Monday,
July 31 2006
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Gee,
I Wish I Could Have Gone To The Nationals SUPER SALE at Meteor.
Meteor
Productions is having an open house. This rare event is
well worth attending. Click the image for all the
details. A 1/48 Privateer
will be
one of the many door prizes.
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Things
are ramping up fast as the lucky few prepare to attend the 2006 IPMS
USA Nationals in Kansas City, MO. One of the highlights for
ARC'ers will be the Twobobs
Hospitality Suite....party!!!
Here is the banner showing the companies (including ARC) that are
paying for the free beer.
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I want
to alert on ARC'ers from Chile that the Museo
Histórico Militar de Chile EXPO 2006 in Santiago, Chile in on
from July 25 to August 31. Click link for more information.
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Giuseppe Penna
has put quite a bit of
effort super
detailing his 1/48 Italeri S-3 Viking.
I'm deeply impressed by the added detail in this model.....it is
spectacular.
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Carmel John Attard
dropped by
today with his 1/72 Nimrods.
These 2 models are both Nimrods.....from different time periods.
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Bartosz Piotrowski
has done a fine job
building his 1/72 ESCI Dassault Mirage F-1C.
Bartosz used a resin seat and aftermarket decals to detail and
finish his Mirage.
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Brad Evans
joins us today with his
1/72 Academy F4U-1 Corsair.
Brad built this beauty out of the box and it came out looking quite
good.
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Saturday,
July 29 2006 |
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Friday,
July 28 2006
Peru Independence Day |
Bad
News At Meteor. Meteor
Productions is retiring
275 resin sets to
make room for their new releases. Don't
delay.....the remaining sets will sell out fast.
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Colin Whitehouse
starts your Friday update with
his 1/48 Italeri SR-71.
Colin's SR-71 came out looking very sharp.
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Dzevad Comor
has been busy
building his 1/32 Revell Fw 190 D-9.
Dzevad built his 190 straight out of the box with fantastic results.
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Darwin Justice
has done a fine job
building and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt.
This is a fine model and Darwin did it up right with flawless
results.
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Thursday,
July 27 2006 |
I have
some news on the exciting
new sets
from Meteor
Productions
- 1/32 P-38F/G/H
Conversion for Trumpeter
- 1/32
F-5A/F-5B/F-5C (P-38) Recce Nose Conversion
- 1/32 P-38F/G/H
Super Detailed Cockpit With Posable Seatbelts
- 1/32 P-38J/L
Super Detailed Cockpit With Posable Seatbelts
- 1/32 F-4E(S)
Peace Jack Nose for Tamiya F-4E
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar joins
us with his expertly built
1/48 Classic Airframes Gloster Meteor FR 8.
Rafi did find this Classic Airframes kit to be a bit of a struggle
to complete, but the end results were well worth his effort.
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Jon Keib
joins us with his 1/144 Minicraft USAir MD80.
John finished his airliner with bare-metal-foil and the end results
came out very well indeed.
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El Rey has been busy getting
the details right on his 1/72 Italeri MD-530F.
This little chopper has quite a few scratchbuilt
parts and is finished in Mexican Air Force markings.
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Lyle Brown
is here today
with his Goodyear FG-1D
Artwork.
If you don't know the story of the Goodyear Corsairs.....look in
the ARC Gallery Section.......it was quite the Corsair.
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Wednesday,
July 26 2006 Liberia Independence Day |
Maldives Independence Day
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I
just got home last night from an 8 day family road trip with my wife
and daughters.....we covered 2500km. The trip went very well
but it's always nice to be home. Needless to say I've got
quite a few e-mails to catch up on. |
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Ralph
Emerson "Shonen Red" Dabao starts
your Thursday update with his very well done 1/48
Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair.
This model was built out of the box with excellent results.
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Steve
Negley has
done a great job building his 1/32
Trumpeter Mig-15 bis NATO Code "Fagot".
Steve did some scratchbuilding to improve the cockpit.
This particular plane has history that will interest
Americans.....read Steve's article for more details.
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John
Wolstenholme has
done an exceptionally nice job building and detailing his 1/32
Tamiya F-15I Ra'am.
John goes into very helpful detail about the aftermarket
goodies used to build this stunning jet.
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Tuesday,
July 25 2006 |
I was having problems with
my Internet connection yesterday and was unable to load an update.
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Chuck Holte
drops by today
with his 1/72
NASA AH-1G.
No doubt about it.....this is a unique set of markings for this
chopper. This is an older kit....but that didn't atop Chuck
from doing it up right.
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Friday,
July 21 2006
Belgium
Independence Day |
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Laurent
“Angus” Beauvais
is here today with the 4th and final part of his 1/48
FM Lockheed PV1 Ventura
article.
Today he deals with painting and weathering.
It is quite amazing how much work and effort went into this one
model.
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Dave Cornett
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/32
Hasegawa F-86F Sabre.
Dave used an aftermarket resin cockpit and finished off his Sabre in
a first rate bare metal finish.
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Oishi Thailand
has done a fine job
building and
detailing his 1/48 Airfix Bf-109 E.
This particular 109 is from the Battle of Britain and is
finished in the markings for a famous Luftwaffe ace from this time
period.
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Thursday,
July 20 2006
USA
Moon Landing First Human on the Moon |
I've
posted up the ARC USA Nationals schedule. This will tell you
where we'll be gathering for meals and parties. Click
here for the schedule. There will be slight revision
leading up to the Nationals in August.
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Scaledown
is here to mark the Anniversary of Neil Armstrongs famous moon walk
with a scratchbuilt 1/1 Neil Armstrong.
This particular lifesize model was built for a museum exhibit.
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Emile van Aalst
joins us for the
first time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/72 Revell Hurricane.
Emile used quite a few techniques learned on ARC to finish his
Hurricane. Welcome to ARC Emile!!!
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Ed Okun
joins us with his beautifully
done 1/32 Hasegawa A4-E Skyhawk IAF.
Ed did many modifications to get the details correct on his IAF
Skyhawk and these were done long ago before resin sets were
available.
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Wednesday,
July 19 2006 |
Delta Models has
undergone some major changes and is now Blackbird Models and they have new bits out and on the way soon, due any time is the Swept Wing P-63 conversion in 1/72nd scale and there are items such as the Hs 293 missiles for the Revell he 177 kit, and also these for the planned He 111Z Attack Zwilling, hopefully out this next month.
Their new site and online store are at
http://www.freewebs.com/blackbirdmodels
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Laurent
“Angus” Beauvais begin
today with part 2 of his
1/48
FM Lockheed PV1 Ventura article.
Today Laurent focuses on the interior and engines.
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Sam Ching
is here with his
first article on ARC today. This is his 1/144 L/S F20 Tiger Shark
complete with extra detailing and scratch built
details......yup....on a 1/144 model. Welcome to ARC Sam!!!.
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Louis Chang
has dropped
by with his desert camo 1/48 Mouve Kitty Hawk 3.
Louis added a resin cockpit and scratchbuilt details to get the
details looking just right on his Kitty Hawk.
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Indra Atmadja
is here
with the first model Indra's ever built. This is the 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18C Hornet
complete with weathering techniques learned on
ARC. Very nicely done Indra......welcome to
ARC!!!.
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Tuesday,
July 18 2006 |
No
update today.....I'll be out of town for the day with my
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Monday,
July 17 2006
Iraq
National Day |
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Laurent “Angus” Beauvais
begins
today with part 1 of his 4 part article on the super detailing of
his 1/48 FM Lockheed PV1 Ventura.
Part 2 runs tomorrow. Wow.....now this is detailing.
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Saturday,
July 15 2006 |
I'll be stopping the
weekend updates during the summer to spend more time with my daughters and
wife while our kids are out of school for the summer. I'll go back
up to 7 day a week update schedule in September.
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Friday,
July 14 2006
France
National Day -
Bastille Day |
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Dean Large
has dropped by with his
flawless 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk1.
This Hurricane was inspired by the movie
“Battle of Britain” and Dean tells the whole story in his
article.
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Marc "Grizzly" Anselmetti
is here
from France with his 1/32 RF4 C Phantom II.
Marc added a detail set and decals from Cutting
Edge to improve the detail on his weathered Phantom.
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Mukund Vora
joins us
with his good looking 1/48 Revell Mil-24 Hind D.
Mukund had to do some extra work on his Hind and then finished it in
a unique and creative camo scheme.
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Thursday,
July 13 2006 |
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Ercan
Karakas starts
today with his very careful done
1/48
ICM Spitfire Mk VII.
Ercan finished his Spitfire with the engine and plenty of
detail.
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Roger
Luk has
been busy building his 1/48
Testors Ryan PT-20.
Roger did quite a bit of extra work on this little beauty.
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Jan
Harms is
here today with his 1/48
Airfix BAe Hawk.
A very nice job on this very good kit from Airfix.
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Wednesday,
July 12 2006 Train Bombings in
India July 11 |
Sao Tome and Principe Independence Day |
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I am shocked,
saddened and enraged by the senseless bombing of trains in
India. My thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by this
horror.
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Jim Knight
is here
with his carefully done 1/48
Monogram F/A 18+ Hornet. Jim
finished his Hornet is VMFA-142 markings.
This is an older Monogram kit......which Jim spent a fair bit of
effort on to upgrade it.
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Christian "Full Metal" Page
joins us
today with his variety of Pin-Up Gallery.
If you like sexy nose art you'll love the selection of model
Christian has here today.
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Mukund Vora
is here
with his very attractive 1/48 Academy Su-27 Flanker.
Mukund enjoyed this fine model kit and give it high marks for the
quality of fit. He turned out a very attractive Su-27.
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Tuesday,
July 11 2006
Mongolia National Celebration Day |
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I'm
very pleased to report Eli Raphael is doing very well and is now
processing orders for Zotz
Decals.....so head on over there and buy some decals or just
send him an e-mail to let him know you're glad he's recovering so
well. Good to have you back Eli. |
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Gianni Chirico
has done a fine job building his
1/72 Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden.
Gianni added chipped paint and gun powder stains and other
weathering to add life and realism to his WW2 Japanese fighter.
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Jorge Paz
has been busy
getting the details right on his
1/48 Hasegawa F-4 Phantom.
This model represents a IDF Phantom from 1973
Yom Kippur war complete with resin and scratchbuilt
details and a weapons load and weathering.
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Gabriel
Stern is
back with another of his less common aircraft models. This is
the 1/72
AMT-ERTL Northrop X/YB 35 complete with
some very well done details and a killer bare metal finish.....plus
a darn good article to boot..
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Derek Derks
has done an outstanding
job building his 1/48
Airfix Blackburn Buccaneer RN.
Derek used plenty of after market detail sets to make this
masterpiece.....but it still required much skill of Derek's part to
pull off this project.
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Monday,
July 10 2006
Allied Landings at Sicily in 1943 |
Congratulations to Italy for the World
Cup Win!!!
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Ronny Wezel
begins the week with
his first
article on ARC. This is his 1/48
Revell F-4F Phantom II.
Ronny used aftermarket resin and decals and finished this beauty in
Luftwaffe markings. Welcome to ARC Ronny!!!
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Chuck Holte
has done a fine job
building his 1/72 Franklin PS-2 Gliders.
These are limited edition kits and Chuck has included history and
full build details in his articles about building these attractive
little gliders.
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Shaun Foo
dropped by today with his first
article on ARC. This is his very well done 1/48 Academy Flanker B
and Shaun did
this wonderful kit justice.
I enjoyed seeing his Flanker on ARC today. Welcome to ARC
Shaun!!!
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Gonzalo Vidal
is here to
make all the bent wings fans happy. This is his 1/32
Trumpeter F4U-4 Corsair.
Gonzalo added extra detail to his Corsair and then finished it off
with a stellar paint job and weathering.
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Sunday,
July 9 2006
Argentina Independence Day |
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Shahrukh Ali
begins
today with his 1/48 Academy F-16C.
Shahrukh did an excellent job on his F-16 and you've got to see what
paint he used.....a very creatuive solution to his shortage of a
good local hobby shop.
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Saturday,
July 8 2006 |
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Darrell Thompson
begins
today with his 1/48
Tamiya P-47D-11 Thunderbolt.
Darrell added some resin details parts and scratchbuilt items to get
the details looking perfect....then he finished it up with a
beautifully done paint scheme.
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Luc Harvey
is here
with his 1/72
Italeri Mig-29. Luc chose markings
for an Eritrean Mig to finish off his very nice jet.
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Friday,
July 7 2006
Solomon Islands National
Day |
London Subway Bombing Anniversary |
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John Bergquist
is here with his
first article on ARC today. This is his 1/48 ProModeler Ju-87R-2 Stuka.
John
has done a fine job building his Stuka. Welcome to ARC
John.
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Louis Chang
has dropped by with his 1/72 Finemolds Tie Fighter.
This one was built out of the box......this will give you a very
nicely detailed model.
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Vjekoslav Ranec
is here
with his Su-30
Flanker Artwork.
This is very realistic looking.....well done Vjekoslav.
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Thursday,
July 6 2006
Comoros Independence Day |
Malawi Republic Day |
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Jürgen Knizia
is here
with his very well done 1/32 Tamiya F-4C.
Jürgen
finished his Phantom is Spanish air force markings and added plenty
of extra detailing.
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Thierry
Jacques joins us with his French air
Force 1/72
Hasegawa Beaufighter. Thierry
did a fine job building this very nice kit to create an excellent
looking model.
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Wednesday,
July 5 2006
Cape Verde National Day |
Venezuela Independence Day |
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Philip A. Stelzer
begins today with his
Luft 76.
This is a light hearted what if model....quite the creative concept.
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Tuesday,
July 4 2006 USA Independence Day
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Today's models focus on
some of the many fighters flown by the US of A as well as a few other
aircraft and other special articles.
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Chris Mignone
starts this
special update with his
Home of the Brave
artwork.
Very moving Chris.
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Here's
some photos of a very Special Hummer
owned and driven by a proud Mom that lost her son fighting for his
country.
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Ken
Middleton is here with quite the well
rounded selection of photos from the 2006
Westfield International Airshow.
And of course the Blue Angels attended as well
as some vintage WW2 aircraft and a rocket powered truck and much
more.
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Damian Murphy
has done an amazing
job finishing his 1/32 Trumpeter P-40B/C.
Damian finished his outstanding P-40 in AVG markings.
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Mark Buchler
joins us with his beautifully
done 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt.
Mark did pre-shading on his P-47 and finished this gem with sexy
noseart.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar is
here with two of his
1/48 Grumman Hellcat F6F-3s....one
with a resin wingfold set installed. Very nice as always Rafi.
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Andy Frill
has dropped by
with his 1/48 Monogram F4U-5N Corsair.
Andy built his well done Corsair out of the box and finished it with
pastel
chalk weathering.
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Max Trout
is here with his
first article on ARC today. This is his
1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat.
You'll find this article fun to read. Welcome to ARC
Max....nice looking Wildcat!!!
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Eric Bade
has done a wonderful
job weathering his 1/72 Hasegawa Grumman F-14D Tomcat.
Eric goes into some very helpful detail for building his
F-14. Excellent as always Eric.
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Jaroslav Hajecek
joins us with his
1/48 Academy F16N.
Jaroslav did a very careful job on the cockpit
which gave him flawless results.....he also did some pre-shading
before his final painting.
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Ken Middleton
has been
busy building his 1/48 Testors F/A-18A Hornet.
This is a special F-18 Ken built....he explains some of the features
of building his very nice F-18 in his article.
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Bill Dedig
has done a
gallant attempt at building the
1/48 Italeri F-22.
Bill built it out of the box and ended up with a great looking
example of the newest American fighter.
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Monday,
July 3 2006
Belarus Independence
Day |
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Dave Bächi
is 15 years
old and joins us from Switzerland with his first model on ARC.
This beautifully finished 1/72 Revell Eurofighter Typhoon
is a treat to see.
Welcome to ARC Dave!!!
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Jong-ho Park
is here
with his big impressive and well detailed 1/32 Trumpeter Su-27.
This is quite the big beautiful model.
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Sunday,
July 2 2006 |
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Pieter
Posthumus begins
today with his 1/32
Revell F 104 S. Pieter did quite a bit of
scratchbuilding on his Starfighter and gave it a humourous paint
scheme.
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Louis
Chang has been
busy building his
1/48
Mauve P-40N. Louis added scratchbuilt cockpit and
landing gear details to complete his P-40.
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