Wednesday,
Jan
30 2013 |
Liberation of Camp Pangatian, Philippines |
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ARC
Auto was
updated today - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Moises Ballester
has been busy getting the painting and weathering looking perfect on
his 1/48 Hasegawa Ju-87G-2 Stuka.
This Ju-87 is wearing winter camo and the markings of German ace
Hans-Ulrich Rudel and even has full exhaust stains that look very
realistic.
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Jean-Charles GODDET
has done an outstanding
job building and finishing his 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18E Super Hornet
in high vis markings. Jean-Charles added Eduard photo etch to
the cockpit and a resin ejection seat. The panel lines were
carefully darkened.
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here with two of his bare metal Mustangs - 506th FG / 458th FS Colors.
Mark has included plenty of history in his article along wiht
helpful info regarding paint and markings on these very special
Mustangs.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
P-51D Mustang Exhaust-Type II Exhaust resin set from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 F-15 Panel #'s Dry Transfer Stencils from
Hobby
Decal. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 AIM-9DGH Sidewinder Missiles
from
Zactomodels.
1/32 AIM-9L/M sidewinder missiles are also available separately from
Zactomodels. |
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Dave Roof
is here with a product
article for the 1/32
Chesty P's Iron Fists decal sheet
from
Flying
Leathernecks Models.
This new 1/32 decal sheet covers an AD-3 from VMA-121 during
Korea, an AD-6 from VMA-331 in 1959, an F/A-18A from VMFA-314 in
Desert Storm and an F/A-18D from VMFA(AW)-225 in 2008.
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Tuesday,
Jan 29 2013 |
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Harv is
here with a very cool 1/72 Astra Models Vac-formed Tutor. Harv
found this to be a good little kit and I know I'm quite impressed
with the wall plaque idea for displaying his in-flight Canadian
Tutor. What a cool gift for his Dad. |
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Carlos Escobar
has done an excellent job creating his weathered looking 1/72 Hobby Boss Mil Mi 4 Hound.
Carlos modified the interior for added accuracy and made his own
decals to get the Soviet markings for his Mil Mi 4 Hound. Have
a close look at the heavily weathered paint job....it is amazingly
well done. |
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ULysses Almeida
is here with his beautifully finished Brazilian Air Force 1/48 Revell F-5F M.
This is a modernized version of the F-5 and even includes a
spotlight for night interception/identification. I love the
look of the camo........what a great looking Freedom Fighter. |
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Zoltan Pocza is here
with a product article
for the F-16C/D
Fighting Falcon 93-0696/93-0678, 192nd Fighter Squadron / 192 Filo
"Tigers" - Tiger Meet 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 1/72
Heinkel He 111H-3 Exhaust from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Hasegawa kit.
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Monday,
Jan
28 2013 |
Space Shuttle Challenger Accident 1986 |
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ARC
Armor was
updated today - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Artur
Oslizlo/Arkady72
has done a stunning job building detailing and finishing his
1/48 Alley Cat Shorts Tucano T.1. This is a resin kit and
the finished model is flawless with it's shaded panel lines and RAF
markings.
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with his very attractive 1/72 Hasegawa F-4E early type.
Dragan chose to finish his Phantom as an Israeli jet using Hi Decal
Line decals with the very attractive camo. Dragan added
missiles, bombs and drop tanks to give his F-4 a very business like
look.
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David Rapasi
is here with another weathered wonders from the PTO during
WW2. This is his 1/48 Revell PV-1 Ventura
with an open bomb bay and a truly stunning weathering job. I
love the look of this Ventura.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Modern US Navy E-2C Hawkeye Hawkeye 2000 Pacific Fleet decal sheet
from Authentic
Decals.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F6F Hellcat Propeller w/tool from QuickBoost.
This set is
designed for the Cyber Hobby kit.
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Ken
Middleton is here with a product
article for the 1/48
Air National Guard F-15 Eagle Part 2 decal sheet from Caracal
Models. This
decal sheet has markings for 3 jets and stencils for 2 jets.
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Sunday,
Jan
27 2013 |
Russia - End of Leningrad blockade (1944) |
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ARC
Armor was
updated today to mark India's National Day - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Murli Rajan
begins this special Indian update with his 1/48 Heller Mirage 2000.
This is an older kit but you would never know that by the high
quality model Murli has built for you to enjoy today....wow...what a
great looking Mirage 2000.
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Polly
Singh is here with a striking
contrast in models today. This is his
1/72 Hobby Boss SH 60B Sea Hawk & Modelist 1/ 72 Polikarpov-2.
The Polikarpov-2 is in memory
of a young lady that died in battle in 1941 in the Polikarpov-2.
More of her story is revealed in Polly's article. Both models
are up to his usual high standards. |
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Navin Bala
has chosen a very colourful paint scheme for his 1/72 Matchbox Hawker Hunter T66.
This is an Indian Air Force Hunter at the end of its career in
the target tug role and oh my...what a colourful jet it is..
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Leonard Prakasam
has done all the necessary things to create a 1/72 Academy Mig-27 Flogger ‘M’ Version.
This started off as a D model and Leonard converted it to an M
version and then finished it off with a weapons load and attractive
Indian camo. |
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Murli Rajan
is here with a classic little aircraft. This is his 1/72 Academy Harvard
finished in a tan paint scheme and Indian Air Force
markings. I can't help but notice how great the Harvard looks
in this paint scheme. |
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Polly Singh
always shares history about the Indian Air force in his articles
and today's model and article is no exception. I quite enjoyed
reading the story behind this 1/48 Academy MiG 21 FL....as I
teaser I will mention this is an Indian aerobatic team jet but read
his full story about the amazing pilot of this jet and his war
story. Darn fine MiG...well done Polly. |
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Navin Bala
got everything looking perfect on his older 1/72 Matchbox Dassault Mystere IVA.
Navin did plenty of scratch building and rescribed the panel
lines and added rivets to bring this kit up to present day
standards. He then gave it a bare metal finish complete with
very careful panel shading.
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Leonard Prakasam
is on a quest to build every Indian Air Force aircraft and his 1/72 Hasegawa Mig-21 FL (Type-77)
is the latest model in his mission. This attractive MiG-21 has
gentle paint fading and carefully applied panel like shading giving
it a wonderful level of realism. |
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Polly Singh
has very high regards for the 1/72 Azur FRROM Dassault Mystere IV
and in his article his gives you insight on how to make this
into a truly exceptional model of this classic jet.
Polly didn't miss anything and his Mystere IV with Tiger noseart and
Indian markings are a treat to see.. |
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Murli Rajan
has got everything looking perfect 1/48 Airfix Sepecat Jaguar.
Murli added a full weapons load that really compliments his
Jaguar and gives it a very aggressive look. I quite enjoyed
seeing this Jaguar.
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Navin Bala
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/72 Valom Ouragan Toofani.
This jet is finished in a custom mixed tan colour that really shows
off the lines of this classic Indian jet. I love the custom
made noseart.....it looks perfect.
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Thursday, Jan
24 2013 |
ARC
Auto was
updated today - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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GIANGYSKAN
has taken the 1/48 Hobbyboss Tornado IDS to a whole new
wonderful level of detail. He used the NEOMEGA cockpit and
wells and engine from AIRES and then modified the kit parts to get a
more accurate shape. Then this amazing Tornado with given
careful weathering and Italian markings. Enjoy the photos....I
know I sure did.
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Carmel J Attard
joins us with his wonderfully done 1/72 Pavla models Borovkov-Frolov I-207/3.
Carmel did some critical changes to his little bi-plane
and then added a couple of bombs under the wings to show the purpose
of this sporty little bi-plane. I love the look of the
extended landing gear on this model.
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J B Wolstenholme
is a master modeller that is well known on ARC for his extremely
detailed models. Today I'm excited to show you his 1/32 Trumpeter A-7E
which has been heavily modified with scratchbuilt parts and resin
goodies from Zactomodel and Aires. John has listed in his
article all the mods he did and the list is very long. His
choice of markings is one of the coolest markings from Desert Storm.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
B-25 Mitchell Engines from QuickBoost.
These engines are designed for the Hasegawa kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Fulcrum C conversion from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
CP-140 Aurora FIP Markings decal sheet from WINTERVALLEY.
This new decal sheet provides markings and
stencils for one CP-140 Aurora Long Range Patrol Aircraft in Federal Identity
Program (FIP) Markings.
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Wednesday,
Jan 23 2013 |
ARC
Armor was
updated today - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an exceptionally fine job on his 1/72 Revell F-5B.
Dragan added scratchbuilt cockpit details and then finished off
his Freedom Fighter in a camo scheme and markings for a
Turkish jet from the late 70's and early 80's. Simply gorgeous.
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Andre Mimizu
has been very busy building his Luft '46 1/72 DML DO p.252.3.02 (conversion).
These are very cool aircraft and are made from heavily modifying the
1/72 DML 335B-6 Arrow. The finished model looks very cool and
I am impressed these could be created from the Do-335.
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Fernando
Peralta is here with 2 detail rich models for you to
enjoy. These are his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E & Hobbyboss
A-7E that are loaded with resin detail items and these finished
off with great Hellenic Air Force markings using aftermarket
decals. Wow....both of these are a big treat to see.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-4 Panel numbers White stencil font Dry Transfers from
Hobby
Decal. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Mi-24V Hind Antennas from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Zvezda
kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-4 Phantom II (long nose versions) detail set from
Master.
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Monday,
Jan 21 2013 |
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Burcin Emren
has done an outstanding
job building and detailing his 1/48 Hobbyboss Tornado.
Burcin added resin seats from Aires and then finished it off with a great
choice of markings. This is an amazing looking Tornado.
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Jun Gajo
joins us with his first article on ARC today. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa P-51D Mustang
in the Philippine Air Force markings for "Shark of
Zambales"
from WW2. This P-51 has an excellent multi-shaded bare
metal finish that is a joy to see....enjoy the photos. Welcome
to ARC Jun.
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Vladimír Žucha
is here with his flawlessly done 1/144
Revell Airbus A330 China Airlines. I have always loved the
tail art on the China Airlines planes, so this model is a special
treat to see. Vladimír did a wonderful job on it.
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Zoltan Pocza is
here a product article
for the EA-18G
Growler VAQ-141 Shadowhawks, NF500 / 166928 / 2012 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
Sea Vixen FAW.1 Correct Nose from QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for the
Cyber Hobby kit.
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Saturday, Jan
19 2013 |
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Jorge Bonilla
Alvarado
is here from Mexico with his excellent looking 1/48 P-47D30 Squadron 201. Jorge
finished his Jug as a Mexican Air Force plane with the taller
tail that served in the Philippines in 1945.
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Shawn
"phantom" Weiler is here with one of the coolest
looking Canadian airshow birds. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa
CF-18A
finished with decals from Leading Edge Models. I love this
jet....well done Shawn.
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Gigi
Cristinel Marin is here with
his very attractive 1/72
Airmodel Heinkel He-42. This particular He-42 is finished
in Romanian markings from WW2. It's great to see Gigi's He-42
on ARC....I love it.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Henschel Hs 126 decal sheet from Authentic
Decals. This decal
sheet includes markings for numerous different air Forces in a
huge variety of the most attractive camo schemes. You get
markings for 10 different aircraft.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-51 Mustang Propeller w/tool from QuickBoost.
This resin prop and
spinner is designed for the Tamiya kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Supermarine Spitfire F.22/F.24 model kit from Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models. This
kit includes photo etch parts as well as markings for 6 different
aircraft.
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Thursday, Jan
17 2013 |
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Carmel J Attard
is here with not 1 but 2 1/72 Pioneer 2 Berezniak-Isayev BI-M2/BI-1.
These are rocket as well as the first jet fighter prototype
developed by the Russians during WW2. Carmel tells the
fascinating history of these aircraft as well as what was involved
to build his 2 models. It's very cool to see these on ARC.
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Artur Oslizlo/Arkady72
starts today with his wonderfully weathered 1/48 Tamiya Brewster Buffalo.
Artur dressed up the cockpit with some added photo etch and then
finished it all off with a full weathering job. Simply
beautiful work Artur.
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Burt Gustafson
has done a top notch 1/48 Hasegawa Mitsubishi XF-2A. Burt
has provided the history of the F-2 prototype program which will be
quite interest to F-16 modellers as the F-2 is an evolution of the
F-16 program. Burt did do a great job on his model and he
tells the whole story in his article.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
He 111H-6 Gun Barrels Late Version from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 APU-60 Missile Pylons from Zactomodels.
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Tuesday,
Jan 15 2013 |
ARC
Armor was
updated today - drop by and check it out.
Show everyone your models on the ARC sites. |
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Khanh Nguyen
has done a flawless job on his 1/72 Skunkmodels MQ-9 Reaper UAV.
Khanh darkened the panel lines with a product from Tamiya and finished his
Reaper with a full weapons load including two GBU-12 bombs and four
Hellfire missiles.
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Roberto Masukawa
is here with his very eye catching
1/144 Revell F-18E with DMX digital camo decals. This
is a tiny model, but the digital camo scheme is captured perfectly
and the finished model is quite the eye catching jet.
Wow....I love it!!!
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here with an article entitled Mustangs - 506th
FG / 457th FS Colors.
Mark explains the history and colors of these legendary PTO Mustangs
and he even includes two of his Mustang models in his article.
It is a fascinating article.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-38 Dry Transfer Stencils from Hobby
Decal. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
P-40B/C Gun Barrels from QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Upgrade Set for F-4 Phantom Short Nose Version from Master.
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Monday,
Jan 14 2013 |
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Sam Wong
starts today with his most amazing 1/35 Diorama named “Brave Heart”.
This is a couple of landing craft approaching the Normandy
beaches on D-Day with 1 shell exploding in front of one of the
landing craft. WOW!!!
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Juan Jesús Moreno
is here with his heavily weathered 1/48 Hasegawa Kawanishi George.
Juan got all the details looking perfect on his WW2 Japanese
fighter.....I love it.
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S K Loh
is here with his flawlessly done 1/144 JASDF F-4EJ Kai Phantom.
This F-4 model had some mods to improve the accuracy and then
was finished in a great looking Japanese camo scheme. This
tiny perfection.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
A-26K Correct Cowling from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Italeri kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the Boeing
737-800 (N513AS) - 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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Friday, Jan
11 2013 |
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Terry Davis
is here with his very well done and amusing Bonanza One Thousand Tango
diorama. Terry used a combination of different scales
mixed with scratchbuiding to pull this whole project together.
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Tom Bebout
has done an exceptionally fine job detailing and finishing the
old 1/48 Revell P-38 Lightning. Tom dressed up his
model with some resin goodies from Ultracast and True details and
then finished it off as a bare metal bird flown by an Ace in the
PTO.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
joins us with his very colourful RCAF 1/48 Hasegawa CF-18AM.
Shawn converted the F-18C to CF-18AM standards and then finished
it off with some great markings. He also tells the story about
the 2 times pilots have ejected from this aircraft.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Supermarine Seafire F.46/FR.46 model kit from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This model kit
includes markings for 4 different aircraft.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Bf 109E Propeller w/tool from QuickBoost.
This prop is loaded with detail and designed for the Eduard kit.
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Thursday,
Jan
10 2013 |
Russia
- Soviet counteroffensive under Stalingrad. The beginning of the end
(1943) |
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Nok Apriruk has
done a beautiful job on his 1/48 AFV F-5F Tiger II. The
special anniversary markings were done with custom made decals an
the finished model looks fantastic.
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Gerd Wilcken
joins us with his excellent pair of 1/144 Messerschmitt Me-109F.
Gerd finished his 109's in the winter camo seen on the Russian front
in 1942. The quality of models in 1/144 scale is amazing as
you will see in his photos.
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Mukund Vora
is here with his flawless 1/48 Trumpeter Su-24 Fencer.
This is an excellent kit and Mukund turned it into an amazing
model. I love the look of his Su-24.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
He 111H-6 Gun Barrels Early Version from QuickBoost.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 APU-73 Missile Pylons from Zactomodels.
They also sell Russian missiles.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Heinkel He-162 Salamander armament and detail set from Master.
This set includes a MG 151 barrel
tips, nose gear indicator and Pitot Tube (4pcs) machined out of brass.
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Tuesday,
Jan 8 2013 |
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Artur
Oslizlo/Arkady72 starts today with his very attractive looking
1/48 Special Hobby Breda Ba.65. This particular model is
wearing a North African desert camo scheme. I love the look of
this ground attack aircraft.
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Peter Doll
is here with another of his foil covered masterpieces. Peter
is famous here on ARC for his brightly painted foil covered American
jets and today he presents us with another gem from his work
bench. This is his 1/32 Hobby Boss F-84G
"Thunderjet" finished off as the brightly painted
Commander's jet from the Korean war in 1951.
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Carmel J Attard
is here with two Brewster Buffalo models including the 1/72 Matchbox Brewster
Buffalo and the 1/72 Airfix Brewster Buffalo. Carmel
finished one in RNZAF and the other in USN markings and he has
explained the process involved to make these 2 very different model
kits as well as give some history if this unglamorous little
monoplane fighter. I love both finished models..
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Zoltan Pocza is here with a product
article for the Airbus
A320-200 (N746JB) - 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
ROKAF KF-16 Dry Transfer Stencils
from
Hobby
Decal.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
T-28 Trojan Airbrake set from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for the Roden
kit.
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Monday,
Jan 7 2013 |
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Tory Mucaro
has been very creative and is here with his most amazing model
entitled " 1/25 Hudson Hornet
My
Way". This is a
combination of the car model parts combined with other parts to
create this one of a kind masterpiece. I love it from every
angle.
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Neil Commerford
joins us with his trio of South African SAAF Egg Planes.
All three is clude plenty of custom made markings and the Mustang
has a motorized prop that actually spins. How cool is that!!!
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Fred Amos
is here with the amusing story of the Heinkel He 111 V 8.
This one of a kind top secret aircraft is the combination of 3
He-111's grafted together. Fred of course has the full story
with the final chapter on this elusive long range bomber. |
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George Oh
joins us with something completely different. This is his Submarine under
water...which is pretty amazing......but what is really cool is
the periscope is up and this sub is only 1/10th of a mm thick. ....which
means it's a very well done illusion. I love the wake behind
the periscope.....it's very well done. |
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Kees Kuyper
is here with his most amusing and actually quite interesting NESA Gemini- Proton- 6 capsule.
Read his article to find out how this design of good for coral
reefs. I love that. |
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Sunday, Jan
6 2013 |
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Hal Elsberry
is here with his very well done and amusing looking Greek F-4 Egg Plane.
Hal modified the Spook figure for his Greek Phantom. He has
included a photos of 6 country specific F-4 Egg Planes.....you have
to see them all...very cool.
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Harv is
here with a very amusing model of a real life aircraft. This
is his 1/144 Amodel XC-8A which was a design that was tested
for landing on snow and water. Wow.....I can't believe anyone
would think attaching a liferaft to the underside of this aircraft
would make it viable to land on show or water. Definitely
silly.
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Borg R3-MC0
is here with his very cool build of the 1/48 Revell/Mauve Lippisch P.13a.
What makes this silly is that it would have been partially
fueled by coal...read the article for the full story.
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Saturday, Jan
5 2013 |
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Hal Elsberry
is here with his amazing 1/32 Jet Corsair. Hal build
this bent wing jet from one of the 21st Century Toys 1:32 aircraft
kits and then went to town modifying it and then giving it a first
rate weathering job. I love the concept.
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Konley Kelley
is here with his model from the movie Operation Petticoat.
This is the movie that featured the pink WW2 USN
submarine. It was an amusing movie and I had long forgotten
about it........so it was excellent to see Konley's pink sub to
bring back those memories.
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Borg
R3-MC0 is here with his very interesting RWD Rekord Racer operated
by the police flying club in Warsaw, but read his article for the
full story. It's a very cool air racer. |
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Friday, Jan
4 2013 |
Union of Myanmar Independence Day |
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Hal Elsberry
has an amazing creative side that shows in his models.
This model is Phil the Phabulous Phantom Phlyer and started
with a 1/48 F-4 kit and progressed from there. I have a
big grin on my face each time I look at it.
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Konley Kelley
is here with the touching and fascinating WW2 story of The Goon and T/Sgt. Arthur Benko B-24D Liberator and Zero 3D model.
It is quite the interesting story with a sad ending. Valiant
men indeed.
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George (Chorse6)
is here with another combo deal for you to enjoy. This is his Like Father Hunter, Like Son
article featuring his scratchbuilt F-8 Eggplane. It is
very well done and looks perfect.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Yakovlev Yak-3 decal sheet from Authentic
Decals. This
decal sheet includes markings for 14 different 1/72 Yakovlev
Yak-3.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F9F Panther Antennas from QuickBoost.
These are designed for the Trumpeter kit.
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Thursday, Jan
3 2013 |
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Hal Elsberry
is here with a very convincing 1/48 JASDF F-22. Hal
chose a very attractive camo scheme with some killer tail art.
His Japanese F-22 looks quite convincing.
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George On
is here with Dirk Pitt's means of escape featured in the
Clive Cussler book 'Cyclops'. It's an amusing little build and
it looks to be a perfect match to the text in the book.
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George (Chorse6)
is here with his article entitled The Hunter Egg Hatched. The
feature of this article is George's very nicely done F-4S which he
has includes with his regular F-4s. Both models look great,
but the egg plane makes me grin.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-38J Lightning cockpit set from Aires.
This set is designed for the Academy kit.
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Ken
Middleton
is here with a product
article for the 1/48
Air National Guard F-15 Eagle Part 1 decal sheet from Caracal
Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Supermarine Seafire FR.47 model kit from Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This kit includes photo etch and markings for 3 different aircraft.
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Wednesday,
Jan 2 2013 |
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Kees Kuyper
joins us from
the Netherlands (home of some of the most famous Red Light
Districts) with his Boeing Brotheljet. This is an
amusing model.
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Mike Murphy
is here with his very interesting and amusing what-if story behind
his Royal Canadian Air Force CF-117 Phantom. I wonder
if Shawn Weiler knows Canada flew the F-4Phanton II? Excellent
work on the story and model Mike. |
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Hal Elsberry
is here with a very well done and equally amusing looking F-22 Egg Plane.
Hal posed it in-flight high over Mount Mckinley in Alaska.
I love that. |
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Konley Kelley
is here with his article entitled Virtual Landscaping which includes
some amusing photos of photoshop suggestions for a new tree for his
front yard.....one suggestion . |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Missile Pylons from Zactomodels.
These are the perfect finishing
touch for your 1/32 MiG-29.
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Tuesday,
Jan
1 2013 |
Cuba - Anniversary of the Revolution |
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Rob Haelterman
is here with one seriously cool looking P-51 Aggressor.
This is an early P-51 painted up like a Bf-109 and beautifully
weathered....you're going to love this one. |
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Kees Kuyper
is here to make you grin with his F-16 Skygod. This
is a very special F-16 used by the the Royal Dutch Airforce in
Afghanistan with a skygod decoration to scare away the Taliban.
Pretty funny Kees.
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Hal Elsberry
has done an exceptional job on his VF-1A Egg Plane. This
is the Hasegawa VF-1A Valkyrie Egg Plane kit from the Macross anime
series and Hal added a custom stand with a skull and cross bones to
make his model an in flight model.
Very cool Hal. |
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Konley Kelley
is here with his image of the The Final Countdown in 3D.
I love that movie and it's good to see Konley's image. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-86F Dry Transfer Stencils from Hobby
Decal. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-14 A Early - Nose Tip & Angle of Attack Probe from Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hawker Typhoon Seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost.
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