| Friday,
Nov 6 2009 ARC ticked over 60
millions hits to the homepage yesterday |
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
is here with some photos of the ship models from the recent XII Master Hobby
Show.
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
is here with some photos of the figure
models from the recent XII Master Hobby
Show.
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
is here with some photos of the
vehicles models from the recent
XII Master Hobby Show.
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
is here with some photos of the space and
science-fiction models (mostly paper models) from the recent XII Master Hobby
Show. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
MiG-29A Sensing Units from
QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
SAAB 37 Viggen landing gear, main and nose from Maestro Models
Conversions and available from
Rebell
Hobby.
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| Thursday,
Nov 5
2009 |
 Guy
Fawkes Day
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Eduardo Arguijo
joins us from Guatemala
with his big beautiful
1/72 Trumpeter Tu-16K Badger. Eduardo
finished his Badger in a baremetal finish complete with
shading and weathering to get the look just right.
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Hal Marshman Sr. is
here with one of his gem. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa
Bf-109F-4 in the markings for Josef "Pips" Priller,
JG-26, France, 1941. Hal has built more than a few 109's
and this article tells you all the tricks as well as all the items
Hal scratchbuilt to create his 109. I found his article quite
informative and helpful.
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Marcel W. Hohl has
been busy for 2 years detailing his 1/32 Tamiya F-15E. And
his effort has been rewarded with a Strike Eagle that would be an
honored center piece in any display cabinet. This F-15 is
loaded with aftermarket goodies and plenty of careful work.
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Doug Fede is
here with his beautifully done 1/48 Eduard P-40N Flying Tiger.
Doug chose the markings for a different flying Tiger.....this
P-40 N Flying Tiger in Taiwanese markings was flown by the Chinese
Ace Wang Kwang Fu. He scored 6.5 kills against the Japanese
during WWII.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka control surfaces from
Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/32
Vympel R-73 - AA-11 Archer missile from
Zactomodels.
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| Wednesday,
Nov 4 2009 |
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IKE is here for the
first time today with an article on ARC. IKE has gone to great
lengths to super detail this 1/144 Revell F-14 Tomcat.
This work includes a resin ejection seat, open airbrake, dropped
flaps and blinking LEDs to light up the engine exhausts.
Remember....this is 1/144!!! Amazing!!! Welcome to ARC
IKE!!!
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Danny Dinh
has been very busy improving and added additional detail to this 1/48 Monogram U-17
Skywagon. This is a psychological warfare airplane with a
speaker and a leaflet box in the markings for the 110th
Observation Squadron of the South Vietnamese Air Force.
Definitely a neat little aircraft.
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"dj"
has done a
marvelous job building and detailing his 1/48
Revell/Monogram A-10 Thunderbolt II. "dj" used
the Black Box cockpit set to dress up the cockpit and finished his
A-10 in Twobobs
Decals Warthog markings complete with a Warthog mouth on the
nose.
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David Rapasi has
done a flawless job on his big 1/32 Hasegawa Fw-190 D9.
David gave his Dora a beautifully done camo job with weathering and
finished it off with markings from EagleCals # 58 decals.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Hurricane External Fuel Tank from
QuickBoost.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
Messerschmitt Bf-109V-13/V-14 Air racers and Record Setters
Conversion set from
Werner's
Wings.
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| Tuesday,
Nov 3
2009 |
Panama Independence Day
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Paul S Teixeira
begins today's update with his detail rich 1/700 Dragon USS Antietam CV-36.
Wow.....this diorama is loaded with detail. Grab a hot drink
and sit back and enjoy.
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Stefan Otto
is here with his 1/48 Academy P-40C Tomahawk in a desert
camo scheme that I always enjoy seeing. Stefan went with the
South African Air Force markings and camo for the North African
campaign during World War 2 to finish his good looking P-40.
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Paul Nortness
has done a gorgeous job building and weathering his big
1/32 Revell F-15C. Paul chose to finish his F-15 in the
markings and camo for a Desert Storm bird that scored 3 kills.
Read his article for the full story.
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Zac Yates
spent a weekend scratchbuilding his tiny 1/48 Bensen B8M Gyrocopter.
Bit and pieces for this model came from many kits and a picture
of the real 1/1 aircraft is included in his article. Prety
cool little model.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
B-1B Dakota Back Bone decal sheet from Twobobs
Aviation Graphics.
This sheet features up to date nose art and markings for seven B-1B
aircraft from Ellsworth AFB. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F-117A Nighthawk cockpit set from
Aires.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
F7F-3N Marine Nightfighters Pt.1 decal sheet from
Starfighter
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 2 aircraft from
VMF(N)-531 ("Nuckle Head" & "Linda") and one
from VMF(N)-542. Insignia only 2 aircraft.
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| Monday,
Nov 2 2009 |
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Florin Silaghi
joins us for the time today on ARC with this stunning Gulf War 1/32 Revell Tornado GR Mk.1.
Florin added extra detail with seats from Paragon, interior
cockpit from Eduard, RBF form Airwaves, decals from Flightpath.
Beautiful work Florin.... welcome to ARC!!! I look forward to
seeing more of your work on ARC in the future.
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Serge Dompierre
has done a lovely job
building and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya F4U1-D Corsair.
Serge finished his Corsair in the markings for the famous VF-84
squadron onboard aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill in February
1945. His photos really set the scene for this Carrier
Corsair.
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Lee, Seok Joo
is here for the first time and I am a big fan of his modelling
skills. this is his 1/48 Academy Su-27 Flanker B dressed
up with some aftermarket goodies and then given an amazingly
realistic. Welcome to ARC Seok Joo....I look forward to seeing
more of your models on ARC in the future.
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Carmel J.Attard
is here with his sharp looking 1/72 Revell DC-3. Carmel
chose to finish his DC-3 in the livery of Swiss Airline after he did
a bit of work to his model. Carmel includes some informative
history on the DC-3 in his article.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
RAF/RN Pitot tube Mid from Hobby
Decal.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Hurricane de Havilland Propeller w/tool resin set from
QuickBoost.
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| Sunday, Nov 1
2009 |
Algeria - The Revolution Day of 1st November
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| Saturday,
Oct 31 2009 |
Happy Halloween!!!
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| Friday,
Oct 30 2009 |
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Here's
the latest Hot
Babe of the Week!
photos from Twobobs.
These F-16 photos were taken by Bob himself of
the ACAT/ERRP F-16 which is also the subject of an upcoming decal
sheet.
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Yufei Mao
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices in Shanghai, China with his
recently completed 1/72 ICM J-11A. The J-11A is
the Chinese license built version of the Su-27SK, but to give his
model the special anniversary markings required decals form more
than one source. I must say I DO like the way this one turned
out and it's good to see Chinese aircraft in special markings.
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Max Tollens Jr.
is here today with his latest airliner. this is his 1/144 Revell Germany Boeing 767
Conversion which was cut down from the 300 to be a 200 series
767. I must say I do like the look of the various baremetal
shades on this 767.......beautifully done Max.
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Donald Flynn aka
"crazydon" has done an impressive job on his 1/72 Tamiya Bf 109E-4.
This is a BOB 109 and Don captured the look perfectly on his
Emil. I love seeing BOB aircraft....thanks Don.
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I
have a product article for the new 1/48 F-16A MLU Falcon resin
cockpit set from Aires.
This set does include the IFF
"Bird Slicer" antennas along with a PE template to get the
IFF antennas installed in the correct location. How cool is
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I have a product
article for the new 1/32
MiG-29 Wheels and painting masks from
from
Zactomodels.
These are designed for the
Trumpeter kit but can be used on the Revell kit with a bit of
effort. |
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I
have a product article for the new 1/72
Boeing P-26 Peashooter Pt.3 decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals.
This decal sheet includes 4 aircraft with paint schemes and markings
that look more like brightly decorated aerobatic aircraft from the
air show circuit rather than military aircraft.
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| Thursday,
Oct 29
2009 |
Turkey Republic Day
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Gokhan Eren
starts this Turkish update with his spectacular 1/72 Italeri UH-1 D Turkish Army.
Gokhan added scratchbuilt detail to his Huey and then posed his
Huey in a diorama with a river and figures and ground work to
complete the scene. |
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Zafer Yilmaz
is
here with his first of two models for this special Turkish
update. This is his 1/72 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I with a
dressed up with some seatbelts in the cockpit and finished off in
Turkish Air force markings. |
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Baran Cakmak is
here with his very well detailed 1/72 PM Ho-229 A1 Horten. Even
though this is 1/72, Baran added extra details to get his flying
wing looking excellent. |
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Zafer Yilmaz
is
here with one of the more interesting 262's. This is his 1/72 Revell Me262B-1/U1
with the nightfighter radar on the nose. Zafer added
plenty of aftermarket detail to really dress up his 262. Very
nicely done Zafer. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
BAC Lightning Air Intake from QuickBoost. |
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
AH-1F "Last of the Army Cobras" decal sheet from Werner's
Wings. This
decal sheet includes markings for 14 different Cobras with a variety
of camo schemes and artwork and many have a sharks mouth as well.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/72
Rb04E attack missile for SAAB AJ37 Viggen by Maestro Models
Conversions and available from Rebell
Hobby.
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Giannis Doxas
starts this special update with his 1/48 Kinetic F-84F
Thunderstreak. Giannis added plenty of beautifully done
scratchbuilt and aftermarket detail and weathering to bring his
Hellenic Thunderstreak to life. |
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Zdeněk
Eliáš is here from the Czech Republic on the Czech National Day with
this cool looking 1/72
AZ Model HC-102 Heli Baby. This
is a limit run kit which when finished builds into an excellent
model of this rare little chopper. Zdeněk did a
wonderful job on it. |
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Yiannis Ladopoulos
spent 2 year off and on building and detailing his 1/72 Italeri F-84F.
Yiannis
scratchbuilt the cockpit and then gave it one of those great looking
Greek camo paint jobs to finish off his classic Hellenic jet. |
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Martin Hemingway
is here with a fascinating article about his exceptionally well
done 1/48 Tamiya Avro Lancaster 'Dambuster' and the real
aircraft it portrays. This aircraft has quite the interesting
story behind it. Martin add extra detailing be using Eduard PE
and then finished his Lanc in the markings for one of the aircraft
in the historic Dambuster raid.
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I have a product article for the new
1/48
Spitfire Mk. XIVe Cannon Barrels
from QuickBoost.
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Tuesday,
Oct
27 2009 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenaidines Independence Day
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Hal Marshman Sr.
gets things started today on the right note with his flawless
1/48 Tamiya Bf-109E. Hal has a talent for WW2 fighters and
this 109 includes all the tiny scratchbuilt details that make a
model stand out. The antenna wire is a ting of beauty and Hal
makes it sound so easy to do.
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David Wigley
has done a fabulous job detailing, finishing and weathering his
1/32 English Electric Lightning. This is a vac-u-formed
kit and David made sure all the critical areas were looking right
before he finished it off with a first class paint and
weathering job. His Lightning looks just like the real thing.
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Paul S Teixeira
has a passion for Naval trainer aircraft and you'll see that
when you view his
1/48 Naval Aviator Factory. I must admit I love the bright
colors of trainer and Paul has captured the bright colors and
weathering that makes his model such a treat to see.
Paul didn't start with the best or easiest kits, but that didn't
stop him from creating three gems. These are great looking
models.
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John A Thomas
is here with 2 action packed dioramas. These are his
Seaview and Flying Sub dioramas complete with each of the subs
bursting out of the water. Seeing these dioramas brings back
fond memories from when I watched this show as a kid. John's
technique for doing the water is simple to do and very effective.
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I have a product article
for the new 1/48
RAF/RN Pitot tube Long from Hobby
Decal |
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I have a
product article for the new 1/72
A-1H Skyraider (U.S.A.F.) wheels & masks from Aires |
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| Monday,
Oct 26
2009 |
Austria National Day
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob
is having a 25% off sale on all MAW and Zotz
decals while supplies last. Bob also has artwork for the
ACAT FRRP F-16D Block 50 is used by NASA/Dryden to develop both
ground collision and air-to-air collision technology. Check
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Eduardo Arguijo
dropped by
the ARC Corporate office in Guatemala
today with his
1/72 Fujimi A-6K.
Eduardo
built this beauty mostly out of the box with the addition of resin
seats. But you've got the check out the paint and weathering
job on his Intruder....spectacular.
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Mark L. Rossmann
did the necessary modifications to his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures
B-25D to create this great looking bomber. Mark used the
much loved and out of print Albatross decals “Dragons and tigers
and girls…oh my!” to give his B-25 some colorful markings to
really make it stand out.
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Oliver Peissl
is here today with his beautifully faded and weathered 1/48 HobbyBoss Mikojan Gurewitsch MiG-17F.
Oliver finished it off in Egyptian markings.
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Claudio Meunier
has a new book coming out about Aircraft flown by Argentine
pilots during WW2. Today he presents 4 colour profiles for
you to enjoy.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Hurricane External Fuel Tank set from QuickBoost. |
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I have a review of the new 1/32
Japanese Type 99 20mm Mark 2 gun barrels (4pcs) from Master.
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| Sunday, Oct 25
2009 |
Charge
of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war |
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| Saturday,
Oct 24
2009 |
Zambia Independence Day
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| Friday,
Oct 23 2009 |
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Michael Presley
is here with the
1/32 Williams Bros. Militarized GeeBee R-1 'Fossfighter' originally
built by the legendary Texan Buffalo George Toomer. Michael
performed a full restoration on this humorous model but read
Michael's article to get the full and very interesting story.
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Val Golez
is here from the Philippines with a very sharp looking 1/144 Revell F-14 D.
Val did a bit of improving on his Tomcat before giving it a
wonderful paint job with weathering and special markings which
include a sharks mouth. Very nicely done Val. |
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Scotty Diamond
has built this stunning
1/48 Tamiya Spitfire MkI for a friend. Scotty chose to
make it a BOB Spitfire and he added various bit of extra
scratchbuilt detailing as well as Eduard PE seatbelts before
weathering and chipping the paint and displaying it on a diorama
base with some ICM figures. Scotty has a very lucky friend to
have this model in his display case.
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FOXBORO
joins us with this excellent looking 1/72 Art Model YaK-36.
FOXBORO added a rivet detail to this Yak-36 before giving it a
flawless bare metal finish. This is a very cool looking jet. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Israeli Air Force F-15A/B/C/D Baz decal sheet from IsraDecal.
This decal sheet includes a choice
of markings for 23 different Isreali F-15s. |
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| Thursday,
Oct 22 2009 |
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Tom
Hanley joins us from Honolulu with his very well done 1/72 Hasegawa RB-47H
diorama. Tom combined the Hasegawa kit with the Flightpath
conversion set to complete his RB-47H. He then added figures
and equipment to his tarmac diorama to create his Cold War
scene. Tom has also written a book on this topic and you can
read about that in his article as well. |
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David Rapasi
joins us with his PTO 1/48 Tamiya F4U 1A Corsair. This
particular Corsair served with VMF 212 on Vella Lavella in late 1943
and Devid gave it a stunningly well done weathering job.
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Paolo Yuen
has done a beautiful job on his 1/72 Tamiya JAS-39C Gripen.
Paolo used the Pavla cockpit, Aires nozzle to added
further detail and then finished it off with Two Bobs decals. |
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Fabrizio Frassica
is here with something very special today. Here are 3 of his
1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109's in the markings for the
Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. One of these aircraft is a
model of one of only 3 K-4's used by the ANR during WW2. All 3
are beautifully finished and built OOB with the exception of the
decals. |
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F-8 Pitot Tube
from
Hobby
Decal.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Uncovered wheel splats
from
QuickBoost.
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"October is Breast
Cancer Awareness Month, so
why not participate by building a model for a contest that features
everything in Pink scheme
to show your support!
The
Small Shop has
teamed up with Hawkeye's
Hobbies, MidTenn Hobbies and Sprue
Brothers to
sponsor this contest to help raise awareness to this great cause.
The only rule, the model has to be painted 50% or better in PINK! Email
pictures of your entry to info@hawkeyeshobbies.com
Contest
entries must be received before Noon CST on October 28, 2009. The
judges will announce the Grand Prize Winner on October 31st here and
on the sponsor's websites.
Grand Prize! A $25.00 USD gift certificate
from each of the participating sponsors. That's $100.00 to help you
get stocked up for those winter projects! Hawkeye's Squawkbox will
be posting pictures of the entries as they arrive so get building
already! Did I mention it is FREE to
enter? I did now! ;0)
Other
sponsors wishing to support this event please contact Hawkeyes
Hobbies"
The
Small Shop will also be donating a portion of our sales for the
entire month of October to the
National Breast
Cancer Foundation. |
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My friend Paul Nortness
has his 1/32 Hasegawa F-16C for you to enjoy today.
Paul put plenty of effort into rescribing his Viper before giving it
a panel line wash and finishing it off with the Two
Bobs Golden State Griffins sheet. Nicely done Paul...I
LIKE it!!.
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Alejandro
"RUK" Rivas has done an
exceptionally nice job building and finishing his 1/48 Academy Republic P-47D-25.
Alejandro finished his P-47 in the markings for the Chilean Air
Force.
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Pierre Christian Baudru
is here with a very attractive looking 1/72 Eduard L-39 Albatros.
Pierre added some lovely detail to his Albatros using the PE
parts that came with the model.
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Rafi
Ben-Shahar has chosen a very cool looking camo for his 1/48 Classic Airframes'
S.M. 79/bis Sparviero. Rafi also modified his S.M. 79 and
added Eduard photoetch parts were added to enhance the undersides
including the torpedo racks. I REALLY like the look of the
camo on this one..
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I have a review of the new 1/48
A-10A Thunderbolt II wheel bay set from Aires
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Boeing P-26A Peashooter USAAC Pt.1 decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals |
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| Tuesday,
Oct 20 2009 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter
is up. The Buckeye kit has a firm release date later this
month. Bob also has some new and images about the upcoming
sheets including the Saudi F-15's and a colourful
Buckeye sheet featuring USN and forign markings all on one
sheet. Check out the Newsletter for all the details. |
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Konley Kelley
is famous on ARC for posing his models in digital artwork.
Today he is here with his 1/48 Monogram AT-6 Texan and
he also includes photos of his digital 3D
airfield. Pretty cool Konley.
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Karl Holubar
has been very busy adding scratchbuilt detail as well as
aftermarket goodies to finish his sharp looking 1/32 Revell Ju 88 C-2 conversion.
Karl provides a link to see 350 photos of the build
process. WOW!!! Karl went to extreme lengths to detail
his Ju-88.
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Burt Gustafson
is here with something you don't see that often on ARC.
This is his great looking 1/72 Hasegawa EKA-3B Skywarrior finished
in the markings for VAQ-130 "Zappers", U.S. Navy, June
1972. It's good to see another Skywarrior on ARC.
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Jason Wolfe
is here with his stunning 1/72 Italeri HH-60J Jayhawk using
the Fireball
Modelworks HH-60J resin conversion set, plus some details from the
Eduard SH-60B photoetch set.
Jason had a disaster the first time he attempted this kit including
an Xacto knife injury. But he bought another set and kit and
gave it another go with spectacular results.
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Czech National Day 
Greece National Day 
Turkmenistan National Day 
Ecuadorian Airforce Day 
Somalia National Day 
Trafalgar Day - Royal Navy Anniversary 