Thursday,
Nov 30 2006 |
Barbados National Day Scotland - St. Andrew's Day |
|
|
Andreas Beck begins
today's update with a small selection of photos
UK Nationals 2006.
I'll post more pics in the coming week.
|
|
|
|
|
Pablo Girgulsky
is here with part 2 of his trainer aircraft trilogy. Today he
features his 1/50 Revell TF-9j Cougar.
Part 3 runs tomorrow.
|
|
|
|
|
Shawn Phantom Weiler
has repainted his
1/72 C-119 Boxcar
in the more colourful paint scheme.
This is the CDN scheme I prefer over the new lo-viz grey schemes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bernard Lapeyrie joins us with his beautifully
done 1/48 Hasegawa A6M2b.
Bernard also made up a first class carrier deck display base for his
fighter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
I have a review of the new
Sanding
Sticks from Victory
Models which includes 4
different sticks of different grits...buy individually
or a set of all 4.
|
|
|
|
|
Raffaele Mancini
from Model
Publishing is here with a product announcement
of their new book FIRST AND FOREMOST
from Model Publishing. This is a An
illustrated History of CARRIER AIR WING ONE - Part One 1934-1957.
|
|
|
|
Wednesday,
Nov 29 2006 |
Albania Liberation Day |
|
|
David
Campbell with the
Baton Rouge Scale Modelers is here with his article about the recent
Veterans
Day at the USS Kidd DD-661.
This was quite the event and involved the model show as well as a
military reenactment group. Well done David and the Baton
Rouge Scale Modelers.
|
|
|
|
|
Louis
Chang has been
busy adding details to his very sharp looking 1/32
Hasegawa BF-109-K4.
Louis added aftermarket items as well as scratchbuilt details
and weathering to his 109.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pablo
Girgulsky has
done an outstanding job detailing and weathering his 1/48
Monogram At-6 Texan.
Pablo includes some fascinating history of these trainers while in
the service of Argentina.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuesday,
Nov 28 2006 |
Mauritania Independence Day |
|
|
Sam
Chia has put quite a bit of
effort into his sharp looking 1/48
Hasegawa F14B Tomcat.
I LOVE this Tomcat and I'm sure you will too!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Andrew Eaton has done a stunning job on his
1/72
Felixstowe F.2A.
The one is built mostly out of the box with some very skilful masking
and painting.
|
|
|
|
|
Hiran
Horta has done an
exceptionally nice job building and finishing his1/72
Academy F-86.
The baremetal finish came out looking very well and the markings are
a hoot to see.
|
|
|
|
|
Alberto
Borzellino joins us with his beautifully
done1/48
Tamiya F-51D Mustang.
This lovely Mustang was weathered and finished in the markings
for Fuerza Aerea Boliviana.
|
|
|
|
|
Alex Cook is here with a review of the Mr
Superbooth Spray Booth.
Thus is an innovative and portable design well worth having a look
at.
|
|
|
|
Monday,
Nov 27 2006 No update today |
|
Sunday,
Nov 26 2006 |
|
|
Jeff
Brundt is here
with his award winning
1/144
RevellAG B-52H Stratofortress
that he built with his son Evan.
Jeff also included this beauty as part of a Group Build here on ARC.
|
|
|
|
Saturday,
Nov 25 2006 |
Suriname Independence Day |
|
|
Firat
Emre Saygin begins today with his
1/48
Tamiya F4D-1 Skyray. Although this model was build
out of the box, Firat did give it those extra weathering touches
that bring a model to life.
|
|
|
|
|
Tolga Ulgur is
here with another scale beauty. Today he joins us with his
1/48
Tamiya P-47D-1 Thunderbolt.
Tolga gave it his usual high quality of weathering and turned out a
lovely scale representation of the Jug including sexy nose art
from PYN
up decals.
|
|
|
|
Friday,
Nov 24 2006 |
|
Liam Hourston
is here to begin today with a
very touching article about A
Tale of To Sabres.
Great story and models Liam.
|
|
|
|
|
Malcolm Reid
has gone
the extra mile building his 1/35 MRC AH-1W Cobra
into an exceptionally good looking
model. Markings represent a Cobra from the Gulf War.
|
|
|
|
|
Emre Yasar
is here with his
nicely done 1/72 Revell Tornado.
Emre finished it in the markings
for Black Thunder.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thursday,
Nov 23 2006 |
US Thanksgiving Day |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sal has
done a stunning job on his
1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18F.
Sal finished this beauty in Diamondback markings.
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday,
Nov 22 2006 |
Lebanon
Independence Day |
|
|
Chew Eng Hui
has done an outstanding
job building and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14D Tomcat.
Chew tells the whole tale of building his Tomcats and how he
weathered it in his article.
|
|
|
|
|
Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here to prove
he doesn't just build jet fighters. This is his
1/72 Airfix CC-130 Herc.
This earlier scheme is one of the most attractive schemes seen on
the Canadian Hercs....in my humble opinion.
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. Vatche Mitilian
has some
In-flight Photos
he took in
Lebanon. These include Lebanese and US helicopters.
|
|
|
|
|
Emad Tabsh
is here with a book review of the new
Hawker
Hunter - 1951 to 2007 Written
by David J. Griffin.
This book will interest anyone with a love for the hunter.
|
|
|
|
Tuesday,
Nov 21 2006 |
|
|
|
Tomasz Gronczewski
begins today with
his exceptional 1/48 Tamiya P-51D.
Tomasz has done his research to get his Mustang as accurate as
possible for this mount of a USAF Ace.
|
|
|
|
|
Richard Ellis joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking1/48
Hasegawa F-16CJ Block 50.
Richard has put a huge amount of work and effort into super
detailing and modifying his Viper.
|
|
|
|
|
Damir Stanzer
has done an impressive job on his
1/72 Italeri Junkers Ju-52.
This is one of the many ex-Luftwaffe aircraft used by the Czech Air
Force after the war.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Monday,
Nov 20 2006 |
Oooops....I got the US
Thanksgiving Day date wrong yesterday. I'm happy to report most
ARC'ers in the US took my word for it and had a beer and took the day off
work. :-)
|
|
|
Keith Money
is here to make all the Tomcat lovers
grin with his 1/32 Revell Tomcat.
Keith added a vehicle, bomb trolley and figures to his carrier deck
diorama. His Tomcat had plenty of extra detailing and is quite
impressive.
|
|
|
|
|
Dragan
joins us with his nicely done 1/72 Revell F-4U5 Corsair.
Dragan brush painted his corsair which is pretty darn amazing and
gave it weathering to make it look more like a dirty Navy
fighter.
|
|
|
|
|
Ray Seppala
is here with something you don't see everyday. This is his
1/144 Revel Lockheed C-5A Galaxy.
Heck....even in 1/144 it looks big. Ray tells all about
building this out-of-production kit. Nice one
Ray.
|
|
|
|
|
Konley Kelley
has been busy building and detailing
his 1/35 Academy Bell 47D.
Konley went to great lengths researching his diorama......can you
find Radar's Teddy Bear?
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday,
Nov 19 2006
Monaco National Day
|
|
Jim Sullivan
has been busy
getting the details correct on his nicely done
1/48 Italeri F/A-18E Super Hornet.
Jim tells what is involved to build this kit and which areas will
require your attention.
|
|
|
|
|
Alain Tricot
is here with his 1/72 Hasegawa Macchi 202.
Alian built his Macchi 202 with a resin cockpit and wheels and a
complicated looking camo scheme.
|
|
|
|
Saturday,
Nov 18 2006
Oman National Day
Latvia
National Day
|
|
Rafi
Ben-Shahar is
here with not one but two of his
1/48 Messerschmitt Bf- 110G-4.
Rafi includes some helpful info if you plan on building one of these
lovely kits.
|
|
|
|
|
Sim Kuo-Hua
joins us today with a selection of his nicely done
1/72 Hasegawa
RSAF F-16's. This F-16
collection include single and two seater F-16's.
|
|
|
|
Friday,
Nov 17 2006 |
I've been sick from a flu
bug the past few days, so the updates have been smaller than normal.
I seem to be on the mend now.......at least I hope so.
|
|
|
Hiran Horta
starts today with
his 1/72 Academy
Ju-87 Stuka. Hiran found this kit to
be quite the enjoyable build and he tells about building this beauty
in his article.
|
|
|
|
|
Jeroen Berkvens
has done a fine job building his 1/72 Hasegawa F8J Crusader.
Jeroen added a weapons load and bicentennial markings.
|
|
|
|
|
Charlie Johnson
joins us with his
1/35 MRC Bell UH1C.
Charlie built his Heuy mostly out of the box with some
scratchbuilding to improve the detail.
|
|
|
|
|
Evan Brundt & Dad
were busy building the
1/144 RevellAG E-3A Sentry AWACS.
This isn't the best fitting kit as you'll read in their article, but
they got her done in fine style. Well done guys!!!
|
|
|
|
Thursday,
Nov 16 2006 |
|
|
Heinrich Spangenberg
is here from South Africa with his
first article on ARC. This is his
1/48 Hasegawa F-86 Saaf Sabre
in SAAF markings from the Korean War. Sharp looking Sabre
Heinrich.....welcome to ARC!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
KH Lee
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/72 Academy F-16A.
This good looking and colorful model is painted in “what-if”
Malaysian Air Force aerobatic display team markings.
Welcome to ARC KH!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday,
Nov 15 2006 |
|
Efrati Yoav
has recently
completed his 1/72 Revell F-16B.
Efrati used a variety of resin aftermarket items and decals to
compelte his Israeli F-16.
|
|
|
|
|
Gabriel Stern
is here to make
you grin with his
Scratch built 1/72 Bleriot VII.
The special thing about this plane is that it almost looks like a
regular design.....which is a rare thing when it comes to Gabriel's
model. I guess the variety is why I enjoy his articles so
much.
|
|
|
|
|
Daniel
has done quite a
bit of work detailing his
1/32 Trumpeter F-105D Thunderchief.
Daniel goes into very good detail about all the extra work and
techniques he used on his big 105.
|
|
|
|
|
Fernando Torre
joins us with his
1/72 Frog Macchi 202.
This is an older kit but that didn't stop Fern from building a first
class model. Heck he even used the decades old Frog decals.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuesday,
Nov 14 2006 |
There
have been problems linking from the ARC homepage to the Twobobs
website. I know this caused me to have quite a few withdrawl
symptoms. I have changed the link on the ARC homepage to http://twobobs.net
and that seems to sort out the problem. You
might want to update your favorites on your own computer and remove the www
from the URL.
|
|
|
Steve
Platt joins us
from the land down under with his 1/48
Monogram EA-6B Prowler.
Steve did a very fine job on this one and I got a particular kick
out of the Dragon artwork on the tail.
|
|
|
|
|
Sergio
Baptista is here
today with a stellar selection of his 1/48
Fighters of World War 1.
Sergio captures the delacate look of these early fighters....amazing
work Sergio.
|
|
|
|
|
Karel
Slama is here
with his beautifully done
1/48
Italeri JAS 39C Gripen.
Karel had to do modifications to create his "C"
version of the Gripen and then he finished it in the markings for
the Czech Air Force.
|
|
|
|
|
Johannes
Kreutzer had a
good time building his
1/72
Airfix Chipmunk.
Johannes finished his Chipmunk in the markings for this RAF
trainer. Very nice indeed.
|
|
|
|
|
QC Tan has
dropped by today with his
1/48
Academy Su-27 Flanker.
QC has done his usual first class job on his Flanker.
Check out the Tools 'n' tips article about how he made his
parachutes.
|
|
|
|
|
QC
Tan has been kind
enough to do up a Tools 'n' Tips article about
Making
Parachutes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Monday,
Nov 13 2006 No update
today. |
My
Internet connection is very slow tonight (Sunday night) and I'm having
great difficulty uploading the update.
|
Sunday,
Nov 12 2006
Remembrance Sunday in the UK |
|
Laurent Boildieu
has done a wonderful
job weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa P-40E.
Laurent added seatbelts and finished his desert P-40 in the
markings of a WW2 Ace.
|
|
|
|
|
Sam Chia
has done an outstanding
job detailing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4B/N.
Sam rescribed his Phantom and added resin detail parts and
aftermarket decals and finally it off with weathering.
|
|
|
|
|
In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is no funny
picture and daily joke today in honor of Remembrance
Sunday in the UK.
|
|
|
|
Saturday,
Nov 11 2006
Remembrance Day -- Veterans Day |
Poland Independence Day |
|
At the 11 hour on the
11th day in the 11th month of 1918 the guns fell silent. The horror
of the Great War was over and we vowed ...never again. Less than 20
years later we broke that vow and hostilities began in China and we learned to
number our World Wars. As a planet we have learned to ignore the
realities of war and betray the promise we made in 1918......Never
again....Lest we forget.
|
|
|
Yufei Mao
starts this
update with one of the best looking MiG-21 paint schemes. This
is his 1/72 Fujimi MiG-21MF "Lancer"
which he spent quite a bit of effort improving
the details on as you'll see in his photos and read about in his
article.
|
|
|
|
|
Alfredo García
is here
with his 1/48 Tamiya P-51D Mustang
in the markings for the Tuskegee Airmen.
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is one of the more positive stories
to come out of WW2 and well worth reading up on. Alfredo
captures the look of this aircraft perfectly.
|
|
|
|
Friday,
Nov 10 2006
USMC Birthday (1775) |
Indonesia's "Remembrance" day |
|
|
Today is the Birthday for the USMC and I would like to
present to the members past and present of the USMC with a
message from the Commandant of the USMC.
Thanks to Creighton
Henthorn for sending this to me.
|
|
|
|
|
Louis Chang
has been
busy adding resin and scratchbuilt details to his
1/32 Hasegawa BF-109-K4.
Wow.....Louis put quite a bit of work into his 109.
|
|
|
|
|
Tim Groombridge
joins us
with his 1/72
Hasegawa F-106A Delta Dart.
Tim tells the story behind the Century Series jets and about what
was involved to build his F-106.
|
|
|
|
|
Ed Pagel Jr.
is here to blow
your mind with his
1/18th Scale EAM B-17.
This is an RC model that actually flies. Ed tells about his
Flying Fortress and has even included a link to a video so you can
see it fly.
|
|
|
|
|
Luc Ferrari
has
rejoined the hobby after a 20 year break. today he is here
with his stunning 1/32 Tamiya F15-E Strike Eagle.
Nicely done Luc......keep them coming.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I have a review of the
Razor Saw from
UMM-USA.
This is an incredibly fine saw that works beautifully on resin and
styrene.
|
|
|
|
Thursday,
Nov 9 2006
Cambodia Independence Day |
|
|
Jeff Brundt
is here
with his 1/32 Tamiya F-4J. Jeff
put quite a bit if effort into his Big Phantom and the finished
model looks outstanding.
|
|
|
|
|
Danny Dinh
is here
with a very special 1/48 Model USA O-1A Bird Dog.
This particular aircraft is the one that landed on the US
carrier with the fall of South Vietnam.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday,
Nov 8 2006 Greece -- Hellenic Air Force Day |
|
I'm
very pleased to welcome Deployment
Productions as a new ARC Sponsor. They are a company that
specializes in Profiles,
Prints, Lihographies.
They offer 20% off of any products for every registered ARC
community members! |
|
|
|
|
|
Vjekoslav Ranec
is here from Croatia
with
his 1/48 Heller G.91R Gina.
I admire the effort Vjekoslav put into his G.91R Gina including
he scratchbuilt cockpit and endless amount of filling throughout the
model. His efforts paid off well with a very fine model.
|
|
|
|
|
Jason Koh
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/35 Academy UH-1C Heavy Hog.
Although Jason built his chopper out of the box.....the finished
model shows the outstanding results you can get from this very
special model.
|
|
|
|
|
Mark Cope
is here with his
first article on ARC today. This is his big
1/32 Academy F-16.
Mark got all the details right on his big Viper. Welcome to
ARC Mark!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Brad Harrington
has been
enjoyed building his 1/24 Trumpeter Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe.
Brad was quite delighted with this kit and his finished model shows
how sweet this kit really is. Nice one Brad.
|
|
|
|
|
Jorge Bonilla
has blown me away
with his 1/48 Tamiya Me-262
a1.
Have a careful look at the gun bay and engine painting details on
this award winning model....amazing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuesday,
Nov 7 2006 |
|
Phillip Steele
is here
with his exceptionally nice 1/144 Revell Challenger CL-604.
Philip performed some extra work and detailing to improve the
realism of his VIP aircraft and finished it in those ever popular
red maple leaf markings.
|
|
|
|
|
David Shen
has proven
that 1/72 markigns can be painted on. This is his
1/72 Academy Fw-190D9
complete with a flawless paint job that made
a serious effort to get the historical details correct for this
particular fighter.
|
|
|
|
|
Jojo B Cruz
is here to
teach you all a serious lesson. This stunning
1/48 Tamiya F-15J
is brush painted. After seeing this beauty I have no excuse
for the poor quality airbrushed paint schemes I'm infamous
for. I salute you Jojo!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Thierry Jacques
is here
with his 1/72 Grumman F6F5 Hellcat
that served during
the Indochina War in
Vietnam with the French navy.
Thierry
weathered his hellcat to give it that battle weary look of realism.
|
|
|
|
|
Sam Chia
has persisted in
building his 1/48 Hitech Vautour
into a very carefully crafted model of this Israeli jet. Sam
has good and not-so-good comments about this kit if you are
pondering giving it a try.
|
|
|
|
|
The Members of the ARC Heavies Group Build
are here with their massive selection of
complete model from the 2006 ARC Heavies Group Build.
WOW....42 models in all!!! Special thanks to
Jay Allman for putting together this article.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Monday,
Nov 6 2006 |
|
Lucio Zinato
visits us from Italy to begin your week
on ARC. This is his 1/48 Monogram B-17G
weathered and finished in the markings for "Chow Hound".
Check out the in-progress detail photos of the interior......Lucio
put a good effort into the interior.
|
|
|
|
|
Carlo van den boom
joins us for the first
time on ARC with his sharp looking 1/32 Revell RF-4C.
Carlo is from Holland and I look forward to seeing more of
his models on ARC. Welcome to ARC Carlo!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yufei Mao
has been very
determined when building his
1/72 Airfix MiG-29 "Sniper".
This particularly attractive MiG-29 was built from 3 kits from 3
different manufacturers as well as multiple after market detail
items and plenty of hours of persistent work.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daniel has
done a stunning job on his
1/32 Academy F-16CJ.
Daniel captured the look of the finish on the F-16 and added a full
weapons load and drop tanks to his Viper.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday,
Nov 5 2006 |
|
Louis Chang
starts today with his
1/48 Tamiya P-51D Mustang.
Louis gave his Mustang the finishing touch with a baremetal
finish and sexy noseart.
|
|
|
|
|
Daniel
has today's jet
for your enjoyment. This is his
1/32 Academy F/A-18D Hornet
in Tiger Stripes
as flown by the USMC.....complete with a full weapons load.
|
|
|
|
Saturday,
Nov 4 2006 |
|
Tim Groombridge
begins
today with his sweet little 1/144
Revell TF104-G Starfighter.
I don't know what it is but I love modern jets in Luftwaffe
markings. Tim used 3000 pieces of Photo etch on his
F-104. Just kidding.
|
|
|
|
|
Rodney Williams
has dropped
by with two of his Racing Corsairs "57-2" & "74".
Rodney is without a doubt the biggest expert I've met when it comes
to racing Corsairs....and he's a darn fine guy to have a beer with
as well as I found out at the KC Nats.
|
|
|
|
Friday,
Nov 3 2006 Panama
Independence Day |
I'm pleased to
announce that ARC had over one million hits
to it's homepage
during the month of October. This is the first
time the ARC homepage has broken the 'million hit mark' during a one month
period. Thanks to all of you for helping ARC break this milestone!!!
|
|
|
|
Shawn Phantom Weiler
is here to
prove he doesn't only build Phantoms. This is Shawn's very
nicely built 1/48 Trumpeter Wellington.
|
|
|
|
|
Karl Holubar
is here
with his 1/32 Revell F 16C conversion.
This particular model took 20 eyars to compelte although KArl wasn't
exactly working on it solidly for the whole 20 years. Karl did
some scratchbuilding to complete his conversion.
|
|
|
|
|
Laurent Boildieu
joins us
with his 1/48 Academy Spitfire Mk XIV.
This sopecial Spitfire was flown bya Free French Ace during
WW2. Laurent did this fine model justice with his skillful
modelling talents.
|
|
|
|
|
Oishi
dropped by the
ARC Cprporate offices in Thailand with his 1/48 Academy F-14 Tomcat.
This special Tomcat has quite the effective weathering job.
Nice one Oishi.
|
|
|
|
|
Carlos Herrera
is here
from Mexico with his 1/35 UH-60 Black Hawk.
Carlos did a fine job on his Black Hawk....including the
figures.
|
|
|
|
|
Mario Mifsud
has today's last
model. This is his
1/72 Mirage 2000D
with a wonderfully done weahtering job on this
beautiful 2 seater Mirage.
|
|
|
|
|
Thursday,
Nov 2 2006 |
|
Dominic Gutierrez
is a
younger modeler. This
is his beautifully done 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-2
in a winter time crash diorama. Nice job Dominic.
|
|
|
|
|
Dean Large
has dropped
by today with his 1/48 Revell F-15E Strike Eagle.
I love the work Dean does and this Eagle is up to his usual
flawless standards.
|
|
|
|
|
Hiran Horta
is here with his 1/72 Academy P-38J
complete with sexy nose art and a very interesting technique for
painting the instrument panel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott Johnson
joins us
today with his 1/20 SeaQuest DSV Stinger.
Scott built this one for fun.....which is a brillant thing to do
every so often.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday,
Nov 1 2006 Algeria
Revolution Day |
|
Daniël Obers
starts you
Wednesday update with his well details and beautifully painted
1/72 Hasegawa RF-4EJ Kai.
This Phantom is in Japanese clours and that paint scheme always
looks good.
|
|
|
|
|
Alex Sidharta
had a devil of a
time building his
1/72 Heller E-2C Hawkeye.
This is not the best fitting model in the world and a tail sitter as
well but Alex overcame all this and still turned out a striking
looking Hawkeye.
|
|
|
|
|
Paulo Guimarães
joins us with his 1/48 Tamiya
F-16A.
Paulo finished his Viper
in Portuguese
air force markings after he fixed some of the problem areas on his
F-16 to make a great looking jet fighter.
|
|
|
|
|
Krzysiek Gojski
did a impressive
job on his 1/48 Hasegawa P-40N.
All markings on this model were painted on and that takes skill and
patience.
|
|
|
|
|
Dave Hardie
has tackled the 1/32 Revell Bell
X-1
with masterful skill ad patience. Dave used the Cutting
Egde decal sheet and turned out an eye
catching model of this record breaker.
|
|
|
|
|
Hiran Horta
joins us with his
1/72 Academy P-51B.
Hiran added weathering and sexy noseart to his lovely looking
Mustang.
|
|
|
|
|
Mark S.
joins us with his
Tools 'n' Tips article about applying
F-22A Raptor Paint.
Mark will give you some much needed help with his article if you try
to build a Raptor.
|
|
|
|
|