Tuesday, Aug
31 2004 Trinidad
and Tobago National Day |
Malaysia
National Day Happy Merdeka
Day
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The guys in
Malaysia and lovers of Malaysia aircraft around the world have been busy
sending in articles for today's very special update. Well done
everyone. Sorry today's update is late, but I've finally got the
basics of my computer stuff set up at our new address.....I have been busy
with the final part of the move the last 2 days and we're now at the point
of unpacking.
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Brian
Param a.k.a Mr B begins
this special update with his
1/72
Aeroclub Pilatus PC-7. A sporty looking little plane in TUDM
Malaysian Air Force markings.
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Thomas
Ng is
here with his 1/72
Supermodel MB339AM. Thomas's jet trainer is finished
off in his model in TUDM
Malaysian Air Force markings. Cool looking camo.
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Simon Beck
has droped by with 2 articles today. His first article is his 1/72
Hobbycraft Caribou RMAF which he also finished in TUDM
Malaysian Air Force markings. Good to see a Caribou in TUDM
markings.
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Efrain
Hernandez is here
from Mexico to honour friends in Malaysia with his
1/72
Hasegawa TUDM F/A-18D. Beautiful job on the weathering
Efrain.
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Simon
Beck is here with
his second article today. This is his
1/72
Airfix RMAF BAe Bulldog 102. Simon has included
some helpful background info about this little plane.
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Thomas
Ng and Brian Param a.k.a Mr B
have combined
their talents on an article about their
1/72
Matchbox Percival Provosts. The plane featured in this
article has quite the colourful paint scheme as well as the other
models in this article.
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Brian Param a.k.a Mr B is
also here with his 1/48 Hasegawa
S-61 Seaking Royal
which he finished in Malaysian Air Force markings. This Seaking
has just the right look in it's detailing.
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TB
Tan,
Brian Param and
Thomas Ng
have combined their
time to give you their article about the TUDM F-5's....they call this
article The
Malaysian Tigers.
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Tom
Choy squeezed in
the last article for today's update. This is his
1/72
Italeri Northrop F-5E Tiger II done up in a bare metal looking
finish for the
Royal Malaysian Air Force.
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Saturday, Aug
28 2004 Polish
(Military) Aviation Day
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Friday, Aug 27 2004
Moldova National
Day
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My
wife and I are in the process of moving to a different home after 17
years in our current home. This is causing the updates to be
posted later than normal
this week. The movers come Monday for the big furniture, then
we can begin settling in to our next home.....finally I will have a
room just for model building. Things will stay busy until I
have the work completed on our old home by the end of Sept. |
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Jesus Ramos has
dropped by with his 1/72
Italeri A-4E. This
is a beautifully finished Shyhawk tanker with some mild weathering to
add realism. The markings are the colourful "older"
USN markings.
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Mirko
Meier is
here with his 1/48
Revell-Monogram Me-410. this Me-410 is
having one of it's engines services and a crew member rests on the
wing which has airstream smeared fluid stains. Lots of detail to
see everywhere on this model.
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Ruud
van der Salm is
here with his
1/72
Fujimi MiG-21Bis. This little
MiG in colourful markings is finished in
Ukrainian markings. A very clean build for
this very popular Eastern Bloc fighter. Cool to see.
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Lloyd
Curtis finishes off
today's update with his 1/48
Hobbycraft Hurricane MkII C. This hurricane has chipped
paint and exhaust stains and other weathering. Lloyd goes into
some helpful detail about the things he did to his Hurricane. A
very interesting article.
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Thursday, Aug
26 2004
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Bill Lachance
fires
up today's update with his 1/48
Accurate Miniatures A-36 Apache.
Bill did some extra detailing on this one including using Eduard Photo Etch
and toped it all off with excellent interior/exterior painting and some
colourful markings. Bill knows his stuff.
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Raja Bose is
here with his 1/48
Revell Mil-24 Hind Gunship which he finished in a striking camo scheme
and Indian
Airforce markings. This is definitely an eye catching paint scheme on
this Hind and it's good to see Indian markings.
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Steve
Corvi has
dropped by with his 1/72
Hasegawa F11F1 Tiger. Steve used some Airwaves Photo Etch to
spruce up the cockpit and he also rescribed the panel lines and
finished it all off with aftermarket decals. It's
good to see a model built of this rare little jet.....nice one Steve.
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Peter
Marshall has
got his 1/48
T-38 and F-5E/F to show you today. There's actually a
generous variety of jets in Peter's article.....all in Aggressor and
interesting markings and paint schemes. There's even a
tiger scheme one in his article. Very enjoyable to see....thanks
Peter.
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Wednesday, Aug
25 2004
Uruguay
Independence Day
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Haik Martirossian
is back today with
another of his airliner beauties. This is his
1/144
Revell "KLM" Boeing 737-800 and he also added
working lights to this one as well.
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Catherine
Bailey-Murray has
joined us today with her first article on ARC. This
is her 1/72
Avro Shackleton which she finished up in SAAF markings. Not
too much text, but the model looks darn fine. Welcome to ARC
Catherine!!!
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Peter
Doll joins use from
Germany with another of his realistic looking jet dioramas. This
is Peter's 1/32
Trumpeter F-105D which
he backdated, then added a Black Box cockpit and covered the whole
beast in kitchen foil. Quite the job, but well worth it.
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Hal
(P-47fan) Marshman, Sr. is
here with a 1/48
Hasegawa P-47D-25
in Brazilian
markings. Hal did a fair bit of extra detailing to his P-47,
which you'll read about in his article. Hal's a master at
P-47's.
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Tuesday, Aug
24 2004
Ukraine National Day
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Bruce Bell
is home from the recent IPMS
USA National
Convention 2004 in
Phoenix,
Arizona and
he has sent in 187 photos to give you an idea of some of the models
that were at the show.
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Omar
Quintero joins us
with his 1/48
Italeri F-16A which he finished in FAV Grupo 16 20th Anniversary tail
markings. This has got to be one of the more interesting camo
schemes on an F-16.
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Andy
Gudbergsson has
dropped by the ARC Corporate Offices with his
1/48
Promodeler BF-110 G. Andy built this one out of the
box.....which considering this kit.....gives you a beautifully
detailed model. I love the exhaust stains on the tops of the
wings.
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Scott
Vomacka has
completed a very difficult fitting kit. Here is his 1/72
Testors B-2 Spirit which he detailed with some scratchbuilt
details and Eduard photo-etch.
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Monday, Aug
23 2004
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Chaz Nims begins
your week with his 1/48
Tamiya P-51D. Chaz is no stranger to the hobby and his
attention to detail on his Mustang is sure to please. Have a
look at the scratchbuilt spring for the antenna wire.
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Antonio Segovia
Rentería is here from
Chile with his first article on ARC. This is his
1/72
Heller F-5E Chilean
Aggressor that
he recently finished. Antonio goes into details about
modifications made to his good looking F-5.
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Bill
Weber has dropped
by with his 1/72
DML P-61B 'Lady
of the Night'.
This particular night fighter was stationed on Iwo Jima in 1945.
Good looking model Bill......the P-61 is one model I look forward to
building one day.
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Sunday, Aug
22 2004
Happy Birthday to Chris Hughes!!!
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Shaun
Bowman-Davies is
here with an article I forgot to run yesterday (sorry Shaun).
Aug 21st marks 30
years of British
Aerospace Hawks and
Shaun has an article packed with all his Hawk models. Quite a
tribute to this special little aircraft!!!
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Friday, Aug
20 2004
Hungary National Day
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Andy
Stark kicks off
today's update with his first article on ARC. This is Andy's 1/48
Tamiya Spitfire Mk1 which he gave a serious weathering job
to....he expalins some of his weathering techniques in his article.
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Darius
Aibara is here with
a feature article about his
1/48
Aeroclub DH 89 Dragon
Rapide. Darius has included some in-progress photos
about the building process as well as a highky detailed article about
this B-Plane.
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Ray Hamel is here
with his first article on ARC. This is Ray's very creative
1/48
Marine Corps A-Wing. No doubt about it....this is one very
cool aircraft. Welcome to ARC Ray.
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Thursday, Aug
19 2004
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Simon
Wallis begins
today's update with his
1/48
Hasegawa/Aztec A-4Q Skyhawk.
Simon's article deals with the Falklands War is is sure to generate
much interest in folks on both sides of this conflict.
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Sören
Bartusch is
here with his
1/32
Academy F/A-18C "Hornet" diorama......I
can only imagine how big this diorama is.......and is it ever
impressively done. You jet guys are sure to grin when you see
this one.
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Alex
Bigey has
a massive feature article on his 1/144
VLE Models WIBAULT-PENHOËT
283T-12.
This is a tiny little model.....but you'd never know that by looking
at the detail pictures of it.....Alex did asplendid job on
it.
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Wednesday, Aug
18 2004
Afghanistan Independence
Day
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Adam Cobb (Fall Weiss)
is here today with
his first article on ARC. This is Adam's article about his
1/48
Tamiya Mitsubishi A6M5c (Zeke). Andrew has an amazing
technique involving salt to get his peeling paint effect.
Welcome to ARC Adam!!!
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Marlon Guevara
is here with his 1/72
Italeri F-5E which he finished in Mexican Air Force
markings. Marlon goes into some detail about his model and the
Mexican Air force. Good to see a Mexican F-5.
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Ivan
Rich is here with
his first article
on ARC today. This is Ivan's 1/48
Tamiya P-47D Bubbletop. Ivan chipped and weathered his P-47
and added a weapons load. An impressively well done P-47.
Welcome to ARC Ivan!!!
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Tuesday, Aug
17 2004
Gabon Independence Day
Indonesia Independence Day
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Iwan
Winarta is here
with his article he titled
Strangers
in the Motherland. Iwan focuses on three foreign airforces
that operated in Indonesia. In his article he features his 1/72
P-40, 1/72 Ki-46, 1/72 Spitfire.
It's a nice selection of well built models with interesting article as
well.
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Arie
Kurniawan is here
with his fiorst article on ARC. This is his 1/48
Academy Su-27 Flanker
that he
finished up in Indonesian markings. Very nice Arie....welcome to
ARC!!!
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Monday, Aug
16 2004
No update today. We've just completed 2 days of driving to return
home from our family vacation in Calgary. I've got to rest for a
day.
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Sunday, Aug
15 2004 Republic of Korea National
Day
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Congo National Day
India
Independence Day
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Rupesh
Santoshi
starts today's special update honouring India with his 1/72
Matchbox Mig-21 bis. Rupesh finished his Mig-21 in
Indian Air Force markings.
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Murli Rajan is
here today with his 1/72
Zvezda Sukhoi 30. India
is getting the Su-30 and Murli couldn't resist building one in Indian
air force markings and presenting it for your enjoyment on India's
Independence day.
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Shekar
K Rao is here from
India with his 1/72
Italeri Mig 29. Shekar did his Mig in a special Indian Air
Force Aggressor paint scheme and once you see the pictures of the top
of the plane you will be amazed how colourful this model is.
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Murli
Rajan
finishes
up today's special update with his
1/72
Airfix Mirage 2000. Murli
finished his Mirage 2000 in an attractive camo schmeme and Indian Air
Force markings.
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Saturday, Aug
14 2004
Pakistan
Independence Day
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Haroon
begins this special update devoted to
Pakistan with his 1/48 Pakistan
AF Mk-VI Sabre.
This F-86 is circa
1971 and his article includes some interesting history about the F-86
is Pakistani service. Sabre's look good in all markings.
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Kairasp
Daruwala has his
second contribution from Pakistan today. This is his
1/48
ESCI F-104 Starfighter. A fine example of the F-104 using
the ESCI kit.
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Mustafa Ahmed Aziz
joins use with his F-6
(Pakistan) walkaround
photos from Pakistan
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Mustafa Ahmed Aziz
is here from Pakistan with some
F-6
(Pakistan) flightline
photos.
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Friday, Aug
13 2004
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Chris
Novak is here with his 1/32
Revell P-47D cutaway.
Ch4ris is well known for his cutaway fighters and his P-47 is not only
a beautifully done BMF P-47.....but the exposed engine detail is quite
well done.
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Thursday, Aug
12 2004
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Richard
“RJ” Tucker is
here to kick things off today with the third and final part of his
1/72
Korean Corsairs. RJ has gone into some very good
detail and I think this article will greatly help anyone considering
the same project.
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Bob
Bartolacci is here
with his 1/32
Trumpeter F-105G in SEA camo. Bob includes some history and
background on the 105 and also points out some areas of concern and
fixes for building this 105 model. The finished model is a beaut.
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Bill
Weber has dropped
by with his very well done
1/48
Tamiya P-51B Mustang. Bill built this one OOB and used
markings for one of the more famous P-51's
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Hajo
Lippke drops by today with his
1/72
Italeri MH-60K Nighthawk.
Hajo has added detail and goes into this in very well written detail
in his article. The finished Nighthawk is one impressive weapons
platform model.
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Wednesday, Aug
11 2004
Chad Independence Day
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CL Kwek
is here with an
article that should have run on ARC on Monday for the Singapore
National day, but I was unable to get it on ARC that day. This
is his 1/200
Hasegawa A320 done
up in a Tiger airways scheme. The decals are custom printed ALPS
decals. Nice one Kwek.
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Philip
Koh is here with his Singapore National
day article that unfortunately didn't make the Monday update.
This is his 1/72
Northrop RF-5E Tigereye done
up in RSAF markings....which are always good to see.
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Richard “RJ” Tucker
has dropped by the ARC corporate
Offices with Part
II of his 1/72
Korean Corsairs. RJ has a writing style I quite
enjoy, so whenever his article appear on ARC.....it is a special
event.
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Stephen
Murray is here with his
1/72
Heller C-160Z Transall.
Stephen finished his Transall in a jungle camo and SAAF
markings. He's also provided some good info on building this
aircraft from the Heller kit. An interesting aircraft and neat
to see.
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The
2004 Rocky Mountain Model Club had their 10th
Annual Contest and Show
which they called “10
Years of Bashing Plastic”.
Tom Calbury shot
some photos to give you an idea of the variety of outstanding models
and Massimo
Santarossa added
some text to explain the show better
. Calgary is quite the modelling town with 2 excellent clubs and
2 annual contests....plus many fine hobby shops.
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Tuesday, Aug
10 2004 Ecuador
Independence Day
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No
update today.....I was busy all Monday enjoying family summertime
activities.
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Monday, Aug
9 2004
Singapore
National Day
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Leslie
Choy begins this special Singapore update
with his 1/72
Planet Models Siai Marchetti S211.
This is a resin model and Leslie has provided some in-progress
photos. Check out the cockpit detail.
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David
W. Theriault is
here with his out of the box
1/32
Hasegawa F6F-3/5 Hellcat.
A good looking model of this famous WW2 fighter. I enjoyed the
wing gun detail.
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Saturday, Aug
7 2004
Cote d'lvoire National Day
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I
will be dropping weekend updates until Sept. This is to
free up badly needed time to focus on other work on ARC as well
as to free up some time for my kids during the summer
months. I will continue to update the TPC on Saturday and
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Friday, Aug
6 2004
Bolivia Independence
Day
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Richard
“RJ” Tucker is
here with part 1 of his
1/72
Korean Corsairs
article.
RJ goes into very good detail in his 3 part article detailing building
his Korean Corsairs. Nice one RJ.
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Simon
Wallis has dropped by with his
1/48
Eduard Bell X-1. Simon
looks at the Bell X-1 story from the British perspective and includes
some info and pictures of British designs for the possible sound
barrier contenders.
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Bernd Korte has
sent in an article about his
1/72
Classic Plane Extra 300. Bernd has included plenty of info
about building his colourful little plane
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Stewart
Bailey is here with part 2 of his P-39Q
walkaround.
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Thursday, Aug 5 2004
Jamaica
National Day
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Croatian Victory Day (similar to a Thanksgiving Day) |
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Malcolm
Reid is here to get
things going with his 1/48
Italeri/ESCI Mirage F1AZ. Malcolm has provided some
excellent background about these aircraft as flown by the SAAF.
Excellent looking Mirage Malcolm.
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Benny Attar joins
us with his 1/72
Italeri Grumman F6F Hellcat. Benny is recovering from a eye
injury and this is his first model since his eye problems. Darn
fine looking Hellcat Benny.
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Fred
Harris is here with
his first
article on ARC. This is his 1/72
Heller RAAF VIP Boeing BBJ 737. It's always a pleasure to see airliner models on ARC.....and an Australian airline
at that. Welcome to ARC Fred!!!
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Thomas Neuss joins
us with his big and well detailed
1/35
Panda UH-1N USMC.
Thomas did some scratch building to get the detail he wanted.
The finished model is beautiful.
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Stewart
Bailey is here with part 1 of his
P-39Q
Walk Around,
part 2 runs tomorrow.
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Wednesday, Aug
3 2004
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Alfredo
Caffarelli begins today
with his first article on ARC. This is his heavily modified
1/48
Monogram B-17. He
calls his diorama Crashed
Giant and it
is quite the amazing piece of work. Welcome to ARC Alfredo!!!
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Alex
Sidharta joins us
with 1/72
Hasegawa F-105D Thunderchief. Alex used a
decals sheet from Albatros with sexy noseart to his beautifully done
bare metal F-105. I particularly enjoyed how the panel lines
turned out.
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Pete
Hudson (Dr Fester)
joins us with his 1/48
Airfix Seafire FR47.
This Korean War bird comes fully detailed and weathered with a full
weapons load. A fantastic model of a fantastic kit.
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Daniel
PerezVertti is here
with something different today. This is his
1/72
ESCI F-5A & F-5B with the Botswana Defence Force. These
are ex-Canadian birds. Nice one Daniel......the airbrushing
looks perfect.
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Tuesday, Aug
3 2004
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Everett
McEwan has sent in
a feature article about his
1/48
Monogram F-5F.
Everett has included a good selection of photos as well as good detail
about building his Killer looking F-5.
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Mike
Wood has done a
wonderful job on his 1/48
Monogram B-24J Liberator.
Mike build his bare metal B-24 and finished it in the markings for
Dragon and his Tail.
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Andreas
'Goggo' Gordes is
here with
his first artcle on ARC today. This is Andreas's article
about 1/48
Tamiya Luftwaffe vehicles.
Interesting selection of vehicles Andreas. Welcome to
ARC!!!
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Monday, Aug
2 2004
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Darius
Aibara gets your
week started with A
Pair of Huns. Both of the models featured in his article are the
1/48
Monogram F-100. One in a BMF and the other in SEA camo.
Enjoy.
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Anthony
Manzoli is here
with his latest. This is his
1/48
Hasegawa Bf-109K-4 which operated in Malpensa Italy in 1945.
Anthony has a wonderful talent as you can see in his 109.
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Colin Whitehouse is
here with his 1/48
Airfix Buccaneer (an
today's TPC pic). His Buccaneer is posed in a diorama.....very
cool looking diorama.
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Sunday, Aug 1
2004
Benin Independence Day
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Switzerland -- Foundation of the Swiss Confederation |
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