Wednesday,
Jan 31 2007 |
Indochina
War -- 10,000Day War -- Vietnam War anniversary |
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This day 2 of the special 3
day update marking the anniversary of the start of the Tet
Offensive. This offensive began on the night of January 30–31,
1968, Tết Nguyên Đán (the lunar new year day). The
offensive began spectacularly during celebrations of the Lunar New Year
and lasted about two months, although some sporadic operations associated
with the offensive continued into 1969. The Tet offensive was a tactical
defeat for the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces, but it inflicted
severe damage on American civilian morale and contributed to the
withdrawal American forces from the country.
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Frank Crenshaw
begins
today with his 1/48 Academy MiG-21 PF.
Frank did his MiG up to his usual vewry high standards and finished
it in a baremetal finish.
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Let_models
has been
busy building his 1/48
Academy F-5B Freedom Fighter.
Although this is based on an older model, this F-5 came out looking
very sharp with some careful attention and some aftermarket decals.
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Bud Highleyman is
here with his beautifully finished 1/35 Seminar UH-1B.
Bud used an after market set to modify his Huey.
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Richard Bullock
is here with his 1/72 Italeri B-57B Canberra.
Richand goes into good detail about this aircraft's time in
Vietnam. Very nice looking model Richard.
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Huy Tran
did some
extra work and modifications to create this special
1/32 Revell AH-1C
as you'll read in his article. I particularly enjoyed seeing
the sharks mouth paint scheme.
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Julian Schüngel
joins us with his 1/48 Italeri Bell UH-1D
he has titled 'We were soldiers'.
Julian added photoetch to improve the detail on his Huey.
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Huy Tran has
dropped by with his 1/48 Testor F8F-2 Bearcat.
Huy finished his Bearcat OOB with a weapons load and French markings.
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Tuan
Tonthat is here with a large selection
of models of aircraft that served in Vietnam. He calls his
article Some
of VNAF inventory and there
is quite the variety here.
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Ron Dobrzelecki
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya A1-H Skyraider.
Ron finished
his Skyraider in USS Intrepid markings complete with the stinging
bumblebee.
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Tuesday,
Jan 30 2007 |
Indochina
War -- 10,000Day War -- Vietnam War anniversary |
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The Milton Keynes
show is this Sunday, 4th Feb. Go
to here for more info
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I
received so many articles for today's update I will be breaking it
into 3 updates......special thanks to everyone that participated in
today's special Indochina
War -- 10,000Day War -- Vietnam War anniversary updates.
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Rick Reinbott is
the guy responsible for getting the ball rolling for this special Indochina
War -- 10,000Day War -- Vietnam War anniversary update.
Rick begins today's update with his 1/48 Testors F8F Bearcat
‘Indochina Cat’.
Rick did quite a bit of work to modify his Bearcat to make it a
French Beacat that served with the French in Vietnam.
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Ivan Rich
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya A1H Skyraider.
Ivan includes history of this aircraft and when it deployed to
Vietnam. Quite the well done model.
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Triet Cam
joins us with his 1/72 Academy A-37B Dragonfly.
Triet added extra details and improved the kit details to create
his very nice looking colorful Dragonfly.
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Dave Marshall
stopped by with his TOKO P-63 Kingcobra.
This aircraft served in Vietnam with the French and Dave tells all
about it in his article. Nice one Dave.
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Julian Schüngel
is here with the first chopper in this update. This is his 1/48 Revell UH-1M
'Easy Rider'
with quite the sharks mouth on the nose.
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Eric Hargett
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider.
Eric finished his Spad in
"The Good Buddha"
noseart markings and
SEA camo from 1968.
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Andrew Desautels
(aka Andrew D) is here with his 1/72 Kopro MiG-21PFV kitbash.
Andrew chose a North Vietnamese MiG for today's update. I
found the way the camo scheme was applied on these jets and this
model quite interesting. Nice one Andrew.
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Ron Dobrzelecki
stopped by
with his 1/32 Tamiya F4D.
Ron finished his SEA F-4 in
Steve Ritchie markings. I'd like to congratulate Ron on being
recently notified that he will be
receiving from the state of New Jersey their Distinguish service
metal and Vietnam service metal in May of this year. Well
deserved Ron.
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Monday,
Jan 29 2007 |
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The Exposition of
I.P.M.S. Moorsele
(Belgium) is this coming Saturday. This is an expo for all types
of modelling, airplanes, tanks, figurines, cars, boats......and many
more. It starts on 3 February 2007 at O.C DE NEERBEEK (Bissegem)
Belgium.
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Paolo Yuen
has done an outstanding
job building and weathering his 1/32 Tamiya Tomcat.
This F-14 was improved with a resin cockpit.
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Renato "NIGHTRIDER" Torin Jr.
is here
with his 1/72 Liberty Embraer 110 P1 - Bandeirante.
This is a resin kit specially made for modellers interested in
building Brazilian aircraft. Renato improved the model
slightly and turned out a great looking aircraft model.
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Fred Bosselman has done a
first class
job detailing and finishing his 1/32 Matchbox DH 82a Tiger Moth.
He's displayed it in a diorama that he explains in his article.
He also included the history of this aircraft in New Zealand.
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Friday,
Jan 26 2007 |
Australia Day |
India Republic Day |
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The service for Al
Superczynski
is at the Pavillion at Arkansas State Veteran's Cemetery in North Little
Rock at 1100, Monday 29 January.
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I'm not doing updates
for the next few days. I need time off to recharge my batteries and
get caught up on many ARC issues that I've had to put on the back
burner. Updates will resume on Monday.
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Thursday,
Jan 25 2007 |
Steve Filak is here
to put into words, the thoughts we all feel with the sudden passing of
Al
Superczynski.
The online modeling community was stunned on
Wednesday evening by the news of the sudden loss of our dear friend, Al
Superczynski. Those of you who have been around the Internet for a number of years will no doubt remember "Modeler Al" from the old days of the scale modeling newsgroup
rec.models.scale. Al was a cornerstone of the online community, long before the days of ARC,
Hyperscale, Modeling Madness, Internet Modeler, or any of the other major scale modeling websites. In the "Wild West" environment that was
rec.models.scale, Al was an ambassador of goodwill, sharing his knowledge and advice with anyone who asked. He was also an avid trader, and if you were around
R.M.S. in the early 90's, chances are you traded with Al at some point.
Al was a retired Master Sergeant with the United States Army, and in addition to his numerous contributions to the hobby, he was an editor and monthly columnist at
Internet
Modeler, penning "Al's Old Kit Corner" each month for the publication. Al was a connoisseur of vintage kits, and would take one of his old gems out of the stash each month to provide readers with a slice of scale modeling's history. He also had his own website,
Al's Place, where you can see a number of his finely crafted auto, aircraft, and even armor models. His old signature at rec.models. scale was "Build what YOU want, the way YOU want to....and the critics will flame you every time", and was a reflection of his philosophy regarding the hobby.
In addition to his many contributions to the hobby, Al was one of the first people to welcome many of us to the online modeling realm, and will be fondly remembered by those of us who knew him, both on the Web, and in person. His impact on the hobby is both impressive and far-reaching, and we will all miss him; he was truly one of a kind. My sincerest condolences go out to Al's family and close friends, and I hope you'll all take a moment to remember Al in your thoughts and prayers today.
The service for Al
Superczynski is at
the Pavillion at Arkansas State Veteran's Cemetery in North Little Rock at
1100, Monday 29 January.
Steve Filak
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On January 30th, 2007 ARC will have a theme titled "The 10,000 Day War: Vietnam 1945-1975". We're looking for articles featuring any aircraft (including helicopters) that served in this conflict during this time period. Examples of aircraft would include those of France (Armee de l'Air, Aeronavale), South Vietnam (VNAF), North Vietnam (VPAF), USA (USAF, USN, USMC, U.S. Army, CIA) and other relevant nations. January 30th has been chosen as the date because that's the anniversary of the beginning of the Tet Offensive in 1968. Please also include some historical text in your article about the aircraft that your model(s) represents.
If you'd like your model to be posted as part of this theme, please include the following text in
the subject line of your e-mail to ARC: Post on Jan 30 - Indochina War update.
Go
here for submission info.
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Mario Fernandez gets
today started off on the right foot with his
1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18E.
Mario added a full weapons load some good old fashioned skill. I
never did figure out what Mario did with the Tamiya smoke.
Perhaps he'll do up a Tools n Tips article for us. Nice Super
Hornet Mario.
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Carmel John Attard dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices in Malta with his
1/72 Airmodel Do-11D Prilep ("Bat").
This unique looking aircraft is finished
in Bulgarian Air Force markings.
Carmel includes the history behind this odd looking bomber.
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Vladimír Žucha joins
us with his very nicely done 1/144 Revell Airbus A 319
finished in Germanwings colours.
Nice one Vladimir.
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Jeroen Berkvens
joins us with his 1/72 Airfix Grumman Avenger
in Dutch markings. Jeroen is going back
in time and remembering the earlier days of modelling with regards
to Airfix.....his article brings back fond memories.
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Wednesday,
Jan 24 2007 |
I was saddened to hear of
the untimely passing of ARC regular Carlos
"Cachito" Nacer. Carlos lived in Ecuador and was
killed in a car accident while returning from the beach with friends, two
friends were also injured. Carlos
was confined to a wheel chair, but still managed to turn out amazing well
done models. Below you'll be able to see 2 of his models that are
here on ARC.
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Carlos
"Cachito" Nacer
begins this
special update with his second article for ARC. This is his
recently completed 1/72 Italeri F-104S.
He will be missed in Peru and all around our little planet.
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Carlos
"Cachito" Nacer also had his
first and article
on ARC a few weeks ago. It was his
1/72
Tamiya F-84G Thunderjet
and Carlso did a first class job on it. Adios
Cachito....you WILL be missed.
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Louis Chang
is here with another of his
display case beauties. This is his 1/72 Hasegawa Avro Lancaster
complete
with scratchbuilt detail and excellently done weathering.
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Mirko Meier joins
us from Peru
with his 1/48 Academy Mig-29UB.
Mirko added plenty of detail and weathered his MiG just right and
finished it in Peruvian Air Force markings.
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Tuesday,
Jan 23 2007 |
Things are keeping busy at
the ARC Corporate offices with my youngest daughter sick with the flu.
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Raphael
L Marbella, MD starts your Tuesday update with
his 1/48
Eduard Heinkel 280.
Raphael did up his excellent looking Heinkel 280 ina what if
scheme complete with a display base.
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Gabriel
Stern is
here to make you grin with his Scratch
built 1/72 Bleriot V.
I'm not sure why.....but Gabriel calls this one the "Ugly
duckling"....say it ain't so. This plane is proof too
much beer does not enhance aircraft designs.
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Raphael
Santos joins us for the first
time on ARC with his nicely done 1/72
DML MiG-17.
Raphael built his bare metal beauty mostly out of the box with some
added cockpit detailing as well as carefully applied
weathering. Welcome to ARC Raphael!!!
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Monday,
Jan 22 2007 |
No update today.....I had a
busy weekend and was not able to get an update together for today.
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Sunday,
Jan 21 2007 |
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"Tojo" Modeller from Thailand
stopped by
the ARC Corporate offices in Thailand with his flawlessly done 1/72 S-2F Tracker Royal Thai Navy.
"Tojo" did a prefect job on his tracker, it's very nice to
see it.
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Felice De Leo “The Black Sheep”
from the lovely
island of Sicily with his 1/72 Heller SNCASE SE535 Mistral (Vampire).
Felice made his Vampire as a Naval version with very good
results. He has a question in his article for anyone with info
about
Ki-43's & Ki-36's used by the
French in Indochina.
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Saturday,
Jan 20 2007 |
I'm a bit late today on the
update, my oldest daughter was running a 104 temp last night, so I didn't
get much sleep. I'm relieved to say her temp is now below 100 and
with a pinch of luck she's past the worst. Thanks goodness for
medicine.
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Bill Lachance
starts today with his 1/48 Eduard Bf 108 Taifun.
Bill has done the usual high quality of detail I enjoy seeing so much
on his models.
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Paolo Yuen
has been
building his 1/32 Tamyia F-15E.
Paolo added quite the full weapons load as well as other detail and
some careful weathering to his Strike Eagle.
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Friday,
Jan 19 2007 |
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PS
starts today with
his 1/72 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.VIII HF.
PS has included 9 images showing his Spitfire that has been
enhanced with aftermarket items and good old fashioned
scratchbuilding.
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Renato "NIGHTRIDER" Torin Jr.
stopped by the ARC Corporate offices in Brazil with his
1/48 LearJet 23 -Revell - Testors Kit conversion.
This model is a kit bash between 2 models with parts from other kits
to create the early version of this jet. Custom made markings
were used to complete this beauty.
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Bla’k Ja’k
has been busy
building his well done
1/72 Revell Diorama Set.
These models will be used in his Typhoon diorama. Nine images
are included of these ground support vehicles.
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Warren Osborne has
been quite busy building his 1/72 AMT
B-52H Stratofortress.
Warren did scratchbuilding to improve the detail and made a custom
tarmac base for this big beast. The finished model came out
looking as impressive as the real thing.
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Thursday,
Jan 18 2007 No update today |
Due
to the buggy nature of the ARC forums.....I have reloaded them and moved
them to a new location. All posts from the past 24 hours did not
survive the move.
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Wednesday,
Jan 17 2007 |
I have adjusted the Forum
settings for the Calendar section that were preventing calendar events
from showing up in the Calendar section. My deep apologies to
everyone that posted events only to have them not show up in the Calendar
section.
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Gabriel Stern is
here with another of his aviation oddities....I LOVE these
models. This is the
Scratch-built 1/72 Arnoux Stablavion of 1912,
which is a tailess pusher aircraft.
Brave indeed to try to fly something like this.
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Vladimír Žucha has
done quite a bit of work to create his
1/125
Heller Airbus A 320.
Vladimír dropped the slats, built a cockpit and made custom decals
and so much more. Well done Vladimír.
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Sean Hampton
is
here with some Sniper XR pod walkarond photos. Thanks!!!
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Tuesday,
Jan 16 2007 |
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Tim Groombridge gets things started today with
his 1/48 Trumpeter USCG HH65A Dolphin.
Tim did quite the job on his Dolphin to turn out a very sharp looking
USCG chopper.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here with a great looking 1/32 Hasegawa CF-104 Starfighter.
Shawn has quite the list of folks on ARC that helped him make this
RCAF model possible. Well done everyone.
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Ed Ritchuk is
here with a very nicely done
1/72 Italeri Nordair DC-3.
I enjoyed seeing the attractive blue and white colour scheme on this
one Odd to think DC-3 were in service in the late 70's.
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Maxwinamp has been busy building
and detailing his 1/72 Fujimi OA-4M Samurai.
Maxwinamp added quite a bit of scratchbuilt detailing to his
Skyhawk.
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Monday,
Jan 15 2006 |
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Eren Nasib
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/144
Revell Boeing 737-800.
Eren finished his airliner in KLM markings. Welcome to
ARC Eren!!!
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Fernando J. Reparaz
"Komet" is
here from Spain with a model that would have been perfect for Silly
Week. This is his
Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka
which is a kit bash between a bi-plane and
armoured tank.
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Jonathan Lotton
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his very nicely done 1/48 Monogram F-4C.
Jonathan finished his Phantom in
Oregon Air National
Guard markings
kindly supplied by ARC's very own Darren Roberts.
Welcome to ARC Jonathan!!!
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Sunday,
Jan 14 2007 |
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Tolga Ulgur
joins us from Turkey with another one of his masterpieces. This
is his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104G
finished in a very realistic bare metal finish to which he added
Turkish markings.
Tolga has many articles on ARC and all his work is first class.
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Saturday,
Jan 13 2007 |
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Li Weiguang starts
today with an awesome 1/48 Academy P-47D.
Weiguang did a fantastic job on the bare metal finish and
weathering.
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Juanjo Dominguez did
a beautiful job on his 1/72 Revell F-15B.
Juanjo chose
to finish his F-15B in the very attractive Ferris Scheme.
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Friday,
Jan 12 2007 |
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Bill Lachance is
here with his 1/48 ICM Spitfire Mk. IX.
Bill built his desert Spitfire with aftermarket goodies to
improve the detail. Another lovely model from Bill.
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Granger Hsu
has dropped by
today with his 1/72
High Planes RB-57D Canberra.
Granger finished this classic beauty in Taiwanese markings and has
included some very interesting history on this type of aircraft in
Taiwanese service.
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Steve Wilson
is here with
a painting of the
Douglas C-47 painting.
Steve tells the story behind this painting and the model he based
this painting on. Well done Steve.
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Danny Dinh
joins us today
with his 1/48
Revell A-37B Dragonfly VNAF.
Danny did an excellent job on his Dragonfly and tells about the
inspiration of a family member when building this model.
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Thursday,
Jan 11 2007 |
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Robert T. Rio
has sent in a
selection of photos and his report covering the recent
IPMS - Philippines Nationals '06.
This looks like it was quite the multi-day event.
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Phil - sharko - Grignet
joins us with his beautifully done 1/48 Hasegawa F-14D.
Phil finished it in the VF-101 Grim Reapers markings under a
heavy dose of weathering as you would see on a Tomcat at the end of
a deployment.
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Yufei Mao
has done a very
nice job on his 1/72
A-Model MiG-9.
It's good to see this early MiG jet fighter.
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Chokchai U.
has done an impressive job
building and finishing his 1/48
Hitech RTAF
Breguet 14b
with handpainted markings. This kit is a difficult build and
to turn out a masterpiece like this leaves me stunned.
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Wednesday,
Jan 10 2007 |
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Tong+71
Thailand has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/48
Hasegawa F-16I SUFA.
No matter how long I live....the Israeli F-16's will always
look good.....let's hope they never change toa low-viz paint
scheme.
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Bill
Retoff joins
us today with his very well done 1/72
Monogram F8F Bearcat.
Bill finished his Bearcat in markings from 1952.
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Alan
Thompson joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/72
Airffix BAe Hawk, DragonHawk.
Alan joins us from Scotland and I must confess the RAF Dargon scheme
he chose is one I quite enjoyed seeing. Welcome to ARC Alan!!!
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Gabriel
Stern is here to
show us the early side of aviation with his
Scratchbuilt
1/72 Renard R-17.
Although this model is a straight forward looking shape.....I tip my
hat to Gabriel for scratchbuilding it and pulling it off.
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Mark
Brockway joins us for the first
time on ARC with his flawlessly done 1/32
Tamiya F-4J Phantom II.
Mark sure has shown up with a lovely Phantom as his first model on
ARC. He's used much skill and some aftermarket goodies to
detail and finish his F-4. Welcome to ARC Mark!!!
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Tom
Docherty is our
roving ARC reporter in Scotland and he's here today with a selection
of photos showing the high quality of work displayed at the
recent Elgin
(Scotland) Model Show 2006.
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David Horn is
here with some A-7D
walkarond photos. Thanks David!!!
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Tuesday,
Jan 9 2007 |
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Brian da Basher
is here with his Silly Week artilce for his
1/72 Messerschmitt BF (Big Fat) 113.
Brian got his article in plenty early, but I missed it when I was
searching my inbox for Silly Week articles. Excellent story
and model Brian!!!
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Dennis
Cermak is here with a very clean
and flawlessly done 1/32 Tamiya F-14A Tomcat.
Dennis used aftermarket decals to get the colourful markings
for VF-31 Tomcatters.
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Sebastian
Rios is
here with some Sturmovik IL2m3
walkarond photos. Thanks Sebastian!!!
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Monday,
Jan 8 2007 |
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Matthias Simon gets
things started today with his stunning
1/72 Airmodel Junkers Ju 288 V-3.
Matthias scratcbuilt the cockpit and finished his Ju 288 with an
expertly done paint and weathering job.
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Jorge Bonilla
joins us with his beautifully done
1/48 Italeri Tornado.
This is one of my favourite Tornado's from the Gulf
War....complete with it's sexy nose art.
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Tim Groombridge has
done a great job building his 1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane.
This tropical Hurricane was built mostly out of the box which yeilds a
very nice model as Tim shows.
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Oishi is
here with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16.
Sadly this lovely model was intended for the King of Thailand's
birthday on the Dec 5th update but I didn't realise that until after
the date had passed. It is of course finished in special Royal
Thailand Air Force markings.
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Simon Lewis
had a good time
building his 1/72 Italeri RAAF UH-1B.
This little beauty was finished in Aussie markings......it's always
good to see aircraft with Roos on the side.
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Armin
Knes has dropped
by with his 1/48 Suchoi Su-37.
Armin id a fair bit of work to create his very attractive Su-37.
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Sunday,
Jan 7 2007 Last Day of Silly Week 2007!!! |
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Alvis 3.1 begins
the last day of silly Week with his weird and wacky
1/24 ShuttleBug 2.
And yes....Alvis 3.1 has included a story to explain this spacecraft.
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Tory
Mucaro has
dropped by with his Aerobatic School.
Now you too can learn to fly like the Blue Angels.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
has moved into
the big world of 1/18 Armor Toys. This is his
1/18 Toy Jeep.
he's even included a photos of his kitten.
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Dave
Bailey
has been busy building his
Breguet Calypso.
Dave has included the full history to back up this aircraft.
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David Campbell has
dropped by with his final model for Silly Week 2007. This is his
1/6 (?) scale S.A.F.S girl.....I
get a kick out of these figure model David has built and posted on ARC
in the past.
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Bud Sliger
joins us with his
BAC Lightning F.7.
You'll find his story about this aircraft quite convincing.
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Tim N
Mansfield
is here with his
Matchbox T55 Lightning.
This special lightning is finished in USAF and USN colours.
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Carlos
Herrera
is here from México
1/35 Tamiya M1a2
Abrams. Carlos put quite a bit of effort into
detailling and weathering his Abrams.
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Alvis 3.1 finishes
of Silly Week 2007 with his Sometime in the recent past...
This is an image from Giggle Earth.....an alternate reality from
Google Earth.
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Saturday,
Jan 6 2007 |
My Internet connection died
just as I was loading the update this morning.....so I've had to wait for
the connection to come back.
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Tim N Mansfield
has been busy being creative with his
FSW Lightning.
Oddly enough this design looks like something that should have
happened.
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Friday,
Jan 5 2007 |
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Dave Bailey is
here with the story behind the little known Spanish aircraft
nicknamed The Toro.
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Nick Walton
is here with his 1/72 RAF Tornado FG.5.
Holy heck....the story for this one starts off with quite the
beginning......Royal Watchers beware.
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Bud Sliger
is
here with his
EB-1B Narsil.
Bud has included the full story behind this secret unknown varient
and it's top secret mission over the Soviet Union.
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Thursday,
Jan 4 2007 |
Union of Myanmar Independence Day |
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Alvis 3.1
gets things started today with his
1/87 Airbus A-303.
This is a little known Airbus aircraft that most of you might not
remember.....but Alvis has included a full history to remind you.
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David Campbell
has done an outstanding job on one ot the most popular Star Trek TNG
Klingons in his article called
...Perhaps someday, but not today!
This is Chancellor Gowron.
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Alvis 3.1 is
back with his 1/72 F-32A JSF.
This is the USN version of this aircraft and of course Alvis has
included a full story with this What-if scheme.
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Bud Sliger is
here with his Tu-22MKI "Stingray".
The story with Bud Tu-22 makes for some very entertaining
reading......very creative history...
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Wednesday,
Jan 3 2007 |
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Alvis 3.1
begins today with another of his zanny
creations. This is his 1/72 SuperbMarine SpatFire Mark 1b.
It seems this special little aircraft dates to the dark, dire days
of the BOB in Sept 1940.
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Bill Harr has
got a good one here....this is his Super Kingfisher.
Bill has included the history behind this "What-if" pre-war
design.
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David Campbell
has put his modeling skills to good use
creating this rusted out Ditch Bank Okie.
David has rusted and beaten this truck to resemble something we've
all owned or come close to owning.
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Tuesday,
Jan 2 2007 |
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Harry Quirk begins
today with his amusing article telling about the history of
The Birth of Stealth.
Harryu has included quite a few models to back up his story.
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Pieter Posthumus
has
been scratchbuilding many details on his 1/12 Tamiya Honda NSR 500.
Yet another example of a first rate motorcycle model.
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Bud Sliger
is here with his "What if" TB-52D 'Pave Beast'.
Bud has included full history about this aircraft type....
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Phil Peterson
is here with his "What if" 1/72 Academy ROK F-47 Thunderbolt.
It seems this aircraft took part in the Korean war.....according to
the history in Phil's article....
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Monday,
Jan 1 2007 |
Cuba Anniversary of the Revolution |
Haiti Independence Day
Sudan Independence Day |
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- Silly Week 2007 has
begun. You will see everything but serious aircraft models on
ARC for the next week.
- The passing of the
New Year went well with myself, my wife and our two daughters staying
up to midnight and toasting in the New Year at home with tall glasses
of milk. This is the first year we've not had to secretly put
the clocks ahead to help our kids stay up to
"midnight".
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Dave Bailey
has a most amusing "what if" chopper from Finland called
The Sudenkorento.
At least I think it is a "What if" chopper.....
;-)
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Dan Duna
has been up to his usual high level of
imagination and scratchbuilding. This is
Dan's Unnamed Starship.
NASA could really use Dan to design the next space ships.
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Alvis 3.1
is back again
with his article You Dang Street Racing
Kids!
It seems street racing kids are not just a problem in your
neighbourhood. I suspect the State Trooper in this article
patrols in Roswell, New Mexico.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
has dropped
by with a selection of his 1/48 Canadian Skyhawks.
I believe these are "What if" markings..... ;-)
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