Wednesday,
May 27 2009 |
I'll be out of town
the next 2 days as a parent volunteer at a year end camping trip for my
daughter's school. There will not be an update on Thursday or
Friday as I will be away from an Internet connection. |
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John
Doerr starts things off today
with some more of his photos from the recent NorEast Con 2009.
Today John is here with his Armor Model Photos.
Thanks John!!!
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Ivano Bretti
has gotten back into modelling after a busy life kept him away from
his workbench. This is his excellent looking 1/32
Hasegawa Me109G
with weathering on a display base complete with a Kubelwagen to add
to the scene. I really like how this 190 looks.
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David Rapasi
has been very successful getting things modified right on his 1/48 Hasegawa F-86F-30
Sabre. David modified the wings to create a certain Sabre
from the Korean War era, then he finished it off in one of
those baremetal finishes with USAF markings that look so good.
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Tony Feredo
is my friend from The Philippines. He has a passion for
aircraft that served in The Philippines and today he is here with
his 1/48 Academy P-26A Peashooter. Tony painted the
tail stripes and added scratchbuilt details from wire and stretched
sprue before weathering and finishing his Peashooter in those
colorful pre-war markings. Nicely done my friend.
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Michael Bagdonas
built a very special model for his Dad that served as an
avionics technician in VA-15 in the 70's. This fantastic
looking 1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair II
has detail sets from Eduard and Aires along wiht added scratchbuilt
details by Michael. It doesn't get much better than this.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
C-47 Dakota Correct Tail Rudder from QuickBoost. |
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I have a product announcement of the new 1/144
F-16A MLU "Diana" Summer & Winter schemes decal sheet
from Daco
Products.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
J-35A/B/D conversion for SAAB 35 Draken from Rebell
Hobby. |
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Tuesday,
May 26
2009 |
Georgia National Day |
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John Doerr
starts things off today with some more of his photos from the recent NorEast Con 2009.
Today John is here with his Jet Model Photos.
Thanks John!!!
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Gabriel Stern
is here with another of his gems. This is his Scratch-built
1/72 Joy JX -1935
and I have to say I like the look of this one.........it looks like
something you could build in your backyard. It really is
impressive that Gabriel can create these scratchbuilt wonders so
easily and so often.
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John Green
has been busy getting things right on his 1/72 ICM MiG-29. John
used the ICM kit which he found to be somewhat lacking, but that
didn't stop him from using some resin goodies to turn out a
colourful eye-catching MiG-29 to a very high standard.
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AEX
dropped by the ARC Corporate
offices in Tenerife on the Canary Islands with this excellent
looking 1/72 Hasegawa Bristol Beaufighter
Mk.VI. AEX's Beaufighter is finished in desert camo with
full weathering and a realistic looking display base.
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Jorge Ramírez Vargas
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices in
sunny Monterrey, Mexico with his
big beautiful 1/32 Revell Tornado. Jorge chose the
Italian camo scheme and added plenty of resin detail items from
Paragon along with other items from Reheat and decals from Tauro along
with scratchbuilt items to create this big beauty. Jorge is
correct......the Italian Tornado looks very good.
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I have a review of the three 1/32
Su-27 Combo correction sets from
Zactomodels.
These 3 sets Includes the Canopy set, Nosecone set and Intake
detail set for the Trumpeter kit. But all 3 sets and save on
shipping. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
& 1/48 RAF TSR2 Operational Squadrons taken from official RAF
records Decals from Model
Alliance Group. This new decal sheet features markings
for 16 different RAF TSR2 Operational Squadrons taken from official
RAF records. |
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I have a review of the new Woven
Brass Mesh from Fineline
Model Products. This company offers a variety of
different wire meshes. |
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Monday,
May 25
2009 |
US Memorial Day |
Jordan Independence Day |
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Argentina - National Day (1810), "La Revolucion de Mayo" |
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Anniversary of the Revolution against Spain |
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Today I have a
selection of aircraft models in US markings out of respect for the
American Memorial Day holiday. There will be no review
articles in today's update.....out of respect for the fallen.
May they forever rest in peace. |
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Ken Middleton
starts this special update with his Memorial Day 2009 article
with many photos of the Traveling Viet Nam Wall Memorial. |
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Alexander Breunig
is here with his stunning F-14 Super Tomcat VF-2 Artwork. Wow.....I
love it!!!
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Piotr "Ostach" Ostaszewski
joins us today with his first article on ARC. Piotr used
the very good 1/48 Tamiya Vought F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair and
folded one wing before giving it just the right amount of
weathering. This one is a beauty. Welcome to ARC Piotr,
I look forward to seeing more of your models on ARC in the future.
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Mark L. Rossmann
joins us with his Korea Thunder - F-84 Thunderjet. Mark
has included some very informative background on the F-84 in Korea
and he also includes photos of his 2 flawless looking Thunderjets.
I really do like the markings on both of these. |
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Douglas Conrady
is here with a very special model today. This is his 1/72 Academy YB-40 - Destroyer Escort
with the addition of some aftermarket detail goodies from QuickBoost.
If you don't know the story of the YB-40.....please read his
article.....it is a fascinating story.
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Carmel J Attard
joins us from sunny Malta with his 1/72 Falcon and Airmodel.de RF-8G.
Carmel compares the set from Falcon
Industries of New Zealand with the set from www.Airmodel.de
of Germany in his article. It's a very informative article
with great photos of his Crusaders.
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Mark Littrell
joins us on this Memorial Day with his 1/72 Academy P-40E Warhawk.
Mark enjoyed building this P-40 kit and the finished model look
pretty sharp with that big noseart.
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Sunday, May 24
2009 |
Eritrea Independence Day |
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Friday,
May 22
2009 |
Yemen National Day |
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Osni Vieira Junior
gets things started today with his 1/48 Monogram F-4 J Phantom II.
Osni gave his Phantom a full weapons load and finished it in the
markings for the USN VF-74 Bedevilers.
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Serge Dompierre has done a very fine job on his 1/48 Italeri IL-2 M3
Stormovik. This is an interesting Stormovik because it has
a white tail and was flown by a woman.
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William Anderson
is here with his second article on ARC. This is his sharp
looking 1/32 Academy F-16
with an Avionix viper tub and seat and finished in an Aggressor
paint scheme with a full weapons load.
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Georg Fuhrmann
joins us with some photos of his excellent looking 1/35 MH-60
Pavehawk. This is a big kit which shows the detail very
well.
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Fausto Muto
did a beautiful
job building and finishing his 1/72 Italeri F-111A.
Fausto finished his F-111 in a Vietnam era SEA camo scheme and then
displayed in on a realistic looking diorama base to complete the
scene.
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I have a review of the new
1/48
Republic F-105D ejection seat from Aires. |
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I have a review of the new
1/72
Pre-war Wildcats Part 1 decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals. The 6 aircraft include a variety of gray paint
schemes worn by the Wildcat before the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Thursday,
May 21
2009 |
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Anniversary of the Chilean Navy and |
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the
anniversary of the Iquique´s
Naval Combat |
(South Pacific War, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia) |
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Timothy H. Zarco
starts off today's update with his sharp looking
1/32 Trumpeter SU-27B "Flanker".
Tim used a resin cockpit and a canopy from Zactomodel and
finished his Flanker with panel line shading and one of those eye
catching Russian camo paint schemes.
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Vasilij "Tarner" Ratej
is a very skilled modeller and today I'm pleased to show you his
1/35 Tamiya M1046 Humvee TOW. The weathering has to be
seen....amazing. I look forward to seeing more model by Vasilij
on ARC.
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Albert Michailidis
joins us from Greece with his first article on ARC. This is
Albert's amazing 1/32 Tamiya F-14A
Tomcat with rescribed panel lines and a full weapons load. He
also added an Eduard interior set and Kinetic seats and scratchbuilt
details to dress up his Tomcat before giving it just the right
amount of weathering. Welcome to ARC Albert!!!
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John Doerr
is here with some Prop Model Photos from the recent NorEast Con 2009.
More of John's NorEast Con photos will be featured in coming
updates. Well done John.
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Darren Snow
joins us with his smart looking 1/48 Tamiya Meteor
F1. Darren added Eduard photo etch to dress up the cockpit
and True details wheels before giving it a camo scheme from
August 1944. Very nice indeed.
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I have a review of the new F/A-18C
Hornet VFA-82 Marauders, AB300 / 165200 "AFLAC". CVW-1,
USS Enterprise CVN-65 - 2004 print from Deployment
Productions.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Junkers Ju 88G-6 Radar FUG240
from QuickBoost
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F-4D Phantom II Decals from
Hi-Decal
Line. This
new decal sheet features markings for 7 different Phantoms including
6 F-4E's and one RF-4C Phantom II.
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Wednesday,
May 20
2009 |
Cameroon National Day |
Cuba Independence Day |
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Charles Johnson
gets things fired up today with his 1/48 Monogram AH1S Cobra.
Charles took this older kit and dressed it up with decals and
resin from Fire
Ball Model Works to get this unique looking Cobra.
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Artur Oslizlo
joins us from Poland with this excellent 1/48 Academy MiG-29 from
the Gulf War.
Artur added Aires resin cockpit, wheel bays and exhausts and Eduard
PE before finishing his MiG in Iraqi markings with a weathered
finish.
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Ardi Indratmo
is here from Jakarta, Indonesia with his multi-media 1/48 Czech Model T-34C Turbo Mentor.
This is not the easiest kit to build and the decals were custom made
for an Indonesian Air Force plane. The finished model turned
out very well and shows all the extra effort Ardi put into this
model.
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Winfried van Rooij
is here to show you this very nicely done 1/48 Trumpeter F9F-2 Panther.
Winfried built this one out of the box with some paint chipping
for added realism. I do like the look of this Panther.
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Bob Bartolacci
is back with another of his gems for you to enjoy. This is his
1/48 Revell Germany Fw-190D-9
in a very cool looking camo scheme with weathering including gun
smoke stains and exhaust stains. I love seeing Bob's latest
model
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Dan McWilliams
has done a
marvelous job building, detailing and weathering his 1/32 Academy CF-18.
Dan is an old hand at building the big Academy Hornet and you'll
see his talent when you view the photos of the weathered old CDN
Hornet. Well done Dan.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
SAAB Tunnan J/S 29 wheels & paint masks from
Aires.
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I have a
product announcement of the new 1/144
F-16A "Dirty Diana" decal sheet from Daco
Products. This
new 1/144 decal sheet includes one of the F-16A "Dirty
Diana" schemes worn by the Royal Netherlands Air Force for the
323 Sqn 50th Anniversary during the time period 1998 - 1999.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
resin SF37 Viggen Recce Nose from Rebell
Hobby. This new resin nose permits you to make a
SAAB SF37 Viggen with the Recce nose using the 1/48 Airfix/ESCI kit.
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Tuesday,
May 19
2009 |
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Turkish
Remembrance of Ataturk |
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and
Youth Day for Turkey |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob has the latest news on the upcoming
Twobobs Buckeye kit including CAD images. There's
also plenty of news about new decals including a reprinting of the
1/48 Kosovo Bandits F-177 sheet.....plus the new 1/32 Italian
Typhoon sheet....and 4 new F-18 sheets....two in 1/72 and two
in 1/48. |
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Gokhan Eren
starts this special Turkish holiday update with this 1/144 Minicraft C-54
Skymaster. It is finished in Turkish Air Force markings
and finished with weathering. A great looking Skymaster. |
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Burak
joins us on this Turkish holiday with his Turkish Air Force 1/48 Tamiya
F-16C. Burak used pre-shading and post shading to get the
panel lines looking just right. Burak has much skill with an
airbrush. His model was finished with his custom printed
decals.
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Sertac Bayar
is here from Turkey with his 1 /32 Revell AH-64 Apache. This
big Apache builds up into a beautiful model when in the hands of a
skilled modeller like Sertac.
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Murat Madak
has done an
excellent
job building and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa TF-104G Starfighter.
This jet attended the Tigermeet in 1991 and it has Tiger artwork
on the tail. |
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Aykut Bilir
joins us with a beautiful looking 1/72 Revell RF-4E Phantom.
This Phantom is finished in Turkish Air Force markings giving
Aykut a great looking Turkish Phantom. |
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Zafer Yilmaz
joins us from Turkey on this Turkish holiday with his Aussie 1/72 Hasegawa Beaufighter Mk.21.
Zafer gave his Beaufighter tailart, a weapons load and very
effective weathering to create this eye catching Beaufighter. |
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I have a review of the new F/A-18C
Hornet VFA-86 Sidewinders, AB400 / 165200. CVW-1, USS Enterprise
CVN-65 - 2006 print from Deployment
Productions
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I have a review of the new 1/48
MiG-29A Ejection Seat with Safety Belts from QuickBoost.
This latest release features a MiG-29A Ejection Seat with Safety
Belts.
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I've added Hippo
to the ARC links pages under the Manufacturers section.
They produce a variety of resin items including airfield
accessories and resin kits mainly focusing on WW1. They
also make Zepplin kits.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
WW1 Wicker Seats from Hippo
Models. You
get 4 seats in all.......2 with seatbelts and 2 without seatbelts. |
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Monday,
May 18
2009 |
US
Armed Forces Appreciation Day |
Victoria Day |
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Panagiotis Zarkadis has
been very busy scratchbuilding an aircraft carrier deck to display
his 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18F. Take a long look at the
photos......the work involved to create this diorama is hard to
appreciate. Few of us would attempt this project and even
fewer of us could hope for such good results.
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Gabriel Stern is
here to brighten your day with another of his avaition
wonders. This is his scratch-built 1/72 Horton Wingless
Prototype-1950.......yup....an airplane with no wings.....you've
got to appreciate the lifting body designs.
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Pablo Angel Herrera
joins us from Guatemala with his well weathered 1/72
Revell F-4F Phantom II. Pablo added a bit of scratchbuilt
detailing, but mostly built his Luftwaffe Phantom out of the box
with very nice results.
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Julian Schüngel
is here with a exceptionally well done 1/32 Revell EC-135 T2i.
Julian grabbed parts from other kits......did plenty of
scratchbuilding and finished this beauty off with homemade decals to
make this German chopper. I really like how this project came
together.
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CHAN, Chun-wai
joins us today with his good looking 1/48 Hobby World IDF
A-4E Skyhawk. This Skyhawk has a full weapons load
and is finished off in an attractive Israeli camo scheme.
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I've added Signifer
to the ARC links pages under the Manufacturers section.
They produce a variety of resin items including airfield
accessories and detail items for aircraft.
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I have a
review of the 1/48 Electrical Generator Cart from
Signifer.
This is the ideal accessory for your aircraft diorama.
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Peter
Kormos is here with a
review of the Flexible
ruler from PK
Tinyland.
This is quite the neat little tool and perfect for scribing. |
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I have a
review of the 1/72
& 1/48 English Electric Lightning Part 3 Decals from Model
Alliance Group.
This new
decal sheet features markings for 11 different Worldwide Lightning
schemes to compliment On Target Profile 13.
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Sunday, May 17
2009 |
Norway Constitution Day |
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Saturday,
May 16
2009 |
Dambusters
Raid - RAF bombing of Ruhr Valley Dams |
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Friday,
May 15 2009 |
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New
Hot
Babe of the Week
is up courtesy of Joe Mike Pyle. One of the first sheets
Twobobs ever did back in 2000 was the Taxi Cab Viper that was
designed by Joe Mike Pyle of the 57th Wing.
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Ilan Askapa
recently attended the Hunmodeller 2009
model show. There are some amazing models and dioramas at this
show.........check it out.
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Bernard LAPEYRIE
has done an
exceptionally nice job building,
detailing his and finishing his 1/48 Trumpeter Hawker SeaHawk.
Bernard used photo etch from Eduard to dress
up his SeaHawk.
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Pablo Magdalena
did a beautiful
job building, detailing and finishing his 1/48 Revell T-6 Texan.
Pablo completed
his Texan in the markings for Escuela de Aviacion naval Argentina
using decals from Aerocalcas
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Jean-Charles GODDET
is here with a very special 1/72 Hasegawa Sukhoi Su-27S Flanker.
Jean-Charles
added a good selection of aftermarket detail items to dress up his
Flanker before finishing it in very unique markings from Linden Hill
Decals.
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Carmel J Attard
has been busy building his sharp looking 1/72 Rareplanes
Republic P-43 Lancer. This is a vac-u-formed kit and
Carmel's article goes into step by step detail about building this
model......which would be a big help if you are building a vac-u-formed
kit.
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Osni Vieira Junior
did a great job on his 1/144 Revell A-319. Osni
finished his A-319 in the livery of TAM Linhas Aéreas, which is the
national airline and flag carrier of Brazil using FCM decals.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
MiG-3 Exhaust from
QuickBoost.
This latest
release features a complete set of resin exhausts for the 1/32 MiG-3
from Trumpeter.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Sea Birds & Green Hornets decal sheet from Wolfpak
Decals.
This new decal
sheet includes markings for 11 different 1/72 aircraft including prop
planes, jets and choppers.
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Thursday,
May 14
2009 |
Paraguay Independence Day |
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Rafi Ben-Shahar
gets things started with something new today. This is his 1/48 Kinetic F-16I IDF
"Sufa"
and Rafi did it up in his usual high style.
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Paolo De Sanctis
is here with his very nicely done 1/72 Airfix Me. Bf. 109G-6 that
he built as part of a trip down memory lane. Paolo
improved the Airfix kit by adding a resin prop and wheel and then
displaying in as an in-flight model.
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Darren Snow
joins us with his Korean War era 1/48 Hasegawa F-86F-30 Sabre.
Darren used Alclad 2 polished aluminium to finished his Sabre in
a multi-shade finish complete with nose art. It
doesn't get much better than this.
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Georg Fuhrmann
is here with something we don't see much. This is his 1/32 Revell EC
145
finished off as a Vanderbilt Life Flight´s EC 145. Georg
scratchbuilt the interior.....which is no small job. Well done
Georg.
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Serge Dompierre
joins us today with his USMC Harrier finished using the 1/48 Monogram AV-8B.
This is an older kit, but Serge turned it into a great looking
Harrier.
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I have a review of the new F/A-18C
Hornet VFA-86 Sidewinders, AB415 / 163459. CVW-1, USS Enterprise
CVN-65 - 2004 print from Deployment
Productions.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F6F Hellcat Seats (without Harness) from Ultracast.
These finely detailed seats are a direct replacement for the
rather basic kit seats.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
P-36A Pt.2 16th and 35th Pursuit Group decal sheet from Starfighter
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 3 different 1/72 P-36A's
and is designed to fit the Monogram/Revell kit.
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Wednesday,
May 13 2009 |
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Shawn "Phantom" Weiler gets
things fired up today with his 1/48 Hobbycrap (craft) Tutor.
Shawn is not a huge fan of this kit, but he did manage to
massage it into a fine looking in-flight tutor in the airshow
colours of the Canadian Snowbirds.
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KNES Armin has been
busy ktibashing and modifying 2 model kits to build his 1/48 Trumpeter Nanchang Q-5.
Armin also built a bomb bay for his Nanchang Q-5 and added a
ground crew, pilot and ladder to complete the
diorama.
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Aleksey has done an
excellent job on this 1/48 Zvezda La-5FN. Aleksey
finished it in the markings of a very famous pilot from the Great
Patriotic War and then finished it off with a careful weathering
job.
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Javier Johnson is
one of those friendly modellers from Ecuador. He joins us
today with his excellent looking 1/48 Hobbycraft AT-33 which
he finished off in Ecuadorian Air Force markings using a variety of
decals including some home made decals. His jet features a
sharks mouth..
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Lorenzo Cassinadri has
been busy adding small scratchbuilt details to quite a few areas on
his 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair. Lorenzo gave his
Corsair weathering to complete the realism of this classic American
fighter with impressive results.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
Fancy F-8C Crusaders decal sheet from Zotz
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for two different 1/32
different USN F-8C Crusaders.....including a MiG Killer.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
EA-6B Prowler ICAP-2 (Early) cockpit set from Aires.
This latest release features a complete resin cockpit for the EA-6B
Prowler ICAP-2 (Early) from Kopro, Monogram.
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I have a review of the new
1/48
Air duct with front fan for SAAB 37 Viggen from Rebell
Hobby. This
resin Air duct with front fan for the SAAB SF37 Viggen is designed
for the 1/48 Esci/Airfix Viggen.
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Tuesday,
May 12 2009 |
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Nick Monopoli
starts today with his Vietnam War era 1/48 Hasegawa A-4C.
Nick built this in remembrance of a pilot that was KIA in
1969. Nick pays respect to this pilot with a beautifully
done Skyhawk.
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Dan McWilliams
joins us today with this finely done 1/48 Hasegawa CF-18 Demo (2003).
Dan used the decals from Leading
Edge Models to finished his Demo Bird.
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Amanda and David Jones
have done an exceptionally nice job on their 1/72 Revell Sea King HAR.3A.
They dressed up this Sea King with aftermarket photo etch and
some scratchbuilt items to get everything just right. I sure
do like how it turned out.
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Artur Oslizlo
is here to make you smile with his very special has 1/48 Italeri Tornado GR4.
Artur added NeOmega resin cockpit, Paragon front fin correction,
flaps and slats and exhaust nozzles plus PE parts from Eduard
F3. Wow.....I love the finished model.
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Theodore Tan
joins us from the warm and sunny Philippines with his 1/48 Eduard Albatros D.V.
Theodore built his Albatros out of the box and finished it off in an
excellent looking paint scheme. This model has very good
cockpit and engine detail.
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I have a review of the new Sea
Control Wing Atlantic Fleet Disestablishment, January 30, 2009 print
from Deployment
Productions. This one is a beauty.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
Spitfire Mk. 22/24 Cowling and Exhaust from
QuickBoost.
This latest release features a resin engine cowling and exhausts for
the Spitfire Mk. 22/24 from Airfix.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
& 1/48 EE/BAC Lightning, Part 2 from
Model
Alliance Group.
This new decal sheet features markings for 10 different aircraft
including 9 with the RAF and one with the Royal Saudi Air Force in a
variety of paint schemes from operational camo to test aircraft to
an airshow aircraft.
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I have a product announcement for the new 1/48
F-16B MLU Belgian Air Force OCU Sqn Anniversary decal sheet from
Daco
Products.
This new 1/48 decal sheet features the special tails of the Belgian
F-16 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) were realised in 2002 and
2007 by Johan Wolfs, known as designer of many other special tails
within the Belgian Air Force.
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Monday,
May 11 2009 |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Bob has the instruction sheets
loaded for all the new sheets including Typhoons & Super Bugs
with some very colourful artwork...plus a list of new Buckeye
goodies....decals and resin for the new Twobobs
Buckeye model kit. |
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I'm not feeling well,
so I headed of to bed early, but unfortunately I couldn't get the
rest of the update done.
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Saturday,
May 9
2009 |
Liberation
Day for the Channel Islands May 9 1945 |
Russia - End of Great Patriotic War |
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Europe Day |
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Malta
gets Spitfires 64 Spitfires are ferried to Malta by USS Wasp |
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Friday,
May 8 2009 |
V.E.
Day - Victory in Europe 1945 |
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Burcin Emren joins
us today with his 1/48 Revell F-18F. Burcin gave
his Super Hornet and amazing paint job before finishing it with Fighter
town Decals. I
definitely like the paint job and the touched up look it
has......just like the real USN jets.
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Dairo Sánchez has
dropped by today with his "What-if" 1/72 Revell ACH-64 Martillo.
This is a heavy transport helicopter with gunship capability in
Colombian Air Force markings. I LIKE it!!!
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Pablo Magdalena
has stopped by from Argentina
with his 1/48 Sierra Model IA 63 PAMPA.
Pablo has high regards for this multi media kit. His IA 63
Pampa is finished in Argentinean markings and came out looking excellent.
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Juan Manuel Villegas Castro
has been busy detailing and weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf109G-10 'NJG11'.
Juan added aftermarket goodies from Eduard and Aries as well as
scratchbuilt details to dress up his 109 before giving it a very
nicely done weathering job.
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Paolo Yuen has done
an exceptional job on his 1/48 Kintech F-16 DJ. This
eye catching F-16 2 seater is weathered and finished in Taiwanese
Air Force markings and loaded with a full weapons load and
aftermarket decals. I do like how it looks.
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Max Tollens Jr.
is here with a first look at the the new 1/48
Hasegawa TA-4J Skyhawk.
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I have a review of the new 1/72
Junkers Ju 88G-6/G1 Gun Barrels from QuickBoost
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I have a review of the new 1/72
PGM Pioneers decal sheet from Wolfpak
Decals.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 7 different 1/48 aircraft
including F-4D, A-6A, A-4E, C-130A, A-7E.
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Thursday,
May 7 2009 |
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Ben Pardini joins
us from Hawaii
with his first article on ARC. This is Ben's 1/72 Testors F4U-1D Corsair
built in his own way......which is the only way to build a
model....for enjoyment. I hope to see more of Ben's models on
ARC in the future. Welcome to ARC Ben!!!.
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Giuseppe Santaromita is
here with a great looking 1/72 Italeri Mirage 2000 P. Giuseppe
used Aztec to get the Peruvian Air Force markings to dress up this
excellent looking Mirage. I do like the look of this Mirage
2000 P.
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Seán Langley is
here with an older kit wearing old decals. This is his 1/72 Hasegawa Lockheed P-3F Orion.
Seán turned out a sharp looking example of the P-3F Orion.....it is
a pleasure to behold.
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Pjotr "Pete" van der Ploeg
is here with one of the more brightly coloured F-15's. This is
his 1/72 Hasegawa F-15B painted up in the colours of an
Edwards Test Bird. Nicely done Pjotr.
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Mike Regan
did a beautiful
job building and finishing his 1/32 Pacific Coast Models Reggiane Re.2005.
This is a multi-media kit and Mike quite enjoyed building it.
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Hal
Marshman Sr is here
with a first look at the the new Deutsche
Soldaten Book.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
Bf 109E wheels from Aires.
These resin wheels are designed for the Eduard kit.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
CAF C-130 Tactical Camo Scheme decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models. You get serial numbers to build any CAF
C-130...including the KC-130's and the instructions include all the
info you need to build one of the two Hercs in Tactical Camo Scheme.
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Wednesday,
May 6 2009 |
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Denis Podgorniy joins
us today with his latest artwork. This is his Su-27
Artwork showing a demo bird in all it's Glory.
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Alessandro Biagetti joins
us from sunny Florence, Italy with his 1/32 Revell BF-110C- 4 / B.
Alessandro took this very old
1960's kit and updated it with cockpit detailing before completing
it in Battle of Britain colours, It's good to see modellers
using their skills to build these older kits with added detail.
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Osni Vieira Junior joins
us with his 1/144 Minicraft 707-320. Osni finished his
707 in the colours of Trans Brasil. This is a cargo plane with
some weathering.
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Konley Kelley is
here with his modelling artwork of the Catalina that spotted the
Bismark. This is Konley's 1/72 PBY-5 Catalina and
although it is a Royal Navy Catalina....there is an American
connection to this story. Read his article for the full
story.
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Patrick Vossenberg has
been busy building and detailing his 1/48 Airfix BAe Hawk Mk.127.
Patrick added a resin cockpit and photo etch along with some
scratchbuilt details to dress up his trainer before finishing it in
Aussie markings.
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Zotz Decals
has their latest decal sheet up on their site. This is their 1/32
Fancy F-8C Crusaders decal sheet. I'll do a full review
once a review sample arrives.
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I
have a product announcement for the new S-3B Viking
VS-41 Shamrocks, NJ741 / 160136 - 2006 print from Deployment
Productions.
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I have a review of the new 1/48
F-101 Voodoo Air Scoops from QuickBoost.
These resin air scopes are hollow on the end for added realism.
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Tuesday,
May 5 2009 |
Mexico - Cinco De Mayo |
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This
weeks Twobobs
Newsletter is up. Check out the latest news from Twobobs. |
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I've added Scale
Modelers World to the ARC links pages. This is a site
in New Zealand run by Nathan Satherley. |
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Mark Chen
has put quite a bit of
effort into his 1/48 Tamiya F-16C Block 52 RSAF.
Mark used bits and pieces of different kits to get his F-16 accurate
for his RSAF Viper Then it was given a full weapons load and
finished off with weathering.
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Serge Dompierre joins
us today with his 1/48 Tamiya Zero. This weathered Zero
is finished in the markings of a Japanese Ace with over 200 aerial
victories to his credit. Nicely done Serge.
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Bob Bartolacci is
here with a kit I've never seen before. This is his 1/35
Bronco Fieseler FI-103 A-1 V-1 with an very well done paint job
and displayed on a trolley. Bob tells the whole story of the
V-1. I recall my Nana in London telling me about the time she
ran down the high street as a V-1 rumbled overhead only to crash
further along in the distance. She figured for sure it was
chasing her.
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Gabriel Stern is
here to make you grin with his latest masterpiece. This is his
1/72 Scratch-built Dormoy Bathtub.....imagine an ultra light
aircraft with a bathtub for a cockpit and you get the idea.
I'm always amazed that Gabriel can manage to find these odd designs
from aviation history.
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Manuel Negri
has done a lovely job
building and painting his 1/48 Academy MIG-21 MF.
This desert camo MiG-21 is a wearing Iraqi Air Force markings
and has some subtle panel line shading.
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I
have a review of the new 1/72
& 1/48 US Coast Guard Choppers - Part 1 Decals from
Model
Alliance Group.
This new
decal sheet features markings for 24 different US Coast Guard
choppers including the MH-68A Stingray, HH-65A Dolphin, HH-65B
Dolphin, HH-65C Dolphin and the MH-65C Dolphin.
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I
have a review of the new 1/72
Hawker Hurricane Mk. I/II wheel bay set from Aires.
This resin set is a vast improvement over the kit parts.
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I have a
product announcement for the new 1/72
F-16B MLU J-066 "Orange Jumper" Test aircraft decal sheet
from Daco
Products.
This new 1/72 decal sheet features the F-16B MLU J-066
"Orange Jumper" scheme worn by the Royal Netherlands Air
Force Test aircraft.
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Monday,
May 4 2009 |
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Sam Chia is here
with something you don't see very often. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa P-40E
in RAF markings for the "Desert Air force". Sam
finished his P-40 with full weathering and paint chipping with very
realistic results.
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Esteban Wong R. has
been busy getting thing right on his 1/144 Airfix 727-200. The
model is modified from a 727-200 into a 727-100 and then finished in
custom decals for Air Panama airlines. This airliner came out
looking very good.
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Oliver Peissl has
been very busy super detailing his 1/48 Tamiya Fieseler Fi 156 Storch.
Oliver added Eduard photo etch to the interior and exterior and
Skis plus a MG 15 from Aires and exhausts from Quickboost.
Oliver used much skill to weather and finish this beauty in winter
camo. I love Luftwaffe plane in winter camo.
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Richard Calladine
has done a fine job building his 1/48
Revell Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4. This Typhoon is painted
in the colours used during the Gulf War and finished with a full
weapons load. Now you know what a desert Typhoon looks
like. Richard also added nose art using decals from TwoBobs.
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Franz Galli is here
to keep the helo modellers happy. This is his 1/48
Academy MD-500 built out of the box and finished in a black
paint scheme. Nice one Franz.
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I
have a review of the new 1/48 resin 35 Draken dropped flaps and
elevons from Rebell
Hobby. |
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Sunday, May
3 2009 |
Poland Constitution Day |
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Artur Oslizlo
joins us from Poland on the Polish Constitution Day with his
excellent 1/48 Hasegawa Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden "Jack". Artur
used an Eduard PE set and hand painted all the marking before
peeling the paint and giving it a full weathering. Wow this
came out looking excellent.
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Leandro Ñeco Castaño
is here with a floatplane 1/72 Trumpeter Antonov AN-2V Colt.
Leandro weathered his Colt and finished it in Polish markings to
honour the Polish Constitution Day.
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Friday,
May 1 2009 |
May
Day - Labor Day |
Anniversary
of first engagement of Argentine Airforce in Malvinas / Falklands
War (1982) |
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Marc Gray
is here with his big 1/24 Airfix Spitfire MK 1A.
Marc chose to finish his Spit in the markings for one of the most
famous Kiwi Aces...Alan Deere. Marc took full advantage of all
the wonderful detail on this kit and then finished it off with a
first class paint job and some gentle weathering and paint
chipping. I sure do like how it turned out.
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TandHK
is here with something you don't see often. This is his 1/48 Hasegawa
J.M.S.D.F. U-36A
finished off in the bright paint scheme and some extras under the
wings to complete this beauty.
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James Court
is here with 3 of his 1/48 Hobbycraft Otters. James
has much talent with building Otters and I was impressed to learn he
scratchbuilt the interiors. Two of these Otters are on floats
and one is on skis.....all 3 look excellent.
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Dan McWilliams
has done a
marvelous job on his 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18F. Dan took
advantage of wingfolds and then finished his Super Hornet in some very
colourful CAG markings.
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Douglas K. L. Chan
is here with his very detailed 1/35
Academy/MRC AH-1W Super Cobra NTS
with a full weapons load. Douglas added Eduard Photo etch to
complete this beauty.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
F-100 Refueling probe - type A from QuickBoost.
This is a 2 piece set loaded with fine detail.
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I have a review of the new 1/32
RAF P-40s 112 Sqn. Part 1 decal sheet from Barracudacals.
You get a choice of 3 different RAF P-40's with shark mouths. |
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I have a review of the new 1/72
CAF C-130 Tactical Camo Scheme decal sheet from Leading
Edge Models. You
get serial numbers to build any CAF C-130...including the KC-130's
and the instructions include all the info you need to build one of
the two Hercs in Tactical Camo Scheme. |
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