Monday,
June 30 2014 |
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Mohammad Adl gets
things started with his latest masterpiece. Mohammad did an
excellent job on his 1/32 Revell EC 145 Medstar. The
doors are open to show off all the wonderful detail in this Air
Ambulance. Enjoy the photos, this one is a beauty. |
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Rafi Ben-Shahar has
built not one but two of the 1/48 Kinetic Fouga Magister. Rafi
chose two very different Israeli scheme with just the right amount
of weathering to get these gems looking perfect. I always
enjoy seeing Rafi's latest model on ARC. |
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Jan Mikes is here
with something very different and exciting. This is Jan's 1/48
Italeri EFA-2100 Typhoon III wearing a what-if Czech Air Force
splinter scheme. Jan did some extra detailing and then gave
his shark mouth Typhoon a weathering job for added realism. I
love the look of this Typhoon. |
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Gianni
Chirico is here from Italy
with his 1/72
Italeri Junkers Ju.87 B-2/R-2 Stuka. Gianni
chose a North African desert camo scheme, which is quite the
complicated scheme. But no doubt about it.....this Stuka is
wearing a very attractive camo scheme. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Messerschmitt Bf 110G Correct Details from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Eduard kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
un-painted WWII Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot figure, Mid-Late War from
Ultracast.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5E Tiger II FOD and AOA Covers from
Royale
Resin. This set is designed for
the AFV Club kit.
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June 28 - Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his
wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist
Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia
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Friday, June 27
2014 |
Djibouti National Day |
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Uncle
Bill's in Calgary Alberta Canada is having their final
closing sale. Click
here for more info
Friday June 27,
Saturday June 28, Sunday June 29, Friday July 4, Saturday July 5,
Sunday July 6 |
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Alexander Breunig
is here with a show stopper!!! This is his 1/32 Tornado ECR - Tiger Meet 2011 - The Final Lechfeld Tiger
complete with endless scratchbuilt parts and given a custom
Tiger Scheme. Alexander replicated the original aircraft down
the the smallest detail including the specially painted car to go
with it. Sit back and enjoy this article.....the work and
photos are incredible. Amazing work Alexander!!! |
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Carlos Vargas
jouns us from warm Venezuela with his fantastic looking 1/48 Revell Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2/R3.
Carlos is highly skilled at airbrushing and weathering as you
will see in his photos. Carlos chose one of those complicated
Luftwaffe camo schemes and did an amazing job on it. This 110
looks perfect from every angle. |
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Rodney
Williams is here today with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16A
"Thunderbird". Rodney is a master modeller and highly
skilled at high gloss finishes as you will see on his F-16.
Excellent work Rodney.....this one is a beauty. |
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Tolga
Ulgur has dropped by today with his 1/48 Tamiya Me-109 E3.
Tolga built this one OOB with the exception of the resin seat to
improve the cockpit detailing. Tolga gave his Emil the perfect
amount of realism and finished it off with some early WW2
markings. I love the look of this early Emil. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Me 410 Propellers W/Tool from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Meng kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
R.A.F. 3-inch 60lb rockets from Aerobonus.
You get 8 rockets in this set with a
choice of 5 different types of warheads for each rocket.
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Thursday, June 26
2014 |
Madagascar Independence Day |
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Uncle
Bill's in Calgary Alberta Canada is having their final
closing sale. Click
here for more info
Friday June 27,
Saturday June 28, Sunday June 29, Friday July 4, Saturday July 5,
Sunday July 6 |
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Gene A. "Gene-o" DiGennaro Jr.
has done a very cool job on the finish on his 1/48 Hasegawa NASA F-104N.
Gene used a combination of Alclad and bare metal to give his
NASA Starfighter an amazing finish. I think this in-flight
display does look quite "zoomy" indeed. |
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Prokopis Kroustallis
did a first class job on his 1/72 Fine Molds Tie
Fighter. Prokopis used the Fine Molds kit which was
a very good choice and then proceeded to build it to a very high
quality. This Tie Fighter is a beauty from every angle. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
B-17G Flying Fortress Gun Barrels from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the HK Models kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Gloster Meteor Mk.1 resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models. This set is designed for
the Cyber-Hobby kit.
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Wednesday,
June
25 2014 |
Croatia Independence Day |
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Uncle Rick Chin
is here with one of the Prettiest CF-18's to ever take to the
air. This is Rick's 1/48 Monogram F-18A that he bought
partly built from the widow of a modeller that died before his
time. Rick proceeded to finish this Hornet to a very high
level. His article is a gold mine of info. Rest in Peace
Rick. |
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Harv did
a very cool job creating his Monster
Jam Black Stallion P-51 Mustang. The Monster
Jam Black Stallion is a Monster truck in the US and this P-51 is
finished in markings to match the real life Monster truck.
This P-51 model was presented to the owner of the real Monster
Truck. Very cool Harv!!! |
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Dragan Cvetic
has done a gorgeous job finishing and weathering his 1/72 Italeri MiG-29UB SFRJ Rv I pvo.
Dragan added scratchbuilt seat belts and pitotube and then
finished his MiG in Yugoslavian markings to get a very sharp looking
jet.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Browning M2 Aircraft .50 Caliber Barrels from
Master
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Flightline universal boxes from
Aerobonus
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Tuesday,
June 24
2014 |
Order of Malta - St. John's Day |
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Uncle
Bill's in Calgary Alberta Canada is having their final
closing sale. Click
here for more info
Friday June 27,
Saturday June 28, Sunday June 29, Friday July 4, Saturday July 5,
Sunday July 6 |
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Uncle Rick Chin
is here with the second part of his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104C Starfighter
build. Rick got the bare metal finish looking perfect on
his Taiwanese Starfighter. Reading Rick's article brings bad
good memories. |
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Danny Zhao
joins us with a very rare plane. This is his 1/72 Italeri C-47 Skytrain
finished in the markings of the Presidential plane for the Republic
of China (Taiwan). Danny added some scratchbuilt details to
complete his presidential plane and finished it with a flawless
multi-shaded bare metal finish. |
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Carmel J. Attard
joins us from sunny Malta to honour Malta's St. John's Day with his 1/72 Airmodel Mikoyan MiG-21 E8.
This is a very rare and little known prototype version of the
MiG-21 complete with a very odd looking intake under the
fuselage. This looks like a challenging project, but Carmel
pulled it off in his usual style.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27ET - AA-10 Alamo-D missiles from
Zactomodels.
This missile has been carried by the MiG-29, Su-27, Su-30.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Ju 88A Propellers W/Tool from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Revell/Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-86F-40 Sabre Armament set from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Monday,
June 23
2014 |
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Luxembourg
- National Day and |
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Official
Birthday of H.R.H. the Grand Duke Jean |
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Uncle Rick Chin
is here with the first part of his 1/48 Hasegawa F-104C Starfighter
article. Rick
built this one when it first came out and his work was to his usual
high standard. Rick finished his Starfighter in a flawless
bare metal finish and Taiwanese markings. Today you get to see
the cockpit before it is installed. |
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Tolga ÜLGÜR
joins us from Turkey with his exceptional 1/48 Dragon Junkers Ju-188A2.
Tolga chose an aircraft captured in Belgium in 1944 and the
reference photos in his article show this bird with two different
wings no doubt from some salvaging of airframes for parts.
Tolga added some aftermarket parts but it is fantastic skill as a
modeller that makes it a very special day on ARC when he sends in a
model. |
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Shawn
"phantom" Weiler is here from the Dominion of Canada
with his 1/48
Classic Airframes CF-116D (F-5B) #5. Shawn repainted this
F-5 in a more colourful scheme using Leading Edge decals for the
markings. The newly refinished model looks darn good on his
colourful display base. Beautiful work Shawn.....I love the
paint scheme.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
IL-10 Oil Radiator from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Special Hobby kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Italian 'smoke ring' camouflage decal
sheet from Mike
Grant Decals.
It is a
pretty neat decal sheet and a big help to modellers that don't like
airbrushing the smoke rings freehand..
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX E Wing Cannon Bay Covers from
Ultracast.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Friday, June
20 2014 |
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Uncle Rick Chin
loved the Phantom the most and today you can see his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4G's.
Rick built these beauties with Leading Edge decals for the F-4
Idaho ANG. Rick had a close connection to the Idaho ANG and it
is good to see two of his Phantoms in all their glory.
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S K Loh
has a passion for 1/144 scale and he is here again today with
his 1/144 MiniHobby Hawker Tempest V. S K did plenty of
extra work and detailing to get his Tempest to a very high level and
it is very difficult to believe this is 1/144 scale. I love
the in-flight scene you created.
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Greg Kerry
finished his 1/72 Airfix Harrier GR1 to a very high level
of finish. Greg mentions the tricky parts of building the
Airfix kit, but as you'll see by his model, a touch of patience
gives you an excellent model of this British fighter.
Beautiful work Greg.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
OV-1 Mohawk Air Intakes from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Roden kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett model kit from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This kit includes markings for 2 different Royal Australian Air
Force aircraft.
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Thursday, June
19 2014 |
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Uncle Rick Chin
is here with
one of his favourite aircraft. This is his 1/48 Monogram A-10
in Idaho ANG markings for a particular plane that visited
Alberta before it was shot down over Iraq. Rick rescribed the
panel lines and . scratchbuilt a bunch of details to get a very
accurate Warthog and then finished it with a set of decals he had
made and that he sold.
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Carlos Escobar
did a beautiful job weathering his 1/72 Italeri Bell UH-1B Iroquois.
This is a Honduran military UH-1B and Carlos gave it a suitable
base to help highlight the weathering his did. It all comes
together very nicely.
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Ignacio Larrañaga
joins us from Uruguay with his wonderfully weathered 1/72 Academy F-16C.
Ignacio used pre-shading and other techniques to give each panel
a realistic looking faded look. This F-16 turned out looking
super.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
A-7E Corsair II - Late Ejection Seat with Safety Belts from
QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Browning M2 Aircraft .50 Caliber Barrels from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
BAe Harrier GR. 9 resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models. This set is
designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
S31 Spitfire PR Mk.XIX detail set colour from Maestro
Models. This set is
designed for
the Airfix kit.
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Wednesday,
June 18 2014 |
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Uncle Rick Chin of Uncle Bill's Hobby
gets things fired up today with his whimsical Alberta Bomber.
Rick is from the Canadian province of Alberta and Rick has
included the full story behind RCAF Arado bomber. Crafty
Canadians.
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Jens Gerber
put big effort into his 1/48 Revell Me 410 B2/U4. His
Me-410 has the nose cannon making his aircraft a bomber
killer. Jens added an Aires cockpit set and a brass nose
cannon before finishing it up with his usual expert weathering
job. I love seeing Jens latest model on ARC.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
has conquered the 1/48 Classic Airframes CF-116D (F-5B) #4.
Shawn used aftermarket decals and chose the very attractive
Ghost Scheme for his Freedom Fighter. I recall Rick Chin
started the CA F-5 kit and gave up halfway through due to the poor
fit....it was the only kit I know of that Rick did not finish.
So Shawn did good to get this one finished and looking so
sweet.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F8F Bearcat Engine from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Testors kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
VAQ-140/133 Patriotic Prowler EA-6B decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 F-86F-40 Sabre Interior set from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the hand made laminated wood propellers from The
Prop Shop. These are crafted by hand from real wood. |
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Tuesday,
June 17
2014 |
Iceland Anniversary of the Establishment of the Republic |
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Uncle Rick Chin of Uncle Bill's Hobby
is here with his eye catching 1/48 Hasegawa CF-18A. This
particular jet is wearing a colourful scheme for an RCAF Hornet with
433 Squadron. There is no denying the fact Rick built good
looking models.
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José Miguel
has done a flawless job detailing and weathering his 1/72 Cyber Hobby Grumman F6f-5N Hellcat.
José added Eduard photo etch and scratchbuilt engine detail and
then used his high level of skill to weather his fighter with
washes. The finished model looks fantastic.
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with another of his Yugoslavian jets. This is his
1/72 R.V. Aircraft MiG-21R built OOB and wearing decals from
Balkan
Models.
This is one very sweet looking MiG-21 and the bare metal finish
looks perfect.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX 1-pc Lower Cowl with Early Style Intake from
Ultracast.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
A-7D Corsair II Ejection Seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost.
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Monday,
June 16 2014 |
I'm home from my trip
and catching up on everything. Full updates begin tomorrow.
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Uncle Rick Chin did
love the A-10 and this is his 1/48 Monogram A-10 in the
markings for a jet that was shot down over Baghdad in April of 2003.
The Monogram A-10 kit is an old kit, but that doesn't stop Rick from
making it into a beautiful looking model. |
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Friday, June
13 2014 |
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Uncle Rick Chin was
a big fan of the Warthog, so it was only natural he would build the
classic 1/48 Monogram A-10 Warthog. Rick built this
A-10 for his A-10 pilot friend and I'm sure he was pleased when Rick
presented it to him. |
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Thang Le is here in
style with his winter camo 1/48 Otaki Fw-190 A-8. This
is a classic kit that Thang worked his painting and weathering magic
to get a stunning winter camo 190 for his display case.
I love these winter camo fighters and Thang's work is first class. |
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Francisco Colaço has
created a very detailed and delicate looking 1/48 Eduard Thulin D.
Francisco started with a Morane Saulnier type L that he
skillfully converted into a Thulin D in
Finnish Air Force markings from1918. This is one very delicate
looking monoplane. |
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Bill Clark
did an exceptional job on the 1/48 Aeroclub Multi-Media Kit 'Hawker Hunter T8'.
Bill chose a great looking paint scheme to finish off this
beauty. |
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Uncle Rick Chin starts
today with a model I remember well from my local show when Rick flew
into town for our show. This is his 1/48 Monogram CF-101 that
Rick repainted for a friend. Seeing it brings back fond
memories of that show. |
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Erwin Macalalad is
here from the Philippines with his first model. This is his 1/72 Academy Hawker Typhoon Mk
1b with the full weathering of a battle weary Typhoon.
Nicely done Typhoon Erwin and I hope you have a good holiday today. |
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Joshua Stockdale
is here in style with his USMC 1/72 Italeri A-6E Intruder.
This particular Intruder has a partial weapons load as it would
have appeared during the Gulf War in '90-'91. Joshua used
pastels and thinned paint to weather this beauty with great
effect. This is one sharp looking Gulf War bomber. |
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Grant Matthews
did an outstanding job on his big 1/32 Revell EC-135.
Grant used different techniques from the ARC Tools n Tips section to
get the outstanding finish he was after. This chopper is the
perfect addition to his Scalextric (slot car) track. |
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Wednesday,
June 11 2014
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Uncle Rick Chin went
to extra effort on his 1/48 Monogram F-100D. This is a
classic kit so Rick rescribed the panel lines and dropped the flaps
to give his Hun the look of a high quality modern kit. Rick
did a beautiful job on this one...check out the cockpit and what he
used for the seatbelts.....very creative. |
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J.C. Bahr has put
plenty of time and skill into fixing inaccuracies and adding detail
to his 1/72 Italeri P-51. J.C. details all the
work involved and I must admit I was quite impressed with the effort
and very thrilled to see how well his early Nustang turned
out. This one is a beaut. |
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Gianni Chirico
joins us from Italy with his stunning looking Dora. This is
his 1/72 Hasegawa Focke-Wulf FW.190 D-9III/JG-54 with a
flawless Luftwaffe camo scheme and finished with just the perfect
amount of weathering. |
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Yusof Zakaria
has done an amazing job painting and weathering his 1/48 Otaki Corsair.
Many of the markings were painted which is not an easy job and the
weathering turned out looking first class. The USN birds were
badly weathered in the tropical sun and this Corsair captures that
look excellently. |
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I'm in the Philippines this week to
meet with staff for a school I'm helping. I also plan to spend
time with Angel and her family. Unfortunately my location
in the countryside has meant no internet signal the past 3
nights. I'm now in Boracay where I do have a usable internet
signal, so I will be able to do updates for the rest of this
week. I rode a 50cc step through motorbike down some very rough
country roads......with amazingly beautiful scenery on the way to
visit Angel's family. It's shaping up to be quite the
adventure..
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Uncle Rick Chin
finishes off his 1/48 Revell F-15E (Part
4). This was a tremendous result for his OOB build and
shows just how sweet this Revell kit is. Of course had a huge
talent for building. |
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Chuck Holte joins
us with his build of the 1/72 Resin Unicraft RQ-4A Global Hawk.
This is a full resin kit and Chuck has some great advice to get
the best results. The finished model turned out looking
excellent thanks to Chuck's careful attention to the build process. |
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Lynn Ritger is an
expert when it comes tot he 109 and it is a special treat to read
about his Swiss 1/48 Tamiya Bf 109E-3. Lynn did some
special mods to make his 109 an accurate Swiss bird and he explains
the whole process in his article. His 109 is a treat to see. |
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Robert-Jan Willekens
joins us with a very rare Dutch fighter. This is his 1/48 Classic Airframes Fokker D.XXI. Robert-Jan
captured the look of the Fokker D.XXI very well and also tells
of the operational history during the early days of WW2. Very
nicely done indeed. |
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Saturday, June 7
2014 |
Yorktown sunk - US Carrier Yorktown sunk (1942) |
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Uncle Rick Chin
gets today fired up in style with
1/48 Revell F-15E (Part 3). Rick gets his F-15E to the
point of being ready for final painting. It is cool to see a
skilled builder like Rick take on such a sweet kit. Rick was
the master of OOB builds to a very high standard. |
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Alex Sidharta
is my friend from Indonesia and it is always a special treat
when one of his models appears on ARC. This latest offering is
his 1/72 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt
in D-Day stripes to honor the 70th anniversary of the D-Day
landings. Alex built his Jug mostly OOB for
a D-Day themed local club gathering and I must say it looks amazing
from every angle. |
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Olivier Barles
joins us from France on the 70th Anniversary of D-Day with his 1/32 Trumpeter P-51B.
Olivier chose the markings for the Blue Nose Bastards of the 352
FG and gave his early Mustang full D-Day stripes with an amazing
weathering job. Olivier is a true master modeller and I
enjoyed seeing every photo of his D-Day 'stang. |
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Björn Bäcklund
is adding to this update in a very big way to honor the Swedish
national Day. This is his 1/48 Monogram DC-3 finished
in the bright orange scheme WW2 neutrality paint. It was used by AB
Aerotransport (ABA) and was shot down in 1943...yup ironic a bright
neutral aircraft is shot down. Björn used resin engines for
more detail and modified the landing gear. The markings were
masked by hand and the panel lines were redone. Excellent work
Björn.
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Björn Bäcklund
has created something very special. This is his model of The wooden mock-up
Viggen, 1/72 SAAB 37-0 done with a beautiful metallic
finish. Björn modified the kit to make an accurate model of
this very first Viggen and he explains these mods in his
article. I've never heard of the wooden mock up for the Viggen
and I'm quite pleased to see a model of it on ARC.
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Björn Bäcklund
used the 1/48 Revell Junkers Ju52 to create a Swedish
Airlines Ju52. Björn explains the changes that were
made including a different center engine. It's quite the build
and must look excellent next to his Orange DC-3.
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Björn Bäcklund
has been busy changing details on his 1/72 SAAB Viggen prototype 37-4.
This the 4th Viggen prototype and Björn explains what is needed to
convert this kit into the 4th prototype. It's a very
interesting read and an first class model.
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Björn Bäcklund
is here with a piece of Swedish Airmail history. This is his 1/72 Northrop Delta
1E which was modified from a Williams Bros kit. Once Björn
got his model built, he displayed it on his custom base that looks
like the AB Aerotransport logo
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Björn Bäcklund
is here with the first
Viggen prototype for the two seater. This is the 1/72 SAAB 37800 - two seat Viggen
prototype made from 2 different kits with a big amount of
time and effort on Björn's part. I do love the look of this
Viggen Prototype.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Sea Vixen FAW.1 resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models. This set is designed for
the Cyber-Hobby kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-23 UB Conversion Set from Neomega.
This set is designed for
the Italeri/Zvezda kits.
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Our friend
Uncle Rick Chin joins us with his 1/48 Revell F-15E (Part 2).
Rick had a quick and easy way to drop the flaps and the interior
painting on the burner cans is first class. I miss Rick. |
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Mauricio Castro
has done a lovely job painting his 1/32 Revell Bf109 G6.
Mauricio has some excellent advice about lightening paints in
the cockpit due tot he lack of natural light. His 109 looks
exceptional.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his RCAF 1/48 Classic Airframes CF-116D (F-5B) #3
wearing an very early "grape scheme". The Classic
Airframes kit is not known as an easy build, but Shawn stuck with it
and turned it into a great looking Canadian jet. I love the
paint scheme.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-47D-5/6 Thunderbolt Cowl Flaps Conversion 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
Vympel R-27ER - AA-10 Alamo-C missiles from
Zactomodels
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Browning M2 Aircraft .50 Caliber Barrels from
Master
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Wednesday,
June 4
2014 |
Battle of Midway (1942) |
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With deepest sorrow and sadness one of our modeling colleagues and well known member of the Alberta modeling and military history community has passed on.
Mr. Rick Chin of Uncle Bill's Hobby passed peacefully with family members at his side after a heroic battle with cancer.
Rick made a significant impact on many generations of modelers in Calgary and he will live on in our memory through his
Group Of Modeler Builders (GOMB) Model fest in Calgary
on
October 11, 2014
at the Forest Lawn Legion. Our condolences go out to Rick's loving family members. Rest in Peace Rick.
Edwin Situ
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This does sound like an excellent show for many of us to gather. I plan to make an effort to attend this
year, I'm long overdue for a trip to Calgary.
Steve Bamford
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The late
Uncle
Rick Chin is featured today with 1/48
Revell F-15E (Part 1). Rick was a true builder and when
the Revell F-15E was first released.....Rick was the first one to
get one built. This is a 4 part article of Rick's OOB build.
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Vince Pedulla
returns with his latest installment of his Skyraider series.
This is his beautifully weathered 1/48 Matchbox/Tamiya AD-5W AEW “Guppy”.
Vince did a massive amount of work to kitbash this Skyraider and he
explains the process in his article. This is one outstanding
project.
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Kees Kuyper
is here with another of his aviation designs. This is the ASK Avanta
"design"
which is a low cost business jet proposal. This is a very cool
design and I loved seeing it.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
P-51D/K Mustang Propeller W/Tool from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Tamiya kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Australian (UK) pilot & Crew figures from
Jaguar.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX 1-pc Lower Cowl with Late Style Intake from
Ultracast.
This set is designed for
the ICM Mk IX & Mk XVI kits.
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Monday,
June 2
2014 |
Italy National Day |
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I
will be featuring Uncle Rick Chin's models on ARC's homepage during
the next few weeks.
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The
late Uncle Rick Chin joins us today with his 1/32
Trumpeter MiG-15. This was the 34th Gallery article to
appear on ARC. This is from the early days of ARC when Rick
was using a film camera. Rick will be deeply missed. |
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André Ricardo Manzano
visited the ARC Corporate office in sunny São Paulo State -
Brazil with his 1/48 Tamiya F-16CJ.
André did some excellent
detailing on his Viper including RBF tags and a full weapons load
and finished it off with a perfect weathering job.
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Greg Kerry
has done some amazing work on his 1/48 Zvezda Lavochkin La5FN
diorama. Greg added plenty of detail to his diorama and
all of the painting was not done with an airbrush and Greg explains
his painting technique in his article. I enjoyed seeing all
this photos of this gem.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
AH-64D interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories. This set is designed for
the Hobby Boss kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Arado Ar 196 Propeller W/Tool from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Heller kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Browning M2 (6 pcs) WW II US aircraft machinegun from
CMK.
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Sunday, June
1 2014 |
Mexico Navy Day |
Western Samoa Independence Celebration Day |
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