Wednesday,
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www.usaf-sig.org
This
site is in it's early days but hopefully it will become a good source of information for all things USAF related from a UK viewpoint…
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Mark Littrell starts
today with his 1/144 Minicraft "Super Consolation" (Constellation).
Mark was not too impressed with this kit as you'll read in his
article, but the finished model looks great. I must confess I
never knew the Blue Angels used the Connie. Nice one Mark.
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Tyler White has done a
marvelous job detailing and weathering his 1/48
Hasegawa F-4E.
This Phantom is painted in SEA camo with subtle weathering. It
looks great in every way.
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Graham Symmonds
is here with something very different. This is his
1/700
HMS Coventry 25 May 1982.
Graham did the water up in layers over a number of days. His
article tells about this in some very helpful detail. Great to
see it Graham.
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Brandon Mikkelsen
is here with his first articles on
ARC. This is his 1/48
Monogram P-51D Mustang.
Which just happens to be one of my favourite Mustangs paint
schemes. Brandon took a break from the hobby for 13 years as so
many of us did and this is his first model since getting back to
modelling. Fine looking Mustang Brandon.
Welcome to ARC!!!
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Giancarlo Tavarone
is here with his first article on
ARC. This is his 1/48 Mig-15 UTI Trumpeter
complete with a diorama and various items such as a figure and even a
tool box. The MiG came out looking excellent in its desert camo
and mid-east markings.
Welcome to ARC Giancarlo!!!
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Tuesday,
Oct 30 2007 |
No update today....my main
computer is in the repair shop getting a RAM increase.
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Monday,
Oct 29 2007 |
Turkey Republic Day |
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCALE MODEL EXPO
which celebrates its 25th anniversary over the weekend of
November 3-4. The 25th annual SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCALE MODEL EXPO is on in Adelaide (Australia) the weekend of November 3-4 at Centenary Gym, Christian Brothers College, Wakefield Street (in the Adelaide
CBD). Full event details (including category descriptions, entry times/costs, public viewing times/costs) at
www.gumnut.net/sapma/expo. For aviation
modellers; the display theme is "F-15s and F-16s". The event is an "open event" so all modellers are welcome. Numerous local and interstate hobby businesses will operate trade sites.
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Tolga Ulgur begin
this special update to honour Turkey's Republic Day with his
1/48 Hasegawa F-86
E(M) Sabre. Tolga used the Cutting
Edge -F-86E
(early) Conversion set,
some photo etch and aftermarket decals to complete his wonderfully
detailed Sabre. Tolga is an expert modeller and his work is
always a treat to see.
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Michiel Besier has
been very determined to build a 1/48 Monogram AT-6 Harvard
with a first class bare metal
finish. Each panel on this model was covered with kitchen
foil.....one panel at a time. This gem of a model was then
finished in South African markings. Read Michiel's article for
all the details. The work in the cockpit is also top
notch.
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Zafer Yilmaz is
here
to honour Turkey's Republic Day
with a unique
looking 1/48 Tamiya Me 262A-1.
This particular 262 has a sad Canadian connection....read Zafer's
article for the full story. I love the 262 and Zafer did this
outstanding kit justice.....I love it.
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Alan Williamson had
a heck of a time building his 1/48 Eduard P-40N.
Alan is an experienced modeller, but this kit posed a variety of
challenges that Alan did overcome. The finished it in R.A.A.F.
markings with sexy noseart. Nice job Alan....I'm glad you got
her done.
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Sunday,
Oct 28 2007
Czech National Day
Greece National Day
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Charles P. Kalina begins
this massive update with his Sixth-Annual 1/72 Scale Tribute.
Charles again provides an enjoyable selection of models
from Czechoslovakia and the Czech
Republic.
Well done Charles......it's always enjoyable to see your annual
article honouring
the Czech Republic.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos has
worked tirelessly on today's update that also honour Greece on her
National Day. This is Thanos's 1/48 Monogram "Helldiver"
which he built using a very effective way to create the chipped
paint. It involves applying foil....then painting...then
chipping away the paint.
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Damir Stanzer is
here with another article featuring Czech aircraft. This is
Damir's 1/72 Italeri Junkers Ju-86
done as a Czech airliner.
Damir got the look right for this Ju-86 and provides the history
behind it.
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Athanasopoulos
Panagiotis joins
us on this special Greek update with his 1/48 Italeri Mirage F-1 CG.
Panagiotis converted a French Mirage kit into the Greek version of
this aircraft.
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Peter Kouklos joins
us with his 1/35 Trumpeter Mil Mi 24 Hind.
This is Peter's first helicopter kit and I think it turned out quite
well. Peter's Hind includes beautifully done engines detail.
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Gabriel Kalfopoulos is
here today with his first article on ARC. This is
Gabriel's 1/48 Italeri
H.A.F. F-4E
painted in "Aegean Blue" and
finished with aftermarket decals and weathering. Welcome to ARC
Gabriel!!!
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Peter Athanasopoulos has
been busy building his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104G.
Peter gave his F-104 an attractive and carefully done camo scheme and
displayed his Starfighter on a diorama base complete with
weapons carts and figures.
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Nick Theodorakopoulos is
here with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/72 Revell SR-71A Blackbird.
built out of the box with subtle weathering. Welcome to ARC
Nick!!!
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Giannis Doxas
has been very busy building and detailing his 1/48
Monogram-Revell T-37C Cesnna.
Giannis re-scribed his T-37 and added scratch built detailing to
further enhance this older kit. Then it was finished off in
trainer markings with weathering. Well done Giannis.
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Nikos Fazos joins
us today with his 1/72 Fujimi A-7H Corsair.
Nikos converted his A-7 to the Greek version and added aftermarket
details to further improve his Corsair II. Nicely done Nikos.
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Periklis Salessiotis has
been very busy super detailing his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom.
Periklis added plenty of scratchbuilt detail to his F-4E as he opened
many many panels. He then finished it off with a great looking
pre-shaded airbrushed paint job.
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Constantinos Stoumpanos
dropped by
today with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II.
Constantinos did an excellent job on the painting using pre-shading to
add realism.
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Gabriel Kalfopoulos is
here with his 1/72 Airfix Skyvan.
Gabriel had quite the difficult time building this kit.....he chose to
paint it in Olympic airlines colours......the Skyvan is an odd looking
airliner. I must say that Gabriel did a great job on it.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos
is also here with his
1/32 Revell F4U Corsair.
Thanos added a scratchbuilt cockpit with 200 pieces and an addition
300 scratchbuilt parts for the engine and a further 100 in the
wingfolds....amazing!!!
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos did
an enormous amount of scratchbuilding on the cockpit and engine of his
1/32 Matchbox SBD Dauntless.
This is an older kit but that didn't stop Thanos from bringing it up
to a very high level of detail.
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Gabriel Kalfopoulos has
been busy adding scratchbuilt detail to his
1/72 Hasegawa G4M1 Betty.
The whole cockpit and bomber's area were
scratchbuilt and that is not all Gabriel did on his Betty.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos is
here with his 1/48 Academy P-47 Thunderbolt.
Thanos added scratchbuilt detail to his P-47 and completed it with a
multi-shaded bare metal finish.
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Peter Kouklos is
here with the big 1/24 Airfix Ju-87B Stuka.
Peter built this older kit in only 3 days with very good results.
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Nikos Fazos joins
us with his 1/72 Hasegawa RF-4E HAF.
Nikos added scratchbuilt details as well as aftermarket parts to
really dress up his Phantom.
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Thanos Mentzelopoulos
finishes off this massive update with his
1/48 Esci F-104G.
The paint scheme on this Greek F-104 looks excellent.
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Saturday,
Oct
27 2007 |
Saint Vincent and
the Grenaidines Independence Day
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Turkmenistan National Day
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Ecuadorian
Airforce Day
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Philip Limbert begins
today with his second article on ARC. This is Philip's
1/32 Trumpeter Mig-21 MF
complete with a desert camo and Iraqi markings.
Looking good Philip.
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Ron stopped
by with his 1/32 Hasegawa P-47.
Ron's P-47 had plenty of extra detailing added to it by Ron using
aftermarket items and some good ol' fashioned scratchbuilding.
This was all followed up by a perfect bare metal finish and
weathering.
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Friday,
Oct 26 2007 |
Austria National Day |
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Air Show
at
RAAF Base Edinburgh over October 27-28
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WCMO IPMS/USA (ShowMe
State Modelers) OktoberFest Click
here for more details.
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Maros Cupka starts
your Friday update with a 1/48 Hasegawa P-51D Mustang.
Maros did an outstanding job on the bare metal finish on this Mustang.
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Nancy Samson has
been very busy super detailing the 1/35 Academy AH 60L Blackhawk DAP.
Nancy added photo etch sets to the interior and exterior of this
Blackhawk giving a highly detailed delicate look.
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Fausto Muto joins
us today with his 1/72 Hasegawa F-8.
This model is carefully shaded and weathered to give it a very
realistic look.
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Thursday,
Oct 25 2007 |
Charge
of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war |
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Shawn Phantom Weiler
starts today's update with his
1/48 Hasegawa CF-188 1992 Tiger Hornet.
This model was finished with aftermarket decals which Shawn found to
be an excellent fit. Nice one Shawn.
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Paul Ryle is
here with his 1/72 Academy Hawker
Tempest V.Paul
built this little beauty mostly out of the box with the exception of
the seat belts and aftermarket decals. Check out the "nose
art".
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Tyler White has
been busy detailing his 1/48 Hasegawa RF-4B.
Tyler used painting masks he bought at
Sprue
Bros
and a
resin cockpit to improve upon the kit cockpit.
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George Louis Creed
is here with his
1/48 DML Fokker DV
III diorama that he calls "Off to the Front!".
Quite the good looking diorama George.....I'm glad you got her done.
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Wednesday,
Oct 24 2007 |
Zambia Independence Day |
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I've been very busy the
past 2 days moving the ARC computer systems to a larger room and
re-routing internet connections etc. The systems consist of 3
computers running 11 monitors. This is another task that needed to
be tackled before the launch of the ARC Armor site on Nov 15 to celebrate
ARC's 8th birthday.
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Serge Dompierre starts
your Wednesday update with his 1/48 Academy Me-109G-6 Trop.
Serge built his 109 mostly out of the box with the addition of photo
etch seatbelts and an exceptional paint and weathering job.
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Ian Matthews (imatt88)
is here with his first article on ARC. These are two of
his 1/48 Revellogram F-102 Delta Daggers
that Ian built for a recent ARC group build. Welcome
Ian.....it's good to see your models on the ARC homepage!!!
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Jerry Hawhee (Old Blind Dog)
has been busy building his
1/72 Academy P-47 (C-5 RE) Razorback.
There are 4 areas on this kit and Jerry addressed all 4 of them with
such things as a resin cockpit and resin wheel wells. Well done
Jerry.
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Ray 'C5sparkcatcher' Utter
drops by today with his
1/48 Italeri TR-1.
Ray used a variety of aftermarket items from
Meteor
Productions to detail and complete his model and then he
displayed it with diorama equipment.
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Dan Duna has
been busy building his 1/72 Grumman Goose
diorama. Dan built his Goose with spinning props in the midst of
a take off run on a water base. Dana weathering his Goose and
gave the water a look of total realism. Amazing work Dan.
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Leading
Edge Models has re-printed their 1/32
CF-18
2006 Demojet product # 32.15.
One important point is this
decal sheet may be purchased without the fancy tail markings at a reduced price.
This sheet also includes standard 425 & 433 sqdn markings.
And they are also available in 1/48 and 1/72.
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Tuesday,
Oct 23 2007 |
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Massimo Busolini
starts your Tuesday update with his
1/48 Hasegawa F-51D Mustang.
Massimo chose to do his F-51 in Korean war markings complete with a
sharks mouth and a multi-shade bare metal finish complete with full
weathering. The finished model looks exactly as I would expect
the real aircraft to look. Perfect realism Massimo.
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Mike Williams has
been busy improving his 1/48 Airfix Dassault Super Etendard.
This is the older Heller kit and Mike decided to detail his Super
Etendard with aftermarket items and scratchbuilt parts to get the look
of realism
he was after. Mike then finished it in Argentinean Navy
markings. Mike talk about the canopy polishing technique he used
in his article.
She's a beauty Mike.
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Pablo Girgulsky has
been busy building and scratchbuilding on his 1/48 Revell Heinkel He-111 H-8.
Pablo also did quite the job weathering and adding paint chip to the
underside of his He-111 using the salt water method. Nice job
Pablo.
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Paul Ryle is
here with his 1/72 Italeri BAE Hawk T1a.
Paul finished this little beauty using furniture polish....read about
it in his article. Nice one Paul.
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Monday,
Oct 22 2007 |
Air Show
at
RAAF Base Edinburgh over October 27-28
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WCMO IPMS/USA (ShowMe
State Modelers) OktoberFest
This is the
official announcement of the West
Central Missouri Chapter
(Region 5 Chapter of the Year!) of IPMS/USA, a.k.a. Show Me
State Modeler's, upcoming Fall contest. Since our recent April contest
was such a success, we've decided to do another contest in the Fall.
The event will be called the Show Me State Modeler's OktoberFest, and
will be held on Saturday,
October 27th. The
location will be the same - Holy Spirit Catholic Church, located at
800 S.W. M-150 Hwy, Lee's summit, MO. Mark your event calendars and
watch for additional information regarding the event on the ARC
forums.
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Rick Reinbott gets
today's update started with his great looking
1/72 Matchbox Hawker Tempest Mk.
VI. Rick
detailed the cockpit including a scratchbuilt instrument panel before
turning his attention to the camo and weathering. Rick used a
very effective and straight forward technique for masking the camo....read
about it in his article.
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S. Corbesir has
stopped by today with a fine looking 1/48 Revell CL-13 Sabre
in Luftwaffe
markings. Sander finished of this Sabre with an oil wash to
complete the look of realism. This F-86 looks excellent.
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Andy Irving stopped
by the ARC corporate offices today with his award winning
1/72 Monogram B36 Peacemaker.
Andy had to build this monster in sub assemblies before doing the
final assembly and finishing it off in a carefully done multi-shade
bare metal finish. Very nicely done Andy.....I can see why it
won the award.
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Mark Littrell has
been busy building his tiny limited run
1/72 AModel Ka-52 Kamov.
This wasn't the easiest build but Mark stuck with it and ended up with
a sharp looking model of the Ka-52.
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Andy Gudbergsson had
a grand time building his 1/32 Hasegawa BF-109 G-6.
This kit was an enjoyable build for Andy and he finished her off with
a first class paint job and a set of aftermarket decals and
weathering. Very nicely done Andy.
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Sunday,
Oct
21 2007 |
Somalia National Day |
Trafalgar
Day - Royal
Navy Anniversary |
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Philip Limbert has
done an exceptionally nice job on his 1/32 Hasegawa F-16C “Ramstein”.
Philip added to his F-16 with a resin cockpit set to improve
upon the kits cockpit. Very nicely done
Philip.
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Alan Williamson has
been busy building his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures TBM-3D.
Alan added to the kit details with some aftermarket parts and finished
her off with weathering and the markings for the ill fated Flight 19.
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Saturday,
Oct 20 2007 |
No update today.....I'm
mucking about with some projects on the website.
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Friday,
Oct 19 2007 |
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Peter Doll
begins today with another of his bare
metal wonders. This is Peter's 1/32 Trumpeter F-100 D "Super
Sabre".
which he finished in regular kitchen foil. Peters goes into some
very helpful detail if you plan to build Trumpeter's new F-100.
Seeing Peter's work is always a treat.
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Ron has
been busy rescribing his 1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk V.
Ron built his Spit mostly out of the box with the exception of photo
etch seatbelts. He finished it with very carefully done paint
chipping to the wing walk areas......with very effective looking
results.
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Gabriel Stern
is here with another of his odd ball aviation wonders....and this one
is almost mainstream. This is his 1/72 Airfix Fairey Rotodyne
in all it's
glory. Gabriel
has even included a youtube link in his article showing this beast in
flight. I get a kick out of what Gabriel builds......you never
know what he'll build next.
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Troy Hoskins is
here with lovely proof that with a tiny bit of skill and a bit more
effort the 1/32 Dragon P-51
can be built
into an exceptional looking Mustang. Troy walks you through the
build process with his solutions. Nice one Troy......I admire
your talent.
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Maros Cupka has dropped by from Slovakia
today with his 1/48 Revell Corsair F4U-7.
Maros finished her out of the box with a subtle weathering job and a
full weapons load. Looks great Marcos.
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AH-1G
walkaround photos by Matt Saben
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F-105G
walkaround photos by Rick Lorenz
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Thursday,
Oct 18 2007 |
e-mail encryption on
articles I'm
pleased to announce the beginning of a new feature on ARC.
I've been working the past week about creating and testing an e-mail
encryption program for all e-mail addresses on all ARC webpages.
This will protect e-mail addresses from harvesting by Spam bots and it
will also permit you to e-mail contributors without using an e-mail
program.....which will be helpful if you aren't using your own
computer. I will be slowly adding this feature to the 10,000
existing articles on ARC....one article at a time.
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Juergen Klinglhuber joins us
from Austria
for the first time
on ARC with his sharp looking
1/72 Marivox Saab B-17A.
Today Juergen presents a special model which was built mostly out of
the box. Juergen also includes the interesting story of this
aircraft and it's connection to the birth of SAAB.
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John King III is
here with his award winning 1/144 Dragon F-18E.
As Johns model shows, this tiny kits builds up into an exceptional
model......especially if you give it some careful weathering as John
did.
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Chris Churchman has done a wonderful
job detailing, finishing and weathering his 1/48
Monogram B-29 Superfortress.
Chris added plenty of detail to the interior and decided to do his
B-29 as a cut-away to show off all that fantastic interior
detail. The model was expertly finished with amazing
results.
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Pascal Frey joins
us from France with his 1/48 Hasegawa P-
47D.
Pascal has a passion for the P-47 and you can see this in his stunning
model. He added a multi-shade bare metal finish with custom made
nose art decals. I love the photos.
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L-29
walkaround photos by Matt Saben
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Wednesday,
Oct 17 2007 |
No update today. The
ARC Air Forums were offline and the problem seems to be unrelated to the
ARC forums and more of a general Internet problem. I will be working
on moving the forums to the new server over the coming weeks as time
permits.
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Tuesday,
Oct 16 2007 |
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Manuel Negri
is here with
the second of his 3 part article about his 1/72 Tamiya F4u-1a Corsair.
Today Manuel focuses on the very effective job he did on the panel
line pre-shading as well as his technique to lighten the
panels......all through pre-shading.
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Hany M. Ibrahim joins
us today with his 1/72 Condor MiG-21R.
Hany did a serious amount of scratchbuilt detailing to get all
the details correct and to add details to further enhance his
MiG-21. This particular MiG was used throughout
the period leading up to the 6th of October (Yom Kippur)
war
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Soccer Wu joins
us with a very nicely done bare metal finish
1/48 Tamiya P-51D ROCAF.
This Mustang was finished in aftermarket decals.
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"newca" is
here with a great looking 1/144 Trumpeter PLAAF J-7G.
Newca did plenty of extra detailing on this tiny Chinese fighter to
improve upon the kit details. Newca then finished it in
"what-if" Tiger Meet markings.
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Monday,
Oct 15 2007 |
Cincinnati
Scale Modelers Show and Swapmeet Sat, Oct
20 2007. Go to their website for more info. http://www.cincyipms.com/
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Manuel Negri gets
things started today with his 1/72 Tamiya F4u-1a Corsair Part 1.
Manuel tells the history of the American WW2 Ace Ira
Kepford. Manuel then proceeds to build the first part of
his Corsair. Part 2 will run tomorrow.
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Nick Walton
has gone back to his
1/72 Fujimi A-6E Intruder
that he built long
ago and gave it a full restoration. It's an in-flight model and
Nick tells the whole story of the process. It looks like it was
well worth his effort.
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Denis Coudert has
been busy building and scratchbuilding details for this fine looking
1/48 SMER SM 79 Sparviero.
Denis hand painted this marvelous model with great looking
results. Nice one Denis.
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Guy Wilson has
gone above and beyond in building his
1/32 Hobbycraft Sopwith Camel.
Guy did a gigantic amount of extra work on his Camel including weaving
a wicker seat. Amazing.
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Percival
Sea walkaround photos by Dave
Bailey, aka 'The Rat'
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CH-46E
walkaround photos by Mark
Barnes aka "Rampage55"
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Sunday,
Oct 14 2007 |
Anniversary of X-1 Supersonic Flight - Oct 14 1947 |
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Colin Whitehouse begins
this special update with his 1/48
Bell X-1. Today is the 60th Anniversary since this little
aircraft made it's historic flight. Colin includes some of the
history behind this historical flight.
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Stephen Chapis is
also here to mark this special anniversary with his
1/48 Boeing B-29 Superfortress & Bell X-1.
Stephen put a large amount of time and effort into this
project.......and how many people are willing to build this project in
1/48?!?! That is quite the feat in itself. I look forward
to seeing Stephen's next project......he seems to be on a roll.
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Saturday,
Oct
13 2007 |
US
Navy's birthday |
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Ron has done an outstanding
job building and detailing his 1/32 Trumpeter Dauntless.
Ron added plenty of scratchbuilt details and finished her off with
aftermarket decals and weathering. This is the perfect model to
begin an update for the USN Birthday. It looks perfect
Ron.....the weathering is stunning.
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Oxiel Carrizo has
been very busy getting the look right on his
1/48 Monogram F- 15 C Eagle.
This is an older Monogram kit built up into a first class model of the
Eagle. Well done Oxiel.
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Friday,
Oct
12 2007 |
Terrorist
Bombing in Nightclub Bali, Indonesia (2002)
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Spain National Day
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Equatorial Guinea National Day
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The
XXII Modeling Tournament
to be held in Guayaquil, Ecuador
on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October in Guayaquil. Further information go
to their website at www.ipmsguayaquil.com
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IPMS
Fremont Hornets present: Tri-City Classic IV Scale model contest and
exhibition! Newark, CA, USA
Click
here for Additional Details
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Edmonton Northern
Wings Plastic model Aircraft Contest
in Edmonton, Canada Sat Oct 13.
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As some of you have heard David
Lee "Tex" Hill
passed away yesterday. "Tex" flew in 1941 in China with
Claire Chennault’s American Volunteer Group (AVG). I've decided to
honor this AVG Flying Tiger Ace, 18+ Kills with a P-40 as the first model
in today's update.
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Massimo Busolini starts
today with his well weathered 1/48 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk.
Massimo did an excellent job on his P-40.....including the paint
chipping.
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Scott Vomacka has
dropped by today with his
1/48 Monogram A-4E Skyhawk.
Scott did a bit of scratchbuilding on his Skyhawk and finished it off
with aftermarket decals. Although this is the older
kit.....Scott enjoyed building it quite a bit with very good results.
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Keith Hudson has
been busy building his 1/72 Merlin Models Berliner / Joyce XFJ-1.
This is an older limited run kit, so Keith kept busy scratchbuilding
detail to get his model up to a more respectable level of
detail. Nicely done Keith.
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Alan Williamson joins
us from down under with his 1/48 Monogram F-86 Sabre Dog.
Alan built this little beauty out of the box with some careful
weathering with every good results.
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Lancaster
walkaround photos by Dave Hollingsworth
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Thursday,
Oct 11 2007 |
IPMS Fremont
Hornets present: Tri-City Classic IV Scale model contest and
exhibition! Newark, CA, USA Click
here for Additional Details
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Edmonton Northern
Wings Plastic model Aircraft Contest
in Edmonton, Canada Sat Oct 13. Click
here for all the details.
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I've added a
link to Parkes682
decals If
you're looking for custom decals.....this might be the place to
try. These decals are printed on Experts choice decal sheet both white and clear
using an inkjet printer
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QC Tan is
here with his award winning 1/48 Tamiya Wildcat.
This
special Wildcat is finished suing
Cutting
Edge decal
for the aircraft flown by Lt Jim Swett. QC also added weathering
to give his Wildcat a realistic look. A very nicely done Wildcat
that deserved the award it won.
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Rick Reinbott has done a
marvelous job on his 1/32 Trumpeter MiG-21F-13.
Rick aded extra scratchbuilt details to bring his MiG-21 to life and
then finished it off with a flawless looking bare metal finish.
Looks pretty sharp Rick.
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Alexey is
here with his 1/72 Zvezda Bf-109E.
Alexey finished his Emil in the markings of a 109 that served in the
skies over Russia in 1942. Looks good Alexey.......I hope to see
more of your work on ARC.
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Ronald Rozema
joins us from the Netherlands
with his
1/32 Academy F/A-18c VFA-131 Wildcats.
This particular kit was purcahsed
from Luckymodel.com.
Ronald chose an aftermarket decal sheet so he could finish his Hornet
in the markings of an F-18 that visited
the
Netherlands.
Ronald used pre and post-shading to weather his F-18 with very
effective results.
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B-24A
walkaround photos by John Doerr
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Wednesday,
Oct
10 2007 |
Fiji National Day |
Republic
of China National Day |
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Serge Dompierre is
here today with his first article on ARC. This is Serge's
1/48 Tamiya Lancaster 10 DC 9
in RCAF markings of a drone carrying Lancaster based at Cold Lake in
the late '50's. Serge did scratchbuilding to improve the details
and create the componenets that make this Lancaster
special. This is a great looking Lancaster.
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Gerson Garcia is
here today with his 1/48 Airfix Dassault Super Etendard
that saw action during the Malvinas/Falklands
War. Gerson
equipped his Super Etendard with an Exocet anti-ship missile as it
appeared shortly before going into battle. Very nicely done
Gerson.
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George Gochaleishvili joins
us today with his 1/48 Neomega Yak-52.
George added detail and modeled his Yak-52 to look exactly like the
one he flew. Nice job on the Yak-52 George.
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Jaime "JGV" Vinha is
here with his first model article on ARC. This is Jaime's 1/72 Tamiya Marines F4D-1 Skyray
which I am very happy to see on the ARC
homepage.
Good looking Skyray Jaime.....keep them coming.
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B-17F
walkaround photos by John Doerr
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A-10
walkaround photos by John Doerr
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Tuesday,
Oct
9 2007 |
Uganda Independence Day |
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No update today. I
was busy on Monday working on some programing for ARC.
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Monday, Oct
8 2007 |
Columbus Day |
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Croatia Independence Day |
India - Indian
Air Force Day |
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Canada Thanksgiving Day
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The
XXII Modeling Tournament
to be held in Guayaquil, Ecuador
on Saturday October 13 and Sunday 14 in Guayaquil. Further information go
to their website at www.ipmsguayaquil.com
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I'm pleased to
present a special Indian Air force Day update to honour all the pilots
past and present with the Indian Air Force. Jai
Hind (Long live India)
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Polly Singh begins
today's special Indian Air Force Day with his
1/48 Academy IAF Hunter 56.
Polly includes the story behind his Hunter which includes an exciting
mission from the '70's.
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Aamod Potdar has
been busy getting his 1/48 Academy Mig 29 A
looking just right.
Aamod did an excellent job on his MiG-29 and finished it off in a
colourful paint scheme.
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Murli Rajan is
here to honour the Indian Air Force with his
1/48 Academy MiG-29 UB.
This particular MiG was Murli's first 1/48 kit and I'm impressed how
well it turned out. The finished model looks excellent.
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Rodrigo Rejas V. - BlackLight has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/72 KP Mig-21 MF.
Rodrigo added aftermarket detail items and finished it in Luftwaffe
markings.
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Murli Rajan has done a
marvelous job on his 1/48 Academy MiG-29.
Murli finished his MiG in Indian air Force markings complete with a
flawless paint job.
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Leading
Edge Models has reprinted
their 1/72 RCAF Standard Roundels decal
sheet
which is also available in 1/48 scale. These are the RCAF
Roundels from the 1950's and early 1960's.
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A-7
walkaround photos by Cal
Cochran
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Sunday,
Oct 7 2007 |
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Rafi Ben-Shahar is
here to WOW you jet modelers with his 1/48
Tamiya F-16CJ.
Rafi has a very high opinion of this kit and his finished model looks
every bit like a 1/1 Fighting Falcon. Excellent job on the
weathering Rafi!!!
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coolrunnings_99 has
been busy detailing and weathering this fine looking 1/72 Smer P-51A Allison Mustang.
coolrunnings_99 did a large amount of scratchbuilding to improve
upon the kit details with some very good results.
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CH-146
walkaround photos by Mike Scullion
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Saturday,
Oct 6 2007 |
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olri1 is
here with his 1/72 Hasegawa K5
railway gun.
olri1 did quite the paint and weathering job on this railway
gun.
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Friday,
Oct 5 2007 |
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Marcos Borges begins
your Friday update Scratch-built 1:144 HS 748 VARIG.
Marcos built this Brazilian passenger plane out of wood with extra
scratchbuilt parts for the smaller details.
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Pierre Baudru has done a great job building his 1/72 Hasegawa KI-27 NATE.
Pierre finished his Nate in aftermarket decals and displayed it on
a display base.
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Niels Dol
joins us from The
Netherlands
with his 1/48 Monogram F-106 Delta Dart.
Building this older Monogram F-106 wasn't the easiest tack and Niels
reveals in his article.......but there's no doubt about the F-106 has
some great lines and would look good in any display case. It's
good to see your latest work Niels.
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Tigre del Aire
is here from
warm Colombia with his
1/72 Revell Eurofighter Typhoon.
This is a Spanish Typhoon complete with figures an a diorama base.
The Typhoon looks good in Spanish markings.
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Thursday,
Oct
4 2007 |
Lesotho National Day |
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I'm pleased to welcome a new Sponsor today.
They are
Megahobby
from New York and they live up to their name with a massive selection of products they ship worldwide from books to kits to paint to airbrushes & tools and so much more.
Megahobby
also carries a selection of resin detail items to help you improve on the kit details on your next model.
Plus if you are into other hobbies such as trains, rocketry, Action figures, diecast etc etc.....they can help you there as well.
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Billbuccaneer is
here with his 1/72 Hobby Boss Hawk 81/P-40B.
This article
is to honor legendary Flying Tigers ace, David Lee
"Tex" Hill as he recovers in hospital from a fall.
Billy includes an autographed photo in his article. Our thoughts
are with "Tex".
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Stuart Rawlins is
here with his first article on ARC. This is Stuart's excellent
looking 1/32 Trumpeter F-5A/Mig 17
finished in a great looking night fighter camo
scheme. Welcome to ARC Stuart!!!
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Jeff Hamel is
here with his 1/72 Revell Germany EH-101 Merlin.
Jeff finished his EH-101 in a Tiger scheme with a folded tail.
Jeff says he finished this one out of the box.....an impressive
looking model to be sure.
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Karl W Branson has been busy getting
the details right on his 1/48 Airfix Tornado F-3.
Karl tells the whole story about building his Tornado and how he got
around some of the trickier aspects of building his Tornado.
Great looking Tornado Karl.
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Tony Feredo joins
us with his flawless looking 1/48
Hasegawa C6N1 Saiun (Myrt).
Tony tells about how he weathered his Myrt in his article.
Amazingly effective weathering Tony.
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F-18F
walkaround photos by
David M. Vanderhoof
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Wednesday,
Oct
3 2007 |
Germany National Day |
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IPMS Stratford, Igor Sikorsky chapter will be holding
its 16th annual show and contest on Sunday, October
7th at the K of C Hall in Milford, CT, USA. For information
please visit their website at www.ipmsstratford.org. New
categories - This year's theme: Firsts, Milestones and
Record-Breakers
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Talon Kasmai had
an enjoyable time building the 1/48 Tamiya P-47D 'BubbleTop'.
Talon built his P-47 out of the box with some careful weathering to
add realism to his Thunderbolt.
Good to see Talon.
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Kin Wong joins
us with a tiny excellent looking 1/144 Dragon A-10.
This tiny little Warthog was built out of the box complete with one of
the most interesting paint schemes worn by the A-10. Nice one
Kin.
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Tim Cvetic has
dropped by today with his
1/48 Tamiya F 47D.
Tim did some extra work on his F-47 and finished
it to match a
plane in a museum in Croatia.
Lookin' good Tim.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar is
here with his excellent looking 1/48 Hasegawa IDF Phantom II RF-4E.
Rafi detailed his Phantom with aftermarket resin and finished it in
Israeli markings.
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AMX
walkaround photos by Gianni Chirico
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Tuesday,
Oct
2 2007 |
Guinea Independence Day |
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Keith Money is
here to wow you with his flawless detailed 1/32 Trumpeter A-7E Corsair II.
Keith went to great lengths to get his A-7 looking perfect. He
also gives you valuable info in his article if you are planning on
building this kit. Outstanding job Keith.
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Davin Evans has done a fine job building his
1/48 Tamiya Fw 190A-3.
Davin includes the rich and tragic history of the young pilot that
flew the aircraft that his model represents. Davin mostly built
his Fw-190 out of the box with great care and skill to produce
fantastic results.
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Giuseppe Santaromita has
dropped by today with his 1/72 KP. Mig-15 UTI.
There is no doubt about it......seeing a MiG-15 in red sure does
remind me of the Red Baron from WW1. Looks great Giuseppe.
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Jan Mulder joins
us from The Netherlands
with his 1/72
Mach 2b Black-Spot NC/AC 123K.
This is a limited run kit and the fit was less than great.....but Jan
kept his putty tube close to him during the build and he ended up with
a very eye catching model of this little known aircraft. Nicely
done Jan.
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Monday,
Oct 1 2007 |
People's Republic
of China National Day
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Cyprus Independence Day
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Nigeria Independence Day
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Today I have an editorial
covering some improvements coming to ARC.
- Steve Filak
becomes ARC's
Special Projects Director.
- Steve Bamford
becomes the only Moderator on the ARC Air Forums
- Real Aviation Forum
is closed and turned into " read only" forum.
- New forum called Research
Corner is
opened.
- ARC Armor
site launch date set
- More as yet
undisclosed improvements coming to ARC Air in the New Year.
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Mark McClellan
starts
today with his big colorful 1/32 Trumpeter SBD-1.
Mark fell in love with this paint scheme and I think he made an
excellent choice. He also dressed up the engine with some
scratchbuilding and did a great job paint his SBD-1 inside and out.
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José Carlos Simón
has done an outstanding job on his
1/144 Dragon F/A-18E.
José
gave his tiny F/A-18E full panel line shading and opened
the canopy, both of which makes his 1/144 Super Hornet look more like
1/72 scale.
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Tigre del Aire
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices in Colombia with his
1/48 Revell Lavochkin-5FN.
Tigre del Aire added extra detail to his Lavochkin-5FN and
displayed it on a diorama base to help tell the story of this Russian
fighter.
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Shawn Phantom Weiler is
here with his In flight 1/48 Hasegawa F-4J Phantom Chapter
21. Shawn
has captured a moment in history as the missle just left trhe
rail for Cunningham and Driscols 5th Mig kill.
Nice one Shawn.....you caught history in your Phantom.
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