Monday,
Dec 31 2012 |
I would
like to wish everyone a very happy New Year in 2013!!!
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Harv is
here with his very colourful 1/48 Revell "100 Yrs CF-18".
This is a Canadian jet so the decals came from Leading Edge
Models and they look like it was quite the job to install all those
big decals. Beautiful work Harv.
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Artur
Oslizlo/Arkady72 has done an exceptional job on his weathered
bare metal 1/48 Trumpeter MiG-19S. Artur added Eduard
FE for the cockpit and Quickboost air intakes and finished it all
off in Czech markings. What an amazing looking MiG-19 model.
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Patrick
Nabinger
has done a wonderful job
detailing and finishing his 1/50 Heller Piper Cub
J3. Patrick did his first solo flight in a Piper Cub
J3 and I think he captured the look of this little aircraft perfectly.
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Zoltan Pocza is
here with a product article for the F-15A
Eagle 102nd FW, 101st FS, MA/77-0102 / 2006 print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Sea Vixen FAW.9 Air Intakes from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Airfix kit.
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Carmel J Attard
has used his
usual magic and masterful skills to create his 1/136 Monogram NC-121k Warning Star.
Carmel did quite a bit of work to create this model from the
Monogram Super Connie kit....but as you can see from his
photos...his effort paid off very well.
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Jorge Bonilla Alvarado
is here from warm and sunny Monterrey, Mexico with his
1/48 Hasegawa F-15C. Jorge added a weapons load along with
many other details and flawless weathering job to complete his
stunning Eagle. I love the look of his F-15 model.
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Heinz Johannsen
is a master at in-flight photos of his amazing models.
Today he is here to share 2 photos of his 1/32 Tamiya P-51 Mustang
in all it's bare metal glory over Europe during WW2. Enjoy
the photos everyone.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
B-25B/C Mitchell Gun Barrels from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Italeri
kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Messerschmitt Me-163A Komet armament set from Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Missile Pylons from Zactomodels. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Supermarine Attacker FB.1/FB.2 model kit from Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models. This
model kit has markings for 4 different aircraft. |
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Thursday, Dec
27 2012 |
I hope everyone had a
very enjoyable time over the Christmas holidays.
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Piotr Dmitruk
is here with a very well done resin model of the 1/72 Attack
Squadron Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout. I was
unaware of this unmanned drone helicopter, but thankfully Piotr has
provided the history and story of this chopper as well as info about
building this kit.
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Erkin Bora
is here with his outstanding build of the 1/48 Academy MIG29-A Fulcrum.
Erkin used a ton of aftermarket resin goodies to give his MiG
a stunning level of detail and then finished it all off in Iranian
markings complete with a full weapons load. Excellent work
Erkin.
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Tim Jones
has done full detail job on his 1/24 HobbyCraft Spitfire Mk Vb.
Tim has been busy added scratchbuilt detail to his BIG Spitfire
including extra cockpit detail and full engine detailing. He's
added a pilot figure and set his Spit in a north African
scene. You're going to love the detail on Tim's Spitfire. |
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Zoltan
Pocza is here with a product
article for the Boeing
737-800 (N512AS) - Alaska Airlines / United States of America print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
M.S. 406 Gun Barrels and Pitot Tube from QuickBoost.
These are designed for the for Hobby Craft kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-16 Dry Transfer Stencils from Hobby
Decal. |
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Wednesday,
Dec 26
2012 |
Slovenhiia Independence Day |
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Monday,
Dec 24
2012 |
Serbian Air Force Day |
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Sunday,
Dec 23
2012 |
Japan - Birthday of H.I.M. Emperor Akihito |
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Friday, Dec
21 2012 |
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Ausonus
is here with a stunning little model of the 1/72 Italeri MD 500 Defender
done up as an R/C chopper. Have a close look at this
one....it is very amusing and VERY well done. I love it. |
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Mukund Vora
has done a beautiful job on his 1/48 Trumpeter Su-15.
I was very impressed how he adjusted the angle on the nose on his
Su-15....quick, cheap and simple. The finished model looks
sharp with it's clean paint job and full weapons load.
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Eric Hargett
joins us today with a stunning example of the 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw-189A-1.
Eric gave his Fw-189 a flawless weathering job complete with
markings from the Russian front during 1942. Beautiful work
Eric.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-86 Ejection Seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Gloster Meteor F.8/FR.9 model kit from Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models. This
model kit has markings for 8 different aircraft.
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Thursday, Dec
20 2012 |
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Carlos Escobar
has added
plenty of extra detail to his 1/72 Tamiya Bell 206 Jet Ranger III.
He then finished it off as a TV station chopper in Texas, but it
is his attention to all the tiny details that really make this model
special..
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Mark Forster
has done a first class job on his 1/48 Hobbyboss Messerschmitt Me262/U5.
As with all WW2 Luftwaffe aircraft the most difficult part is
painting the complicated camo schemes, but as you will see in the
photos...Mark has excellent freehand airbrushing skills.
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Carmel J Attard
has done his usual stunning job on his 1/72 Pavlamodels Polikarpov I-15.
This is a short run multi-media kit and Carmel put it together
with flawless quality. And of course the markings are for
Spain and they look pretty sharp on this little bi-plane. |
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Sinuhe Hahn is here with a product
article for the 1/32
& 1/48 scale decals for Swiss Air Force BAE Hawk Mk. 66 decal
sheet from Matterhorn
Circle Decals.
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Terry
Sumner is here with a product
article for the 1/32
Scale F-15 A/B/C/D/J/DJ Corrected Exhaust Nozzles from Two
Mikes Resin.
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Floyd
S. Werner, Jr. is here with a product
article for the Messerschmitt
Me-262 Production & Arado Ar-234 Final Operations book from
JaPo.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Ecs. Pipes - Early Version from QuickBoost.
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Wednesday,
Dec 19 2012 |
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Juhwan Lee
is here with his heavily weathered and battle weary 1/48 Tamiya A6M5 Zero.
This Zero looks very realistic and even has a diorama base to
help set the scene for this amazing Zero model.
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Mukund Vora
is here with his beautifully done 1/48 Trumpeter J-10. Mukund
finished his J-10 in a what-if scheme that looks first class on this
jet. I love the look of this camo.
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Ed Fuquay
is here with his article entitled A one man's show. Ed
put on a display of his models for his students and it was quite the
display that was very well received.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F4F-3 Wildcat (Late) Conversion Cowling from QuickBoost.
This conversion set is designed for the
Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-4 Phantom II sensor probes (short nose versions) from Master.
These F-4 Phantom II's include the short nosed versions of the F-4B,
C, D, J, N, S and all British variants. The 3 probes included in
this set are the Pitot Tube, RAM Air Inlet and Angle Of Attack Probe.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Part 1 decal sheet from Lifelike
Decals.
This decal sheet features five different Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa's.
This is Part 1 of a series dealing with the Nakajima Ki-43
Hayabusa with the Japanese from Oct 1942 in Vietnam to 1945.
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Tuesday,
Dec 18
2012 |
Niger - Proclamation of the Republic |
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ARC
Auto was
updated yesterday - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Jay Vlad
has done quite the flawless job on his 1/48 Academy F-15E.
This is the Strike Eagle and Jay gave his a full weapons load
which looks excellent in the photos of the underside. The
resin Aires resin featherless exhausts look excellent thanks to
Jay's perfect painting and shading. This is one sweet
looking Mudhen.
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Heinz Johannsen
joins us from Germany with his first article on ARC. This
is his beautiful looking 1/32 Tamiya Spitfire posed
in-flights in a very realistic looking photo. I am pleased to
say you will see another model by Heinz on ARC in about 1
week. Welcome to ARC Heinz.......keep on building these
excellent models.....I love to see your work on ARC. |
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Kees Kuyper
is here with another of his What-if NEtherlands Space
Agency models. Today Kees is here with his NESA Neil Armstrong Monument
posed on Earth as well as on the moon. Got to love
that. :-) Very creative work Kees.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
A6M Zero Dry Transfer Stencils from Hobby
Decal. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Early Tail Stinger from Zactomodels. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-51D Mustang Propeller w/tool from QuickBoost.
This prop is designed for the Hobby
Boss kit. |
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Monday,
Dec 17
2012 |
Bhutan National Day |
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ARC
Armor was
updated yesterday - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Jorge Bonilla Alvarado
is one of the regulars from Monterrey, Mexico and he is here
with his 1/48 Testors Me 163 Komet. Jorge built his
Komet out of the box with excellent results. Very nicely done
Jorge.
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Rick Reinbott
joins with with a very special 1/72 Academy P-40E Warhawk.
Rick has built an P-40E "Aleutian Tiger" Warhawk from
the '42-'43 time period with careful attention to details and
weathering and then displayed it on a base with all the
correct realistic looking groundwork. I love it.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with a non-Phantom model, but it is still an F-4D.
This is his 1/48 F-4D Skyray with wings folded and ready to
be stored below decks for R&M. I really like the look of
the VF-102 markings on this Skyray.....good choice Shawn.
Decals are from Furball decals
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Zoltan
Pocza is here with a product
article for the new Airbus
A320-200 (N658JB) - JetBlue Airways / United States of America print
from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Sea Vixen FAW.2 Pitot Tube from QuickBoost.
This is designed for the Airfix kit.
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Thursday, Dec 13
2012 |
Saint Lucia Independence Day |
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Carlos Escobar
joins us with his amazing 1/72 AZ Model Hughes MD-500E.
This is a model of the helicopter that won the Around the World
‘World Speed Record’ in a helicopter. Carlos added plenty
of detail to this fantastic looking little chopper.
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Philipp
joins us with his article entitled "My Collection".
There are 49 photos in all of his amazing collection of aircraft
that includes a broad selection of jets and even a chopper and tank.
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Francone Diego
has been busy adding extra details to his spectacular
1/72 Dragon Heinkel He-219 Uhu. Francone added an Eduard
set for the interior, resin wheels from True Details and radar
antenna from Master. Then he finished it off with a great
looking camo scheme.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
A-26K Invader Gun Barrels from QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Sorbitsya Pods for the Su-27, Su-30 and Su-35 Flanker from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Mirage 2000C/B/D/N exhaust nozzle – opened from Aires.
This exhaust set is designed for the Eduard kit
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
CF-188 A/B tail replacements from WINTERVALLEY.
These are for the early version of
the CF-188 and are designed to fit the Academy kit.
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Wednesday,
Dec 12
2012 |
Kenya Independence Day |
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ARC
Armor was
updated yesterday - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Burt Gustafson is
here with his very attractive looking 1/48 HobbyBoss Yak-38A Forger.
Burt tells the history behind this amazing aircraft as well as what
his experience was build the HobbyBoss kit. |
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Rob Haelterman
is here with his Luft 46 What-if 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109H-10.
Rob combined parts from 2 kits and then did some mods and
finished his high altitude 109 with very attractive what-if
markings. This is a very cool looking 109. |
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Angelo M Picardo
joins us with his stunning 1/72 Airfix Avro Vulcan. Angelo
went to town with numerous detail sets plus his one scratchbuilding
plus all panel lines were rescribed before his model was finished
with a flawless paint and subtle weathering job. Heck Angelo
even added some cockpit detail, which is very serious considering
how small the cockpit windows are. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Bf-110 Dry Transfer Stencils from Hobby
Decal. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-61A/B Black Widow External Fuel Tank from QuickBoost.
This item is designed for the for
GWH kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-4 Phantom II (long nose versions) detail set from
Master.
There are suitable for the for the F-4E, F, G, EJ and recce variants
RF-4B, C, E, EJ. |
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Today's update is
late....I was in the hospital getting a routine CT scan.
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Chokchai U.
is here to mark the
Constitution Day in Thailand with a beautifully done 1/72 Williams Brothers RSAF Martin B-10.
I've never seen the B-10 in Thai markings and I really like the
way it looks. |
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Aditape Phromyothin
is also here to mark the
Constitution Day in Thailand with very attractive looking 1/72 Fujimi Alphajet
RTAF.
This sharp looking Alpha jet is wearing grey/green cmao and Thai
markings from Siam scale decals....this is a really great looking
Alpha Jet.
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Somchai Blackeye
has done an exceptionally fine job on his 1/48 Roden Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker
RTAF. This Roden kit is well detailed, but Somchai added
extra detail and then gave it a flawless camo job and Thai
markings. I always enjoy seeing Somchai's latest model on
ARC.
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Nat Krairojananan
has done a huge amount of detailing on this 1/72 Fujimi A-7E RTN.
This is 1/72 but the detail level looks like 1/32....enjoy the
photos and read his article for the full story. WOW!!!
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Zoltan Pocza is here with a product
article for the Airbus
A320-200 (N655JB) - JetBlue Airways / United States of America print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Bf 109E Seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost. |
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Saturday, Dec
8 2012 |
Beginning of Chanukah (Festival of Lights) |
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Friday, Dec 7
2012 |
Pearl Harbor - Attack on U.S. base 1941 |
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Blackheart
– 1Malaysia
joins us today with his amazing
1/24 Airfix Ju 87C. This is the old Airfix kit that has
been converted into one of the Ju-87C's that was to fly aboard the
German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin during WW2. The level of
detail added to this model is amazing. |
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Mukund Vora
has done an outstanding job on his 1/48 Academy F-15E. Mukund
added aftermarket weapons and decals to to make an most amazing
F-15E....I love it. |
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Carlos Escobar
is here with something truly unique. This is his 1/48 Academy Spitfire
Mk.XIV in the markings of an Air Racer operated by the RCAF.
This is a beautifully done model with it's multi-shade bare metal
finish and a very interesting aircraft. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5N/F VFC-111 Sundowners NAVY Aggressors decal sheet from
Authentic
Decals. This
decal sheet includes markings for 6 different USN Aggressor
aircraft.
This decal sheet is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Ecs vents - early from QuickBoost..
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Thursday, Dec 6
2012 |
Finland Independence Day |
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Aditape Phromyothin
starts this special
update with his 1/72 Eduard L-39 Albatros RTAF. This
L-39 has a very well done multi-shade green camo scheme and is
finished with decals from Siam Scale. It is beautifully done.
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Somchai Blackeye
is here with a very special 1/72 Hasegawa F-16 B ADF RTAF
wearing a special Tiger anniversary scheme. This F-16 has a
variety of aftermarket detail items and the decals come from 2
different decal sheets. I always love seeing jet with a Tiger
scheme.
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Albatross
joins us with a expertly built 1/72 Airfix O-1
Birddog RTAF. This is an older kit with raised panel
lines, but Albatross rescribed the panel lines and thinned
the clear parts to turn this 30 year old kit into a truly
exceptional model.
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Tik Korat
is here with a very attractive 1/48 Classic Airframes F-5B RTAF.
This Thai F-5 is wearing a classic camo scheme which looks
fantastic. This is a very well done model.
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Nat Krairojananan
has added a huge amount of detail to his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16A RTAF.
There is a combination of Verlinden detail sets and scratchbuilding
and aftermarket decals from Siam Scale to create this
masterpiece.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Wheels and painting masks from Zactomodels.
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Tuesday,
Dec 4 2012 |
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David Rapasi
starts this update with he stunning 1/48 Tamiya P 47D Thunderbolt.
Dave gave his Jug a full weathering job and a bomb load and
finished it all all with custom made decals. Beautiful work
Dave. |
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Vorya Hidaryan
is here with his very attractive 1/72 Revell Su-24. This
Su-24 is wearing desert camo for an Iranian bird with the IRIAF.
His Su-24 is carrying as weapons load as well. |
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Mark L. Rossmann
joins us wiht his article called "The Voice". This
features his 1/48 Monogram C-47 outfitted with loud speakers
and used by the French in Indochina. Mark tells the whole
history of this mission and has some great photos of this very cool
plane. |
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Zoltan Pocza is here
with a product article
for the Airbus
A320-200 (N651JB) - JetBlue Airways / United States of America print from
Deployment
Productions.
20%
off of any products for every ACTIVE, registered ARC community
members!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Heinkel He-162 Salamander - armament and detail set
from Master.
These items include MG 151 barrel tips, nose gear indicator and Pitot
Tube.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
P-40B/C Exhaust & Damper Cooler from QuickBoost. |
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Monday,
Dec 3 2012 |
ARC
Armor was
updated today - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Christos Tourlis
gets things started today with his sharp looking 1/72 Hasegawa Bf-109E3.
Christos chose the markings for the famous Luftwaffe Ace Heinz Bar
with 1/JG51. Christos has much praise for the quality of this
kit and his finished model looks excellent.
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Paolo Yuen
has done an exceptional job on his 1/350 AirFix HMS Illustrious 2008.
Paolo used a photo etch set from White Ensign models to add
further delicate detail to his carrier as well as the
aircraft. The flight deck is a busy place and even include a
chopper in flight. Also you'll notice a submarine in some of
the photos.
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John Smalbrugge
has done a gorgeous job on the baremetal finish on his 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104D Starfighter "Limited Edition".
John posed his 2 seater Starfighter in-flight shortly after take
off with the landing gear partially retracted. And of course
the markings are for a Canadian jet. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-16 Dry Transfer Stencils
from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Curtiss P6E Hawk photo etch rigging wire from
Starfighter
Decals.
This set is designed for the Monogram Kits and can also be used on the
Olimp P-6E with slight modification.
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One of the tables in
the ARC forums database has crashed, so I'm working with my hosting
company to get a back-up of the forums database from 1 day before
the crash and then I will get the tech guys to import the database
and effect the repairs. There will be a loss of between 1 and
24 hours of data as the back-up will be from the day before the
crash.
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There is a database
error on the ARC forums....repairs are underway.....I have no idea
when the forums will be back online.
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