Monday,
May 31 2010 |
US Memorial Day |
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No product articles
today out of respect for the US Memorial Day.
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Florian Enste
starts today with something a bit different. This is Florian's 1/350 Flagman U-boat Type
VIIC with added detailing made from scratch as well as
aftermarket detail items. Check out the photos in the
article.....they are quite well done.
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Ioannis Giavasis
has done an outstanding
job detailing and finishing his 1/48 Hobby Boss Mig-17 F Fresco.
Ioannis added a Neomega cockpit
set and Quickboost guns to add further detail, but the real
beauty of this Egyptian MiG-17 is the painting and weathering job..
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Juan Jesús Moreno
joins us today with his well weathered 1/48 Trumpeter MiG-3.
This Mig-3 looks like it has been through many months of hard
fighting....I love it.
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Bob Bartolacci
has been busy building his very attractive 1/72 Hasegawa F-104.
Bob chose to finish his sharp looking Starfighter in Italian
markings......which really does look good.
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- In
the Test Post Clubhouse there is a new
daily
photo and some text in keeping with the US
Memorial Day.
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Friday,
May
28 2010 |
Armenia National Day |
Ethiopia National Day |
Azerbaijan National Day |
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Tudor Gheorghiu
starts today with his outstanding looking 1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a.
Tudor did some extra scratchbuilt detailing to improve upon the
very fine Tamiya 262. Then this beautiful Me-262 was finished
in the markings for Heinz Bar's "Red 13" bird with some
weathering for added realism. |
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Eric Hargett
has done a truly impressive job on his 1/48 Academy Seversky P-35A.
Eric tells the early war history of the P-35's as well as the
background of the P-35 as it served and fought in the Philippines.
Eric's P-35 is one of these weathered Philippines defenders.
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Serge Dompierre
joins us today with his very nicely done 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104.
Serge used Canadian markings on his Starfighter as it would have
looked in the mid '70's. This Starfighter turned out looking
excellent. |
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar
has been busy making his 1/48 Dragon
Ju 88G-6
look just right. Rafi is a skilled modeler so of course he
chose a difficult camo scheme for his Ju-88. I love the look
of it with the radar antenna on the nose.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
ACES II ejection seats late version
from Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
J-35S Draken DK-215 "Last Flight" decal sheet by
Maestro Models Conversions and available from
Rebell
Hobby.
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Thursday,
May 27 2010 |
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Massimiliano Bianchi
starts
today with his super detailed 1/48 Academy F-51D Mustang. Massimiliano
did some amazing scratchbuilding to create his super detailed Korean
War era F-51. The sharks mouth was hand painted.
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KNES Armin
has done a
huge amount of work to create his exceptional looking 1/48 SMT MiG-29.
Armin used a combination of aftermarket items and his own
scratchbuilding skills to complete his impressive SMT MiG-29. |
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Lorenzo Cassinadri
is here today
with his beautifully done 1/48 Hasegawa Macchi C.205
"Veltro". Lorenzo added scratchbuilt details to
many different areas of his Macchi C.205 before successfully
airbrushing the difficult camo pattern freehand. I really
like how well this Macchi C.205 looks. Well done Lorenzo.
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Daniël Obers
has done an outstanding
job detailing and finishing his Vietnam era 1/72 Hasegawa VMFA323
F-4B. Daniël used a variety of aftermarket detail items
to give his Phantom a much higher level of detail. He
then finished it as a USMC bird with just the perfect amount of
weathering.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Spitfire Mk. XIV 14 Exhaust - Round from QuickBoost. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Helldivers Pt 2 SBC-3/4 decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 8 different
Helldivers. |
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Wednesday,
May 26
2010 |
Georgia National Day |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs
this week is courtesy of the fantastic Wally Van Winkle. Some
Hawgs for ya from the Michigan ANG. Thanks as always Wally!
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Mark Chen
has done a fantastic job on his 1/72 Academy CF-18A Hornet.
Mark displayed his Canadian Hornet in-flight with a pilot
figures, weathering and a full weapons load. This one really
come out looking great.
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Fernando I. Moreno Villa
joins us from sunny and warm Monterrey, México with his 1/72 Airfix Bristol F2B.
Fernando scratchbuilt extra details for his Bristol before
finishing his model in the markings for the Mexican Air Force.
I always enjoy seeing Fernando's latest model on ARC.
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Lyle Brown
dropped by today with his McDonnell 119 Artwork.
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Vidal A. A. Costa
is here with a model started by his friend Joao F. Bertoldi.
Vidal worked with Joao to finish this 1/48 Fujimi Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6
and it turned out to be quite the project, but in the end they
had a amazing looking, award winning Gustav for their efforts.
This was quite the team project.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 F-8
Crusader wheels & paint masks from Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 IAF Fouga
Magister decal sheet from IsraDecal.
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Tuesday,
May 25
2010 |
Jordan Independence Day |
Argentina
- National Day
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up and it is LOADED with the
instruction sheets for the many F-5 Aggressor "Nellis/PACAF
Gomers" decal sheets. You've got to check these
out.....the selection of paint schemes is fantastic.
Bob has outdone himself this time. |
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Mark Kannemeyer
has done an exceptionally nice job on his 1/32 Trumpeter F4F Wildcat.
Mark added plenty of detail to his Wildcat and the photos of the
model look as detailed as the real aircraft. The markings were
painted using homemade stencils and his Wildcat was given weathering
to complete it.
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Massimo Turati
has put quite a bit of
effort into his sharp looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-14A VF-84 "Jolly Rogers".
Massimo gave his Tomcat some weapons and finished this
beauty in Jolly Rogers markings and weathering. Very nicely done
Massimo.
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Chip Berseth
has been busy building his flawless looking 1/48 Revell Mil-24 Hind.
Chip found this to be an enjoyable build and the finished model
looks spot on with its Polish markings and weathering. This
kit really does build into a fine looking Hind as you will see in
the photos provided by Chip.
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Laurent Stern
had a challenging time building his resin 1/72 Liberty Quality Kit AMX A-1.
Along the way Laurent added some extra details and finished his
AMX in Brazilian markings. It is good to see the AMX in
Brazilian markings and I am impressed with how good Laurent's AMX
does look.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 Nakajima Ki43-II Late Exhaust - Type B from
QuickBoost.
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Monday,
May 24
2010 |
Eritrea Independence Day |
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No update today.
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Saturday,
May 22
2010 |
Yemen National Day |
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Anniversary of the Chilean Navy and the anniversay of the Iquique´s
Naval Combat (South Pacific War, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia) |
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Peter Kormos has
done an exceptional amount of work on his 1/72
Academy B-17F to BQ-7 conversion. Peter added scratchbuilt
detailing as well as aftermarket detail items to dress up the detail
on his BQ-7. But it was Peter's high modelling skill that
pulled this whole model together into the stunning example you'll
see in his article.
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Jinoo Koo
has done an outstanding
job detailing and finishing his 1/32 Trumpeter F4F3
(Martlet Mk1). He then created a desert diorama to display
his Martlet and the final model and diorama look very realistic.
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Mark L. Rossmann is
here with three 58th FBW Sabre’s from 1955-1958. These
are from the time of colorful markings and Mark has captured 3 great
looking jets. He tell all about these Sabres in his article
including some of the history. Flawless work Mark.
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David Rapasi
has been busy getting everything just right on his 1/48
Tamiya FW 190 A8R8.
The markings for this particular 190 are for an Ace with 31 kills
and Dave tells about that and his FW-190 in his article.
I really like the look of the camo and weathering on this one.
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Zotz
Decals has
a new 1/72 Gunships Over Vietnam decal sheet now
up on their site. It includes 3 different types of
aircraft......10 different aircraft including some with noseart. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
P-47 Thunderbolt Gun Barrels from QuickBoost. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
SAAB B17 vacform canopies by Maestro Models Conversions and
available from Rebell
Hobby.
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Here
is a product article of the 1/1
F-104 Starfighter Control Stick Grip from ADV Models.
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Thursday, May 20
2010 |
Cameroon National Day |
Cuba Independence Day |
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Rafi Ben-Shahar
get things started today with his beautifully done 1/32 Wingnut Wings Albatros
D.V. You've all heard the positive comments about the
Wingnuts kits and now is your chance to see one of these stellar
kits built by Rafi.
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Peter Wilkinson
drops by today with his eye catching 1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair II.
Peter dressed up the cockpit area with an Aires resin cockpit
and finished it off with decals from Microscale which gave some very
colorful markings. Peter really pulled this project together
wonderfully.
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Lyle Brown
joins us with his Douglas
C-54E Skymaster artwork. I always love seeing his latest
work.
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Juan Jesús Moreno
is here with some thing special. This is his beautifully done 1/48 Italeri Mirage
IIIEE
in the markings for a Spanish Air Force Mirage from the 1970's.
Juan gave his Mirage weathering for added realism. Very nice
indeed.
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Two
Bobs has
a limited number of the 1/72
A-10A Too Cool For School Warthogs decal sheets on sale. Quantities
are very limited. Price
is only $3.00!!! Drop by their clearance section and buy
it while you can......there's not many left. Product # is
72-065. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
ESCAPAC 1G-2 (A-7E Early) ejection seat from Aires.
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Dave
Johnson is
here with a product article for the new Tamiya
1/48 P-51B Mustang “Blue Nose” Limited Edition kit.
These are available from Hobby
Link Japan. |
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Wednesday,
May 19
2010 |
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Turkish Remembrance of Ataturk |
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and Youth Day for Turkey |
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We've got a big
Turkish update today. I'd like to send out my best wishes to
all the modellers in Turkey....have a great holiday.
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Gokhan Eren
gets this Turkish update start in fine style. This is his
1/72 Academy T-6 G Texan with a special cover for the canopy to
deal with some canopy problems during construction......I like
that....creative thinking. Gokhan has also included an old
photo of his late father standing in front of a Texan. |
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Ayhan Toplu
is here from Turkey with the first of his 3 articles for this
special update. This is his 1/48 Tamiya Bf-109E3 with a
flawless camo paint job with weathering in the markings of a
Luftwaffe Ace. |
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Zafer Yilmaz
is here with the first of his 3 articles for this special
update. Zafer has done a beautiful job building and weathering
his 1/72 Hasegawa B-25H. And check out the cool noseart. |
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Sertac Bayar
has spent an amazing amount of time and effort fixing and adding
detail to his 1/32 Testors YF-22. I am truly impressed
how well the finished model looks.
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Ayhan Toplu
has done a great job building and finishing his 1/48 Dragon Ta-154 A/0.
This is one of the radar equipped plane used by the Luftwaffe and
Ayhan has all the delicate radar antennas on his Ta-154. |
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Zafer Yilmaz
joins us with his big beautiful 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109G-6.
The camo scheme on this Gustav is one I don't recall seeing
before and I do like the way it looks. Zafer dressed up the
detail with a variety of aftermarket items and decals. |
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Ayhan Toplu
is here with his third article of the day. This is
flawless 1/72 Academy F-84G finished with Alclad2 paints and
some great looking Turkish markings that include noseart.
Gotta' like that. Well done Ayhan. |
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Zafer Yilmaz
has done a gorgeous job on his
1/48 Tamiya Fw 190D-9. The Dora is a great looking plane
and Zafer captured the look of it perfectly. |
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Volkan Uzeler
is here with his Turkish 1/48 Kinetic F-16DG Block 40. Volkan
is a master modeller when it comes to weathering and panel line
shading as you will see in his photos. Some of the markings
came from a Zotz
Decals sheet. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F2A Buffalos decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Ju 87D-5N Night Exhaust - Type B
from QuickBoost.
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Tuesday,
May 18
2010 |
US Armed Forces Appreciation Day |
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs
this week are courtesy of Yannis Lekkas. Yannis is a professional
aviation photographer from Greece and has been kind enough to share
some of his work with us this week. Thanks Yannis!
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James Olschlager Jr.
joins us with another of his beautifully done choppers.
Today James is here with his 1/72
Hobby Boss SH-60B in the markings of HSL-47 Saberhawks. I
love it.
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Zenden Ng
had a challenging time with fit problems and poor quality decals on
his 1/72 Tamiya JAS-39 Gripen. But Zenden overcame
these problems and produced a weathered Gripen with a full weapons
load. It looks very realistic.
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Gary Adams
has put quite a bit of added effort into his 1/48 Eduard FW 190D-9.
Gary added scratchbuilt detail to the cockpit on his Fw-190 Dora
and then gave it a very unique camo scheme, followed by weathering
to complete his Luftwaffe fighter.
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Rodrigo Rendon
built his 1/72 Hasegawa Lockheed S-3B Viking for a lucky
friend. Rodrigo repositioned some of the flying surfaces
before giving his Viking some excellent looking markings and full
USN weathering. But that wasn't all......Rodrigo also made a
carrier deck display base complete with aircraft tie downs.
Yup...one very lucky friend!!!
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 A-4 Skyhawk wheels (late) & paint masks
from Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 Middle
East F-5 Tiger II decal sheet from IsraDecal.
This decals sheet includes markings for 7 different Middle
Eastern Air Forces.
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Monday,
May 17
2010 |
Norway Constitution Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Oh Boy.....you're gonna' love this....Bob has
the instruction sheets for the new F-5 Aggressor sheets in
his newsletter!!! When it comes to Aggressor
sheets......nobody beats Bob!!! |
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Burt Gustafson
is here to give you a chance to see his exceptional 1/48 Tamiya A-1H
Skyraider. Burt gave his Skyraider a full weapons load to
show off this aircraft's true value. I'm always thrilled to
see Burt's latest model on ARC. |
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Javier Johnson
joins us with his very sharp looking 1/48 Esci Mirage F1JA.
Javier used detail parts from Fonderie Miniatures and Neomega
to improve the detasil on this older kit. Then he finished it
off in markings for the FAE (Ecuador) using decal from Aztec.
Sadly this plane was shot down......the full story is in his
article. |
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Eugenio E. Alés
is here with his beautifully done out of the box build of his 1/72 Hasegawa Ta 154
Moskito. This is one very time consuming lo-viz camo
scheme that Eugenio got looking just right. Final weathering
including gun smoke stains brings this model to life. |
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Joe Nassi
has been busy getting all the little details on his 1/48 Monogram SNJ
(AT-6) lookign just right. Joe scratchbuilt 2 seats for
his trainer and dressed up the cockpit further with careful detail
painting before finishing his classic trainer in a bright yellow
paint scheme. Joe also added seatbelts......very nicely done
indeed. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 A-1 Skyraider Horizontal Stabilizers from
QuickBoost. |
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Dambusters Raid - RAF bombing of Ruhr Valley Dams |
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Friday,
May 14
2010 |
Paraguay Independence Day |
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A reminder.....if
you haven't picked up your 1/48 1/48 T-2C Buckeye model kit
from Twobobs,
then you might want to do so. This kit is quietly selling out
and I've got a copy and it is a great kit.
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David Rapasi
is here with 3 of his 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A Corsairs of VMF17.
David is a master at weathering and in today's article he shows 3
aircraft in various degrees of weathering to show them from new to
tired and weathered. Impressive......he makes it look so easy.
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Francisco lara "Manimal"
has been busy adding some amazing detail and weathering to his
1/32 Academy F/A-18M. This Hornet has been converted to a
Spanish Hornet with a resin cockpit and resin figure as well
as homemade decals and a flawless weathering job. Wow....I
love it. |
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John Doerr
joins us today with a fantastic selection of his 1/48 Bf 109E's.
John has captured a great variety of the paint schemes worn by
the BF-109E during it's operational life. I know you're going
to enjoy seeing John's Emil's |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Sk37E Viggen ECM cockpit and exterior detail set by
Maestro Models Conversions and available from Rebell
Hobby.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
ESCAPAC 1G-2 ejection seat (A-7D) from Aires.
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Thursday,
May 13 2010 |
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Floyd S. Werner, Jr.
gets things fired up today with his 1/48 Italeri UH-1H.
Floyd is a well respected expert on choppers and it shows in his
attention to detail on this one. Of course the fact he's a top
notch modeler helps as well. |
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Chris Parsons
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/32 Trumpeter
F-18E.
Chris did some added detailing in the cockpit to dress things
up. As you'll see in Chris's article....this kit builds up
into an impressive looking model. Nicely done indeed Chris.
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Tim Cvetic
joins us with his great looking 1/48 Hobbycraft La 7. This
particular La 7 is finished in the markings of I N Kozhedub the
highest scoring allied ace in WW2. Tim also gave his La 7 some
added detailing and a subtle application of weathering to finish it
off. The number o victory markings on the side of the fuselage
has to be seen to be appreciated. |
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Two
Bobs has
a limited number of the 1/72
JAS-39 Press to Test Gripens decal sheets on sale. Quantities
are very limited. Price
is only $3.00!!! Drop by their clearance section and buy
it while you can......there's not many left.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
Junkers Ju 87D-5N Night Exhaust - Type B
from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
MiG-29 APU-73 Missile Pylons from Zactomodels.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
TBD-1 Devastators Pt. 3 decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals.
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Wednesday,
May 12 2010 |
No
update today. Sorry. |
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Tuesday,
May 11 2010 |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These photos are courtesy of Andreas Zeitler.
Some German Air Force Eurofighter action for you. Andreas takes some
great pics! Go to the Twobobs site and Right click these photos and enjoy!
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Alexander Gromov aka Sanchez
was very impressed with the fit of the
1/32 Tamiya A6M2b Zero. Alexander enjoyed building
his Zero and the finished model is a beauty......as it appeared on
Dec 8 1941.
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Stephan Mühlberger
has done a gorgeous job detailing and finishing his
1/32 Hasegawa TF-104G-M Starfighter. Stephan's F-104 is
finished with aftermarket and homemade decals and a first class
weathering job. |
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Denis Podgorniy
joins us today with his Fw 189A-1 Artwork. Wow.....I
love seeing Artwork by Denis.
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Ferenc Bogádi
is here with his great looking 1/144 Revell A320 in the
colourful livery of WIZZAIR. Ferenc used
engines from a different kit to get the correct engines on his A320
and then he gave it this colourful paint job. It's good to see
an Airbus in WIZZAIR markings. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72 F-105 Thunderchief wheels & paint masks
from Aires.
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Monday,
May 10 2010 |
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Chris Mangion
starts things off today with his gallery article he calls "My Messerschmitt Me109 fleet".
Chris has quite the selection of paint schemes for you to enjoy
and they are all beautifully done. Very impressive Chris.
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Carmel J Attard
has been busy building another vac-u-formed kit. This is
his 1/72 Airmodel T-39 Sabreliner in USAF markings.
Carmel makes these vac-u-formed kits look so easy and the fiunished
models always looks perfect. His article tells the history of
the T-39 Sabreliner as well as what was required to build his
model. |
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André
Pacheco de Moraes has been busy converting Revell’s 1/118
Martin PBM-5 Mariner into a 1/118 Revell Martin PBM-3S
Mariner. This conversion required some scratchbuilding as
well as custom made decals. But André also gave his
model a flawless weathering job to complete this beautiful flying
boat. |
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Daniel
Matey is here with one of the better looking Tomcat camo
schemes. This is his 1/48 Academy F-14A Bombcat complete
with a great looking paint scheme, weathering and a very well done
diorama base. I love the look of his F-14.. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt Oil Cooler Exhaust from
QuickBoost.
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Sunday, May 9
2010 |
Liberation
Day for the Channel Islands May 9 1945 |
Russia - End of Great Patriotic War |
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European
Union |
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Europe
Day |
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Malta gets Spitfires 64 Spitfires are ferried to Malta by USS Wasp |
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Happy
Mothers Day to all the Moms on ARC.
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Saturday,
May 8
2010 |
V.E.
Day - Victory in Europe 1945 |
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Friday,
May 7 2010 |
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Malcolm Reid had
a grand time building his 1/32 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.IX. Malcolm
has high praise for this kit. He chose to finish his Spit in
French post- war markings from Vietnam, which is a great option to
the usual markings worn by most Spitfire models. Malcolm did
this one up right and it looks perfect in every
way.
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/72 KP MIG-21 SM.
Dragan scratchbuilt a cockpit as well as other things to turn
this into a great looking MiG-21. I love how it turned
out.
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Denis Podgorniy joins
us today with another of his impressive pieces of art.....this is
his painting of a Bf 109E-4/B. Wow this really is
amazing artwork.
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Joe Marranca joins
us with a very well done 1/48 Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero.
Joe did some added detailing and some beautifully subtle
weathering before finishing his Zero in the markings of a Pearl
Harbor attacker. Joe's Zero is a treat to see.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
EA-6B/EA-18G The Kings of Sting decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. This new release features CAG
Markings for the Scorpions of VAQ-132 for both their EA-6B Prowler and
newer EA-18G Growler.
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Marco
Riccitelli (spartacus2000) is here with a product article
for the new Plastic
Model Club Montex painting
masks that are available in 1/32;1/48,1/72. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Spitfire Mk. XIV Exhaust - Fishtail Exhausts from QuickBoost. |
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I have a product article
for the new Dassault Mystére IV book from IsraDecal.
This book contains over 270 photos. |
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Thursday,
May 6 2010 |
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Gabriel Stern is back
today with Part 2 of his article about his 1/72 Scratchbuilt/Vac Capelis XC-12.
Gabriel tells us in complete detail about what was involved to build
this very rare and unique looking airliner. Gabriel's amazing
skills make it all look so easy.
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Petit James drops
by today with his 1/48
ESCI MiG-23s. This is an Iraqi MiG-23 using Linden Hill
Decals posed in a diorama.....complete with a Saddam Hussein figure.
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Rafi Ben-Shahar is
here with his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf 109G-6/R6 with it's eye
catching camo scheme. Rafi airbrushed this camo scheme
freehand......which shows how very skilled he is with an
airbrush..
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
T-2C Colorful Buckeyes decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This latest sheet from Twobobs features markings for five
different aircraft including Venezuelan, Hellenic and also the
"Tadpole" adversary scheme from the US Navy.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
F-16B MLU Fighting Falcon cockpit set
from Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new LTV
A-7D/K Corsair II Book from
AirDoc. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
JA37 Viggen cockpit and exterior detail set from Rebell
Hobby.
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Wednesday,
May 5
2010 |
Mexico - Cinco De Mayo |
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Best
wishes to everyone today in
Mexico....enjoy Cinco De Mayo. |
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Gabriel Stern is
here with Part 1 of his article on his 1/72 Scratchbuilt / Vac kit Capelis XC-12.
I'm very proud to say that Gabriel was the one that made the
masters for this vac-u-formed kit and you're seeing it here
first. Tomorrow in Part 2 Gabriel will build this beauty for
you all to enjoy.
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David Rapasi has
dropped by today with his flawlessly done 1/32
Hasegawa FW 190A-8. This particular Fw-190 sports one of
those complicated Luftwaffe camo schemes as well as noseart from an
EagleCals decal sheet of a devil riding a pitchfork. A great
looking model Dave.
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Orlando Sucre Rosales joins
us from sunny and warm Caracas, Venezuela with his great looking 1/72 Airfix Saab Draken.
This is another in Orlando's
series on building older Airfix kits and I must compliment Orlando
on this series. It shows very clearly that there is value in
these older kits and you don't need to buy the latest and greatest
kit to enjoy this hobby.
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Duan
did a beautiful
job building, detailing and finishing his 1/72 Revell Fokker E.III.
This little
fighter is finished in the markings of the famous Ace Ernst Udet.
The shading of the paint and the careful attention to detail make
this an outstanding model.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
T-2C VT Buckeyes #2 decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics. This new release from Twobobs
features markings for four different aircraft with enough
stencils for two complete jets. Bonus markings on this sheet for the 75th
Anniversary of Naval Aviation.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Nakajima J1N1 - Sa Gekko Exhaust resin set
from QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
F2A Buffalos decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals. This new decal sheet includes markings for 4
different 1/48 F2A Buffalos in a variety of paint schemes.
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Tuesday,
May 4 2010 |
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Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs
are courtesy of Andreas Zeitler.
Some German Air Force Eurofighter action for you. Andreas takes some
great pics! Go to Twobobs site and right click, enjoy!
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Panagiotis Koubetsos
has done a
fantastic job detailing and weathering his 1/48 Eduard Bf 110 C-4b.
He then built a diorama to display his
110. His 110 has scratchbuilt detailing and the diorama is
full of little details to help tell the story. There is so
much to see in this wonderful diorama.
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Chris Parsons
has
done a stellar job on his 1/32 Academy F/A-18D. Chris
masked all the stripes by hand and posed his Hornet just touching
down and catching the wire on a carrier. This is one
impressive display.
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Carmel J.
Attard
joins us today with something you don't see very often. This
is his 1/72 Pro-resin/Olimp Models Curtiss P-2 Hawk which is
a nice resin kit. Carmel tells the history of this rare
aircraft as well as the whole building process. This 1/72
Pro-resin/Olimp Models Curtiss P-2 Hawk builds up into a great
looking model.
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Lyle Brown
is here
with his pencil drawing of a Norseman Mk.V artwork. I love it!!!
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Dave Johnson
is here with a product article
for the new Limited
Edition 1/48 P-51D Mustang 9th
AF model kit from Tamiya. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
A-4 Skyhawk wheels & paint masks from Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new UH-1
Long Bodied Hueys Reference DVD from Werner's
Wings. |
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Monday,
May 3
2010 |
Poland Constitution Day |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob has images on the new Buckeye
sheets and those will be featured on ARC later this week.
Also in this weeks newsletter are the first images of the 1/48
F-5E Nellis Gomers....you're gonna' love the Aggressor camo
schemes on these babies!!! |
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Jean-Paul Wrona
is here to honor the
Poland Constitution Day 1/72 Heller Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI with
his beautifully detailed. Jean-Paul added scratchbuilt
detailing as well as detailing from Eduard and Hi-Tech before he
finished his great looking model as a Free Polish Spitfire XVI using
SP-Decals. This is Jean-Paul 's first model on ARC and I look
forward to seeing more models from him in the future. Welcome
to ARC Jean-Paul . |
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Artur KApusta
joins us from Poland on this special day with his "What
if" 1/48 Testors PZL W-77 "Shadow". Artur
provides the whole story behind this very creative model in his
article. It's good to see this one wearing a Tiger
Scheme. |
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Artur Oslizlo
is also here on the
Poland Constitution Day with his amazing 1/72 Hasegawa EA-6B Prowler.
Artur used resin seats from Aires to dress up the cockpit and
then completed his Prowler with a first class flawless
weathered paint job. I love it. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Nakajima Ki44-II Hei Gun Barrels from QuickBoost |
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Saturday,
May 1
2010 |
May
Day Labor Day |
Anniversary
of first engagement of Argentine Airforce in Falklands / Malvinas War (1982) |
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