big Phantom to complete the conversion.
The jet is making an arrestor hook landing at a land base.
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Robert-Jan
Willekens has
dropped by with his 1/48
Testors Ryan STM-S2. A striking float plane in it's silver
dope and baremetal finish.
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Steven
Lu is here with a selection of UH-1N
USMC walkaround
photos.
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Friday,
July 25 2003
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I've
been very busy the last few days working long hours on ARC archiving
hundreds of articles, so today's update is small...time for me to rest
a bit.
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Jorge
Bonilla Alvarado is
here with his 1/48
Arii Ki-44 Tojo.
Jorge has done some very nice paint chipping and
weathering to his Ki-44.
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Steven Blair has
built the big 1/32
Academy F/A-18C.
I remain stunned that anyone can finish this kit so fast and have it look so
good. I opened the box....saw the hundreds of parts and had to sit down
for a rest. Steven has high praise for this kit and his finished model is
a thing of beauty.
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Gianni
Chirico is here
with his 1/72
Airfix Douglas A-26B Invader. Gianni finished his in
bare metal and added some weathering to get the look just
right.....remember to check out the nose art on this one.
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Thursday,
July 24 2003
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Emmanuel Rime
starts today off with his 1/48
Hasegawa Spitfire MK VII. Emmanuel's Spitfire is basically
built out of the box with a few aftermarket items to improve
on detail. He also applied some weathering to give his
Spitfire a more realistic look.
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Ramsés M. Montes
joins us from the Dominican
Republic with
his 1/48
DML Ho229A-1.
This Flying Wing features an Aires resin engine with beautiful details as well
as other aftermarket items and scratchbuilding. One of the best Ho-229
models I've seen.
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Miroslaw
Rawinski is here
with his first article on ARC today. This is his 1/72
Airfix Arado Ar-196 A-3 ....beautifully
done model and great pictures to go with it.
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Alex
Bigey is here with the very interesting 1/72
Douglas D558-1 "SKYSTREAK".
It's good to see models of these important aircraft.
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I
have a review of the new 1/48
AJ-37 JA-37 Saab Viggen decal sheet from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics .
This decal sheet features 4 different Viggens!!!
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I have
a preview of two new 1/48
P-38 Decal sheets with nose art from Cutting
Edge Modelworks. You'll
find a variety of sexy nose art and paint schemes from Bare metal to
full camo. You can buy these from
Meteor
Productions.
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Jim
Barnett joins
us with his Tools n Tips article on F-4
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Wednesday,
July 23 2003
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Egypt
National Day
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Juan
Ramón García Martín starts
today with his 1/72
Bilek/Italeri Il-28 Beagle. This plane is finished in Egyptian Air
Force markings in honour of their National Day today.
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Ettore
Giordano is here with his 1/48
Fujimi Bf-109 G14
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The markings on this Me-109 include the name of the pilot's girlfriend “Peterle”
on
the side of the fuselage below the canopy.
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Everett
Román Gallegos is here with
his 1/48
Monogram A-37B Dragonfly. Everett's Dragonfly is finished in Chilean
Air Force markings.
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I
have a review of the 1/72
F-84G Thunderjet Royal Thai Air Force decals from Siam
Scale.
This
decal sheet includes nose art including a pouncing Tiger and an
attacking Cobra snake as well as a red Lions head.
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Tuesday,
July 22 2003
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Ray Seppala is here with a 1/100
Nitto Boeing 707. This aircraft is from 33SQN RAAF. Very nice
Ray!!!
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David Van Wagoner
with an in-flight
display of his 1/48
Italeri Ta-152.
He has a very effective "spinning prop" on his Ta-152 you
might want to have a close look at.
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John
Kettenis is here
with his beautifully weathered 1/48
Hasegawa F/A-18D Hornet. John's Hornet is wearing the
VMFA(AW)-225
Viking Decals from Orion Model Accessories.
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I
have a preview of the soon to be released 1/48
F/A-18C VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet /OIF Knuckle Shampoo decal sheet
of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. This
sheet will also be released in 1/32.
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Monday,
July 21 2003
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Belgium
Independence Day |
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Special
thanks to everyone that helped make this Belgium Day update so
full.
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Bob
"Glidingbob" Verhegghen is
here with his 1/43
Belgian Air Cadets Schleicher Ka 6E Rhonsegler. This kit is made of
resin and represents a training Glider use by the Belgium Air Cadets.
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Patrick
Heeren is here
with a very colourful 1/72
Heller Mirage V Delta Blue in Belgium markings. His model is in
special Anniversary markings. Looks very good. check out his display
stand....very effective.
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Pierre
Chipotovsky is here
with his 1/48
Academy Spitfire Mk XIV in Belgium markings. Pierre's
Spitfire has a resin cockpit among other aftermarket items.
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Patrick
Heeren is here with his
second model for today. This is his 1/72
Italeri F-16B.
this plane is also in a special paint scheme and Belgium
markings.
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Jean
Claude Janssens has
dropped by with his bare metal finish 1/32
Hasegawa F-104G. Jean Claude's F-104 is quite the treat to look
at.....very effective job on the bare metal finish.
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Patrick
Heeren is here with his third and final model
today. This is his 1/72
Airfix F-84F Thunderstreak in Belgium
markings. Very nice line up today Patrick.
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I
have a preview of the soon to be released 1/48 F-14B+
VF-32 "Gypsy" Swordsmen decal sheet for Operation
Iraqi Freedom
from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics. Space
Shuttle remembrance nose art on this one.
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Lyle Pethig
has sent in over 30 SH-2G
Seasprite walkaround photos.
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Sunday, July
20 2003
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Colombia
Independence Day
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Michael
Taylor starts your Sunday
with his 1/48
Blue Max LVG.
I found this to be quite the attractive plane....it's treat to have bi-planes on
ARC to keep up the variety.
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Bill Clark
is here with his 1/32
Revell of Germany Hunter. Bill converted his big Hunter into a GA11.
Very nice Bill.
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Darius Aibara
is here with his very striking 1/48
LDM Models Walter
Extra 230. Always good to see these stunning racing
aircraft.
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Alan
Kelley is here
with his 1/48
Esci S-3A Viking COD. Alan use d a very effective
technique on his panel lines. Looking good Alan.
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Brian
Marbrey has some F-14B
walkaround photos.
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Cal
Cochran is here with 3 F-14
Bombcat stores walkaround photos.
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Saturday, July
19
2003
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A
reminder....Model Mania
2003 is being
held tomorrow in Oxfordshire
in the UK. Funds raised at this show will be for the
School's Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Also....ARC's own
Phil Golding
will be attending, so you know it's going to be enjoyable.
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Dmitriy
A. Shapiro begins
today's update with his 1/144
Revell KLM Boeing 737-800 "Zwaan". Another fine
example of the airliner modelling.
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Graham
Tarran is
here with his 1/48
Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane IIc Night Intruder or “Night Reaper”.
Graham added aftermarket decals and some resin detail items to
complete his Hurricane.
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Steve
'Cloggy' Cladingboel
is here with his 1/72
Italeri F5E Tiger II painted in special Royal
Thai Air Force 50,000 hours Anniversary markings. the decals for
this model were from a decal sheet by by Siam Scale.
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Wira
Handaya is here with his first article on
ARC. This is Wira's 1/72
Academy Ju-87 Stuka "Tank Buster" and includes weathering as
well as those big underwing cannons.
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Hiroshi
Matsuno has sent
in some pics of a 1/1
Type 98 optic gun/bombsight produced
by Matsu
Model Design.
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Brad
Hagen has sent in
an 'out of box' review of the 1/32
Pitts S2B model kit from Airshow Models. Barney Dunlevy was
kind enough to provide the photos for this review.
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Alan Williamson
has sent in some P-40
walkaround photos.
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Friday, July
18 2003
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David
Thompson begins
your Friday with his 1/48
Hasegawa SBD-4 Douglas Dauntless.
this particular Dauntless is wearing New Zealand markings....the
weathering job is spectacular.
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Colin
Whitehouse has a
very enjoyable article on 1/48
Gloster Jets. It's good to see a selection of these very
well known and attractive jets.
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Edmond
Dalida
joins us from the Philippines with his 1/72
Italeri Me-109G
in a 'belly landed' pose. Edmond did some modifying to get the
desired effect. Very inspiring.
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Dan
Parsons is here with everybody's
favourite Tomcat Squadron....the 1/72
Hasegawa F-14B Tomcat done up in VF-103 Jolly Rogers markings.
This one is a beauty...enjoy.
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I
have a review of the 1/48
scale Vietnam Era A-4 Skyhawk decals from
Victory
Productions. This
set permits you to build a selection of 10 different A-4's.....some have
very historical stories.
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A
reminder....the Mid Atlantic Swap Meet & Show
is on tomorrow at the Marlboro Volunteer
Fire Department, 7710 Croom Road, Upper Marlboro, MD
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I've
added the Harrier SIG
website to the ARC links pages. This site is devoted to
the Harrier.
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Corbin
Sarchet from
the Orange County Regional History Center has a
request/question. "In
1911, Lincoln Beachey made the first powered aeroplane flight
from Orlando, FL.
In connection with an exhibit, we would like to have a model of
the plane he flew. Do you know of any source for a model,
kit, or plans for this Curtiss pusher variation?" You
can e-mail him any help or answer at this e-mail
address.
corb@gtcommercial.com
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Robert
N. Abbott Jr.
has sent in some Ohka
Bomb Yokosuka MXY7 (Kamikaze) walkaround photos.
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Robert
Pionteck has
sent in some Bae
Hawk
walkaround photos.
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Thursday, July
17
2003
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Iraq National Day
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Thomas Neuß has done the impossible and already finished the
new 1/32
Academy F-18C .....and he's
done an excellent job on it as well. Beautiful!!!
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Fernando
Azurdia is here
with his 1/72
Eduard Stripdown Sopwith Camel.
Fernando is a very patient modeller to be able to finish this
kit.....amazing!!!
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Said has finished a
1/48
Academy MiG-21Bis Gee
Bee Racer
for the ARC inaccurate
paint scheme Group Build. He's provided a story to back up this
paint scheme.
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Wannapong
Ngamkasem has
dropped by to show you his 1/100
Revell Mil Mi-24D. This is one tiny Hind.....a very good job
on the airbrushing on a model this small.
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Terry
Poppy has sent in a Tools 'n' tips
article about Wheel Alignment for
multi wheeled landing gear. Thanks Terry!!
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Wednesday,
July
16 2003
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Paul
Stoner has finished building
the big 1/32
Tamiya F-4J. Paul detailed and weather his Phantom to give it that
perfect realistic look.
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Jose
Luis Martinez is here with his motorized and
lighted 1/72
Italeri
Helicopter AB 204 B.
Quite tricky motorizing a 1/72 kit. Well done Jose.
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Stewart
Griffiths is here with his 1/48 Sanger Vacform BAC TSR.2.
This build was quite the test of his patience.....he explains further in his
article.
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James
Eden has finished
his 1/32
Revell Fieseler Fi 156 Storch. He used a North African
campaign camo scheme. James built this one basically out of the
box....with a tiny bit of extra detailing. The end results
looks quite good.
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I
have a review it the 1/72
BAe Harrier GR-7 decal sheet No. MA-72102 (also
available in 1/48) from Model
Alliance. You
can build a variety of 13 different RAF Harriers with this sheet.
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Steven Lu
is here with a selection of Royal
Navy Harrier walkaround photos.
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Tuesday,
July 15 2003
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Ray Seppala start
today's update with his 1/144
Minicraft B737-400 US Airways.
Ray has become somewhat hooked on airliners, since Minicraft's airliners
kits were released. Always great to see an airliner on ARC.
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Alan
Williamson is here with his 1/48
Hasegawa SBD-3 Dauntless.
Alan's Dauntless is nicely weathered and includes chipped paint.
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Marcelo
R. da Silva is here with his scratchbuilt 1/32
AT-26 Xavante. No matter how you slice it....this is a
darn difficult thing to do. Marcelo's finished models looks
fantastic.
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Claud
Pipkin is here
with a tool suggestion. This is a Fly
Fishing Vises. Check it out and decide for
yourself.....this tool definitely has merit for some jobs.
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Monday, July
14 2003 |
France Bastille Day
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Greetings
to everyone in France on this special Day.....have a good time at the
party.
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Mario
Serelle begins the Special
Bastille Day update with his 1/72
Hasegawa (AP47) Dewoitine
D.520.
Mario's D.520 is finished off in “French Air Force” markings.
He added scratchbuilt detail to the cockpit.
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Francois Poulic
is
French and joins us with his 1/72
Fujimi MIG21PF Batman.
His miG-21 has a bare Metal Finish and some quite interesting nose art. He
added some cockpit detailing and posed his MiG with the canopy open....which is
quite striking to look at.
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Erik
Wauters is here with his 1/72
Heller Nieuport-Delage NiD-622.
This little Bi-Plane fighter has
some very nice lines to it and colourful paint scheme to
match.
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Felice
De Leo has
finished his 1/72
Academy French Hellcat F6F-5, Indochine 1953. This is one
of the planes used by the French Forces in the Far east after WW2.
Felice gave his Hellcat a very realistic weathering job.
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Ivan
Pliopas is here with his 1/48
Koster Martin Maryland.
Ivan did some scratchbuilding of details and also used aftermarket items to
detail his twin engined Martin Maryland.
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Robert-Jan
Willekens is here with his 1/48
Hobbycraft Curtiss Hawk 75A-3.
This aircraft has very colourful markings.....a job well done.
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I have a preview of the
new 1/32
F-15E Decals with nose art
from Cutting
Edge Modelworks. Three
different planes....all with sexy noseart.
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Philippe
Agulhon is here with 33 Etendard
IV M walkaround
photos.
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Sunday, July
13 2003
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Darius Aibara get today rolling
with his 1/48
Hobbycraft P-40 RAF
Curtiss P40 Tomahawk Mk II. Darius added some Eduard Photo Etch to improve
on the kit detail.
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Patrick Heeren has
a very colourful 1/72
Hasegawa Saab J 35Ö
Draken. This was a special "Austrian
Millennium" paint scheme. This is definitely a very attractive
looking model.
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Phil
Golding has
finished the 1/48
Dragon Mistel S2
...which is a
combination of a Ju88G-1
& Fw190F-8. To actually complete this project is quite the
feat in itself. Phil's Mistel came out looking excellent.
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Shaun Lazzari is here with his
1/72
Hasegawa F-15 DJ. It's always a treat to see planes in
markings of different countries....thanks Shaun.
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Matthias Rabiller
has a inbox
review of the 1/72
KP Jak-23.
This
is an Eastern European manufacturer and this little jet is quite an
interesting subject.
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Saturday,
July
12 2003 |
Sao Tome and Principe Independence Day |
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Michael Taylor gets our weekend
off on the right foot with his 1/48
Airfix Lightning F.6. I very nice lightning indeed......I
love the look of the over-wing fuel tanks.
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Franck
Oudin joins us with his 1/48
Tamiya De Havilland Mosquito.
Franck did a beautiful build on this it and had nothing but praise
for the fit and quality of this Tamiya kit.
Beautifully done as always Franck.
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John Green joins us
with his 1/72
Esci F-4C Phantom. I love the colourful markings on this
one. Thanks for showing it John.
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David
Matusek is here with his 1/48
Hasegawa Bf-109F4 Trop.
David doesn't say much about his techniques....but I see some
amazing panel line shading.....pre-shading perhaps.
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Graham
Mansell has gone
the extra mile and made up a Tool 'n' Tips article helping folks Building
the 1/72 CF-18. Well done Graham.
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Lutz
Gretschel of F-15E
Strike Eagle.com has sent in some scans of the
1/48
Resin and PE detail set for Revell F-15E from Verlinden
Productions. This
set looks like it would add piles of detail to the Revell F-15E.
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Andrew
Ludwig is here with six F-14A
walkaround photos.
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I have
55 of my own walkaround photos of the CF-18A
and CF-18B. These photos show many areas of heavy weathering
as well as other detail areas of the CF-18.
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Friday, July
11 2003 |
Mongolia National Celebration Day |
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Sebastijan Videc begins
today's update with his 1/72
Revell FockeWulf Fw-190F-8. This little gem has a resin
engine and other aftermarket goodies to add to the detail. The
engine along is a kit in itself. Beautiful work Sebastijan.
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Alistair Wye joins
us with his 1/72
Airfix F-86-F Sabre. Alistar finished his Sabre off with a bare metal
finish and some very colourful markings. Looking good Alistar.
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Pete
Hudson has gone to town and
built the 1/32
Tamiya Zero A6M5. Pete credits some of the Tools 'n' Tips articles
here on ARC with helping him with weathering and paint chipping. His Zero
is simply stunning.
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Jon Ochoa is here with
his 1/48
Monogram F-5E Tiger II. Jon finished his F-5 in Mexican
markings. A fine job on a decent ol' kit.
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I have a preview
of some resin 1/24
Spitfire V detail goodies from Cutting
Edge Modelworks that
will interest folks planning on building the Trumpeter Spit. Mk.V. They
include a
Rotol prop, seat and armour, corrected cowling and soft seatbelts.
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I have a review
of the new 1/32 Canadian
Armed Forces CF-18 Standard Markings Decal Sheet from Leading
Edge Models. This will permit you to build any 1/32 CF-18 you want including planes with
mission markings.
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I spent the
afternoon sorting through my photos and reference books to put together an
article all about Building
the CF-188's. This details the main "Unique external
features" you need to alter to make a correct CF-18. Folks converting
the 1/32 Academy F-18C into a CF-18A should find this article helpful.
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Matt
Swan is here with a review of the 1/48 B-58
back seat Resin detail set from Engine and Things.
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Steven
Lu
is here with 14 walkaround photos of the Corsair
F4U-5N
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Alan
Williamson is here with 15 walkaround
photos of the
R.A.A.F
CAC Sabre
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Thursday, July
10
2003 |
Allied Landings at Sicily in
1943 |
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Gareth Phua begins
today with his 1/72
Hasegawa F-104S. Gareth did some very nice detailing to his
Starfighter and finished it off in Italian AF markings.
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Rodney
Williams dropped by the ARC Corporate
Offices with his 1/72
Italeri DC-3 airliner. Rodney finished off his DC-3 in "Polynesian
Airlines" markings.
Rodney has included some great pics of his model as well as himself and some of
the beautiful sights of this south seas paradise.
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João Corredeira
is here with his 1/72
Heller Vought
A-7P Corsair II finished off in Santa
Cruz decals.
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Ken
Middleton has kindly sent in 7 Litening
II Targeting Pod walkaround photos.
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Mario
Serelle and Emidio Neto
have sent in some Hawker
Siddeley (Avro) HS.748 Srs 2A walkaround photos.
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Wednesday, July
9 2003 |
Argentina
Independence Day |
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Kai
Reckstadt has built
the 1/72
Revell Fiat G-91 R/3. He finished it in Luftwaffe markings
and did some nice detailing to it....check out the moustache on the
1/72 pilot. Now that's a steady painting hand.
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Thang Le is
here with his 1/48
Otaki Ki-61 Tony. Thang
paid $2 for this kit....yet again Thang has taken a so-so kit and done wonders
with it. Don't try and tell Thang this is an expensive hobby.
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Joe
Volz has finished
the 1/48
Italeri F/A-18E Super
Hornet.
Joe has nicely finished his Super Bug. ....it came out looking quite
good.
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I
have an inbox review of the 1/72
JU-88S-3/T-3 Bomber/Recon model kit from AMtech. A very nice kit with recessed panel lines and
very decent detail..
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I
have a review of the new 1/48 scale Lift
Here Decals Yugoslavian
MiG's decal sheet (also
available in 1/72) sent in by Linden
Hill Imports.
This
decal sheet has markings for 20 different planes.....including
MiG-21's, MiG-23's, and MiG-29's.
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Justin
Davenport is here
with a selection of Lockheed
P-80 Cockpit Trainer walkaround pics.
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Sean
Brzozowski is here
with a selection of MiG-15 walkaround pics.
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Tuesday, July
8 2003
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First up
today....I have a note for everyone in Singapore....there
is a new hobby shop in Singapore called Hobby
Icon. They
specialize in aircraft models. Drop by and check out their
shop. You will find it at Orchard Plaza #03-72, Singapore.
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Jeremy
Neo (the owner of Hobby
Icon hobby shop in Singapore
is here with his first article today. This is Jeremy's
1/48
Tamiya Gloster Meteor Mk.I. Jeremy built his Meteor with some extra
scratch built detailing in certain areas. If you live in Singapore....drop
by his new shop (see above) and say hello.
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Tolga
Ulgur is here with a
bautifulyy finished 1/48
Airfix Supermarine Spitfire
Mk. 24. Tolga started with an excellent kit and then took it the extra
mile with some great detailing and weathering.
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Ray
Seppala is here with his 1/144
Airfix Airbus A300B4-TAA . Ray's
airbus wears the livery of Trans Australia Airlines. A very good looking
airliner finished in decals from
Hawkeye Models Australia.
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Koray Bayramoğlu is here with his
1/72
Academy P-47 D. Koray used some
very full and colourful markings to finish off his baremetal P-47.
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Justin
Davenport is here
with a selection of F-86E
Sabre walkaround pics.
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Sean
Brzozowski is here
with a selection of F-86H walkaround
pics.
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Monday, July
7 2003 |
Solomon
Islands National Day
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Sunday, July
6 2003 |
Comoros Independence Day
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Malawi
Republic Day
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Vinny Ibarra kicks
off today's update with his highly detailed 1/32
Revell Tornado IDS converted to GR.1.
He has also weathered his Tornado.
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Darius Aibara is here with his
1/48
Classic Airframes Bristol
Blenheim IV. Yet another example of
Darius's skill at finishing a limited run kit.
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Said is
here with a couple of his 1/48
Academy MiG 29A NATO
Fulcrums. Said
has also included some pictures of his MiG-29 collection.
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Matt
Swan is here
with an inbox review of the 1/72
Sword Sikorsky S-43/JRS-1 flying boat.
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Chris
Hughes is
here with an inbox review of the 1/72
Czech Masters Resins (CMR) Westland Welkin.
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Saturday, July
5 2003 |
Cape Verde National Day |
Venezuela
Independence Day
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Aleck Smith is
a new contributor to ARC. today he joins us with his 1/72
Hasegawa Grumman Hellcat MK1.
Looks good Aleck....welcome to ARC!!!
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Mutlu Arslan joins
us from Turkey with his 1/48
Italeri F/A-18E.
Mutlu added some Photo Etch to improve the details on his Super Hornet.
The "Remove Before Flight" tags area nice touch Mutlu.
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Alan Williamson has
his 1/48
Eduard ProfiPack P-40
for you all to enjoy today. This kit required some persistence to get
finished.....but Alan did finish it in the end.....and gave it weathering as
well.
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Friday, July
4 2003 |
US
Independence
Day
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I'd like to
begin today's HUGE and Special July 4th update by wishing All Americans a
very safe and fun filled Fourth. And a Special wish of a safe Fourth
to everyone in the US Military. You folks keep things safe, so your
friends and family at home can celebrate Liberty today.....keep up the
good work!!
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Luckymodel.com
is celebrating July 4th by offering a 10%
discount with any purchase over
US$20. Just enter JUL4 to the promotion code during
check out to receive the saving. Promotion till
July 8, 2003. They now offer surface shipping of orders to reduce shipping costs.
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Nick Monopoli is here to lead
today's special update with his 1/48
Hasegawa A-4 Skyhawks. What would this update be without an article on
a Blue Angels aircraft. The Blue Angels ROCK!!
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Greg Wise
is here with a bit of historical perspective. This is his 1/48
Hobbycraft Bell YP-59A....one of the first jet fighters designed. It
was the beginning of America's switch to jet fighters.
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Jim Ward is here with a
very nice looking 1/48
Fujimi F-14A (VF-33 Starfighters). Jim credits all you good folks on ARC for
helping him improve his skills at model building. Love the
back-drop Jim....looks especially good today.
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Murph is
here with a bit of a look at history. This is his 1/72
Hasegawa P-51B by Don Gentile....one
of the many famous American pilots that fought during WW2. Great
article and model Murph!!!
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Jim Ward is
back again with his 1/48 AMT/ERTL S-3A Viking Sub Hunter/Killer. It's good to see
this plane on ARC.....sometimes the planes that aren't fighters tend
to get forgotten.
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Drew
Thompson is here with his 1/48
Hasegawa F-16CJ Block 50. Drew added extra detail to his
F-16 and used
Two
Bobs decals
for the markings.
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Albert
Moser is here with
a selection of his beautiful photos of his in-flight 1/48
Hasegawa F-14A. Albert recently had his photos featured in
Fine Scale Modeler.....Albert has amazing skill at doing these
in-flight photos.
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Uncle
Rick Chin is here
with his 1/48
Monogram A-10. His model is A-10 #691, which was the A-10
shot down over Baghdad the day that that Kim Campbell had her A-10
badly shot up. Decals for #691 are available on a decal
sheet from Uncle
Rick Chin....check
his article for more details.
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A July
4th update would be incomplete without mentioning this very colorful
decal sheet of the 1/48
F-117 US Flag Presentation Scheme from Cutting
Edge Modelworks. My
hat is off to them for producing such a cool sheet.....it's been out
for a while....so buy it while you can.
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A
reminder of another cool product. This one is the limited
Edition print of the F/A-18C
VFA-146 Blue Diamonds' "All American Bug"
from Two
Bobs Aviation Graphics.
I've got this print framed and hanging above my computer as I type
this....it looks GREAT!!....beautiful quality.
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Stephen Sutton is here with some outstanding
detail photos of the A-10
TF-34 Turbo Fan Engine. Now
you have no excuse for not having enough pics to detail your 1/32 A-10
engines. Of course....detailing the engine to match these pics
would be a pile of work.
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Thursday, July
3 2003
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Joe
Youngerman starts
today's update with his 1/72
Italeri Macchi C205 Veltro.
A fine example of this very good WW2 Italian fighter.
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Charlie
"Cheetah" Arsenault
is here with his 1/72 Revell
Germany CF-101B Voodoo.. Charlie finished it in RCAF 416
Lynx Squadron c.1962
markings.
This is another of those 1/72 RoG gems.
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Jason
VanLint has
finished his 1/48
Tamiya Corsair F4U-1D.
He went he folded wings route and add weathering and paint chipping to
his bent wing bird.
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Alessandro
Patroncino is here
with 2 photos of winning models from the recent Euroma
2003.
Looks like it was a fun event.
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Benny
Attar is here from
his hot home to show you pics of his air conditioned Workroom.
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Caz
Dalton has been kind enough to write up a detailed article on How
To Create Simple In-flight Digital Photographs. Caz knows the tricks....so read his article carefully to
pick up some good pointers.
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Wednesday, July
2
2003 |
Portuguese
update to honour June 10 National Day
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These
articles should have been featured on ARC on June 10...the Portuguese
National Day. Unfortunately I was too busy on the CD Year books for
my kids schools that I was behind in e-mails and didn't know I had these
great articles featuring Portuguese aircraft. My apologies to
everyone in Portugal.
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Pedro
Adão begins our
special Portuguese update with his 1/48
Italeri F-16A. Pedro's
F-16 is in Portuguese
Air Force markings of course. Good looking F-16 Pedro.
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Octávio
Mântua has sent in 2
photos of his 1/72 Revell
Hawker Hurricane MKIIC. Octávio added weathering to his model....for such thing
as gun powder stains. Very effective job Octávio. Octávio used decals
from
Carpena
Decals.
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João
Corredeira is here with
his 1/72
F-16B Fighting Falcon.
This is the 2 seater version of Portugals front line fighter. João
used decals from Santa
Cruz Decals to finish his F-16.
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José
Brito from
Santa
Cruz Decals
has sent in his 1/48
Ocidental Replicas T-6. José
has been working on this little gem for a while now....it's good to see it
finished. He did some very nice weathering to finish off his T-6....and of
course he used Santa
Cruz Decals.
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João Corredeira
is here with his 1/72
Hasegawa F-16A
Fighting
Falcon. This
is the single seat version of this famous fighter. João
used decals from
Santa
Cruz Decals
to finish his F-16.
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Octávio Mântua
has
his 1/72
Matchbox Hawker Fury for
you all to enjoy today. This little Bi-Plane has all it rigging
as well as some cockpit details added. A very effective build of
this fighter used by the Portuguese Air Force.
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José Brito
of Santa
Cruz Decals
has sent in some walkaround photos of a
Portuguese T-6
(Harvard Texan).
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Tuesday,
July
1 2003
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Canada
Day |
Hong Kong Day |
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Happy Canada Day
to all the ARC Canucks
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Derek
Heyes begins the Special Canda Day update
with his selection of 1/72
Hasegawa CF-18's.
Derek has a single and two seater featured here. Looking good
Derek.
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Johan
Guenver is here with his
black and white check 1/48
Hasegawa CF-104. This is just one of the uniquely paint CF104's that
Canada had. Decals of this can be found at
Leading
Edge Models. Very nice indeed Johan....I love the extra detail
you added.
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Derek
Heyes is here again
today with his 1/72
Hasegawa CF-18.
Well done Derek. I recall once hearing this paint scheme was
referred to as the McDonalds CF-18 due to it's colour scheme.
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Darius Aibara
is here with a key part of Canadian past and preset and future.
This is Darius's 1/48
Hobbycraft DHC-2 Beaver
in the kit markings for Harbour Air out of
Victoria, BC. I have some walkaround photos of a
Harbour
Air Beaver
on ARC.
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Derek
Heyes is here with
his 1/72
Airfix F-101 and his 1/72 Hasegawa F-104. There are other
planes in this article as well.
Thanks again Derek.
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Mike J. Idacavage has sent in a
critical part of Canadian History......the 1/47
Revell Canadian
Bomarc Missile. This was done in one of those weird box
scales. Mike did a splendid job on this very odd weapon.
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Don Weixl has been kind enough to send in some of
his Canadian
Snowbirds inflight
photos. These are beautiful Don.....I think a few people
will be using them as wallpaper on their computer screens.
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Jari
has sent in on picture of the
Avro Arrow CF-105 mock-up
that was used in the CBC movie. Of course all the original
aircraft no longer exist.
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Various
pics from the Gulf These
photos were taken by various crew members of HMCS PROTECTEUR.
There's also a very nice pic of the Abe Lincoln.
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Jan M Visser sent in some
CF-18 walkaround photos.
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Phillip
Steele sent in some Lancaster walkaround
photos.
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