From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "Nicholas Moore" References: <111652.93143.qm@web96001.mail.aue.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Hi Steve - product article for Hasegawa A-4 Top Gun follows... Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:46:41 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A4_01CB8E31.2779DA70" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01CB8E31.2779DA70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = again for sending it in. Steve Bamford ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center http://www.arcair.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Nicholas Moore=20 To: submissions@arcair.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:41 AM Subject: Hi Steve - product article for Hasegawa A-4 Top Gun = follows... Hasegawa =20 1/48 A-4E Skyhawk "Top Gun" Ltd. =20 HSG09926 from HobbyLink Japan http://www.hlj.com/ =20 Product article by Nick Moore =20 Hasegawa have brought out their 1/48 A-4E kit in =E2=80=9CTop = Gun=E2=80=9D colours. This great looking aircraft is well suited to the = colourful paintjob and clean airframe of an aggressor fighter and = Hasegawa=E2=80=99s A-4 is a quality kit. =20 There are some stand-out features on the kit. Engraved and = raised surface detail on wings and fuse is very clean and restrained. = The undercarriage bays contain as much detail as anyone could reasonably = ask for in one piece injection molded plastic parts. Control surfaces = have not been provided as separate pieces but are so well defined at = their connections to the main planes, vertical and horizontal = stabilisers they appear separate - the rudder is particularly crisp. The = inner surfaces of the air brakes are pretty nicely done for plastic. The = padded cockpit interior shows nice depth to its finish. Yeah = it=E2=80=99s nice work=E2=80=A6 =20 You get just two marking options for the Fighter Weapons School = in this kit but of course there are more decal options out there in the = market. But these box ones do look pretty hot: =20 a.. No.55 BuNo 151095 of Lt Michell =E2=80=9CMick=E2=80=9D in = green, tan and sand.=20 b.. No.56 BuNo 150023 of Lt Mark Jackson = =E2=80=9CAction=E2=80=9D in gray and gray/blue.. =20 Ok so nothing new in plastic and just a few new decals and a = nice photo in place of actual box art but still=E2=80=A6how can you go = wrong by buying a model of this beautiful plane?=20 =20 This kit can be purchased here: = http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG09926 =20 My thanks to HobbyLink Japan (http://www..hlj.com/) for = providing this review sample. =20 Nick Moore 16 November 2010 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01CB8E31.2779DA70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know = your article=20 went on ARC today. Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft = Resource=20 Center
http://www.arcair.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love = like you've=20 never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like = nobody's=20 watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on=20 Earth.

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From:=20 Nicholas=20 Moore

To: submissions@arcair.com =

Sent: Tuesday, November 16, = 2010 12:41=20 AM

Subject: Hi Steve - product = article for=20 Hasegawa A-4 Top Gun follows...

Hasegawa

1/48 A-4E = Skyhawk "Top=20 Gun" Ltd.

HSG09926 = from HobbyLink = Japan http://www.hlj.com/

Product = article by Nick=20 Moore

Hasegawa have brought out = their 1/48 A-4E=20 kit in =E2=80=9CTop Gun=E2=80=9D colours. This great looking = aircraft is well suited to=20 the colourful paintjob and clean airframe of an aggressor = fighter and=20 Hasegawa=E2=80=99s A-4 is a quality kit.

There are some stand-out = features on the=20 kit. Engraved and raised surface detail on wings and fuse is = very clean=20 and restrained. The undercarriage bays contain as much detail as = anyone=20 could reasonably ask for in one piece injection molded plastic = parts.=20 Control surfaces have not been provided as separate pieces but = are so=20 well defined at their connections to the main planes, vertical = and=20 horizontal stabilisers they appear separate - the rudder is = particularly=20 crisp. The inner surfaces of the air brakes are pretty nicely = done for=20 plastic. The padded cockpit interior shows nice depth to its = finish.=20 Yeah it=E2=80=99s nice work=E2=80=A6

You get just two marking = options for the=20 Fighter=20 Weapons = School in this kit but = of course=20 there are more decal options out there in the market. But these = box ones=20 do look pretty hot:

No.55 BuNo 151095 of Lt = Michell =E2=80=9CMick=E2=80=9D=20 in green, tan and sand.=20
No.56 BuNo 150023 of Lt Mark = Jackson=20 =E2=80=9CAction=E2=80=9D in gray and = gray/blue..

Ok so nothing new in plastic = and just a=20 few new decals and a nice photo in place of actual box art but = still=E2=80=A6how=20 can you go wrong by buying a model of this beautiful plane? =

This kit can be purchased = here: =20 http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG09926

My thanks to HobbyLink = Japan (http://www..hlj.com/) for providing this review sample.

Nick Moore 16 November = 2010

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