Wednesday,
July 31
2013
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Sascha "Suomiuna" Novakovic
starts today with a very special display. This is the
1/72 LMResin & Yumo SOKO Galeb G2 &Super Galeb G4 with
scratch built ladders and towbars and aftermarket bombs and
missiles. I love the star shaped display base for these
Yugoslav aircraft.
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David Rapasi
has done a wonderful job on fading the paint job on his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures A 36-A Apache. David
chose a sun bleached Apache from Italy in the Spring of 1944.
Perfect...simply perfect.
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Fazaeli Adrian
did a beautiful job detailing and finishing his 1/32 Tamiya F-4J Phantom II.
Fazaeli added a Seamless Intake Set + Tire set plus Eduard photo etch
details. This is one amazing Phantom that I know you will enjoy
seeing photos of it.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
JASDF F-4EJ Kai The 8th SQ decals & pitot tube from
Hobby
Decal. This
decal sheet includes markings for 2 different Japanese Phantoms. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5F Seats with Safety belts from QuickBoost.
These
seats are designed for the AFV Club kit. |
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Tuesday,
July 30
2013 |
Vanuatu Independence Day |
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Monday,
July 29 2013 |
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Polly Singh
gets things started in style today with his sharp looking 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk. V Floatplane.
Polly used aftermarket floats from PM and then finished his Spit
with paint chipping for added realism. This is one very
graceful looking floatplane. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with his very attractive looking 1/48 Eduard MiG-21 MF
in Iraqi Air Force markings. Dragan added a weapons loaded and
decals from Linden Hill to complete this beauty. Enjoy all the
photos.
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Matevz Mevzelj
has done a first class job detailing an finishing this 1/72 Hobbyboss SH-60B.
Matevz added Eduard photo etch and scratchbuilt the avionics bay
as well as added further detail. The finished Seahawk looks
excellent and I know you'll enjoy seeing the photos of it.
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Zoltan
Pocza is here with a product article
for the Boeing
737-300 (N629SW) - Southwest Airlines - 2011 / United States of America print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Su-27UB ejection seats with safety belts from
QuickBoost. |
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Sunday,
July 28
2013 |
Peru Independence Day |
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Giuseppe Santaromita
gets things started today with an article that was intended for
the Peruvian Independence Day. This is his 1/72 Hobby Boss Mi24 Hind
which is very nicely done and finished as a Aztec decals for
Peruvian Hind using Aztec decals. It's quite interesting to
see a Hind in Peruvian markings.
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Giuseppe Santaromita
is here with his very nicely done 1/72 Hobby Boss Mi17.
Giuseppe custom made decals so he could finish his Mi17 in Peruvian
markings. I love the look of the camo scheme on this chopper.
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Saturday,
July 27
2013 |
Korean War Armistice
Day 1953 |
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here to remember the Korean War Armistice Day 1953 with his Korea
– Marine Corsairs.
Mark has included 6 different Korean war Corsairs in his article and
all built to his usual very high standards and I particularly enjoy
reading the history Mark included in history in his at
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Luis Picalua
has been busy turning his 1/72 MPM XF-85 Goblin into a
stunning model of this odd little post war interceptor
prototype. Luis cleaned up flaws in the model before giving it
a flawless BMF with Alclad II. Have a close look at the
scratchbuilt trolley...it is amazing.
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Gregor de Ste Croix
has taken the classic 1/48 Monogram P-47D Thunderbolt and
rescribed the raised panel lines and add extra detailing before
finishing it in the markings for a very colorful decorated American
Ace. Thankfully Gregor has included the wartime story if this
American Ace....it is quite the interesting read and a beautiful
P-47. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
has gone to town on his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom #167.
Shawn added Eduard photoetch in the cockpit, resin seats a metal nose probe and resin strike camera from Wolfpack resin.
All these aftermarket goodies were pulled together with skill to
create this very attractive South Korean Phantom. Beautiful
work Shawn.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
Ju-87 Dry Transfer Stencils from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-23M Flogger B antennas from
QuickBoost.
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Thursday, July
25 2013 |
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Harv has
done a first class job on his 1/32 Sky Pilots Sea King 50th.
This isn't the best quality kit, but Harv pulled it all together
into a stunning model complete with custom made markings for a 50th
Anniversary Sea King in Canada. Beautiful work Harv...I'm sure
the recipient of this model will feel quite honoured.
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Kit
joins us with a first class looking 1/48 Hobby Boss A-10 Thunderbolt II.
Kit added the Aires cockpit and finished his Warthog with custom
painted sharks mouth and a very well done camo scheme. This is
one excellent looking A-10. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 APU-60 Missile Pylons from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
J-35 Draken Seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost.
This seat is designed for the
Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Fokker D.XVII Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" Aero Engine model
kit from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This model kit includes markings for 3 different aircraft.
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Wednesday,
July 24 2013 |
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Waldemar
Pupar starts today with his excellent looking 1/72 Revell
Eurofighter. Waldemar finished his Royal Air Force Typhoon with
a very attractive camo and a with a full weapons load. I
love the look of this Typhoon.
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Ramon R. Lomeli
has done a
marvelous job detailing and finishing his 1/48 ProModeler Fw-190G3.
Ramon explains how he built the excellent looking diorama base for
his 190. These whole scene looks very realistic.
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Artur
Oslizlo/Arkady72 is here with a very special model today.
This is his 1/48 FLY Jet Provost T.5 in RAF markings and just
the perfect amount of weathering to bring his jet to life.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Il-2 single seater interior photo etch detail set
from Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set is designed for
the Hobbyboss kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-21bis (Fishbed L/N) - Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hamilton Standard 3-Blade Prop & Spinner from
Ultracast.
These are
suitable for the B-17F, B-17G, B-24, C-47 and DC-3.
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Tuesday,
July 23
2013 |
Egypt National Day |
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Antonio
“Coyote Jr." Quiros Ibieta
joins us from Chile with his amazing looking 1/48 Hasegawa P-47D Razorback.
Antonio did an amazing job
weathering his P-47 and he discusses this in his article.
Enjoy the photos...this one is a beauty. |
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Guillermo Alfaro
is here with his 1/72 Hasegawa Mirage F1 all dressed up in
some very unique and eye catching tail art. Guillermo custom
made decals for 30th Anniversary markings for an Ecuadorian Air Force
jet and I must say it is great looking tailart. |
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Phillip Steele
joins us with his very attractive 1/72 Italeri Savoia Marchetti Marsupiale S.82.
Phillip went with a very cool
looking camo scheme for his Italian transport airplane and for added
detail he scratchbuilt the pitot tube. Beautiful work Phillip,
I really love the look of this one. |
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Zoltan Pocza is here with a product
article for the Boeing
737-300 (N647SW) - Southwest Airlines / United States of America print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5E Seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost.
This
seat is for the AFV Club kit. |
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Monday,
July 22 2013 |
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Michael Hickey
has gone all
out detailing his 1/48 HobbyBoss F/A-18+ Hornet. Michael
used goodies from Aires, Eduard, Hasegawa, OzMods plus plenty of
scratchbuilt detailing and all finished of in the markings of An
Australian Commanding Officer. Wow...I love the details such
as RBF tags etc. |
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Burt Gustafson
is here with something very special today. This is his 1/48 Tamiya P-51D Mustang
in the markings of the legendary “Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney.
Burt is a master modeler and he got the bare metal finish on his
Mustang looking fantastic....sit back and enjoy each photo of this
beauty. |
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Warren Osborne
did a stellar job finishing his brightly painted 1/72 Airfix Gnat.
Warren did a wonderful job with scale effect on the weathering
which gave his model a very realistic look. Warren got
everything looking perfect on this one. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
American Gunsights K-14 from QuickBoost.
This set includes 6 gun sights with
Acetate "glass" panels.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 APU-73 Missile Pylons from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-21 F-13 (Fishbed C) - Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Sunday,
July 21
2013 |
Belgium Independence Day |
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Thursday, July
18 2013 |
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Artur Oslizlo/Arkady72
is here to start things in
style with his flawless and highly detailed 1/48 KP Sukhoi Su-22UM3K.
Artur used the CiroModels conversion set and resin open wings and some Aerobonus weapons sets.
Artur wrapped all this up with an amazing weathering job and
Iraqi markings from Aeromaster. have a close look at the rusty
boarding ladder...amazing work Artur. |
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
joins us from Caracas Venezuela with his amazing 1/72 Hasegawa DAP
Beaufighter Mk. 21. Orlando added resin porcupine exhausts
from Quickboost and then did some intensive research regarding the
shades of green used on the RAAF Beaufighters and he share this in
his article.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his bright green Japanese 1/48 Hasegawa F-4EJ or Phantom #166.
Shawn swapped the wings for J wings and used a "Kai" style fin
and then chose some great looking Japanese markings from Model Alliance.
Shawn has kindly included other pics of his Japanese Phantoms in his
article.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Spitfire Mk. IX late interior photo etch detail set from Eduard
Model Accessories. This
pre-painted photo etch set is designed for the Tamiya kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
Bf-109 Dry Transfer Stencils
from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
S2F Tracker Exhaust from QuickBoost.
these exhausts are designed for the Kinetic kit.
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Wednesday,
July 17
2013 |
Iraq Republic Day |
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David Rapasi
starts today with his flawless 1/48 Accurate Miniatures TBM-3 Avenger.
Dave did light weathering on his Atlantic Avenger and the paint
scheme used in the anti-submarine role. Simply lovely Dave.
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Waldemar Pupar
has done a flawless job on his 1/72 Revell Eurofighter. Waldemar
finished his Typhoon as a Royal Air Force jet with a full weapons
load. Enjoy the photos...this one is a beauty.
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Mohammad Adl
joins us from sunny Iran with his very attractive 1/48 Revell Bell UH-1 Huey Hog.
Mohammad chose the eye catching IRIF (Islamic Republic of
Iran) camouflage and built this beauty in only 10
days...amazing. I love it.
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Zoltan Pocza
is here with a product article
for the Boeing 737-500
(N502SW) - Southwest Airlines / United States of America print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
T-28 Trojan Seats with Safety Belts from
QuickBoost.
These are
designed for the Roden kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hamilton Standard 3-Blade Prop & Spinner from
Ultracast.
These can be used on the B-17E, B-17F Early, B-24, C-47 and the
DC-3.
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Monday, July 15
2013
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George D. Britnell
is here with a stunning
example of a Sky Lancers built using the 1/48 Monogram F-86 Sabre.
The decals for this great looking RCAF aerobatic jet came from
Leading Edge Models and although this is one of the classic Monogram
kit, it sure does build into a fine looking model.
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Darren Snow
is here with a beautifully done 1/48
Hasegawa Kittyhawk MkIII
in the markings of the very famous New Zealand Ace and the highest scoring British Commonwealth ace in the Pacific theatre.
Darren dressed up the cockpit with Eduard seatbelts and added a
pitot tube and finished it all off with a wonderful level of shading
and weathering.
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Kees Kuyper
joins us from the ARC Corporate office in the Netherlands with his
latest what-if beauty. This is his Lockheed
Superstarfighter
which is a highly modified prototype of the Starfighter. I
love the look of this one....it is VERY creative......well done Kees.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-23 Flogger Pitot Tubes from
QuickBoost.
These pitot
tubes are designed to fit the Trumpeter kit. |
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Sunday,
July 14
2013 |
France National Day |
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Bartosz Piotrowski
is here to mark Bastille Day with his great
looking resin 1/72 Planet Models
Arsenal-Delanne 10C.2. This very odd looking aircraft
design was a prototype that actually flew and did a first
class job on this very unique looking aircraft.
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Friday, July 12
2013 |
Sao Tome and Principe Independence Day |
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Thursday, July 11
2013 |
Mongolia National Celebration Day |
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Narin has
been very creative with his 1/72 X51-T Alphabrid what-if
project. This prototype aircraft is a combination of a P-51
Mustang and the Alpha Jet trainer and even includes an electric
motor to save fuel. Narin explains all this very well in his
article. I know you will enjoy seeing this very well done and
creative design.
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Carmel J Attard
is here with his world speed record 1/72 Airfix Hawker Hunter F Mk.3.
Carmel combined the Airfix kit with the Pavla resin set plus
some added scratchbuilding to create a very unique Hunter
model. His article tell the history of the Mk.3 as well as the
process to create a model of this unique and interesting aircraft.
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Andrea Pomettini
has done an amazing job detailing the 1/72 Hasegawa Fw-190D-9.
Andrea did a wonderful job adding scratchbuilt detail to the
open gun compartment the the gun panel covers are made from metal
foil for added accuracy and realism. Have a good look at the
photos of Andrea 's Fw-190....it is a beautifully detailed model.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Bf 109E Stabilizer from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for the Eduard kit |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-21 F-13 (Fishbed C) - Pitot Tube from
Master. |
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Wednesday,
July 10
2013 |
Invasion
of Sicily - Allied Landings at Sicily in 1943 |
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S K Loh
is here with a very special and tiny 1/144 Academy IDF F-4E Kurnass 2000.
SK added extra detail and even scratchbuilt detail and finished
it all off with custom made decals and a great looking Israeli camo
scheme. It is amazing how detailed these 1/144 jet can look.
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Mark Maerz
had a fun time getting creative on his 1/28 Revell 1917 Spad XIII Biplane - Snoopy's other plane.
Mark combined the classic Revell kit with a Snoopy head to create
everyone's favourite fictional WW1 fighter pilot. I know
you're going to enjoy seeing his model and how he pulled it all
together.
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Lucian Capraru
is here with his beautifully finished bare metal 1/72 Zvezda MiG-21 BIS.
Lucian went with Soviet markings complete with a full
weapons load.....this is one beautiful looking MiG-21.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Missile Pylons from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Ki-84 Hayate Part 2 decal sheet from
Lifelike
Decals.
This latest release features five different Ki-84 Hayates including 3
from the home islands and one that operated over China and one that
operated over Indo-China from the fall of 1944 to August 1945.
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Tuesday,
July 9
2013 |
Argentina Independence Day |
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Dragan Cvetic
has shown much skill in building and detailing and finishing his 1/72 Hobbyboss MiG-15UTI.
Dragan scratchbuilt the instrument panels and seat belts and then
finished off his MiG in a great looking camo scheme.
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Nicolas Hakime Fernandez
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices on the Canary Islands with his
absolutely stunning 1/48
Hasegawa Sea King. Nicolas
used conversion sets, aftermarket parts from many sources,
scratchbuilt parts and decals from numerous sheet and pulled it all
together with amazing skill to create this masterpiece. Have a
long look at the photos....this model is a work of art.
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Louis Chang
has used the Aires cockpit set, Verllinden engine upgrade sets and
more scratchbuilt details to
super detail his 1/48 Hasegawa P-38J Lightning. Louis has included some great detail shots to show you how sweet
the detail is on his P-38. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
Fw-190 Dry Transfer Stencils from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
TBD-1 Devastator Bomb Sight Doors from
QuickBoost.
These doors are designed for the GWH kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-51B/C Mustang Unshrouded Exhaust from Ultracast.
These exhausts are
designed for the Accurate Miniatures kit |
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Monday,
July 8 2013 |
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Bartosz Piotrowski
has done a wonderful job on the classic 1/72 HELLER Caudron C-635 Simoun.
Bartosz has captured the look of the Caudron C-635 Simoun perfectly.....it a
treat to see this rare aircraft.
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Waldemar Pupar
has done a beautiful job on his 1/72 Revell Eurofighter.
Waldemar's Typhoon is wearing the eye catching camo and
markings of the Royal Saudi Air Force. I love the look of this
Typhoon.
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Hal Marshman Sr.
has been done a stellar job on his 1/48 Hasegawa Fw-190A-4.
Hal scratchbuilt some of the detail such as seatbelts, brake
lines and cannons and then finished off the Fw-190 with a
combination of decals with outstanding results. Hal definitely
turned out a beauty here today....I know you will enjoy seeing his
photos. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Spitfire Mk.IX interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail
set is designed for the Tamiya kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Zoltan Pocza is here with a product
article for the F-14A
Tomcat VF-1 Wolfpack, NK101 / 158627 / 1974 print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
IL-2 Shturmovik exhaust set from QuickBoost.
These
exhausts are designed for the Tamiya kit. |
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Michal Sekula
starts this update with the aircaaft of one of the big heros of
the Soviet Union. This 1/48 Trumpeter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
is wearing the markings for Alexander
Pokryshkin who was the
pilot/leader that developed Russian aerial tactic in the early
stages of WW2 to counter the superior Lufrtwaffe tactics. Michal
added Eduard photo etch as well as scratchbuilt detail to improve
his MiG-3. Beautiful work Michal.
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Paolo De Sanctis
has done a first class job on his 1/72 Italeri General Dynamics F-16B.
Paolo added a full weapons load and some great
looking Tiger tailart. He chose Dutch markings in honour of
ARC regular John Smallbrugge
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Fred Smith
is here to WOW you in a big way with his 1/2500th Scale Warbird from the AMT Adversary kit.
Fred pain stakingly installed all 660 fiber optics to light up
his Romulan Warbird and I'm pleased to say he has included of photo
of it all lit up....it looks outstanding. The base is a
wonderful touch.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5F Tiger Pitot Tube from QuickBoost.
These pitot tubes are designed for
the AFV Club kit.
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Happy
4th
to
all
the
ARC
Americans
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Burt Gustafson
is here to begin the 4th of July celebrations with his smart
looking 1/48
Trumpeter F9F-2 Panther. This is a classic USN jet from
the Korean War and Burt has done a wonderful job on it. Burt also
tells some interesting history about the Panther. I love the
Panther Burt.
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David Rapasi
is here with his awesome 1/48
Accurate Miniatures TBM-3 Avenger. David chose an avenger
that served in the Philippines during the closing days of WW2.
His paint and weathering job adds so much realism to the very nice
Accurate Miniatures kit.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his colorful 1/48
Hasegawa F-4B, Phantom #165 to mark the 4th. Shawn used
the Hasegawa kit with Revell bombs and aftermarket seats and
finished it all off with markings for a USS Coral Sea jet with
VF-51 in 1972 from Furball decals. It's a lovely Phantom
Shawn....I am stunned you have 165 of these beauties on
ARC....WOW!!!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Missile Pylons from Zactomodels.
This set includes 4 different types
of pylons with a total of 10 pylons in this set.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-51B/C Mustang Shrouded Exhaust from
Ultracast.
These exhausts are designed for the
Accurate Miniatures kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-61A/B Black Widow Compressed Air Cylinders from QuickBoost
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Wednesday,
July 3
2013 |
Belarus Independence Day |
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James Court
is here with his
stunning 1/72 Execuform Bellanca Aircruiser.
James added an engine from Engines &Things and scratchbuilt the skis
and finished it off as an Edmonton based aircraft using decals are from J-Bot.
This is one very cool looking plane and loaded with delicate
detail.
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Thomas Lundgren
has done a flawless job on the bare metal finish on his Royal Danish
Air Force 1/48 Tamiya Republic F-84G Thunderjet. Thomas
added Eduard and True Detail photo etch and finished off this beauty
with decals from a Cutting Edge decal sheet and Stoppel Decal
sheet. I love the look of this Danish F-84 |
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Vladimir Zucha
has done a beautiful job on his 1/72 Italeri C-27J Spartan.
Vladimir did an excellent
job and finished it in Italian markings.....this is one very
attractive looking model. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
Spitfire Dry Transfer Stencils from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-21bis (Fishbed L/N) - Pitot Tube from
Master.
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No update today....I got
rather sidelined in my ARC work on Canada Day enjoying the celebrations
with my kids.
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