Homepage Text - October 2008

Friday,   Oct 31  2008 

Happy Halloween!!!

L.C. Chan starts this Halloween update with what has to be the coolest paint scheme I've ever seen on an F-14.  This is his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14D "Halloween", complete with a big pumpkin on the top of the aircraft along with bats and so much more.. 

Joe Barauskas has done a great job on his tiny 1/72 Eduard Nieuport 17.  This is one of the fighters flown by Sgt. Raoul Lufbery, of the Lafayette Escadrille in the summer of 1916. 

Allen Kasson is a modeller with skill and determination and all that came together in this stunning 1/48 Hasegawa IDF/AF F-4E Kurnass.  Allen added resin goodies including a cockpit and aftermarket decals and a full weapons load to complete this stunning Phantom in the colours of the Israeli Air Force. 

Serge Dompierre joins us with his 1/48 Hobbycraft Hawker Sea Fury.  Serge built his Sea Fury out of the box and finished it off with careful weathering and Canadian markings.

The Keeper is here with some photos from the recent McMinnville Region 7 Show 2008.  These photos include 1/48 & 1/72 Aircraft. 

The Keeper is here with some photos from the recent McMinnville Region 7 Show 2008.  These photos include 1/32 & 1/144 Aircraft, Armor & Auto and more. 

Here is a preview of the new 1/32 F/A-18C Werewolves of Beaufort decal sheet from Twobobs Aviation Graphics.  This sheet features enough markings for two complete aircraft from VMFA-122 with options for three.

Thursday,   Oct 30  2008
A small update today.......the last two updates were very large and I need to catch up on things.

Here's the latest Hot Babe of the Week! photos from TwobobsThese Draken photos were taken by Walter Bauer. 

 

Here's a preview to the new  1/72 Scale CF-18 2008 "NORAD 50th" decal sheet from Leading Edge Models This sheet is also available in 1/48.


Wednesday,   Oct 29  2008

 Turkey Republic Day 

Today's massive update is in honour of everyone in Turkey.  Well done guys!!!

H.Ufuk Aydiner begins this special Turkish update with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30.  This Turkish P-47 includes weathering and a faded paint job.   

Zafer Yilmaz is here from Turkey with his 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109G-10.  Zafer added plenty of aftermarket and scratchbuilt detail to his big 109.   

Özkan Türker  is here with his 1/35 Bronco Models Piper L-4J Cub.   Özkan made custom markings for his spotter plane.  

Ceki Erginbas  is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop.  Ceki added photo etch and decals with noseart as well as a beautifully done camo paint job with weathering.   

Volkan Uzeler  has been busy adding detail to his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C Block 40 TuAFVolkan added quite a few aftermarket items from some our favourite companies with excellent results on his F-16.    

Ayhan Toplu  is here with his 1/72 Italeri F-100D.  This F-100 is in Turkish markings complete with panel line shading and weathering.   

Ayhan Toplu  is here with his 1/48 Revell/Hasegawa Spitfire Mk16.  Ayhan finished his Spitfire in the markings for  a Polish pilot flying with the RAF.  Looks very good Ayhan.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/144 Revell L.1099 Super Constellation.  Everyone loves the Connie and this one is in TWA markings.  Check out the outstanding  runway base.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/32 Promodeler Me-109 G2 This award winning 109 has all it's markings painted on it.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa Me-109 F4.  This is in the desert markings for a famous Luftwaffe North African ace.  

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Trimaster Me-262.  H.Ufuk chose a baremetal 262 with the yellow putty in the seams as the jet would look prior to painting.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/32 Trumpeter Me-262B-1a.  This is actually a conversion of a single seater complete with piles of detail to create this gem......all done in 10 days.  Amazing.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/72 Fujimi F-14A Tomcat.  H.Ufuk  rebuilt this Su-22 Killer Tomcat with his very skillful weathering.  

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk-IIC Trop.  This Hurricane has peeling paint and painted markings and custom made dropped flaps........the work on this hurricane is stunning.  

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Airfix Hurricane Mk-I.  This is a rebuilt model with rescribed panel lines and finished off with weathering to add realism to this Turkish Hurricane.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/32 Hasegawa P-47D Re-30.  This P-47 has airbrushed sexy noseart......amazing.  H.Ufuk include a number of photos showing how the noseart was painted.  

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30.  This is the first of 5 P-47's......this one is in a baremetal finish with weathering and noseart.  

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30.  This is an ex-USAF P-47 in Turkish markings complete with sexy noseart.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30.  This article include a photos of a crashed Turkish P-47.  This model has a flawless bare metal finish with weathering.   

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30.  This is another ex-USAF P-47 in Turkish markings with noseart.       

H.Ufuk Aydiner  is here with his 1/48 Tamiya P-47D Re-30. This is an ex-USAF P-47 in Turkish markings in a baremetal finish with weathering.    

Tuesday,   Oct 28  2008

 Czech National Day 

 Greece National Day 

I'd like to wish everyone in Greece and The Czech Republic a very special day today as they celebrate their national days.  Today's larger than usual update honours these 2 countries.  Way to go everyone that contributed models for today's update.  Today's update includes 21 articles.

Thanos Mentzelopoulos has put must effort into his Flight 19 Avenger diorama.  This is an underwater diorama of one of the Avengers resting on the ocean floor covered in sediment and sea growth.  This diorama blows my mind.

Petr Kácal has the first of many articles that honour the Czech National Day.  This is a 1/72 MPM D-34 (Junkers W 43) done up in Czech markings.  I must say I like the look of this little aircraft.

Thanos Mentzelopoulos has done the impossible with his 1/32 Kangnam F-16A extreme makeover.  This is a horrible kit that Thanos did endless scratcbuilding to create a true show stopper F-16 in Greek colors.

Panagiotis Zarkadis is here with his very special and well done 1/48 Korpo Su-25K Iraqi desert diorama.  Panagiotis got his diorama looking just like the photos I've seen of these buried Su-25's in Iraq.

Pavel Šenk is here with 2 special 1/72 RS Models Zlín XII.  Detailing includes resin and photo etch to dress up these models.  It's good to see these on ARC.

Gabriel Kalfopoulos is here with his 1/72 Heller HAF CL-215 Canadair firebomber that is a well known sight in the skies over Greece when there are fires that need to be fought.  This CL-215 sure does look great. 

Petr Kácal  is here today with his 1/72 Artur Resin Hodek HK-101.  Petr has added over 100 scratchbuilt parts to this little resin kit....wow that is dedication. 

Michael Ezat has been busy adding detail to his 1/48 Monogram F-8 Crusader.  Michael added a resin cockpit and resin airbrakes to his F-8 and finished it off with some very colourful markings to make this an eye catching model from any angle you look at it.

Petr Kácal is back again today with his 1/72 RVHP Letov Š.20/II.ser.   Petr added detail to all the important areas of this little bi-plane with excellent results.

Milan Pospisil added resin set and photo etch as well as some good old fashioned modelling skill to detail his 1/48 Italeri Jas-39 Gripen.  The effort paid off as this is one sharp looking Gripen. 

Michael Ezat has done some extra work and added some aftermarket items to dress up his 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Vc trop.  I love the job Michael did on the desert camo on this Greej Spitfire. 

GIANNIS DOXAS has added plenty of resin sets 1/48 Hasegawa RF-4E Phantom.   The Phantom is loaded with detail.....you have to see it to believe it.  Amazing.

Peter Athanasopoulos has been busy detailing and finishing his 1/48 Italeri F-86E (M) HAF.  Peter scratchbuilt a cockpit and gave his F-86 a flawless bare metal finish complete with some custom made decals. 

David Koktavý is here with his tiny 1/144 Eduard Avia S-92.  David tells the story behind these Me-262 based jets as well as how much he enjoyed the kit.  

Josip Žagar is here with his sharp looking 1/72 Hobby Boss MiG-15bis.  Josip finished his MiG-15 in red with Czech markings.  Thanks for your kind words about ARC in your article Josip. 

Gabriel Kalfopoulos has been busy building his 1/350 YS Masterpieces SS Oregon.  This is a resin model with plenty of detail. 

Damir Stanzer is here with his 1/72 KP Avia B-33 in Czech markings.  Damir added detail to many areas on his B-33 model to bring up the detail level to a higher stand. 

Thanos Mentzelopoulos is here with a taste of Greek Armour.  This is his 1/36 AFV Club M-48A5 in a diorama complete with mud and weathering on a  diorama base that brings this model to life. 

Petr Kácal is back again today with his 1/72 Academy P-47D Thunderbolt "Bubble top".  Petr added scratchbuilt detailing as well as an aftermarket canopy and decals to complete his Free French P-47 with a very nice bare metal finish.

Peter Athanasopoulos is a well known modeller here on ARC and this is his 1/48 Academy T-33A.  I am very impressed how well this T-33 looks.....I know you'll enjoy seeing it.

Harris Charalambous finishes off this massive update with his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C.  Harris converted his F-16 to a Greek airforce block 30 and then finished it off with a perfect weathered paint job.  It doesn't get any better than this.

Monday,   Oct 27  2008

  Saint Vincent and the Grenaidines Independence Day 

  Turkmenistan National Day 

  Ecuadorian Airforce Day 

This weeks Twobobs Newsletter is up.  Bob has some more pics of the upcoming Tiffie and Draken sheets as well as the new F-16 Vista sheet. 

Kelly Green (kellyf15) fires up your Monday update with his fine looking 1/48 Hasegawa F-4N VF-151.  Kelly finished his Phantom in those earlier colorful markings that look so sharp on the Phantom.

Jason Brewer has done an absolutely outstanding job on his 1/32 Tamiya A6M5 Zero.  The Tamiya Zero is a great kit and in the skilled patient hands of a modeller like Jason this kit shine like a diamond.  Grab a hot drink and sit back and enjoy the photos.

Robert Chavez is here with his first submission on ARC.  This is Robert's 1/72 Academy MiG-27 Flogger-D done up in a very fine looking camo pattern with Soviet markings.  A very nice looking MiG-27 Robert....welcome to ARC!!!

TK Yeo joins us with his award winning 1/48 Hobbycraft Sea Fury.  TK kept very busy scratchbuilding the wingfold on this Sea Fury and finished it off with a subtle but very effective weathering job.  No doubt about it, folded wings look great.  

I have a preview of the new 1/48 F/A-18C Werewolves of Beaufort decal sheet from from from Twobobs Aviation Graphics.   This sheet includes enough markings for three complete aircraft from VMFA-122.            


Mark Littrell is here with a very indepth inbox review of the 1/72 Academy F/A-18C Hornet. 

Sunday,    Oct 26  2008

  Austria National Day 

Zafer Yilmaz has done an outstanding job getting the details right on his 1/32 Revell He 162A-2.  Zafer added some seat belts from Eduard that really dressed up the cockpit then he finished it off with aftermarket decals.

Maciej Poniatowski is here with his first article on ARC.  He has done a marvelous job detailing and finishing his 1/72 Matchbox Hawker Tempest Mk.II including a vac-formed canopy and Eduard set in the cockpit.. 

Saturday,   Oct 25  2008

Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war

No update today.....I'm still sorting out some computer problems.  I'll have them sorted before the Sunday update.

Friday,   Oct 24  2008

  Zambia Independence Day 

I've had some computer problems I had to sort, which delayed the update today.

Alan Williamson begins today with his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109G-14.  Alan chose the ever popular winter camo for his 109 and finished it off with his usual skillful weathering. 

David Horn has done an exceptionally nice job super detailing his 1/48 Hasegawa F-16D Block 42.  This is a very special bird and David used a combination of scratchbuilt details and aftermarket goodies to get his F-16 looking right. 

Pete Malaguti has done something I've never seen before.  He created a 1/48 Lunar Module cutaway by basically scratchbuilding everything.....then loading scratchbuilt detailing everywhere.......wow.....I'd love to see this one in person. 

Shawn "Phantom" Weiler is here with something a bit different today.  This is his 1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair VA-86 Sidewinders CAG bird with a black Box cockpit to complete this great looking Corsair II.

Thursday,   Oct 23  2008 
Serge Dompierre begins your Thursday update with his 1/48 Monogram T-28 D Trojan.  Serge built trainer out of the box with the addition of some weapons.  Serge's trainer shows how well these Monogram kits look when built by a skilled modeller. 

Sten Arne B Brunsby has done an outstanding job detailing and converting his 1/48 TamiyaF-16 AM M5 80-3660.  The conversion and detailing is well explained in this article to help you create your own Royal Norwegian AF Viper complete with all the detail to make this model stand out.  

Mark L. Rossmann has done a fine job building his 1/48 Revell F4U-5 Corsair.  Mark added some history about the Corsair in his article.  He chose to build a Korean war era Corsair from Glenview NAS. 

Busolini Massimo is here with his beautiful 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II.  Busolini uses a very effective weathering technique that involves painting the model flat back as a bases for the camo colours.  This is similar to panel line pre-shading.....but slightly different and well worth reading about. to

Here is a preview of the new 1/48 F-16C Wisconsin 60th Anniversary Dairyland Vipers decal sheet from Twobobs Aviation Graphics.  This is the Monster Wisconsin ANG sheet that features their 60th Anniversary jet as the signature A/C.

I have a review of the new 1/48 P-47 Thunderbolts Part 1 decal sheet from Barracudacals.  This new decal sheet includes markings for 3 different P-47 Thunderbolts with noseart.  Please note their website is not set up yet.

I have a review of the new  1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt Square-Backed Seats (with harness) from UltracastYou get 2 seats in this set.

Wednesday,   Oct 22  2008 
Erkin Bora starts today with his 1/144 Revell Boeing 737-800.  I've got a soft spot for the bright colours of the South African flag, so this airliner brings a grin to my face.  Erkin did some scratchbuilding to get the details correct.  

Mark Jahsan has not the best opinion of the 1/48 Fonderie Miniatures Dornier Do-24.  But it is a rare plane and in the hands of a skilled and determined modeler like Mark, it does build up into a big impressive model as you'll see in Mark's photos. 

Istvan Zoldag put much effort into his 1/48 Academy Mig-29B Fulcrum.  Istvan added many detail items including a resin cockpit and resin exhaust and much more to create this great looking MiG.  I love how good the cockpit looks.

Marko Skukan is here with his stunning 1/48 Hasegawa Apache AH-64D-I Saraf.  Grab a coffee or cup of tea and check this one out during your coffee break.....the photos are stunning.  Marko added resin and decals from Isradecals and finished it off in the Israeli camo I like so much. 

I have a preview of the new 1/48 A-10A Philadelphia Freedom decal sheet from Twobobs Aviation Graphics.  This sheet covers a very wide time span of the 103rd FS from the Pennsylvania ANG, 1997-2008.

I have a review of the new 1/72 P-3C, F-47D, F-15C, F-4E, OV-10D & TBF-1C decal sheet from Wolfpak Decals This new decal sheet includes markings for 7 different aircraft including a P-3C, EP-3J, F-47D, F-15C, F-4E, OV-10D & TBF-1C.  The F-15 was flown by my friend Murph, which is totally cool to see his jet on a decal sheet.

Tuesday,   Oct 21  2008

  Somalia National Day  

  Trafalgar Day - Royal Navy Anniversary 

No update today.  I spent long hours on Monday doing stuff behind the scenes on ARC.

Monday,   Oct 20  2008 
This weeks Twobobs Newsletter is up.  Bob gives you a look at the F-16 Vista sheet as well as  his new 1/48 EF-2000 Typhoon decal sheet as well as the EF-2000 Italia Tifone sheet in 1/48.  Plus more news.

Alan Purusram tackled the big 1/32 Revell Tornado ECR with great success using Paragon resin detail items and this great looking Tiger Meet paint scheme.  Alan also explains the tricks to building this kit. 

CHAS joins us today with this 1/72 Italeri SH-60.  CHAS added scratchbuilt details to the interior and exterior and finished it off in the markings for the Taiwan Navy.  This one looks perfect.

Dan McWilliams is here with another Starfighter.  This is Dan's 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104 done up as his Dad's plane.  Dan explains what is needed to correctly build a Canadian Starfighter.  For decals, Dan used a Leading Edge Decal sheet. 

Matías Hagen has been very bust building gettign thing correct in his 1/72 scratchbuilt BFW/Messerschmitt M-21a (1928).  Have a close look at the custom rig Matías used to line up the wings on this little bi-plane.   

I have a preview of the 1/48 F-105D Wrap Around Thuds decal sheet from Twobobs Aviation Graphics.  This sheet features three complete sets of markings for the famous wrap-around schemes from Hill AFB.  My Karma, Stardust and Desert Fox are all represented on this sheet.


I have a review of the new 1/48 Italian Aces decal sheet from Stormo Decals.  This new decal sheet includes markings for six different 1/48 Italian fighters from WW2 in a variety of paint schemes.  

Floyd S. Werner, Jr. is here with a review of the Wings of the Black Cross- Number Five book. 


Sunday,   Oct 19  2008 
John Smalbrugge joins us today with his 1/32 Dragon P-51D.  I saw this Mustang at a recent show and it was a treat to behold with it's photo-etched cockpit detail and bare metal finish with "City of Winnipeg Sqdn" markings.  

George Ruscoff is here to bring a smile to you face with one of the most colourful paitn schemes worn by a Canadian CF-18.  This is his 1/144 Revell CAF Hornet and I saw this at a recent model show and it is a shape looking little jet.

Saturday,    Oct 18  2008 
Chuang Xue Qian begins your Saturday update with his "What if" 1/48 Hasegawa F-16CJ.  This is part 2 in a series of articles devoted to the RSAF F-16.  Chuang Xue Qian has added a full weapons load and done plenty of detailing including RBF tags to complete this great looking F-16.

Tigre del Aire has done extensive work converting this civilian 1/72 Italeri Junkers 52 into the military version.  This project required plenty of research and scratchbuilding.  And one creative design feature is a removable roof to show off all the cabin detail. 

Friday,   Oct 17  2008 
Progress on new ARC Air site.  I'm pleased to report I have begun moving the 12,000 articles and walkarounds into the new database.  This process includes a fair degree of work (double checking and repairing articles....missing pics and text etc) and only about 9 or 10 articles can be done per hour.  Needless to say this process will take many months this winter.  The programmers are continuing to complete the program for the new site.

Carmel J Attard starts off today with his 1/72 Israeli Air Force.  Carmel actually captured quite the variety of aircraft and paint schemes.  I know you're going to enjoy seeing these. 

Federico Kunz has been having fun building this exceptional 1/48 Tamiya Nakajima A6M2 N Type 2 (Rufe).  I've always had a passion for float planes and Federico did a perfect job building and weathering  his Rufe.

Chuang Xue Qian has gotten everything looking just right with this 1/72 Academy F-15E Strike Eagle.  This F-15 has a full weapons load and the technique used for darkening and weathering the panels lines is easy and very effective. 

Thomas Neuss is here with his 1/35 Trumpeter Chinook HC.1 finished off as a British Chinook from Operation Grandby.  Thomas did plenty of extra detailing and corrections on his Chinook and finished it off in desert camo on a desert diorama base. 


I have a preview of a re-release of the 1/48 Saab AJ/JA-37 Viggen decal sheet from Twobobs Aviation GraphicsThis sheet features 3 different Viggens.


Thursday,   Oct 16  2008 
Phillip Steele gets things started today with his classic 1/48 Monogram F-106.  Phillip built this one mostly out of the box and then added some bare metal foil to the intakes and exhaust for added realism.

Tuan Tonthat is here with something different today.  This is his 1/32 Trumpeter F8F-1 Bearcat model in a very well done bare metal finish and posed as a static aircraft display of a retired South VN Air Force.  This bearcat is also accompanied by a scooter and jeep for added effect.

Duan is here with a plane I always find interesting.  This is the 1/72 Academy Messerschmitt Me-163B finished very well with darkened panel line.  Duan airbrushed some of the markings to complete the look and also has a helpful tip for applying decals. 

Lorenzo Cassinadri is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa P-47D-27 Thunderbolt.  Lorenzo added everything I enjoy about these WW2 fighters....D-Day stripes and sexy noseart.  Lorenzo paid much attention to detail including touching up the noseart to make "Angie" look more sexy as well as doing so much more with fantastic results.  

Wednesday,   Oct 15  2008 

Tigre del Aire is here from Colombia with his memories of Jimmy Gálvez,.  this is his article entitled "A friend who goes first: Jimmy Gálvez, IPMS Guayaqui`s President"


Alan Williamson is here with something that always looks good.   This is his 1/48 Tamiya Bf-109E-4/7 Trop finished off with a weathered paint chipped paint job on a desert diorama base complete with figure and a Kubelwagen. 

Tejo Damai Santoso is here with his first article on ARC.  This is his 1/72 Condor MiG-21UM Mongol finished in a silver finish with panels in different shades of silver to add realism.  I'm very impressed how well this MiG-21 looks and I hope to see more of Tejo's models on ARC in the future. Welcome to ARC Tejo!!!   

Rafi Ben-Shahar took on the challenge of the limited run 1/48 Classic Airframes Blenheim IV.  Rafi found this kit challenging, but he persisted and turned out a very fine looking Blenheim IV.

Istvan Zoldag joins us here on ARC with his first article.  This is his 1/72 Italeri A-10A Thunderbolt II complete in the classic A-10 camo and I must say the finished kit looks very good including the cockpit.  Welcome to ARC Istvan!!!  I look forward to seeing more of your models on ARC. 

I have a preview of the new 1/72 F/A-18C Werewolves of Beaufort decal sheet from Twobobs Aviation Graphics.  This sheet features enough markings for three complete aircraft from VMFA-122.  VMFA-122 has just recently changed their monicker from the Crusaders to the Werewolves and they have some new tail art to kick it all off!

Zactomodels has a new set of resin 1/32 MiG-29K/M Exhausts.  I'm eagerly awaiting by my mailbox for the review sample to arrive, but until then you can see the set on their site.  These are designed for the 1/32 Trumpeter MiG-29 kit.

Floyd S. Werner, Jr. is here with a review of the new Kagero-Messerschmitt Bf-109E- Vol. I book

Tuesday,   Oct 14  2008

  Anniversary of X-1 Supersonic Flight - Oct 14 1947 

I was very saddened to hear my close friend Jimmy Galvez had a sudden heart attack this past weekend at the XXIII National Contest in Guayaquil, Ecuador.  The show was cancelled on the spot.  Jimmy and I originally met at the Atlanta Nationals in 2005.....click the link to read more about Jimmy....he will be missed very much. 

Serge Dompierre is here with 1/48 Hobbycraft Mig-17.  Serge finished off this good looking MiG in the markings for the famous pilot Colonel NguyenToon with the North Vietnamese Air Force. 

Claudio Moncada is here with a very well done 1/72 Revell P-47D ThunderboltClaudio found this kit to be very easy to build and it was given a bare metal finish complete with careful weathering and tinting.   

John Lingwood deserves a round of applause for the job he did on his 1/144 Revell Harrier AV8B.  John put plenty of effort into his tiny Harrier and I must say it came out looking GREAT!!!   

Bob Herbert has put quite a bit of effort into his 1/48 Tamiya A1-H Skyraider.  Bob detailed the cockpit and added a full weapons load and markings with artwork and finished it off with weathering to complete the look.   

I have a review of the new 1/72 F-105D Wrap Around Thuds decal sheet from Twobobs Aviation Graphics This sheet features three complete sets of markings for the famous wrap-around schemes from Hill AFB.  My Karma, Stardust and Desert Fox are all represented on this sheet.   

I have a review of the new 1/48 MAW Hornets Part III decal sheet from MAW Decals.  This new decal sheet includes markings for 4 different 1/48 F/A-18D's including 3 different USMC Squadrons including 2 with hi-viz markings as well as 2 line jets.    

Gabriel Stern is here with a review if a new book by Paolo Miana called "L'ala di gabbiano con la finezza di uno Stradivario" ("Seagull wing with the finesse of a Stradivarius"). 

Monday,   Oct 13  2008

 US Navy's birthday 

No update today.  Sunday was Thanksgiving here in Canada and then in the evening we had a massive electrical black out that affected a few cities in my area (including my own city) and left us without power, which made working on today's update rather difficult. 

Sunday,   Oct 12  2008

Bali Bombing Terrorist Bombing in Nightclub Bali, Indonesia (2002)

 Spain National Day 

 Equatorial Guinea National Day 

  Canada Thanksgiving Day - Happy Turkey Day Everyone  

Ray Hemenway has dropped by today with his big 1/32 Revell BF-109G6.  Not only did Ray get his 109 looking top notch but he displayed it on a nicely done diorama base complete with figures he modified to look correct with this 109.

Oliver Weston is here with with something quite unique.  This is his 1/72 KP Yakovlev Yak-23 with civilian registration.  Oliver tells the whole story behind the Yak-23 and why his sharp looking model has civilian registration numbers. 

Saturday,    Oct 11  2008 
Dan McWilliams has a passion for the F-5 and today he something a bit different.  this is his is 1/48 Revell F-5E Tiger II finished off in Swiss air Force markings.  Dan has very high regards for this Revell kit.

Gabriel Stern is here to show you the wonders of aviation design from 1935.  this is his Scratch-built 1/72 Mc Gaffey AV8 Aviate and I must admit I am quite impressed by this one........no straight parts on the whole model.  Gabriel's article tells the whole story of this cute little aircraft.

Friday,   Oct 10  2008

  Fiji National Day 

  Republic of China National Day 

I've added a link to PLATZ Co.,LTD in Japan http://www.platz-hobby.com/ They focus heavily on 1/144 aircraft kits, decals and photo etched parts although they do offer products in other scales.

Dragan Cvetic starts your Friday update with his nicely done 1/72 Italeri Hawk T.1.  Dragan did add extra details to dress up the 2 seat cockpit and finished it off in attractive 2 tone green camo made from custom mixed paints.  

Helinton Luis Costa has been busy building 2 Buffalo models  These are the 1/72 Hasegawa Brewster F2A-2 & Airfix Model 339E finished off in American and RAAF markings complete with weathering and other subtle work to bring the models to life. 

Oliver Weston is adding to his Cold War collection with his 1/72 Cooperativa Sukhoi SU-9B.  Oliver finished his Su-9 in a silver bare metal finish and completed it with Soviet markings.

Warren Osborne is here with his BIG 1/24 Heller JU87 B2 Stuka.  This is the classic Airfix kit which Warren airbrushed free hand in that very effective desert camo.  He  finished off the faded paint scheme with weathering and paint chipping.

Thursday,   Oct 9  2008

  Uganda Independence Day 

Here's the latest Hot Babe of the Week! photos from Twobobs These Eurofighter photos were taken by Wally Van Winkle. 

I've added a link to Stormo Decals to the ARC Manufacturers links page.  They focus on decals for mostly Italian aircraft.  So if you're into those complicated Italian camo schemes from WW2, then you should check them out.

Burt Gustafson gets things going today with his sharp looking 1/72 Hasegawa F-14B Tomcat.  Burt gave his F-14 a full weapons load to give it some teeth and finished it off in Jolly Rogers Final Cruise markings.  I never tire seeing Jolly Rogers F-14's......beautifully done Burt.

Rafi Ben-Shahar has done a wonderful job weathering his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures SB2U-3 Vindicator.  Rafi found this kit to be less of a joy to build than the other Accurate Miniatures kits, but he still turned out a darn fine looking Vindicator with all the careful weathering Rafi is well known for.

Paolo Yuen is here with something different today.  This is his 1/700 Hasegawa Akagi done up with a full load of planes and extra detail include tiny crew members.  This carrier was part of the Pearl Harbor attack and was sunk in the Battle of Midway. 

Leonard Prakasam is here with his article honouring the Indian Air Force.  This is Leonard's 1/48 Academy Mig-21MF dressed up with an Aires resin cockpit and scratchbuilt details and finished it off with a great looking camo scheme and Indian Air Force markings.  Originally posted yesterday, but was added to the update later in the day.

Wednesday,   Oct 8  2008

  Croatia Independence Day 

  India - Indian Air Force Day 

Billy Crisler  is here with a Press Release about the latest edition of Aerospace Modeler Magazine. 

Leonard Prakasam starts today's special update with his article honouring the Indian Air Force.  This is Leonard's 1/48 Academy Mig-21MF dressed up with an Aires resin cockpit and scratchbuilt details and finished it off with a great looking camo scheme and Indian Air Force markings. 

Paul Mortimer is here with his first article on ARC.  Paul calls this article Finally got some finished! and I think you can figure out what it's about.  Paul has included photos of his Spitfire, Rafale, P-47, Typhoon and his Wellington.  Paul is an accomplished modeller and he's added extra details to his models.  Welcome to ARC Paul!!!

Carmel J Attard  is here with his 1/72 Hasegawa F-5, Matchbox F-14, KP Su-25 and COMA F-27 which are all finished in Iranian markings in the desert camo.  Carmel has quite the selection here and there's no denying the fact these all look great.

Frank Daniels has put much effort into adding scratchbuilt detail to his 1/48 DML Fokker E.V.  You've got to have a close look at the laminated wooden prop and the scratchbuilding in the cockpit is a work of art.

Arifdhani has been busy rescribing the panel lines on his excellent looking 1/48 SMER Mig-17.  Arifdhani finished off this bare metal MiG-17 in the markings of the Indonesian Air Force with a full weapons load.

Tuesday,   Oct 7  2008 
I'm excited to be able to show you the first images for 2 new decal sheets with noseart from Zotz Decals.

The first sheet is the 1/48 & 1/72 Italian F-16 Vipers decal sheet.

The second sheet is the 1/48 & 1/72 Libby Gals Part 4 with plenty of noseart including one plane with sexy nose art and another plane with all your favourite comic book characters including Catwoman.  


Monday,   Oct 6  2008 
This weeks Twobobs Newsletter is up.   Bob has a huge selection of info on his October releases and a peek at the decals sheets for the 1/48 NF-16D Vista and the new 1/48 EF-2000 Typhoon sheet. 

Kin Wong starts off today with his Hasegawa FW-190 Eggplane.  Kin didn't just build an Eggplane....he added a motor to the nose to run the propeller and finished it off in the markings for "Lucky 13".   

José Alvarez is here today to honor the memory of the victims of a tragic plane crash.  This is his 1/96 Glencoe "SAETA Ecuador" 1970s Vickers Viscount in the markings of the actual airliner involved in the crash.  José tells the whole story and describes all the work to make this very realistic looking airliner.     

Shawn "Phantom" Weiler has a passion for the Avro Arrow and today he is here with his 1/48 Hobbycraft CF-105 Avro Arrow.  Shawn tells some of the story behind the Avro Arrow and then explains some of the short comings of this kit.  Shawn still turned out a finely down model of Avro Arrow #205.   

Daniele Dotti is here with something different today.  This is the 1/72 Italeri RQ-1 Predator finished in Italian markings. Daniele added some extra details to make this Predator more accurate.   

Sunday,   Oct 5  2008 
Don Bryans is here with a very special 1/72 Revell Handley-Page Halifax.  This aircraft crashed on a mission during WW2 and Don has placed a small piece of the original aircraft in his model.  The nose is the Aeroclub 'Z' nose and Don has made it possible to swap the nose with another version.  

Arifdhani has done an exceptionally nice job on his 1/48 Academy SU-30.  Arifdhani  did a very fine job shading the panel lines.  The markings are from HI-decal and this Su-30 wears the markings for the Indonesian Air Force. 

Saturday,    Oct 4  2008

  Lesotho National Day 

Dan Hamilton kicks off today's update with his article entitled Thunderbird Support: The 1950's.  Dan has included a 1/72 Thunderbird car with his 2 Thunderbird aircraft for quite the creative collection of models.  Very cool Dan!!!

Steve Eggers has added extra detail to his very nicely done 1/32 Testors YF-22 Advanced Technology Fighter Steve dressed up the cockpit with scratchbuilt detail and then finished his prototype with markings from a Twobobs sheet.  This is YF-22 is big!!!

Friday,   Oct 3  2008

  Germany National Day 

Gabriel Stern is here with a milestone.  This is his 100th article on the Internet.  This is his Scratch-built 1/72 Arnoux Simplex Racer -1922 which is an odd little plane  and I know you'll get a kick out of seeing it.   

Dan McWilliams dropped by today with his 1/48 Fujimi CF-5D.  Dan knows this jet from first hand experience and he put some very successful effort into creating this bare metal beauty with added cockpit detail.   

Mark L. Rossmann has taken an older model of the 1/48 Monogram B-25J-11 and redone the markings from a sheet he had in his collection.  Mark picked a B-25 loaded with gun from 1945 with very nice results.   

Dragan Cvetic is here with his 1/72 Italeri MiG-23 ML.  Dragon added extra cockpit detail and rescribed the panel lines and finished it off in Yugoslavian markings with quite the sharp looking 3 colour camo scheme.  

Thursday,   Oct 2  2008

  Guinea Independence Day 

Dan Radford is here for the first time today with his 1/72 Shackleton MR Mk2.  Dan added scratchbuilt detail, aftermarket photo etch and even made his own decals to produce this excellent looking model of an aircraft flown by his Uncle.  Welcome to ARC Dan!!!   

Thierry JACQUES has been busy building two 1/72 N.A F86K  Sabredogs in French service.  One of these is the Special Hobby kit and the other is built with the Model Art conversion kit.  You've got to have a look at the realistic weathering on these models    Thierry got everything perfect.

Tigre del Aire has been busy building his scratchbuilt Armed Kayaba Ka-Go.  This is a what-if model of this Japanese aircraft as it would have appeared in German service.   

KNES Armin has been busy getting things right on his 1/48 Academy MiG-21PF.  Armin built this kit before and this time around he knew what to do to get it looking just right.   

Wednesday,   Oct 1  2008

  People's Republic of China National Day 

  Cyprus Independence Day 

  Nigeria Independence Day 

Here's the latest Hot Babe of the Week! photos from TwobobsThese F-16 Vista jet photos were taken by Bob Sanchez himself.  Way to go Bob!!!. 

Serge Dompierre begins today with his very cool looking 1/48 Monogram Mig-15.  Serge finished it off in the colourful paint scheme of the Peoples Republic of China's aerobatic team at Nankin in 1958.  

Paolo Yuen has been busy building the detail rich 1/48 Eduard BF-110C.  As you'll see in Paolo's photos.....this Eduard kit builds into a very fine looking Bf-110.   

Fabrice "Eliminator" MICHEL is a big Tomcat fan and today he is here with 4 of his 1/32 Tamiya F-14As and F-14Ds.  Fabrice has a good selection of F-14's in his article and all with resin detail parts.   

Phillip Steele is here with his very delicate little 1/72 Hasegawa Kawanishi Type 94-1 (Alf).  Phillip used different shades of aluminum paint and careful weathering to add realism to his bi-plane float plane.      

Thanos Mentzelopoulos is here with part 1 of his article on the recent1st "Hel.Mo." Model Show 2008.  This part of the article contains photos of  Aircraft, Armour, Diorama models and general model show photos.

Thanos Mentzelopoulos is here with part 2 of his article on the recent 1st "Hel.Mo." Model Show 2008.  This part of the article contains photos of  Figure, Ship and Auto models.