Friday, May
31 2019 |
Model shows this
weekend:
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Waldek Pupar
has done a perfect job finishing his 1/72 Italeri/Revell Mirage 2000C Tigermeet.
Waldek chose one of the most amazing paint schemes ever worn by
the Mirage 2000 and his skill at painting and weathering made it
possible to finish his special model to a very high standard.
A fantastic looking Mirage.
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Dragan Cvetic was
busy upgrading the cockpit detail on his 1/72
Aircast resin Soko NJ-21 Jastreb. He did add some other detail
to improve this little jet and then finished it in Yugoslav
markings. It's very cool to see this on ARC.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-14 Tomcat Fuel Tank Pylons from
Zactomodels.
This resin detail set provides replaces the kit pylons with highly
detailed resin parts. All the panel line and rivet detail is
finely recessed and on the under side of the pylons is some bomb
attachment detail that is very well rendered. This detail set is designed
for
the Tamiya kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, May
30 2019 |
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Thomas Brückelt
starts today with his two beautifully detailed and wonderfully
finished 1/48
Academy / CMK AH-6F & MH-6. Thomas did some
exceptional work on both of this choppers and he explains the
process in his article. I love these choppers.
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Dragan Cvetic did
an amazing job converting the 1/72 Soko IJ-22 Orao to a recce
Orao. This was quite the involved project and Dragan also
added scratchbuilt cockpit detailing and detailed the landing gear
and added a metal pitot tube before giving it a Yugoslav camo scheme
and markings. This is quite the attractive little jet.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-5 Tiger II "Freedom Fighter" (shark nose versions) - F-5
E, F - Pitot Tube and 20mm gun barrels from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Bf 110 Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Eduard kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, May
29 2019 |
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Géza "G'cart" Szekér
has done an outstanding job adding scratchbuilt detail to his
1/72 Hasegawa F-106A Delta Dart. Géza also added some
figures and airfield equipment to create a great looking diorama to
compliment this great looking F-106.
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Carmel J. Attard
is here with another of his vac-u-formed gems. This is his 1/72 Aeroclub De Havilland DH 83 Fox Moth
complete with rigging and civilian registration markings.
This is the first DH 83 on ARC and it is good to see this one here
on ARC.
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Here's a product article
for the 4"
Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool Mk IV from
The
Small Shop3.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is the 4" Hold and Fold Photo
Etch Bending Tool 4" Mk IV RTH.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, May
28 2019 |
Armenia
National Day
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No update today. I will
be out of town attending my daughter's University Graduation.
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Monday, May
27 2019 |
Memorial Day
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No product articles today out
of respect for
Memorial Day.
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Carl Jarosz has
combined bare metal foil and metalizer paints to create his
stunniing 1/48 Revell F-89D Scorpion to honor Memorial Day.
This is a big beautiful Scorpion made with an older kit that builds
up into a great looking model is given some love and patience.
Nicely done Carl.
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Waldek Pupar
is here to honor Memorial Day with his
very cool 1/72
Revell McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18F Super Hornet. Waldek
finished his Super Hornet in a "Digital Splinter
Camouflage" which looks excellent.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sunday, May 26
2019 |
Georgia
National Day |
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Friday, May 24
2019 |
Eritrea
Independence Day |
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Bob TheDoc
is here with his beautifully finished 1/72
Revell Me-262A-1. Bob was impressed with this kit and
finished it as a late 1944 Me- 262 with excellent results. I
love the look of this Me-262.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-14 Intake Correction Set from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5 Tiger II "Freedom Fighter" (standard nose versions) -
F-5A, E, F - Pitot Tube and 20mm gun barrels from
Master.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, May
23 2019 |
Quick update today. I
will be out of town helping my daughter.
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Dragan Cvetic is
here with his very special 1/72 Revell Saab J-35S Draken wearing
Finnish markings.
Dragan added some cockpit detail such as a HUB and seatbelts to
dress up the detail on this 1/72 beauty.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, May 22
2019 |
Yemen
National Day |
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Dragan Cvetic is
here with his sharp looking 1/72 Yumo Soko G-4 Super Galeb of the Serbian Air Force.
Dragan used pilots and decals from his spares box to finish it
as a Serbian Air Force jet.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, May 21
2019 |
Anniversary
of the Chilean Navy and the anniversary of the Iquique´s Naval Combat
(South Pacific War, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia) |
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Gerd Wilcken has done an outstanding job on this
conversion. He started with the
1/72 Revell Kfir C2 and converted it into a Fuerza Aèrea
Colombiana C-12. Gerd details the step by step process in his
article to get a great looking model of the C-12.
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Greg Kerry is
here with his refueling scene using the 1/72 Hobbyboss Mi-2
Hoplite. Greg combined a refueling truck with figures and
his Mi-2 Hoplite wearing Polish markings. Pretty cool looking
scene.
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Here's a product article
for the Wire
Assist Forming Tool - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-105 Thunderchief Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Hobby Boss kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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No update
today. It is Victoria Day in Canada, which is a National
holiday in honour of Queen Victoria.
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Friday, May
17 2019 |
Norway
Constitution Day |
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Model shows this
weekend:
- Louisville,
Kentucky, May
18, 2019, MMCL Invitational
- Knoxville,
Tennessee, May
18, 2019, 37th Annual Smoky Mtn Model-Con
- New
Florence, Pennsylvania, May
18, Bunker Brawl 2019 2019
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Gerd Wilcken
starts today with his very attractive 1/72 Zvezda Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 (Special decoration)
wearing winter camo as it appeared
on the Russian front. Gerd explains the build process in his
article and tells about the Bf-109 F2. I love the look of WW2
aircraft wearing winter camo.
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Carl Jarosz has
created a very unique F9F-5 Panther. This is the 1/48 Trumpeter F9F-5 Panther “The Blue Tail Fly” (VF-153)
which is a jet made by combining the parts from 2 battle damaged F9F-5 Panthers.
Carl explains the process to create this jet with it's unique
combination of markings and in the end Carl pulled it off and
created a very unique jet. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-5A, E, F - Pitot Tube and 20mm gun barrels from
Master.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, May
16 2019 |
Dambusters
Raid - RAF
bombing of Ruhr Valley Dams |
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Dragan Cvetic has
done an exceptional job building the 1/72 LM resin Soko J-22 Orao.
Dragan found this kit to have a challenging fit but he stuck
with it and produced a great looking model of this rare little
jet. Dragen also added some extra detail to complete his
model.
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Graham Symmonds
has done an outstanding job building his 1/12 Space Helmet Models Buzz Aldrin
figure. Graham
used an original photo of the event to replicate this historical
event in human history. Graham also custom made decals to get
his Buzz Aldrin figure looking as close as possible to the real man.
Beautifully done Graham. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-16 NSI small mouth Intake Correction Set from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, May
15 2019 |
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Rodrigo Rendon is here
with his exceptional detailed and weathered 1/144 Bandai Millennium Falcon.
Rodrigo
used some aftermarket detail items and expert modeling skill to pull
this beauty together and has it on display in the Death Star
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Murad Özer built
this amazing 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1 Corsair out of the box but his
weathering job takes this battle weary fighter to a whole new level.
Murad explains his weathering technique in his article. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, May
14 2019 |
Paraguay
Independence Day |
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Bob TheDoc
did an extremely fine job building and finishing his 1/72 Roden LaGG-3.
Bob tells the history of this wooden WW2 Russian fighter and
then includes 12 photos of his gem it's summer camo. Very nice
indeed Bob. |
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler
joins us with his
1/48 Revell and Hasegawa F-18C Hornets finished in USN
markings. Shawn has a good selection of Hornets in his
display case and it is great to see these on ARC. Very nice
indeed Shawn. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Dornier Do 335 Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Hong Kong Models kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, May
13 2019 |
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Thomas Brückelt has
done a fantastic job adding detail to his 1/72 Revell DHC-6 Twin Otter.
Thomas finished it in the markings for a small Canadian Airline. |
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Dragan Cvetic did
some excellent work improving his 1/72 Zvezda MiG-21bis. He
dressed up the cockpit with a resin seat and scratchbuilt HUD and
even lengthened the fuselage. The markings are for a Cuban jet
which look great with this camo scheme. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Cut-Off Set - Standard from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Cut-Off Set - Standard is designed to hold the photo etch
fret as you remove parts from the photo etch fret. This is a big help
so parts don't go flying into your carpet or parts unknown.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sunday, May 12
2019 |
USS Enterprise CV-6 Commissioning 1938 |
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Friday, May
10 2019 |
Model shows this
weekend:
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Patrick
Vossenberg starts today with 2 awesome 1/72 Hasegawa F-104G (2x).
Patrick
added resin ejection seats to dress up the cockpit and finished them
with a lovely weathering job and markings for Taiwan
and Greece. Very nicely done Patrick. |
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Mike Muth
did an outstanding job building and finishing his 1/32 Wingnut Wings Hansa-Branderburg W.29.
This is the float plane version and Mike explains much about the
W.29 and it's history. This is a stunning model of this early
monoplane with it's eye catching camo pattern. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-23 Pylons from
Zactomodels.
This resin set includes 6 highly detailed corrected 1/32 MiG-23 Pylons
with detailed launching mechanisms on the undersides of all of the
pylons plus 4 trees of optional hardware.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
U-2 Spy Plane Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Italeri/Testors kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, May
9 2019 |
Israel Independence Day |
Liberation
Day for the Channel Islands May 9 1945 |
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Dragan
Cvetic gets this special Israeli update started to celebrate the
Israeli Independence Day with his 1/72
Airfix B-17. Dragan
built this bomber mostly out of the box with the addition of
aftermarket decals and modifications to the turret. I love how
the B-17 looks in this camo. |
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Steve
Negley is also here on this special day with his sweet looking
1/48 Kinetic
Kfir C7. Steve built this gem out of the box and finished
it with a weapons load and Israeli markings and camo.
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Dragan
Cvetic added extra scratchbuilt detailing and then gave his
Israeli 1/72 Academy P-51D Mustang a great looking camo
scheme. It is a very unique looking Mustang.
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Thomas
Brückelt has done an excellent job building and weathering his
1/72 KP Avia S-199. This is a classic fighter used by
Israel in the early days and it looks great in the Star of David
markings.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, May
8 2019 |
V.E.
Day - Victory
in Europe 1945 |
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No update today.
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Tuesday, May
7 2019 |
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Carmel J Attard
is here with a very interesting project of a special 1/72 Matchbox Vickers Wellington Mk V
prototype. This is special Wellington required a conversion
set and some of Carmel's skilled scratchbuilding skills to pull
together but the finished model is quite interesting to see with
it's single pilot cockpit etc. Carmel explains the whole
history and build process in his article.
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Michael Taylor
has done an exceptional job on his 1/48 Hobbyboss A-6A Intruder.
Michael folded the wings and did some extra detailing before
using some great looking aftermarket decals to finish his bomber as
a USMC bird. I quite like to look of this Intruder. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
A-37 Dragonfly Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Monogram/Revell, Encore kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, May
6 2019 |
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Carl Jarosz
is here with his excellent looking 1/72 Hasegawa P-3C Orion Centennial of German Naval Aviation.
This is a German Anniversary bird and I quite like the look of
the paint scheme. Carl has provided some very helpful tips for
building this kit. Carl gave his Orion a gentle weathering job
to complete it. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with his great looking 1/72 Hobbyboss Rafale M in
French markings with Tiger artwork on the tail. Dragan built
this beauty out of the box and gave it some subtle weathering. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Extended Roller Set - Use with Brass Assist from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Extended Roller Set is the Photo Etch Extended Roller
Set - Use with Brass Assist.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Friday, May
3 2019 |
Poland
Constitution
Day |
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Dragan
Cvetic went all out superdetailing his 1/48 Revell Spitfire
Mk XVI. Dragan
added an engine and full cockpit detailing and much more work.
His finished Spitfire is a delight to see. |
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George Salerno (Chorse6)
did some exceptional old school kitbashing to build and complete
his 1/48 Rockwell XFV-12 Prototype. This is a very cool
looking aircraft and I admire George for building one for his
display case. He has some in-progress photos to show how he
did it. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-23 Pylons from
Zactomodels.
These resin pylons 1/32 MiG-23 Pylons corrects accuracy issues on
the kit parts. This set includes detailed launching mechanisms
on the undersides of all of the pylons. The kit includes 6
resin pylons plus 4 trees of optional hardware.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, May
2 2019 |
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Tolga Ülgür
starts today with his beautifully weathered 1/48 ProModeler F-102A
finished in TuAF markings. Tolga used aftermarket detail
items to9 dress up the cockpit and used aftermarket decals for the
national markings. It's good to see this F-102 on ARC. |
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Klaasjan Schuuring
put some excellent effort into detailing and weathering his 1/48 Eduard (Hasegawa) Typhoon Mk-1b.
Klaasjan tells about the improvements Eduard made on this kit,
which makes me keen to build this Typhoon. His finished model
is a treat to see. |
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Here's a product article
for the The
"BUG" RTH Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is the The "BUG" RTH Hold and
Fold. Loaded with Features in a Tight little Package! Perfect
for close-up work! Little bends are no problem when using the
"Bug"!
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, May
1 2019 |
May
Day Labor
Day |
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Anniversary
of first engagement of |
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Argentine
Airforce in Falklands War (1982) |
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I got home late last
night. I posted a bit of a trip report in the forums Click
here.
It's good to be home.
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Greg Kerry starts
today with his 1/72 Academy Fieseler Storch wearing a north
Africa camo scheme and finished in a diorama with figures and a fuel
truck. I love the look of the desert camo schemes. |
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler has
done quite the stunning job on the 1/537 AMT USS Reliant. Shawn added LED lighting and the multi panel look of the saucer
section looks quite convincing. It's good to see some Sci Fi on ARC. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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