Sunday,
Sept
30 2007 |
Guinea-Bissau Independence Day |
Botswana National Day |
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Max Tollens Jr. starts
today's update with his very well done 1/144 Minicraft Boeing 737-400.
Max did have some problems with his kit but you'd never know that from
looking at the finished model.
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Davin Evans has done an impressive job finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10.
This particular 109 was a day fighter pushed into night fighter
service in an attempt to stop the Allied night bombers. Davin
tells a bit about this in his article.
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Bf-108
walkaround photos by Patrick Nevin
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Saturday,
Sept 29 2007 |
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Ray Yeo begins
today with his excellent looking 1/72 Hasegawa F-14A Jolly Rogers.
Ray discusses the pros and cons of the 1/72 Hasegawa kit and how he
made the eye catching Jolly Rogers display base.
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Nick England has
been busy getting the details right on his 1/72 Airfix Sopwith Pup.
Nick did quite the top notch job on this one as you see in his photos.
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Vampire walkaround photos by
Patrick Nevin
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Friday,
Sept 28 2007 |
Hobby
Gryffon has their annual
show coming up on September
30 in Quebec, Canada. For more
info....click here http://www.gryffonhobbies.com/expo.htm
It promises to be even bigger than last year. So far they have
confirmation from people coming from the Maritimes, Ontario and the US!
Plus many new faces from the area. Should be fun.
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David Mielke "VMFA314Knights"
begins today with a
very well done 1/48 Hobbycraft Hawker Sea Fury.
David built his Sea Fury OOB and finished it off in markings for a
very special Korean war aircraft.
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Pete Morgan is
here with his 1/48 Hasagawa Harrier GR7.
Pete did a bit of extra detailing to spruce up his Harrier and then he
added reasonably colourful markings and a touch of weathering before
displaying it on a great looking display base he built. Nice job
Pete!!
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Serge Dompierre has
been busy getting the details right on his colourful
1/48 LTD IAR 81C Rumanian fighter.
There were quite a few little detail changes Serge did to his IAR 81
before finishing it in colourful
Royal Rumanian Air Force markings with nose art.
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Amos Hadad joins
us from Israel with his fine looking 1/35 Dragon "Scud B".
Amos built his Scud out of the box with very good results.
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Patrick Nevin
is here with some Strikemaster
walkaround photos.
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Dean Large
is here with some Me-109E
walkaround photos.
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Thursday,
Sept 27 2007 |
Articles
Needed!!! I've finally been able to
reduce my work week at my real job, which is what I want. This is
freeing up lots of time for me to focus on ARC. Currently the inflow
of gallery articles will only permit 4 gallery articles per weekday and
none on the weekends. I'd like to put double that many articles on
ARC, but I'll need more folks to submit model gallery articles. I'm
also looking for walkarounds and review articles. I plan to add
between 300 and 700 walkarounds per year to ARC....so if you have the
walkaround photos....send them to me. I'm
keen to move ARC to a much higher level......and I now have to time to do
it.
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Yufei Mao has been busy getting
the look right on his
1/72 Hasegawa F-117 "Gray Dragon".
This is one very unique F-117 and Yufei got the paint job looking just
right.
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Lorenzo Cassinadri is
here with his first article on ARC today. This is his
1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank).
Lorenzo has done a stunning job on the weathering and paint chipping
(peeling?) on his Frank and he kindly shares his technique in his
article. Welcome to ARC Lorenzo!!! I look forward to
seeing more of your work on ARC.
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Jose Aides has
been very busy masking and airbrushing his
1/48 Mirage 2000 Tiger Meet.
The bulk of the markings on this amazing aircraft are
airbrushed. Well done Jose!!!
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Jaroslav Král has
been very busy adding lights to his 1/48 Monogram B-24J.
Jaroslav did a great job building his B-24....then he took it to
a higher level with lightning.
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F-94C
walkaround photos by Phil Juvet
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Wednesday,
Sept 26 2007 |
I'd like to give
everyone advanced notice of the upcoming XXII Modeling Tournament to be held in Guayaquil on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October in Guayaquil. Further information
go to their website at www.ipmsguayaquil.com
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Daniele Dotti joins
us from Italy with a first article on ARC today. This is Daniele's
1/72 Hasegawa Fw190D-9
which went together very well and built up into
a stunning model. I love how well it looks. Welcome to ARC
Daniele!!!
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Shawn Phantom Weiler is
here with his Phantoms part 20, Hasegawa 1/48.
Shawn did a a large amount of kits bashing and aftermarket detailing
to create this anniversary Phantom. Nice one Shawn!!
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David Mielke
"VMFA314Knights" is
here today with his 1/48
AMT F7F-3N Tigercat.
This particular Korean war aircraft is historically significant and
David tells the whole story in his article. I was particularly
impressed with the paint chipping and weathering on David's Tigercat.
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Laurent “Angus” Beauvais
drops by
today with his 1/48 Classic Airframe Vampire Fb5.
Laurent kept pretty busy with his Vampire but he kept with it and
truned out a great looking Vampire in French markings.
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Tuesday,
Sept 25 2007 |
Charge
of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war |
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Seong won Choi is
here from the Republic
of
Korea (South
Korea) with his first article on ARC. This is one of the best
and most detailed 1/48 Monogram EA-6B Prowler's
I've ever seen. This Prowler is loaded with plenty of resin
detail items from a cockpit to wing fold set and
the Cutting
Edge
correction set. Wow what a huge job this must have been.
Welcome to ARC Choi!!!
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Oliver Weston has enjoyed building his
1/72 KP Letov S-16.
This little bi-plane beauty was built out of the box and Oliver
includes the history of this little plane. Cool plane Oliver.
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Glen T. Peach ''Ogro'' has
enjoyed building his 1/144 Airfix B 727-200.
This sharp looking airliner was finished in markings for a Brazilain
airline called VASP (Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo). I love the paint
scheme Glen.
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Eric Hargett has
done an exceptionally nice job on his
1/48 ProModeler Dornier Do 217E-5.
Ericaded some photo etch to impove on the kit detail. He
includes some very helpful information about how he painted and
weathered his model. Nice one Eric.
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Monday,
Sept 24 2007 |
Hobby
Gryffon has their annual
show coming up on September
30 in Quebec, Canada. For more
info....click here http://www.gryffonhobbies.com/expo.htm
It promises to be even bigger than last year. So far they have
confirmation from people coming from the Maritimes, Ontario and the
US! Plus many new faces from the area. Should be fun.
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Olivier Bonnet
is here to WOW you with his 1/72 Italeri and Matchbox Wessex.
Olivier added resin and scratchbuilt details and finished them off
with two of the best looking Wessex paint schemes I've ever seen.
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J.C. Bahr
is here with his 1/72 Monogram EF-105F
from
Project
Northscope.
J.C. includes full history on this aircraft. J.C. put in much
effort to get all the details correct on his 1/72 wonder and I know
you're going to enjoy reading his article and seeing his special
F-105.
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Cessna
joins us with a very nicely done
1/72
Italeri Hs-129 B3.
I got a kick out of seeing this Hs-129 in a diorama setting.
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Jeremias Nicolas Luchina
has dropped by today with his 1/72 Sur Models I.A. 27 Pulqui I.
Although this aircraft wasn't a success in itself it was very
historically significant and it did pave the way for later
designs. Jeremias
tells the whole story in his article.
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Sunday,
Sept 23 2007 |
Saudi Arabia National Day |
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Steven J. Corvi starts
things today with his 1/72 Fujimi PAF F-86F40.
Steven did an exceptional job on his Sabre and finished it with some
careful weathering and the markings for a Pakistani Ace using Cutting
Edge decals
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Mark Kannemeyer
joins us from
South Africa with his 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109 G6.
Mark was very busy upgrading the detail on his 109 with a variety of
resin detail items and then he finished it off with a first class
paint job and some aftermarket decals.
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Saturday,
Sept 22 2007 |
Malta Independence Day |
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Roy McKay gets
things started today to mark the retirement of the Irish Alouettes
yesterday. This is his article which is appropriately called
Au revior Alouette!.
Great photos Roy!!! Roy alos tells the story of the Irish
Alouettes.
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Ray Yeo
is here with his 1/72 Zvedva MIG 1.44.
Ray weathered the panel lines and finished it off as an
in-flight model. Looks excellent Ray.
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David Upp has
done a wonderful job getting everything looking just right on his
1/48 Tamiya Fairey Swordfish.
David has some excellent photos of his Swordfish and includes a few
tricks in his article to help you build a better Swordfish.
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Friday,
Sept 21 2007 |
Victoria Scale Modellers will be hosting the Island Open, Saturday 22 September at the Mary Winspear Centre at Sanscha, 2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney, B.C. Contest and Swap meet featuring: Cars, Ships, Aircraft, Figures, Spacecraft, Armour built by Local World Class Modellers. There will be Door Prizes and a Swap & Shop. More details can be found by clicking here
http://www.vsm.bc.ca/Contest2007.htmlI
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PMS-UK
Farnborough are holding their annual Modelfest show at: Kings
International College, Watchetts Drive, Camberley, Surrey on Sunday
23rd September 2007 from 10am to 4pm. For more info see http://www.ipms-farnborough.co.uk/index.html
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Dan McWilliams gets
today off to a fine start with his
1/48 Hobbycraft Tutor.
Dan enhanced this set with a resin detail set and finished it off with
a great looking bare metal finish. I enjoyed the story about
Dan's late Dad in his article.
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Karel Sláma
is here with a very well done
1/48 Heller Apha-Jet A.
Karel finished off this beauty in the always attreactive markings for
the German Air Force.
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Ray Yeo
has
been having fun building his 1/72 Hasegawa AV-8B Harrier II.
Ray built his harrier out of the box with expertly done weathering and
panel line shading.
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Juanjo Dominguez has
proven that anything is possible in 1/72 scale. This is his
super detailed 1/72 Fujimi+Italeri MH-53J Pave Low III.
You have got to see the level of scratchbuilt detail in this chopper. Amazing.
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I have a review of the
101
First Fighter Squadron Isreali Air Force book
from
IsraDecal.
This book carefully details the history of the 101 Squadron in the
Israeli Air Force from it's very first battle in 1948 with 4 S-199's
to the present time. Over 600 photos and endless first hand
accounts by pilots of their combat exploits.
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Thursday,
Sept 20 2007 |
Long ago the Baghdad
Hobby Club was created
by ARC member Charles
P. Kalina
in an
article on ARC.
The Club is still there and is always looking for help in the way of
donations. Here is a note from an ARC member that is currently
helping the Baghdad Hobby Club from this post on the ARC forums.
Click
here to see
the whole thread. His message is as follows. If you have some
kits or supplies please donate them to keep this group going. The
IPMS link below has pics of the models built by the Baghdad Hobby
Club.
Hi,
If anyone is willing to send kits/supplies/books/modeling magazines to
the Baghdad Hobby Club, please contact me and I'll email you their
contact information.
OHMS was able to do a fund/kit/supplies raiser at the Oregon coast
last weekend, and this weekend (at our show) we also accepted a lot of
kit donations. But any addition donations would be put to good use.
http://www.ipmsusa.org/Features/Baghdad_Hobby_Club/IraqModelNetwork.htm
Thanks,
Ruud
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Anatoly Velichko begins
today with a hot looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat.
Anatoly added aftermarket goodies and finished it off with aftermarket
decals. The paint job and
weathering is a must see on Anatoly's F-14.
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David Mielke "VMFA314Knights"
is here with his first
submission to ARC. This is his 1/48 ESCI AD-4W Skyraider.
This is the older Esci kit in the “Guppy”
series version of the Skyraider and David did it up in fine
style. I enjoyed seeing it David and I look forward to seeing
more of your models on ARC. Welcome to ARC David!!!.
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"Tojo" Modeller from Thailand
gets a
tip of the hat from me for doing such a fantastic job on his
1/48 Classic Airframes F-5B.
This is a limited run kit and doesn't exactly have Tamiya fit quality
but "Tojo" overcame all that and finished up with a first
class model. You will be impressed.
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James J. Olschlager Jr.
joins us with his very nicely done
1/48 Revell F-15E Strike Eagle.
James used aftermarket resin seats and finished off his beautiful
Strike eagle with Twobobs
decals. Nice one James.
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Wednesday,
Sept 19 2007 |
Saint Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis |
Anniversary of the Chilean Army |
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The website for the
IPMS-USA 2008 National Convention is
up and running at
http://www.ipmsusa2008.org
Seeing this website online has ratcheted up my excitement level for my
trip to the Virginia Beach for the 2008 IPMS USA Nationals.
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Jeff Wilson gets your Wednesday update
off to a fine start with
his 1/48 Monogram Hawk One Canada.
Jeff was inspired to build this Canadian Voodoo after a trip to the
Air Museum in Comox, Canada. Jeff did a fair amount of work to
get the details right for this particular jet and finished it off with
aftermarket decals. This is an iconic Canadian Voodoo.
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Tom 'thom' Rowson is
here with his flawlessly done 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire MkVc.
Tom built his Spitfire mostly out of the box and finished it off with
aftermarkket decals for Robert Stanford Tuck's Spitfire.
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Bradley White
is here from New Zealand with his first
article on ARC. This is Bradley's
1/72 Italeri Vought A-7E Corsair II.
Bradley did some scratchbuilding and kitbashing to create this great
looking A-7 and finished it off as a weathered Gulf War jet.
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Josh Kaiser is
here with his award winning 1/48 Eduard P-39D.
Josh put quite a bit of effort into his P-39 and he tells the story
with a well written article that includes beautifully done
photos. This is quite the well done P-39 and well worth having a
look at....grab a coffee or cup of tea and enjoy Josh's P-39.
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Géza G'cart Szekér is
here with a fantastic 1/72 Supermodel Aermacchi MB-339A.
This beautifully done MB-339 has a perfect weathering job and is
finished in markings for the Italian Air Force.
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Tuesday,
Sept 18 2007 |
Chile
Independence Day |
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To help mark the
Chilean National Day I've added a link to the big Chilean modellers site www.Solomaquetas.com
Their model group is now 5 years old.
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Rodrigo Rejas ( BlackLight)
is here from Chile
to mark his National Day with his
1/72 Hasegawa T-33A Shooting Star.
This is an older kit, but Rodrigo scratch built some detail and
finished it off in the attractive markings for the Chilean Air Force
and some weathering. Nice one Rodrigo.
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Alvaro Troncoso Gil (Bruja)
joins us from
Chile with his 1/48 Heller (modified) Mirage
Pantera.
This special 2 seater Mirage is painted in a great looking camo scheme
and finished off in Chilean Air Force markings.
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Ed Ritchuk has been busy
modifying his very sharp looking 1/72 Heller CL-215T Canadair Water Bomber.
This is the Turbo prop version which required scratch building the
correct engines to replace the kit engines. Ed then finished it
off with the bright yellow and red high visibility paint scheme used
by Canadian water bombers.
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Mario Serelle stopped
by the ARC Corporate offices in Brazil with his
1/48 Italeri F/A-18F Super Hornet.
This beautifully done Super Hornet had some scratchbuilt detailing
added to it along with aftermarket detail parts. Mario then
finished it off in the markings for Jolly Rogers.
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Tigre del Aire is
here from Colombia with his 1/72 Revell MiG-3.
This is the aircraft flown by one of the top aces of WW2 and it is
finished in the markings for the Royal
Rumanian Air Force. Tigre del Aire
provided the full story behind this amazing pilot and tells about
building 2 of his aircraft.
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Monday,
Sept 17 2007 |
Victoria Scale Modellers will be hosting the Island Open, Saturday 22 September at the Mary Winspear Centre at Sanscha, 2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney, B.C. Contest and Swap meet featuring: Cars, Ships, Aircraft, Figures, Spacecraft, Armour built by Local World Class Modellers. There will be Door Prizes and a Swap & Shop. More details can be found by clicking here
http://www.vsm.bc.ca/Contest2007.html
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IPMS-UK
Farnborough are holding their annual Modelfest show at: Kings
International College, Watchetts Drive, Camberley, Surrey on Sunday
23rd September 2007 from 10am to 4pm. For more info see http://www.ipms-farnborough.co.uk/index.html
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J.C. Bahr starts
things today with his 1/72 Hasegawa FB-111A.
J.C. created his Switchblade using a bit of kit bashing, some
scratchbuilding, custom made decals and finished it all off with
aftermarket decals. J.C. tells the whole story in his
article.
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Agnieszka Kuś is
here from Poland with her beautifully detailed
1/48 Revell Kaman SH-2F Seasprite.
Agnieszka added plenty of scratch built detail to her Seasprite to get
it looking fantastic. I hope to see more of Agnieszka
models on ARC.
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Arthur L.CaesarJr. has done an outstanding
job building and weathering his 1/32 Trumpeter A-10 N/A.
Arthur finished his 2 seater A-10 in "what if" operational
markings and gave it a complete weathering job to bring it to life.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar is
here with his beuatifully details and finished
1/48 Messeschmitt Me
410B-1.
Rafi added an aftermarket resin wheel well set to give his Bf-110 the
detail it needed and then finished it off with a one of his first
class paint jobs.
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David Mielke has
been busy building his Korean War era 1/48 Monogram F-80C Shooting Star.
This is the old Monogram kit and David gave it a multi-shade bare
metal finished and some colorful markings including a sharks mouth.
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Sunday,
Sept 16 2007 |
There are quite a few
ARC'ers in Mexico and a very active group lives in the city of Monterrey.
I'd like to send out warm greetings to them on
the Mexican Independence Day. I hope you guys have a grand
time. Good job you guys did on today's update!!!
VIVA MEXICO
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Mario Alberto Fernandez
gets this special Mexican update started
with his 1/48 Monogram F-5E
finished
in the always attractive colours of the Fuerza Aerea Mexicana.
This model involved rescribing panel lines and doing some conversion
work. Well done Mario.....she looks top notch. I love
seeing it displayed on the Mexican flag.......Mexico has a great
looking flag.
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Raúl Duarte is
here from Mexico with his 1/72 Monogram F-19 Stealth Navalized.
This was one heck of a scratchbuilding and kit bashing project.
Read Raúl's
article to see what lengths he went to create this wild looking Navy
jet.
I can neither confirm or deny the existance of the F-19 in the
USN. :-D
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Alfonso Barajas is
also here from Mexico with his 1/72 LEE Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker.
This is a "What If" model as uyou may have guessed and I
can't help but ponder how cool this jet looks in Mexican
markings. Decals were from Zotz
decals.
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Alfredo Garcia
also joins us from sunny Monterrey
Mexico with his 1/48 Classic Airframes' Mig-3.
Alfredo was quite busy building his MiG and then finishing it off
witha full selection of pastels to give it that well used
Russian aircraft look. Nicely done Alfredo.....have
a grand time today.
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Saturday,
Sept 15 2007 |
Battle of Britain Day |
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Costa Rica Independence Day |
El Salvador
Independence Day |
Guatemala Independence
Day |
Honduras Independence
Day |
Nicaragua Independence
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Tolga Ulgur is
here today to honour the Battle of Britain Day with his 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire
Mk1b.
Tolga did quite a bit of work and added aftermarket goodies from Ultracast
to get his Spitfire looking correct.
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Eduardo Arguijo
is here to
honour the Guatemala Independence
Day with his selection of aircraft from the Guatemalan Air Force (F.A.G.) Models.
Eduardo presents 4 different models for your enjoyment.
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Hal Marshman also
joins us today with his
1/48 Tamiya Spit I
to honour
the Battle of Britain
Day. Hal did a mild conversion
to create his Spitfire using a variety of aftermarket items and his
carefully honed skill.
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Rahman Ramadya joins
us today with his 1/72 Bilek L-29 Delfin.
This special little L-29 was riginally intened for the Indonesia
Independence Day on Aug 17. Rahman had to create some of the
decals for this model....with very good results.
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Friday,
Sept 14 2007 |
London Scale
Model Show at the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre in London,
Ontario on September 15th, hosted by IPMS London. For more info
go to the show website at http://www.londonscalemodelshow.ca
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IPMS Washington DC
and IPMS Baltimore chapters present MarauderCon this
Saturday, September 15th from 9-4 PM at the Harry Ruhl National Guard Armory, 1035 York Road, Towson, Maryland 21204. For details, please see the
convention web site at: http://www.ipmsdc.org/maraudercon/index.html.
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Oregon Historical Modelers Society
and the Evergreen Aviation Museum in Portland, Oregon present
their show on September 15 at the Evergreen Aviation museum.
Go to http://www.geocities.com/oregonshow
for more info.
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IPMS Ottawa
hosting their bi-annual model contest on Sept 15 at the Nepean
Sportsplex in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Come one, come all. Check
ipmsottawa.ca
for updates, or contact 'smithery' on the ARC Forums by email or PM
for details.
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Iain Matheson is
here with a report about his son Geoffrey's
success at the US Nationals Juniors 2007.
Well done Geoffrey....your
success is well deserved....thanks for the report Iain.
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Paolo Yuen is
here with a fully weathered dirty
USN 1/144 Dragon A-6E Intruder
with a full weapons load on a carrier deck
display base. A lovely model and quite impressive,
especially when you consider it is the tiny 1/144 scale.
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Josip Žagar has
taken some artistic license at finishing his
1/72 Revell Heinkel He-111 H-6.
This gave his He-111 a very realistic look that fits in very well with
the paint schemes seen on the He-111 during WW2. I love how it
looks.
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Manuel Negri
stopped by
from Italy with his 1/48 Trumpeter Hawker Sea Hawk FGA mk.6.
Manuel put much effort into the weathering of his Sea Hawk and the
finished model came out looking excellent. He also added a resin
seat.
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PS went
above and beyond the call of duty to correct his 1/72 Italeri Rafale M01.
PS did end up with a first class model of the Rafale M01 and
showed what the Italeri kit can become.
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Thursday,
Sept 13 2007 |
London Scale Model Show at the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre in London, Ontario on September 15th, hosted by IPMS
London. This year’s theme is “The ‘70s Show,” with cool theme awards for models of 1970s subjects. We’ve got over 60 vendors tables, a big raffle table and modellers coming from all over southern Ontario, Quebec, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and slick awards – it’s looking like our biggest and best show ever. The show website is
http://www.londonscalemodelshow.ca
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Juan S. Montesinos begins
today with his 1/48 Monogram Cessna A-37B Dragonfly.
This great looking Dragonfly is finished in the markings of the
Ecuador Air Force. Juan built it out of the box and captured the
look of the Dragonfly with his careful weathering. My apologies
to Juan for not getting this on ARC on Aug 10 for Ecuador's National
Day.
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Marc Laplante
has done an outstanding
job detailing and finishing his 1/48
Academy Labrador.
He paid careful attention to the detail on his Labrador and displayed
it on a base showing it's service in Canada.
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Nebuchednikov Nizam Rusli
is here with an article originally intended for Merdeka
Day on Aug 31. This is Nebuchednikov's
1/48 Academy Mig-29
complete
with extra detailing and aftermarket decals for the Malaysian air
force.
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Leslie Choong
has been busy
building and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa BF109G2.
This 109 was brought to life with the careful application of
weathering and paint chipping. Nice one Sam.
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Drakendk
is here with a Danish 1/72 ESCI F-100D.
Although this is an older kit, Drakendk had no problems working some
magic and bringing it up to a very high level of quality.
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Wednesday,
Sept 12 2007 |
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Frank Daniels is
here with his exceptionally nice looking
1/48 Tamiya A6M2 Zero.
Frank had an absolute disaster when it came time to paint
requiring stripping the paint and redoing it. Frank tells the
whole story in his article.....good save Frank!!!
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Sam Ching has done a wonderful
job on his 1/72 Italeri Rafale B.
Sam rescribed the panel lines and then used preshading to show off the
panel lines before giving his model the final coat of paint. It
looks excellent Sam.
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Tuesday,
Sept 11 2007 |
Attack
on World Trade Center and Pentagon 2001 |
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Hobby Gryffon has their annual show coming
up on September 30 in Quebec, Canada. For more info....click
here http://www.gryffonhobbies.com/expo.htm
It promises to be even bigger than last year. So far we have confirmation from people coming from the Maritimes, Ontario and the US! Plus many new faces from the area. Should be fun.
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No
reviews today out of respect for the 9-11 Anniversary.
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Kai Reckstadt begins
today with an exceptionally well done 1/32 Tamiya F-16CJ Viper.
Kai added plenty of additional detailing using the excellent book from
Daco.
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Chris Elcock
has been busy
building his 1/32 Revell Spitfire
Pr19 using a Mk1 Spitfire and the MDC
conversion kit. Chris tells about all that was involved in
creating his special PR Blue Spitfire.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler is
here with part 4 of his 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104 Starfighter
article.
Shawn includes 2 Canadian Starfighters in his article....looking good
Shawn.
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Monday,
Sept 10 2007 |
Oregon Historical Modelers Society
and the Evergreen Aviation Museum
in Portland, Oregon present their show on September 15 at the Evergreen Aviation museum.
Go to http://www.geocities.com/oregonshow
for more info.
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IPMS Ottawa
hosting their bi-annual model contest on Sept 15 at the Nepean
Sportsplex in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Come one, come all. Check
ipmsottawa.ca
for updates, or contact 'smithery' on the ARC Forums by email or PM
for details.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos has
the first gallery article today with his
1/48 Tamiya T-33.
This T-33 is finished in Hellenic
Air Force (Greek) markings with a complete weathering
job. Good to see.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler has done a
marvelous job building and detailing his 1/48 Hasegawa Sea King.
Shawn used some aftermarket goodies to create his Canadian Sea King
and finished it off with one very sharp looking paint scheme.
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Greg Leszczynski (lgl007)
is here with
his first model article on ARC and his first model in 20 years.
This is Greg's
1/48 Revell F-15E Strike Eagle
complete with a full weapons load and markings
from Two
Bob's.
Welcome to ARC Greg!!!
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Marat is
here with his exceptionally well detailed
1/48 Tamiya P-51D 8th AF.
Marat has added full engine detail, gun bays and plenty of other
detailing to set this Mustang apart from most Mustangs you'll see at
the local model show.
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Chee Wee Sim has
been busy getting the details right on his
1/48 ESCI Mig-27.
Chee Wee rescribed the panel lines and added further scratchbuilt
detailing on his MiG to bring up the detail level on this older ESCI
kit with very good results.
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I have a review of the new
1/48 USMC
Intruders Part 1 decal sheet
from Impact
Decals.
This is their first decal sheet and features 3 different A-6
Intruders in 1/48 scale. Now is your chance to haul out that
classic Intruder kit and give it some colorful markings.
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Sunday,
Sept 9 2007 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Tajikistan National Day |
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Dragan Cvetic is
here with today's jet article. This is his
1/72
Italeri AV-8B Harrier
complete with re-scribed panel lines, some scratchbuilt cockpit
detailing and weathering.
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Saturday,
Sept 8 2007 |
First
use of V-2 rocket lands Chiswick area of London (1944) |
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No update today.....I
worked late last night at my real job and got to bed at 2:30AM....then
woke up at 7:30AM for volunteering at the local petting zoo with my 9 year
old. The day then involved me going back to bed at 10:30AM and wondering
why I was so tired. No day off from work this week, but I do have a
day off next week.
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Friday,
Sept 7 2007 |
Brazil Independence Day |
Pakistan Air Force Day |
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Here's 3 shows coming up
this weekend.....2 in the US and one in Australia.
9th annual
Kalamazoo Air Zoo Show on September 8,
2007 at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, Kalamazoo Michigan. This
years theme is the "Class of 57". Show is being put on by
the Kalamazoo Scale Modelers and IPMS West Michigan.
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WASMEx 2007
Australia on
8 September 2007 ends 9-September 07 Western
Australian Scale Model Expo Click
here for more info
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SuperCon 2007 -
IPMS-Fort Worth Scale Modelers The
2007 version of IPMS-Fort Worth Scale Modelers' annual SuperCon will
be held on Saturday, September 8th, 2007.
Click here for more info
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Sohaib Talal
begins today
with an spectacularly well done 1/48 Hasegawa PAF F-16A
to honour the
Pakistan
Air Force Day. This
Viper was finished in Pakistan air force markings using the Vivacious
Vipers decal sheet from Zotz
decals
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Miguel Angel Salcedo is
here from Bolivia with his first
article on ARC. This is his 1/72 Hasegawa T-33
complete with Bolivian Air Force markings and a very striking camo
pattern. Sadly this article was intended for the Bolivia
National Day on August the 6th, but this summer was pretty
overwhelming for me to keep on top of everything. Welcome to ARC
Miguel and I hope to see more of your models on ARC!!!
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Fernando I. Moreno Villa
has
dropped by the ARC Corporate office in Monterrey,
México with his 1/72 Heller P-51D Mustang.
This is Fernando's first attempt at a bare metal finish and I think
he's got the technique figured out pretty well.
Fernando finished his Mustang in the markings for Costa
Rica.
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Nikos Fazos
is here with his first model on ARC. Nikos has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/72 Hasegawa F-4E IDF.
He combines 2 aftermarket detail sets and decals from
IsraDecal and Cutting
Edge and finished it off with a full weapons load and first class
weathering.
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I have a review of the
1/72
CP-140 Auroras decal sheet from FlightDecs.
This new decal sheet features markings for four different 1/72
Canadian CP-140 Auroras including one with a huge red maple leaf on
the tail and another one in a 75th Anniversary scheme.
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Thursday,
Sept 6 2007 |
Swaziland
Independence and National Day |
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Paolo Yuen starts
today with his beautifully weathered 1/72 Hasegawa Hornet F/A-18D.
Paolo used the kit decals and added some extra detailing to improve
upon the kit details.
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Bill Arnold is
here with his 21st Century Toys 1/32 F4U Corsair.
Bill is on quite the roll with this series of kits and I always look
forward to seeing his next finished model. Nice one Bill.
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Osni Vieira Junior
joins us with his
1/144 Revell - 747-400.
This great looking 747 is finished in the colours for a Brazilian
airline.
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Wednesday,
Sept 5 2007 |
I'd
like to send special birthday wishes to Bob
Sanchez over at Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
Happy
Birthday Bob!!!!!
Go
over to Bob's site and buy a decal sheet as a way of saying Happy
Birthday.
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Rick Bellanger has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/32 Tamiya RF-4B.
This is Rick's 71st 1/32 Tamiya Phantom.....yes 71!!! Rick added
pelnty of aftermarket goodies including some from
Meteor
Productions
and
put it all togehter with some highly honed modeling talent.
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Phillip Steele has
been busy building his very fine looking 1/144 Minicraft CC 137.
This is a Canadian Armed Forces 707 and Phillip finished it off
ina weathered partial bare metal finish. I've beena
passenger in one of these long ago and seeing it brings back fond
memories of a trip to Cyprus 35 years ago with my late Dad.
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Bud Sliger is
here with his tiny 1/144 J-Wings F-14 Tomcat.
This Tomcat is of course finished in Jolly Rogers markings. Nice
one Bud....thanks for sharing.
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Josip Žagar
has
been very busy getting all the fine details correct and improved on
his 1/72 Eduard IL-2
Shturmovik.
"Shturmovik"
is the correct spelling......read Josip
's article for the full history of this tank buster and the
detailed story about how he built this great looking
Shturmovik
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Andre Dorion
joins
us with his 1/32 Aerotech DH-88 Comet.
Although this is a limited run resin kit....Andre has high praise for
it and his flawless finished model speaks volumes about the high
quality of this model.
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Tuesday,
Sept 4 2007 |
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I've added a link to
the ARC top banner for the Scale
Modelworld (UK Nationals)
being held Nov 10 and 11 2007. This also a special ARC Telford
2007
sub-forum set up by Steve Filak for ARC Members to discuss this very
big show.
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Here's 3 shows coming up
this weekend.....2 in the US and one in Australia.
- 9th annual
Kalamazoo
Air Zoo Show on September 8, 2007 at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, Kalamazoo
Michigan.
This years theme is the "Class of 57". Show is being put on by the
Kalamazoo
Scale Modelers and IPMS West Michigan.
- WASMEx 2007
Australia on 8 September 2007 ends 9-September 07
Western Australian
Scale Model
Expo Click
here for more info
- SuperCon 2007 - IPMS-Fort Worth Scale Modelers
The 2007 version of IPMS-Fort Worth Scale
Modelers' annual SuperCon will be held on Saturday, September 8th,
2007. Click
here for more info
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Alexandre Studer
is
here with his special 1/48 Classic Airframes De Havilland Vampire FB6.
This article was intended for the Swiss National Day, but I missed it
on that day. Alexandre
finished it off in the always attractive Swiss Air Force markings of
course.
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Fernando I. Moreno Villa
joins us from Monterrey, México with his nicely done 1/72 (Unknown) FG-1D Corsair.
Fernando chose to build the special Goodyear Corsair and finish
it in El Salvador
Air Force markings. I'd like
to extend my warm greetings to the modellers in Monterrey,
México.
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Chris Salvo
is
here with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48 Scratch-Built EE Lightning.
Chris put an amazing amount of effort into scrathcbuilding his
lightning from odds and sods he found around his house. Well
done Chris.....I could have never pulled this off. Welcome to
ARC Chris!!!
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Bob Bartolacci is
here with a very unique 1/32 Rodin Fokker DR1
that was built in memory of his late friend Bob
White. In his article he tells about building this beauty.
A heart warming tribute Bob...thanks for sharing.
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Osni Vieira Junior is
here with his 1/32 Revell AG F-5E.
Osni did an excelelnt job on his F-5 and finished it off in Brazilian
markings.
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Monday,
Sept 3 2007 |
Qatar National Day |
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No update today. It's
a holiday and my wife and I are spending time getting our kids ready for
the first day of school tomorrow. There is much excitement in the
Bamford household. Once they are back in school, I'll have much more
time to focus on ARC. It's been a long tiring summer working 6
nights a week at my real job and trying to find time for ARC and my
family. I'm hoping to reduce the days I work at my real job to a
more realistic level.
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Sunday,
Sept 2 2007 |
Vietnam Independence Day |
V-J
Day Japan surrenders in Tokyo Harbour |
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Cessna is
here from Vietnam to mark Vietnam's Independance Day with his
1/72 Italeri F-111 Aarvark.
Cessna did quite the fine job painting and weathering his F-111.
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Marat joins
us today with a great looking
1/48 Dragon Horten Go-229G2/R2.
This is a detail rich kit and Marat did an excellent job updating his
flying wing to Luft '46 specs and you must check out the flame job on
the car in the diorama.
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Saturday,
Sept 1 2007 |
Libya Independence Day |
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Slovak Republic Constitution Day |
Uzbekistan National Day |
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World
War Two begins in Europe |
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No update today.
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