Saturday, Jan
31 2004
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Mr. Thomas
Fu begins today's
update from Taiwan with his
1/48
Academy P-26 Peashooter. This is a beautifully done example
of this little American fighter.
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Darius Aibara is here with
the second article today. This is
Darius's
1/48
Aeroclub Jet Provost T5A.....another beautifully done limited production
kit. Darius is a master at these limited run kits.
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Giovanni Chirico joins
us from Italy with his 1/72
Academy Grumman F4F-4
Wildcat. Gianni weathered it and then finished it in
markings from VC-58 - USS Guadalcanal.
Very nice indeed.
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Friday, Jan
30 2004
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Andrew
George begins
today's update with his
1/48
Italeri AH-64D Longbow. This is Andrew's first model article on
ARC and I hope to see more of his work in the future. Welcome to ARC
Andrew!!!
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Adam
Smith has built a
very colourful Luftwaffe 1/32
Revell F-4F Phantom II. This is the Wild
Horses paint scheme and is Adam's first
model article on ARC. Quite the eye catcher. Welcome to
ARC Adam!!!
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Erik Wauters is here with his
1/144
Minicraft P-51D. I've built some 1/144 kits and they are a
blast to do and if you like a challenge.....1/144 models are darn tricky
to detail. Nice one Erik.
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Sergei Galicky
joins us from Russia with his
1/48
Academy MiG-29. Sergei knows his Russian aircraft and his
MiG-29 came out very well. Sergei built it as an in-flight
display.
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Thursday, Jan
29 2004
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Tojo+BoyTG
are here from
Thailand with their first article on ARC. This is their
1/48
Monogram F-104C finished off in a bare metal finish. A very
nice job on the Monogram kit. welcome to ARC Tojo+BoyTG.
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Geoff
McDonell is here
from Canada with his
1/72
Hobbycraft Canadair Tutor. Geoff probably wouldn't give this
kit a 10/10 but he did end up with a great looking Tutor for his
efforts.
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Jorge
Bonilla has dropped
by from Mexico with his
1/48
Hasegawa Bf-109E. Jorge built this one straight out of the
box and enjoyed it quite a bit.
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Wednesday, Jan
28 2004
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Hal Marshman Sr. begins
today's update with his first article on ARC. This is Hal's
1/48
Hasegawa P-47-D10 and
it includes sexy nose art and beautifully done weathering.
Welcome to ARC Hal.
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Hank Gruben has dropped
by with his beautifully done 1/48
Monogram AV-8A Harrier. This isn't the best fitting kit in
the world, but that didn't slow down Hank from turning it into a
gem.
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Ed
Fuquay is here with his
1/48
Monogram P-51D.
This kit is one of the first kits Ed built and he decided to build it
again years later and this is the result. Looking very nice
indeed.
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Bert Legaspi has built the
1/48
Revell F-15E in markings for the 90th Fighter Squadron. This is
another beautifully built model by Bert.
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I
have a review of the Bf-109B/D/E
book from HT
Model Magazine. This
is a high inclusive and detailed walkaround book with hundreds and hundreds
of colour photos, line drawings and side view profiles as well as historical
photos.
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Tuesday, Jan
27 2004
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A quick
virus warning.
There is a virus spreading fast that permits hackers to access your
computer without you knowing. It comes with a 22kb file
attachments. Please click
here for more info....or click
here for further info. I've received this virus dozens of time
in the past 12 hours.
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John
Moran joins us
today with 1/72
Airfix Hawker Hunter F.56A. John loves building brightly
colour schemes and this one is no exception. He's also included
a very attractive in-flight image to begin his article.
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Serdar Aytemiz joins
us today with his first article on ARC. this is Serdar's
1/32
Tamiya A6M5c Zero
done up beautifully
inside and out. It constantly amazes me how well people can do
these "peeling paint" schemes on the WW2 Japanese
aircraft. Welcome to ARC Serdar!!!
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Monday, Jan
26 2004
Australia
Day India Republic Day
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Hawkeye Models Australia
now has its own dedicated
website. They hope to improve it over the next month and would
welcome any feedback about it. The address is www.hawkeyemodels.com.au
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David
Thompson kicks off
Australia Day 2004 in a big way with his
Aussie
WW2 Trio in 1/72 scale. David covers 3 famous
aircraft from WW2 in Australia. A very nice selection of models
David!!
Aussie
WW2 Trio in 1/72 scale. David covers 3 famous
aircraft from WW2 in Australia. A very nice selection of models
David!!
Aussie
WW2 Trio in 1/72 scale. David covers 3 famous
aircraft from WW2 in Australia. A very nice selection of models
David!!
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Shekar
K Rao is here to
represent India on her Republic Day. This is Shekar's
1/48
Tamiya Sea Harrier (SHAR)
in markings for the INDIAN
NAVY No. 300 Sqdn 'White Tigers'. This is a definite treat to
have an Indian Harrier on ARC.
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Michael
Johnson is here
with his article about his
LTD
CAC CA-13/19 Boomerang.
Only in Australia could they design an aircraft and call it the
Boomerang. This particular Boomerang has noseart and Michael
includes some history about this special little Australian aircraft.
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Anthony
Manzoli lives in Australia and an
Australian Day update wou;dn't be complete without him. this is
Anthony's 1/48
Hasegawa Bf 109 G-14 finished
off is a high quality that we've come to all enjoy from
Anthony.
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I have
added a new link to the ARC Manufacturers links page. They are
Anigrand Craftswork
at http://www.anigrand.com and they
offers a unique collection of X-plane and experimental aircraft
model kits.
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Sunday, Jan
25 2004
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Giovanni
Chirico has dropped by with his
1/72
Airfix Fiat G.50bis. Giovanni finished his Fiat G.50bis in
the markings of 51st
Stormo - 21st Gruppo Italian Air Force in 1941. This one has
quite the camo scheme on it.
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Jean-Paul
Poisseroux has an inbox review of the 1/48
Hasagawa F-8E(FN) This
will be of particular interest to anyone wanting to build a French
F-8.
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Saturday, Jan
24 2004
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James
Douthwaite begins
today's update with his second article on ARC. This is James's
1/48
Tamiya MiG 15 bis finished
off in a very realistic multi-tone bare metal finish.
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Robert-Jan
Willekens is here
with his beautifully done
1/48
Monogram Douglas C-47.
this C-47 has weathering and some very attractive outdoor photos.
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John Smalbrugge
sent in a
selection of photos he received by e-mail of some Concorde
in-flight photos. These photos will make great computer desktop
images.
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Friday, Jan
23 2004
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Daniel
Zamarbideis here
with his first article on ARC....and what an eye catcher it is.
This is Daniel's 1/48
Revell/Monogram Junkers Ju-52 done up in Spanish Civil War
markings. Very nicely done Daniel....welcome to ARC.
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Darius
Aibara is here with
his 1/48
Italeri Lockheed SR71. Darius seems to build almost every
type of aircraft and his SR-71 is a treat to see.
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3/33 LORRAINE has
sent in a selection of Mirage F1 C
walkaround photos.
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Thursday, Jan
22 2004
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Lunar
New Year - Spring Festival |
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Two days ago in
the TPC, I talked about the sudden passing of Chantel. She was
Chantal Spitaels....Patrick Spitaels
wife. I have created a webpage in
Memory of Chantal to give you more info and it includes a link for
you to send Patrick a supportive e-mail if you so choose.
WARNING for people at work, this webpage
contains music.
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Patrick
Spitaels loves aggressor
aircraft, so in honour of Patrick....the first article today is an
Aggressor aircraft.
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Matthew
Walker is here with
his 1/48
Hasegawa F-16 Fighting Flanker. this is Matthew's first
article on ARC and I hope to see more of his work in the future.
Welcome to ARC Matthew!!!
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Rodney
Williams has
dropped by the ARC Corporate Offices with Part
1 of his
1/48
Monogram AH-64 Apache
article. As usual...Rodney has done this one to the highest
degree.
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Silvio
Pietropaolo is
here with his first article on ARC. This is Silvio's 1/72
Matchbox Aeritalia G 91 Y - Yankee.
There was quite a bit of scratchbuilding required by Silvio to get
this kit looking "right". Welcome
to ARC Silvio!!!
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John
Smalbrugge
is the third first
time contributor today. John is from the west coast of Canada
and today he presents his 1/24
Airfix North American Mustang MK IV in
Canadian markings. Welcome to ARC John!!!
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Wednesday, Jan
21 2004
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Tolga
Ulgur begins
today's update with his fantastically
weathered 1/48
Tamiya P-47 D 22 Thunderbolt. Tolga built this
one OOB, but it srue does look like he spent piles of extra time
detailing it.
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Fabio
Beato is
here with his first article on ARC. This is Fabio's
1/72
Revell BAe Hawk T Mk1.
Fabio has provided a long detailed article to go with his
Hawk. Welcome to ARC Fabio.
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Matt
Swan is here today
with the second and final part of his
1/48
Massi Model Fiat RS.14. This is very well done article and
model Matt.
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Radim
Schimmer has dropped by with his
1/72
Heller
Alouette III
which
he built about 15 years ago. Radim scratch built some detail
items.
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Tuesday, Jan
20 2004
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Anthony
Manzoli is here
today with his latest
1/32
Hasegawa Bf 109 G-14. For markings Anthony decided to go
with Eric
Hartmann's white washed aircraft, which was an excellent choice in my
opinion.
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Creighton
Henthorn Jr. has
our jet entry today....this is his
1/48
Revell EA-6A Intruder with
subtle weathering job and colourful markings. Another fine jet
from Creighton's jet factory.
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Neil
Burkill has decided
to suspend gravity for his diorama. This is his 1/72
Hasegawa A-1H Skyraider which he calls 'catching
a wire'. Neil goes into some
detail about how he did the prop and got his plane to suspend itself
in the air. Nice
one Neil.
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Matt Swan
is here with part 1
of his big feature article on building his
1/48
Massi Model Fiat RS.14. This was a Fast
Maritime Reconnaissance Seaplane and Matt "went to town"
when he built it. The final part of this article will run
tomorrow.
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Marcius C.
Costa is here with
his 1/72
Piper Cub L4-H.
this particular plane was flown by Brazil. Marius tells a bit
more history about this story.
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Johan Guenver
has dropped by with
his 1/48
Hasegawa F4U-7 Corsair "12F". This is a French
Navy Corsair and Johan includes 3 pictures of this particular Corsair
making a very bad carrier landing.
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Peter
Allen has done some
breath-taking In-flight
digital pictures for his first article on ARC. These are very well done
and will make excellent wallpaper for your computer desktop.
Welcome to ARC Peter.
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Bernd Korte
German Luftwaffe F-86K
walkaround pics.
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Monday, Jan
19 2004
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Today
is the launch of the British
WW2 Aeriel Photo Archive
which will eventually include 5 million aerial photos from WW2. I've
added this link to the ARC Modelling Reference links page
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Emilio
Diaz is here today with his first article
on ARC. Emilio has just finished the big
1/32
Trumpeter F-105G.
A big impressive build on this big Thunderchief. Welcome to ARC
Emilio.
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Simon
Wallis joins us
with his 1/48
Hasegawa P-38J Lightning.
This P-38 is a beautifully done bare metal finish with sexy noseart.
Gotta' love that. Simon shaded certain bare metal panels to give
his P-38 a more realistic look.
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Pavel
Hrncir is here with
his 1/72
Czech Master Resin Martin
AM-1 Mauler. Pavel is a careful
builder and does a heck of a nice job finishing off his models and
especially the cockpits. His Mauler comes loaded with
weapons.
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Sunday, Jan
18 2004
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Jan 17 2004
is the 13th anniversary if the start of the air war for Operation Desert
Storm/Operation Grandby. Today I
present 5 articles of aircraft to remember Desert Storm/Operation
Grandby.
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Alex
Sidharta begins this special
update with his 1/72
Hasegawa F/A-18C Hornet in “VFA-81 Sunliners” markings. This plane
had one of the first and few air-to-air kills of Desert Storm. Alex
provides backgorund history to compliment his model.
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Iwan
Winarta is here
with today's frst British entry. This is Iwan's
1/72
Airfix Buccaneer done up with sexy nose art that was so common
during that conflict.
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Blackhawk
Done! David
Campbell has
finished his highly detailed
1/35 MRC/Acadamy UH60A....WOW
you just must have a look at this one.....talk about going the extra
mile to get everything looking just right.
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Alexander
Sidharta is here
with today's second British entry. This is Alex's
1/72
Hasegawa Jaguar GR.Mk.1/A in “Desert Scheme” to honour the
memory of Operation Grandby.
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Tom
Silkowski has one
of the most famous planes from Operation Desert Storm. This is
his 1/48
Monogram A-10 Warthog complete and looking very good.
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Saturday, Jan
17 2004
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Ted
Taylor begins your Saturday
update with his 1/48
Aeroclub
De Havilland Venom FB.1. This is a vacuformed kit, but Ted found it to
be a very easy one to build. Ted goes into some great detail to help you
if you decide to give this kit a try.
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Robert-Jan
Willekens has
dropped by with his
1/48
Macchi MC.200 Saetta. A very catching plane that served on
the Russian Front.
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Giovanni
Chirico is here with his
1/72
Revell North American P-51B Mustang. This P-51 is finished in the
markings of
Col. "Tex" Hill. of the 26th
Fighter Squadron - 51st Fighter Group U.S.A.A.F, Kunming, China, 1945.
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Friday, Jan
16 2004
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Chaz
Nims begins today's
update with his 1/48
Revell B-25C. I admire anyone that can take these decent but
older kits and turn them into a beautiful work of art.
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Jared
Hooper is here
with his first article on ARC. this is Jared's 1/72
Eduard L-39C Albatros which
he finished in Lithuanian markings. It's good to see Lithuanian markings
markings. Welcome
to ARC Jared....an excellent looking Albatros.
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Joseph
Osborn is here with
his first article on ARC. This is his
1/72 Fujimi
CH-135 Twin Huey
in
Canadian markings the Joseph created and printed himself. Nice
one Joseph. Welcome to ARC!!!
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Joe
Youngerman is
here with another of his Japanese gems. Today it's Joe's
1/72
Fine Molds Yokosuka R3Y2 Keiun
which
is an odd looking little prototype that only flew once. Joe
provides more history in his article.
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Thursday, Jan
15 2004
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Jim
Marrs is here with
his first article on ARC. This is Jim's 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII A
Conversion that he completed with
No Aftermarket Parts.....he just Kit bashed a bunch of Spitfire kits
to get the parts he wanted. This is quite the interesting
article.....I like your style Jim.
Welcome to ARC Jim.
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Darius
Aibara has 2 jets
in one article. This is his
1/48
F-86E and F-86F Sabres in baremetal finish. One of these
Sabres has a helmet resting on the top of the
windscreen......very nice detail.
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David
Rapasi has dropped
by the ARC Corporate offices with his
1/48
Tamiya P-47 D. This is one stunning P-47......tiny detailing
on the paint scheme.
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Wednesday, Jan
14 2004
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Jeff
Brundt kicks off today's update with his
stunning 1/48
Monogram B-17G. Jeff did a splendid job on his
B-17....simply beautiful. He's included lots of detail pics.
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Leslie
Choy is here for the first
time today. This is Leslie's 1/48
Italeri C 130H. Leslie has added miniature lights to the cockpit and
cargo compartment as well as many other details. Simply a first class job
on Leslie's Herc. Welcome to ARC Leslie!!
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It is
always a special treat when Kelly
Quirk drops by with
his latest model. Today it Kelly recently completed
1/48
Tamiya P-51D Mustang. This Mustang of Kelly's is sporting
some particularly attractive nose art....and of course the model is
beautifully done as well. Nice one Kelly!!
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Tuesday, Jan
13 2004
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Jack
Horstman begins
today's update with his first article on ARC. this is his 1/72
Academy FW-190A-6.
Jack's award winning 190 is build more or less out of the box.
Welcome to ARC Jack!!!
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Davide
Turati is here with
his first article on ARC as well. This is his
1/72
Italeri Agusta Westland CH-149 Cormorant in
markings of the new Canadian SAR chopper. I've seen one of the
real Cormorants up close and Davide captured it perfectly. Welcome
to ARC Davide!!
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Creighton
Henthorn Jr. has
done a splendid job on his
1/48
Hasegawa A-7E
Corsair II. A very clean build with a HUGE weapons load and
a colourful paint scheme.
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Darren
McGuinness has
dropped by with his
1/48
Tamiya Spitfire Vb Trop.
This beautifully built and weathered Spitfire was built for a WW2 vet
and presently to him this past Christmas. The Vet was a WW2
pilot and said Darrens Spitfire captured his own plane exactly.
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Monday, Jan
12 2004
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First
up....incase you didn't know.....Twobobs
Aviation Graphics is having a huge inventory
sale....many decal sheets
are getting very low and are almost sold out......drop by their site and
check out the deals....some sheets are 70% off!!!
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Tom
Mandys is here
today from the Czech Republic with his first article on ARC. This is
Tom's 1/72
Revell Heinkel He-177 A-5 done up in quite the involved camo
pattern. I quite enjoyed seeing this one. Welcome to ARC
Tom!!
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Cyrus
"The Virus" Tan
is here today with his 1/48
Monogram F-14D Tomcat. Cyrus finished his Tomcat is
VF-2 CAG
markings. His article goes into some very informative detail
about building the Monogram F-14.....a nice kit in many ways......but
not an easy kit to build.
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Randall Powell
is here with his first article on ARC. This is his 1/48
ProModeler P-47N Thunderbolt finished off with sexy
noseart. I like it!!! Welcome to ARC Randall!!
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Haik Martirossian
has dropped by with his
1/144
Revell Boeing 747-400. this is a special one......Haik added
custom lighting to the whole model and finished it off in British
Airways markings.
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Matt Borlandelli
is here with his first article on ARC. This is Matt's 1/48
Hobbycraft Hawker
Sea Fury and finished off in Australian markings. You just
have to love planes with a Kangaroo on the side. Welcome tom ARC
Matt!!
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Mike
Jones has sent in a selection of
E1-B Tracer
walkaround
photos.
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Steven Lu
has sent in a selection of CH-53
walkaround photos.
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Sunday, Jan
11 2004
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Jeff
Herne begins
today's update with his
1/48
Tamiya Focke Wulf Fw-190D-9. Jeff is a ship builder but has
been bitten by the Fw-190 bug recently.....nice job on the 190 and the
base.
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Ted
Johnston is here
with his 1/144
Minicraft
Lockheed Electra.
Ted enjoys building airliners and this most recent airliner joins his
ever growing collection of airliner models. He also builds a bit
of everything else from armour to fighter aircraft.
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Thomas
Neuss has recently built the
1/35
Bell 212 (UH-1N) and finished it off in United
Nations markings.
Thomas has provided some background about his model in his article.
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Saturday, Jan
10 2004
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Simon
Wallis kicks off the Saturday update with
his 1/48
Tamiya P-51D Mustang “Petie
2nd”.
This is one of the more famous P-51's.....the
Blue nosed P-51's......with a bare metal finish and great looking
markings.
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Kaan
Gök is here with
his 1/48
Academy F-111F. this model is done up in Kaan's usual
style....beautifully done!!!
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Anthony Manzoli
loves 109's and it
shows in his articles. This is his
1/48
Hasegawa Bf109G-10 done up in the markings of "White 44" with JG301.
Anthony can build a 109 like very few people.....amazing attention to
weathering and detail.
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Matt Swan
1/48
Tamiya Me-262 Clear Edition. the clear fuselage would
permits you to have certain parts of the fuselage left clear after
airbrushing to show off interior detail.
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Friday, Jan
9 2004
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I'm
back......Dan's Mon-key and his stupid cousin Larry have left the building.........the ARC
corporate offices have been cleaned out and it's time to get
back to "normal".
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Steve
Bamford
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Robert-Jan Willekens is
here from the Netherlands with his
1/48
Revell FW 190G-8. Roberts model includes some weathering and
his article goes into some depth about building his Fw-190.
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Thursday, Jan
8 2004
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I'm
in charge NOW.....my cousin left and Bamford was unable to
line-up up a Haz. Mat. Crew to clean the ARC Corporate
Offices.......so he left me in charge......Bamford turned green
when he saw the banana brew stains all over the office and his
486 computer. I promised him I'd do the update
today......a wonder what this button does.......YIKES!
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signed
Stupid
Cousin Larry (Cousin of Dan's Mon-Key)
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Jim
Baker has decided
to redesign the Naboo fighter into a
Naboo
Aggressor. When I was a little Mon-key I dreamed of being
the R2 unit behind the pilot....until I found out there was no air in
space.
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Hywel
Morse has an eye
for beauty. He didn't mention if
Goodbye
Christmas was
modeled after anyone
he knew....I suspect he wouldn't tell us even if it was. This
explains why Santa is always so happy and jolly.
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Albert
Moore has built the
1/24
Revell 1999 M&M's Pontiac Grand Prix. M&M stand for
"Mon-key & Mon-key".....but it's
a secret......proceeds are used to buy weapons for the Simian
Liberation Front....Freedom will be ours!!!
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David Horn
has solved the problems of what to do with old B-52's.......this is
his
1/200
Hasegawa FedEx B-52G. The
Simian
Liberation Front could use a few of these.....
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Charlie
Arsenault is a
crazy Canuck that built a boat.....not just any boat...he built the
The
Schooner Bluenose
1/65
Billing Boats model.
This is the same boat that appears on the Canadian dime....10 cent
coin.......I know this because Bamford pays me 10 cents an hour.
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John Green
has built the 1/16
Airfix AC Cobra 427. Big kit......cool engine work......a
great ride for picking up chicks. John did a good job on it...he
even put the steering wheel on the "Right" side......
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Francisco
Colaço has the
Sci-fi bug....this is his
1/48
Starghost F1. The Simian
Liberation Front could use this to conquer other planets......
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Phil Golding
has switched from
planes to a 1/12
Tamiya Ducati 888 Racer for a bit of variety. A very nice
change of pace and sure to cure boredom.
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Sam
Harvey has a view
of the new 1/48
F-22 Raptor "Aggressor".
Sam has given us a view into the future....and it looks like a pretty
cool future.....The Simian
Liberation Front
could use a few of these F-22's as well.......
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Albert
Moore has one that
is sure to appeal to all the little girls out there. This is his
1/24
Revell 1998 Ford Taurus
done up in
Power Puff Girl markings......they are from a cartoon that appeals to
young girls.......
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Wednesday, Jan
7 2004
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It
is will great regret I must leave ARC......I have been offered a
high paying consulting job with R.J. Tucker Heavy Industries
(plus the Banana Brew is all gone). The CEO at R.J. has
apparently been very keen to hire me for a long time.
Bamford will be back tomorrow.....with luck he'll drop the
aircraft only format and continue doing things the way I have
demonstrated....very few people build aircraft models.
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Mon-key
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Neil Burkill
is
a huge fan of Formula One racing. So it was only natural for him
to build a model of a
1/72
Fureari F-262. I must admit.....I feel every F1 car should
be equipped with cannons....good to see Neil agrees.
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Jon
Ruehle has built
the 1/720
Revell
Germany Hindenburg. In case you've never heard of the Hindenburg......it was a large
balloon designed by my Stupid Cousin Larry.
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Fernando
Torre is here from
Canada.....land of the Nutty people. Fernando has built a model
called Martin
the Moterhead Clown.....after seeing this article I now recall why
I'm afraid of clowns.
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Mark
Miller has written
some alternate history for WW2 and sent in two articles today.
The first article is called
1/72
Buzzby.....a
jet engined Fw-190.....designed by the Brits and Germans during
WW2......
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Rodney Williams
has gone "off
the deep end" and built Three
Submarines. All different.....all cool......Mon-keys would
do good on subs....we're very small......and we don't like to
shower.......
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Phil
Peterson has a love
of robot type stuff and cows....so his
1/24
Moo-rine was
a natural creation. The USMC of the Baghdad Hobby Club are also
mentioned at the bottom of this article......rule #1....never get a
cow mad at you.....or it might invent a "Power suit" and
come after you......oh the horror...time for a hamburger!!!
Phil rocks!!
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Frank
Crenshaw is a
designer of avvanced weapons systems. Here you get a sneak peek
at his latest design.....the N1
Sea Abrams. This is an Abrams that launches from ships and
even has an arrestor hook. Frank...the US military says thanks.
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Mark
Miller is here with
his second nutty alternate history kit bash model for today.
This is his 1/72
Shenkley and
you'll get a kick out of his story that goes with it.
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Carl
Gootzen has built a 1/?? carrier cycle for an ice-cream vendor.
What can I say except....this is one "cool" model.
Part of this model is from a kit....part is scratchbuilt.
It is based on a real 1/1 carrier cycle.
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Tuesday, Jan
6 2004
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Bamford
has asked me to keep track of everyone that visits ARC....he
thinks the hits are going down when I run things here.....he's
clueless and I decided to hook up a special camera so I can
paint a picture of each person that visited ARC
yesterday......what a pile of ugly paintings I have for Bamford
when he gets back......U-G-L-Y humans everywhere!!!
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Mon-key
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Dave
DeLang
built this 1/25
Revell NASCAR Ford Taurus
for a friend at work. I once
painted up a regular Taurus and sold it for $600,000 to a stock car
team....they were pissed when they found out it wasn't a race
car.....but the SPCA saved me.
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Rodney
Williams is here
with Some
Dinosaurs.....the
colours are all wrong and the scale patterns are incorrect.......I've
watched plenty of Flintstone cartoons......I know what I'm talking
about. Rodney probably hasn't done enough Saturday morning TV
research.....for shame!!
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Bob
Seminsky likes to
do things the hard way. Buy some sheet styrene and make a
model. This is his scratchbuilt 1/25
Armoured Truck.......no doubt about it....bob's kit stash will
continue to build if all he does is buy kits an then scratchbuild
models....not that a growing kit stash is a bad thing.
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Maurizio
Bressan
is from
Italy and has sent in a picture of
his 1/35
M13-40....this is a tank of some sort.......sorry....brain
fade.....too much Banana Brew on my cereal this morning......
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Koray
Bayramoglu
has
built a 1/24
Tamiya Morris Mini Cooper Racing. I once fit myself and 69
of my cousins into a Mini....then drove to the World Record people to
get a picture taken and get in the record books........the SPCA was
not amused.......but I'm a poor "innocent" Mon-key.....so
Dan Winfield spent the night in Jail.....I told the judge he made us
do it.
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Monday, Jan
5
2004
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You
stupid inferior humans only have thumbs on your hands.....well
I've got thumbs on my feet........I can easily use the mouse
with my hands or my feet. This is the biggest reason the
Mon-keys will take over the world....you are all doomed.....live
in fear!!! BTW....I HATE Monday mornings!!!
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Mon-key
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Pete Wenman
has dropped by with a selection of
Military
Figurines. We all know there is a right way and a wrong way to do
everything......Pete paints figurines the right way.
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Ted
Johnston
has
dropped by with his 1/48
Tamiya "Jack". I'm
not sure what the story is behind this one.....something about a
Japanese plane......in German markings.......My Stupid cousin Larry is
the Technical one in the family.......he glanced at this one and said
the paint scheme is historically incorrect. OH No!!! The
horror of it all!!!!
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Grant
Matthews builds car models 1/24
Tamiya WRC Subaru. Now ordinarily building car models isn't delt with too severly here on
ARC......but because I'm in charge I've decided we're going to
"tar and feather" Grant to correct him of this Car Model
building problem.......never mess with a Mon-Key on Monday morning is
my only advice.
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Vern
Gwin is a Canadian.....loonie as their
money....but we like them all the same. Vern is trying to
convince us the Canadian Air Force is in the railway
business. My Stupid Cousin Larry checked this one over and has
informed me the story is true, but the shade of gray used by C.A.F.
Rail is
darker.
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Jörgen
Toll
lives in
Europe.....Northern Europe......snowy Northern Europe.......he's built
a R.C.
Falcon Models Tiger Moth. This model is very accurate and even flies as slow as the real plane....headwinds
are a critical concern for this model....notice the snow in the
picture.....makes for soft crashes.
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Sunday,
Jan 4 2004
Union
of Myanmar Independence Day
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I've
begun repairing computers. It was all Dan Winfield's
idea........work his poor little Mon-key and use all the money
to buy models kits. Hellooooo!!! Is there no
equality for the superior species on this planet?....such as my
species? Ohhhhhhh.......when will this injustice
end.......I still think of my grandaddy and his organ grinding
Slave Master.....so I hit ol' Winfield on the head with my
Grandaddy's tin cup.....it left a impressive lump on his thick
skull. Mon-keys Unite!!!
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Mon-key
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Tom
Choy
from the What-If
website has been
forgetting to put the lid back on his glue bottle again. This is
his Mercedes-Benz/Krauss-Maffei
Wegmann Leopard 2A5VSP Racing Tank. Actually one of these
would be pretty cool in rush hour.......time to fly to Germany and
check out the Army Surplus sales.
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Dmitriy
Shapiro is a
regular on the discussion board and has now revealed he
builds.....CARS!!! How will he ever live this one
down?!?!? Today he's here with his 1/24
Monogram Shelby 350GT......pretty
sporty car......ahhhh.....but there is a certain elegance to my
shopping cart with it's one gimpy wheel.
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Kaan
Gök builds Sci-Fi models.....ohh the
horror and shame!!! I have no clue what the Fireball
SG Armored
Fighting Suit is.....but
it look like something I could do some serious trouble making
with.....I wonder if you can buy 3 foot tall Armoured Fighting
Suits? I wonder if anyone would be fool enough to sell a fully
armed on to someone like me? Maybe I'll mailorder one using Dan
Winfield charge card.....
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Kelly
Whitehouse
is a girl that loves
purple.....so it was only natural she would build the Purple
Angel tourer. There has been much serious discussion on
Hyperscale about this model and it seems that paint scheme isn't 100%
historically accurate......I'll keep you appraised of details as they
unfold.
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Saturday, Jan
3 2004
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Haaa.....Bamford
hates the new top banner......I told him to take chill
pill and call me in the morning. I had a big date last
night with a stripper from the local Zoo......one of the many
chimpette babes that flock around me, due to my worldly ways and
fancy red Tricycle. I keep trying to teach Dan Winfield
how to score with the females but he keeps telling me to stop
spilling Banana Brew all over his kit stash and modeling
bench...........stupid fussy ingrate.
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Dan's
Mon-key
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Charles
P. Kalina
is
one of many ARC regulars serving in Iraq. Here are some photos
and images of the is
one of many ARC regulars serving in Iraq. Here are some photos
and images of the Baghdad
Hobby Club,
which was set up by
an ARC regular. Without a doubt this is the fanciest
Clubhouse in the world. Give these guys all the support you
can....they deserve it.
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MaRiO
FeRNaNDeZ
has a
thing for race cars. So to prove this point he sent in some pics
of his 1/25
Revell M&M's Reynard 98KI.
A very nice looking car....even if
it doesn't have an ejection seat.....or trophy girls hanging all over
it.
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Check it out.....Josh
Brown's ARC'ers page. If he could just
grow a bit more facial hair he'd be as enchanting with the chimpettes as
me!!!
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Ray
Seppala is from
Australia.....that's down by the South pole. He's taken a
perfectly good 1/144
Minicraft Boeing
B777-200
and
turned it into an Australian
Air Force One.
He's written a funny story as well about this plane......maybe I'll
visit Australia and become their leader.......
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Maurizio
Bressan
dropped
by from Italy......that's over there somewhere....and
this is his 1/35
Italeri Marder III Ausf. H.
It's a German WW2 piece of
Armor.....Dan Winfield builds Armor....ever since he attempted to
build a plane kit.....time to go spill some Banana Brew on his
kits.....then he'll give them to me.....
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Friday, Jan
2 2004
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Well......looks
like I messed up some home page photos yesterday.......Bamford
was phoning all day.....talk about a pile of angry
answering machine messages....next time he is going to have to
tell me not to hang upside down from a bar when I load stupid
pictures to the stupid ARC home page. I've
replaced his boring header banner.....that'll teach him.
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Mon-key
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Jonathan
Williams is
the grandson of Master Modeller Rodney Williams and Jonathon is here
to show you all how it is done. Here's an award winning modeller
that began when he was 6 years old.
Read his article My
Models For Silly Week 2004 and realise this hobby will never die.
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Rodney
Williams like to
build cars......I don't know why but he does.......A Red
Ferrari F-40 is his latest model. I been wanting to buy
a car to pick up Mon-key babaes at the local zoo.....but every time I
go down to take the driving Test they say "NO".......damn
humans!!!
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Leonardo
Novelli Krause lives
in Brazil and built this model.....it's sort of a plane/robot....check
it out and see if you can figure out what it is.....1/100
ARII - Gerwalk VF-1S. Ahhhh....Brazil....warm
beaches....scanty bathing suits...but do you think they let a Mon-key
on the beach...."NOOO".... ...damn humans!!!
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Maxime
Pidara
lives in
France and designs French Rafale
Trainer aircraft. This happens to be the latest Top Secret
design.......just a matter of time before F-16 trainers will be fitted
this way at home here in the US.
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Thursday, Jan
1 2004
Happy New Year and
Welcome to the new ARC!!! |
Cuba
Anniversary of the Revolution |
Haiti Independence Day
Sudan
Independence Day |
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Well a Happy New Year
from the Editorial Desk of Banana Brew Productions. I will endeavor
to provide you all with a very high quality week of interesting
models. Bamford shouted only two instructions....."Don't
Change the top Banner!!!"......"And DON'T
Screw it up this time!!!".......ya'.....whatever!!!
Dan's
Mon-key
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Here's Nicks
Room in Tampa by Nick.
Some people say this hobby is dying......so...what's your
point.......last I checked... Dan Winfield was supporting the whole
Hobby in the State of Kentucky....talk about an out of control kit
stash. Nick didn't mention his kit stash....he seems like a
builder to me....now that's a rare approach to this
hobby........building kits!!!
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Next
up is Nick Holt......this
Nick doesn't live in Tampa....different kid....same name......Nick
is a cool name.......sure beats Dan.....This Nick is 8 and this is his
first model 1/25
Revell Ford Mustang
Series II. Cool
Car!!!
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Next up
is a 1/48
Testors Roswell UFO by Karl
W Branson. Alvis is from
Roswell......he just sort of arrived one day in the late
1940's.....rumor has it he's an Alien......ALL Canadians are Aliens in
my opinion. I once sold plastic snow shovels to
Canadians.....funny as all heck watching the cold plastic get brittle
and break the first time they used them.
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Dmitriy
Shapiro thought he was the youngest
visitor to ARC.....HELLLLLLO
Dmitriy.......ever heard of two guys named Nick!?!?! This is
Dmitriy's 1/350
Airfix S.S. Canberra..... Canberra is in Australia.....land of
BEER!!!
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Maurizio
Bressan build armor
kits.....just like that Winfield guy.....armor!?!?! This
is the 1/35
Dragon M240 which
for the idiots among you is a MLRS a rocket launcher.....I drove
one of these......Dan Winfield bought it at an Army Surplus
sale......quite the hoot during the morning rush
hour.
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