Friday,
June 30 2006 |
Well I got the CD classroom
yearbook project completed on time after some very long days and late
nights. The finished CD's were a huge hit with the kids and their
parents. This was my 5th year doing these.
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Louis
Chang has done a beautiful
job building his 1/48
Hasegawa F-104G.
Louis finished his F-104 Republic of China Air
Force (Taiwanese) markings.
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Anthony Manzoli
has done an
amazing
job finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa Hs 129 B-2.
I always enjoy seeing the weathering Anthony does on his aircraft.
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Nissim
Tzukduian is here with some Israeli A-4F Skyhawk
walkaround photos.
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Thursday,
June 29 2006
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No Update today
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Wednesday,
June 28 2006 |
No Update today
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Tuesday,
June 27 2006
Djibouti
National Day |
No update today. I'm
busy making the CD year books for my 2 daughters. As the regulars
know, this project demands huge numbers of my hours and always involves a
crunch time toward the end of the school year. The CD year books
this year will include 800 photos and up to 12 video clips from field
trips and classroom parties and other events during the past 10 months of
the school year. I'll make a copy for every student in the 2 classes
as well as all the teachers involved. The school year ends
Thursday.
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Monday,
June 26 2006
Madagascar Independence
Day |
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In
case you missed this article the first time...here is is
again. I
have an appeal for Kits
for Kandahar to Support the Troops.
Please do what you can do to support this multi-national coalition......please
act soon. |
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Aidan Campbell
begins your week
with his 1/72 Eduard Sopwith Camel Diorama.
Aidan calls his diorama "Gone but not Forgotten" and I
think you'll agree......it's something very special.
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Alan Williamson
has done a fine job
building his 1/48 Hasegawa F-15 Eagle.
Alan didn't build this kit without any troubles....but the finished
model turned out very well.
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Tristan Slegers
is here with his
first article on ARC. This is his 1/72
Revell P-51 that he did a superb paint chipping job on.
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Pongpeera Thiapairat
has been
busy building his 1/144 Revell Airbus A-320.
I enjoyed reading the article about building this Condor
airliner and the fini9shed model with it's less than spotless
appearance looks more like airliners I've flown on.
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Nissim
Tzukduian is here with some Israeli A-4N Skyhawk
walkaround photos.
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Sunday,
June 25 2006 Mozambique
Independence Day |
Croatia Independence Day
Slovenia
National Day
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Juan
Carlos Gómez y Sarzotti
starts your Sunday update with
his 1/48
ESCI Mirage IIIEAJuan Carlos finished his well done Mirage in
Argentine Air Force from the Falklands/Malvinas War.
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Tolga
Ulgur is here to show you his latest
jewel in his dispaly case. this is his beautifully done
1/48
Promodeler Dornier Do 217 E5 complete with
realistic weathering and history.
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Saturday,
June 24 2006 Order
of Malta - St. John's Day |
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Carmel John Attard
joins us from
Malta with his two
1/72 Arado 65.
Although
one of them looks like it has Maltese crosses on it....they
are both actually done in Royal
Bulgarian AF markings.
Looking good Carmel.
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Nick England
joins
us from Dubai
with his 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk1.
Nick built his Spitfire out of the box and it turned out looking
quite good.
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Friday,
June 23 2006 |
Luxembourg -
National
Day and Official Birthday of H.R.H. the Grand Duke Jean |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is
back yet again with his CVW-8
article. This is
part 7 and features More Tomcats.
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Joel Alcantar
has been busy super
detailing his 1/48 Hasegawa F6F3 Hellcat.
Joel added aftermarket detail items from 2 companies to dress up the
details on his Hellcat.....along with some very well done
airbrushing.
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Rob Doctor
has done a fine job
detailing his 1/18 bbi Bluebox Toys
F/A-18C. This is part 2 of his article and features
the mods he did on this big Hornet.
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Bla’k Ja’k
is here with his
first article on ARC today. Guillaume has done a great job building his 1/72 Revell "Desert Storm".
Welcome to ARC Guillaume!!!
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Thursday,
June 22 2006
The Invasion of The Soviet Union (1941)
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Charles Johnson
has been
busy detailing his 1/32 Revell UH-1D.
Charles did some scratchbuilding on his Huey to improve upon this
older kit.
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Pieter Posthumus
is here with his highly detailed 1/12 Esci F16 Cockpit.
Pieter definately got this one looking good with his careful
painting and finishing..
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Oishi Thailand
has been busy
building the big 1/32 Trumpeter MiG-21MF. Oishi
finished his MiG-21 in Iraqi Air Force
markings.
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Wednesday,
June 21 2006 |
I've added a link to the Aircraft Photographs and Air Displays
website by Roger Whitcomb
http://www.milairpix.com
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Louis Chang
dropped by today
with his1/48 Hasegawa P-40N.
The extra detailing on this P-40 is very well done.
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Mike Williams
(Mikeew) has done a beautiful
job building his 1/72 Ardpol KL Pyorremyrsky.
This is a resin kit and Mike turned it into a fine looking model of
this rare aircraft.
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Tuesday,
June 20 2006 |
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I'm
pleased to welcome Daco
Products as a
sponsor of ARC. Daco is a company with a variety of
first class modelling related from Decals, reference books,
resin and Photo etch detail items and even fridge magnets. |
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Olivier
De Menech joins
us from France with his good
looking 1/72
Hasegawa AH-1S Cobra.
This is a very nice little kit that builds up well according
the Olivier.
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Maros
Cupka is
here with his first article on ARC. This is his well
done 1/48
Academy F-15 C built out of the box. Welcome to ARC
Maros!!!
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Pawel
Befinger is
here with his nicely done Korean War USMC 1/72
Italeri F4U-5N Corsair.
It's always good to see these classic Corsairs.
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Monday,
June 19 2006 |
No
update today....I had a very busy Fathers day on Sunday with my wife and 2
daughters.
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Sunday,
June 18 2006 Happy Fathers
Day |
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Saturday,
June 17 2006 |
Iceland Anniversary of the Establishment of the Republic |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
has done an outstanding
job building his 1/48 Hasegawa F-18A.
This is one of the famous F-18's that survived a mid air
collision. Shawn got his model looking just like the real
thing.
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Hal Marshman Sr.
has been busy detailing and weathering
his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109E-1.
Hal finished this gem in the markings of Oblt Josef Priller
from the start of WW2 in Sept 1939.
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Friday,
June 16 2006 |
A
reminder.....the VNAF
Wings of Freedom Model Show will
be on June 18-19 2006 in Westminister, California, USA.
Click the image or link for more details.
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Oliver
Weston is
here with his nicely done and colourful 1/72
Airfix TBD-1 Devastator. The paint scheme is from
the time of Pearl Harbour. Oliver built it mostly out of
the box with only a bit of extra detailing.
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Gabriel
Stern is
here with part 1 of his 1/72
Smer/Heller Amiot 143 & Potez 540.
Gabriel has a fascination with odd looking aircraft and this
one is no exception.....I've got to admit I love the variety
his models bring and his articles are quite enjoyable to read.
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Dean
Large has
built the famous
1/32
Revell Bell X-1. Dean decided to do some extra work
to get this vintage kit to look sharp when it was done....and
judging by the finished model....Dean's extra effort was well
worth it.
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Thursday,
June 15 2006 |
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Louis Chang
has been very
busy detailing and weathering his
1/48 Hasegawa F-14D.
This one is a beauty.....check out the photos.
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Erik
"Wiggy" Smith
is here
with his 1/48 Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
This is the famous Kee Bird that had a sad ending as it was being
brought back from it's icy slumber.
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Todd Pollock
has got a
cool one here today. This is his 1/48 AM Tech Ta-183Z-2/U.
Todd includes quite the "what-if" story with his Luft
'46 model.
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Wednesday,
June 14 2006
United Kingdom |
Official
Celebration of the Birthday of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II |
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Emad
Tabsh starts your Wednesday
update with his 1/35
Trumpeter Sam-2 "Guideline".
Take a close look at the damaged aircraft part on the ground
in this diorama.....amazing.
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David
Cornett has
been busy building and airbrushing his 1/32
Tamiya F-15J.
I am impressed....David airbrushed the paint scheme on this
big Eagle and also used some resin items to improve the
detail.
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Charles
Johnson has
been busy building the big 1/32
Trumpeter P-38.
Charles finished it with a bare metal finish and markings from
WW2 using aftermarket decals.
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Tuesday,
June 13 2006 |
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I
have an appeal for Kits
for Kandahar to Support the Troops.
Please do what you can do to support this multi-national coalition......please
act soon. |
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Amit Yaari
has been busy getting
the details right on his 1/48 Hasegawa A-4H Skyhawk.
I love the way this A-4 is set up in a diorama.
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Darrell Thompson
has been busy
detailing his 1/72
Tamiya P-47D-28.
Darrell added some extra details and then finished his P-47 in Alclad
II with noseart.
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Karl W Branson
joins us with his 1/72 Airfix Bristol Bloodhound.
Karl gives some historical background on this missile and tells what
went in to building this attractive diorama.
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Carmel John Attard
is here from
Malta with A selection of
his
580 1/72 Models.
He has built 580 models during the last 40 years and his article
contains some photos of his display cases and some of his
models. Amazing!!!
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Monday,
June 12 2006
Russia National Day |
Philippines Independence Day |
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Sunel Tan
is here to
honour the Philippines on this special day
with his 1/72 ARII Cessna172 Sky Hawk.
Sunel made his own custom decals for the
Philippine Airlines Aviation School.
Nice one Sunel.
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Tigre Del Aire
is here
from Colombia with his well done
1/72 Revell C-47 Dirty Nine.
And of course it's finished in the always attractive D-Day stripes.
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Alan Sannazzaro
has done a
great job building the recently released
1/48 Trumpeter Fw 200 C-4
Condor. Alan added some extra
details to improve upon this very nice kit.
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Sunday,
June 11 2006 |
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Daniel Schlosser
is here with his
first article on ARC. He has done an outstanding job on his
1/72 Revell Heinkel He 177 A5.
Daniel spent 2 years building this lovely diorama.....I know you
will enjoy it. Welcome to ARC Daniel!!!
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Saturday,
June 10 2006
Portugal
National Day |
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Dave Gauthier
joins us with his
1/32 F/A-18C Hornet.
Dave did this wonderful kit justice and ended up with a beautifully
weathered Hornet.
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Friday,
June 9 2006 |
LuckyModel
is having
their 3rd Anniversary
Sale. This
is a very big sale and you'll find full details right here
------> 3rd
Anniversary sale <------
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A reminder....IPMS-Firstcoast.com in Jacksonville,
FL, USA is putting on JaxCon
2006 contest/show on June 10. Go to their website for all
the details. Click here -----> IPMS-Firstcoast.com
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Jamie Philp
begins today with
his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures YAK-1.
This combat aircraft was flown by a female pilot with 12 kills to
her credit. Jamie provides some details about her in his
article.
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Olivier De Menech
joins us
from France with a sharp looking 1/72 Revell EC-135 VIP.
I enjoyed seeing the paint scheme on this EC-135.
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Vladimír Žucha
is
here with his second model today. This is his
1/144 Revell Airbus A-380-800
that he converted to A-380F and finished off
in UPS markings.
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Graham T
finishes
off today's update with his 1/48 Aeroclub HS Gnat TMk.1.
Graham provides insightful history into this little known jet and
gives very helpful detail about building this fine kit from Aeroclub.
Nice one Graham!!!
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Thursday,
June 8 2006 |
There is an ongoing model building project that might
pique your interest.
Some modelers in Milano, Italy are building a 1/72nd scale model of
the USS
Gambier Bay CVE-73 and it will have a working aircraft elevator,
rotating
air-search radar and a number of other features that are really
quite
remarkable. The link to the article is:
http://www.giemmesesto.org/settori/Iniziative/progettoGambierBay.html
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
starts today with
part 6 of his CVW-8
article. Today Shawn shows us his Skyraider and Sky Warrior
models. Nice job on this series Shawn!!!
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Armin Knes
joins us with his impressive looking 1/48 Academy Suchoi Su-27.
Armin added a resin cockpit to improve upon the very good overall
detail of the Academy kit.
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Catherine Vickers
dropped by today
with her good looking 1/72 Revell Hunter F6.
Catherine used the Daco
Decals
to create a Belgian
Diables Rouge aerobatic team
Hunter.
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Scott Gruszynski
is here with his
flawless 1/48 Hobbycraft Dornier Do 17Z.
Scott spent quite a bit of effort getting the details on his model
just right and he tells about this in his article.
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Andreas Sunarso
is here with one of my favourite aircraft. This is his 1/48 Dragon Horten Ho-IX
complete with full engine detail and a very well done diorama
base.
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Wednesday,
June 7 2006
US Carrier Yorktown sunk (1942) |
LuckyModel
is having
their 3rd Anniversary
Sale. This
is a very big sale and you'll find full details right here
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Anniversary sale <------
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I've
ordered from LuckyModel
and they offer very good service.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here with part 5 of his CVW-8
article.
Today's article focuses mostly on the F-8 and the A-4.
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Borislav Delov
is here
with his 1/72 Revell Saab JAS 39 Gripen.
Borislav finished his Gripen mostly out of the box with a few added
items. The Gripen is one unique and sharp looking jet and this
one looks quite good.
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Nick England
has dropped by
today with his 1/48 Airfix Mosquito B Mk XV1.
Nick had some serious challenges with the painting but that didn't
stop him from turning out a good looking in-flight Mosquito.
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here
with his 1/48 Fujimi Bf-109G-6 Hungarian Puma.
Mark chose to finish his 109 in the Hungarian
Air Force
and Mark includes some history about the Hungarian
Air Force during WW2.
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Tuesday,
June 6 2006
Sweden National Day |
D-Day Anniversary |
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Greg
Wise
is here with his
beautifully done 1/48 Academy P-47D Thunderbolt.
Greg finished his P-47 is a bare metal finish to create quite the
sharp looking Thunderbolt.
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Monday,
June 5 2006
Denmark Constitutional Day |
Seychelles Liberation Day |
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IPMS-Firstcoast.com
in Jacksonville,
FL, USA is putting on JaxCon
2006 contest/show on June 10. Go to their website for all
the details. Click here -----> IPMS-Firstcoast.com
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Philippe
Dognon
from ARC Sponsor Kits
Discount gets your week started with his 1/48 CH-53E Super Stallion.
Philippe is quite the skilled modeller as you'll see when you look at
the photos of his CH-53E.
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Shawn
"Phantom" Weiler
is back
with part 4 of his CVW-8
article. Today's article focuses on the F-4....Shawn has built
quite a few Phantoms as you'll see in the photos in his article.
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Darius
Aibara
is here today with yet another limited run kit. This is the
1/48 Antonov An-2 Colt
that Darius built up in his usual style with
scratchbuilt and improved details.
Darius makes these kits look so easy....
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Sunday,
June 4 2006 Battle of Midway
(1942) |
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Charles Leung
is here
from Hong Kong with his nicely built 1/72 Trumpeter
'Xian FBC-1'. Charles built this one
out of the box and includes backgroud info on this Chinese fighter
bomber.
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José
R. Alvarez
is here
with his 1/72 Revell P-47M/D.
José gave his P-47 a full
weapons load and used the kit decals complete with their
artwork.....it's very nice to see this P-47.
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Saturday,
June 3 2006 |
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L.C.Chan
has been busy building the
1/72 Hasegawa F4S.
L.C. added photo etch and resin details to his F-4S and then finished
it off with colourful markings and a fabulous weathering
job.
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Friday,
June 2 2006
Italy National Day |
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Fausto
Muto begins
today's update in honour of Italy. This is his
1/72
Hasegawa Tornado IDS complete with Italians markings.
Very good to see this model on ARC on this special day.
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Erik
Wauters is
also here to honour Italy with his
1/72
Italeri A-129 Mangusta.
This kit requires a bit of effort, but as Erik has
proven.....it builds up into a very respectable Mangusta.
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Stéphane
Aït Ouarab
joins us with Part 6 of his
1/32 F/A-18
Hornet Diorama.
Wow.....Stéphane finished his diorama with exceptional
realism.
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Ioaea
is here with his
1/72
Yakovlev OKB I-26-1.
This is the Yak 1 prototype and
Ioaea
explains about it in his article. It's interesting
to see this prototype of the famous Yak 1.
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Thursday,
June 1 2006 |
A reminder....The folks at
I.P.M.S. group
XXI Mar del Plata in
Argentina are having their annual
model show and contest . It will be June 2, 3
and 4 in the Hotel Tierra del Fuego, Mar del Plata. More
info can be found at www.ipmsmardelplata.com.ar
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler
is back with part 3 of his
CVW-8
series. Shawn has only F-14 in today's
article.
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