Tuesday, June
30 2015 |
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Andre Mimizu
joins us today with his 5th article on ARC. Andre combined
various kits to create his 1/72
Focke Wulf P222.004 Schnellbomber (combo build) which is a
design that never got off the drawing board with the Luftwaffe
during WW2. It's impressive how Andre was able to pull
together this project from drawings.....it looks very realistic.
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Kep Ar used
a veriety of aftermarket items to create his highly detailed 1/72
Fujimi MIG-21 MF. The camo and markings are for an
Angolan Fishbed complete with a full weapons load and a
flawless weathering job including faded paint. This is Kep
Ar's 4th article on ARC and I look forward to seeing his next model
on ARC when it is done.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
JAS-39 Gripen Wheel Bay set from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Kitty Hawk kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
1000 Lbs Handtruck from
Aerobonus. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-17PF gun barrels & Pitot Tubes from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX Exhausts from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the ICM kit.
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Monday, June
29 2015 |
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Zhe Zheng
is here with his 4th article on ARC. I pleased to show you his
1/72 Tamiya Hs-129 finished in the very attractive winter camo
including fill weathering for exhaust stains etc. I love the
look of winter camo on Luftwaffe aircraft.
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Konstantinos Vergos
joins us with his stunning 1/48 Italeri Mirage 2000 EGM.
Konstantinos used a variety of aftermarket sets from Eduard to add
detail and accuracy to the cockpit, engine, landing gear and bays.
Konstantinos added a pitot tube and a full weapons load then gave
his Mirage a first class paint job with a subtle weathering job.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
BF 109G-10 cockpit set from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
U.S. Army Aircraft Mechanic WWII - Pacific theater from
Aerobonus. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MBV2S target tow pod w. Lansen pylon from
Maestro
Models. This
pod was used on the SwAF J29 Tunnan and J32 Lansen plus Swiss AF Hawker Hunter
and F-5F Tiger.
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Sunday, June
28 2015 |
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Saturday, June
27 2015 |
Djibouti National Day |
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Friday, June
26 2015 |
Madagascar Independence Day |
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Burt Gustafson
gets things started this Friday with his great looking 90th
model here on ARC. Burt built his 1/48 Hobby Boss FJ-4 Fury
as the later bomber version complete with a full weapons load and
the hi viz markings that were common for this time period.
Burt builds a large variety of aircraft and it's good to see his
Fury on ARC to join his other 89 models. Well done Burt.
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Harv is here in a
big way with his RCAF Lancaster x2. Harv built both of
these Lancs in honour of Kenneth Lussier DFC. Harv did a
splendid job on both of these big beauties and he has provided some
history behind the aircraft. I quite enjoyed seeing these Lancs
by Harv.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Stummel Habicht "6 or 8 Metre Wingspan" version
Single-Seat Aerobatic Glider model kit from Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-21bis wheel bays + wheels from
SBS
Model. This detail set is designed for
the Zvezda kit.
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Thursday, June
25 2015 |
Croatia Independence Day |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
gets things started in fine style with his 1/48 Hasegawa F-8 Crusader
in the markings of VF-13 Nightcappers from the late
1960's. Shawn has included others
F-8's from his display case including photos of his display cases,
which are quite impressive to see. The F-8 is such a cool
jet....well done Shawn. |
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Mike Pattison
has a passion for the large scale models and today he joins us
with his classic 1/32 Revell F4U1A Corsair. Mike added
seat belts to dress up the cockpit and then chose markings for an
American Ace in the PTO and gave his model a full weathering job to
complete his stunning Corsair. Very nicely done Mike.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 Antonov
An-2 decal sheet from
Balkan
Models.
This decal
sheet includes markings for 6 different 1/72 Antonov An-2 from
Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Croatia.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
He 162A Nose undercarriage bay and wheel from
CMK.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Mirage F-1C resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa/Revell kit.
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Wednesday, June
24 2015 |
Order of Malta - St. John's Day |
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Mike Muth
is here with his 3rd model on ARC and it is quite the beauty.
This is his 1/48 Eduard SSW D.III
in a very striking Prussian blue lozenge pattern. Mike has
high praise for this Eduard kit and his finished model shows it does
build up into quite the attractive Great War fighter. Well
done Mike.
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Greg Kerry
is here with a modern close air support diorama. This is his 1/144 Academy General Dynamics
F-16
bombing a 1/72 tank in a forced perspective. Greg wasn't
overly impressed with the quality of the model kits....but his skill
has turned them into quite the engaging diorama. Keep doing
what you do Greg.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-16 NSI small mouth Intake Correction Set from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Bf 109G-6 Cockpit set from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-15 & bis gun barrels, antenna & Pitot Tube from
Master.
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Tuesday, June
23 2015 |
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Luxembourg
- National Day and |
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Official
Birthday of H.R.H. the Grand Duke Jean |
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Navid H
gets things started in style today with his first article on ARC..
This sharp looking and beautifully finished 1/144 Airfix B747-200
is wearing the livery for Iran Air cargo using custom made decals
designed and printed by Navid. Welcome to ARC Navid....I hope
to see more of your models on ARC in the future.
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Ed Ellickson
joins us today with his 3rd model on ARC. This is Ed's 1/72 Special Hobby F2A-3
Buffalo in excellent weathering as it appeared during the
Battle of Midway in mid 1942. Ed was very successful with the
weathering on this beauty and he describes his weathering techniques
in his article. This one sweet looking Buffalo.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
VF-2 Bounty Hunters decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals.
This decal sheet includes markings for 5 different 1/48 F-14's with
VF-2 Bounty Hunters including the Last Tomcat Cruise.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX Rotol 4-Blade Propeller from
Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the ICM kit.
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Monday, June
22 2015 |
Russia - The Invasion of Russia |
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Sunday, June
21 2015 Happy Fathers Day
guys!!! |
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Saturday, June
20 2015 |
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Friday, June
19 2015 |
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Vitor Sousa
has added some extreme detail to his 1/72 HobbyBoss AH-64D Apache I
Saraf. Vitor opened up panels to show off the added detail
and then did some highly skilled painting and weathering to get this
Israel AH-64 looking perfect. He's included text in his 60
photos that fully explains the process of creating this
masterpiece. Exceptional work Vitor.
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Carmel J. Attard
joins us today with an early British jet. This is his 1/72 Aeroclub English Electric
P.1A which he made using parts from other kits as well as
aftermarket parts plus his own high level of skill when it comes to
such complicated projects. It's good to see this early
Lightning prototype...Carmel makes every project look so easy...well
done Carmel.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-29 exhaust nozzles
from
Eduard
Model Accessories. This detail set is designed for
the Academy Minicraft and Eduard kits.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F4U-1 Corsair flaps from
Aires.
This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
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Thursday, June
18 2015 |
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in 1915
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Luckymodel.com 12th Anniversary Sale
until June 30....save
up to 20% depending
on how much you buy if use the special Coupon Codes.
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Fermνn Cachσn Αlvarez
starts today with Fermνn's first article on ARC. This is the
1/72 Airfix A-4B Skyhawk
for a jet on display at the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Fermνn
darkened the panel lines and finished his Skyhawk as a clean museum
bird. I'm honored to have Fermνn's A-4 on ARC and I hope to see
more of Fermνn's models on ARC in the future. Welcome to ARC Fermνn!!!
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Zhe Zheng
had a challenging time building the multi-media 1/72 Special Hobby DAP Beaufort Mk.VIII.
This kit required plenty of dry fitting and adjustments but the
finished model in it's Australian markings looks excellent.
It's really good to see a second Beaufort on ARC.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
U.S. Army Aircraft Mechanic WWII - Pacific Theatre from
Aerobonus. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-1.44 cockpit set from
Neomega.
This detail set is designed for
the Zvezda kit.
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Wednesday, June
17 2015 |
Iceland Anniversary of the Establishment of the Republic |
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Stanislav Lelko
worked for 5 months to get all the tiny details perfect on his 1/48 Revell Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver. Stanislav
used Eduard photo etch on the interior and exterior plus PE flaps.
He then wrapped if all up in a truly eye catching attractive
multi-shaded blue paint scheme with full weathering. I loved
seeing this Helldiver from every angle. Seeing this Helldiver
makes me want to build one of these as well.
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Dragan Cvetic
has dropped by today with his 55th article on ARC. This is
Dragan's 1/72 Italeri A-10A
finished as a Desert storm Warthog. Dragan detailed up the
cockpit with his usual scratchbuilding skill and then gave his tank
buster a weapons load and an amazing shading job on the panel
lines. Dragan really does have talent..
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-23 Splitter Plates from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Su-15TM resin cockpit set + vacu canopies from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
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Tuesday, June
16 2015 |
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Mike Pattison
had a good time building his 1/32 Hasegawa FW 190A-8.
Mike added seat belts to dress up the cockpit detail and then added
some rivets to further detail the exterior before be went to town on
the Luftwaffe camo and battle weary weathering job. Excellent
work Mike.
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Paul Fernadez
is here with his 6th article on ARC. This is his flawless
looking 1/72 ESCI F-5A
in the markings for the Philippines Air Force using custom
decals. Paul even dressed up the cockpit with a resin seat for
that added detail. I love the runway photos Paul shot of his
F-5.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
KAB-500L laser - guided bombs from
Aerobonus.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24 North American P51D Mustang instrument panel from
airscale.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX Early Style Elevators from
Ultracast.
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Monday, June
15 2015 |
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Phillip Steele
starts today with his stunning example of the 1/72 Italeri Fiat CR.32 Chirri.
Phillip chose to finish his attractive little Bi-Plane as an
Italian Air Force fighter that fought in the Spanish civil war and
the artwork on the fuselage of a Knighted turkey is very cool
indeed. This one came out looking excellent and I love the
choice of markings.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
joins us with his big beautiful bare metal 1/32 Hasegawa CF-104
Starfighter, #25. Shawn dressed up his F-104 with a True Details
cockpit set and then finished it off with markings from Canuck
decals. I love the look of these bare metal Starfighters and
Shawn's model look particularly good. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-17A/P/F gun barrels set & Pitot Tubes from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 Junkers Ju 88A Wings racks from
CMK.
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Saturday, June
13 2015 |
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Tom Thounaojam
is here with his first model on ARC and what a beauty it is.
This is his 1/48 Academy T-33 in Luftwaffe markings and
a beautiful looking camo scheme. This model is in honour of
the Indian Scale Modellers 4th anniversary. They are a friendly and helpful bunch of modellers. Welcome to ARC
Tom, it's a pleasure to see your T-33 on the ARC homepage..
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Jens Gerber
dropped by the ARC corporate office in Germany with his 1/48 Eduard F6F Hellcat 5 Late Profi-kit.
Jens is a highly skilled modeller and he gave his Hellcat a very
careful weathering job which makes his Hellcat look very
realistic. Very nicely done Jens.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-29 early style ejection seat from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy Minicraft kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
No.352 RAF Squadron decal sheet from
Balkan
Models.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 8 different 1/72 Spitfire
Mk V from No.352 RAF Squadron flown by Yugoslav pilots.
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Thursday, June
11 2015 |
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Hakan Sφylemezoğlu
is here with his first article on ARC and what a stunning 1/48 Italeri F-16C Barak
it is. Hakan gave his Israeli Barak a full weathering job and
displayed it on a beautifully done diorama base. Welcome to
ARC Hakan....I'm excited to see your next model on ARC. |
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Rod Bettencourt
joins us today with his 1/32 Hasegawa Ju-87D-8 Nachtschlacht which
is his 5th model on ARC. This Stuka in 1/32 scale is quite the
grand model and Rod chose an eye catching camo scheme from Italy
from the summer of 1944. Rod got all the interior details
looking exceptional with his skill and some aftermarket goodies and
finished it all off with just the perfect amount of weathering over
this very rare camo scheme. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Static dischargers used on Sukhoi jets from
Master
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
P-40E Warhawk Armament set from
CMK.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-105G Wild Weasel resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
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Dragan Cvetic
did quite a bit of work on his
1/72 Zvezda Mi-24V including rescribing the panel lines.
This is a Russian helo as it appeared in 1999. Dragan put the
extra work into this model and he was rewarded with a great looking
and well detail model of this classic gunship. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
B-17 Flying Fortress Correct Cowlings from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
AIM-9DGH Sidewinder Missiles from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX Late Style Elevators from Ultracast.
This detail set is designed for
the ICM kit.
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Tuesday, June
9 2015 |
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Monday, June
8 2015 |
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Carl Gootzen
joins us with his 11 article on ARC today. This highly
detailed 1/72 Roden Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI in all it's WW1
glory. This was a huge and complicated bomber with it's
Lozenge camo and multi-engined bi-plane design. Carl is well
known on ARC for tackling complicated modelling projects and this
bomber came out looking first rate. Carl tells the sad fate of
this particular bomber as well as some history about this rare type
of aircraft. It's always a special treat seeing a model by Carl on
the ARC homepage. |
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Andrea Pomettini
is here from Italy with her 5th article on ARC. This 1/72 Airfix Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
is special for Andrea, because it is the first time he's tried
some new weathering techniques including a salt wash technique and
post shading which both gave this USA Skyhawk a very realistic
weathered look. I'm very impressed at how good his A-4
looks.....I really enjoyed seeing the photos. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
CT-133 Silver Star Camouflaged Unit Markings decal sheet from
Canuck
Model Products.
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Sunday, June
7 2015 |
Yorktown sunk - US Carrier Yorktown sunk (1942) |
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Paolo Yuen
is here with his 67th article on ARC. This is his stunning
1/48 Hasegawa EA-18G Growler with an aftermarket cockpit
and intakes and exhaust nozzle along with photo etch to complete the
stunning detailing. Paolo gave his Growler a perfect
weathering job. This one is a beauty. |
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Mike Pattison
is here with his 20th model on ARC. This is his battle weary 1/32 Revell SBD Dauntless 5E
during Atlantic operations with quite the weathering job.
Mike took this older kit and used his well honed skill to detail
this classic kit into the masterpiece he has brought you
today. This Dauntless is awe inspiring.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Fighter Group CF-18 Hornet decal sheet from
Leading
Edge Models.
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Thursday, June
4 2015 |
Battle of Midway (1942) |
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Mark L. Rossmann
is here with his 53rd article on ARC. This is Mark's
flawless looking Indochina Hellcat - 1/48 Hasegawa Hellcat that is a repainted model that Mark originally built in the
90's. Mark has included some very interesting history of the
French Hellcats in the Skies over Vietnam as the French tried to
reclaim the former colony after WW2. Mark added very realistic
weathering to his Hellcat. I always love seeing Mark's latest
model on ARC. |
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Ramon
R. Lomeli is here with his 16th article on ARC. This
1/48 Airfix Hawker Fury, SAAF, 1941 is Ramon's first bi-plane
and I'm quite impressed with his results....rigging can be a
challenge, but Ramon got his Fury looking first class. This
particular aircraft served in Ethiopia in 1941. Beautiful work
Ramon. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Su-15 Flagon resin cockpit set + vacu canopy from
Pavla
Models. This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/144
Martin JRM-3 Mars model kit from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This model kit includes markings for 3 different aircraft.
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Wednesday, June
3 2015 |
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Tanuj Seth
is here with his first model on ARC and what a beauty it
is. This is his 1/72 Airfix Bf 110 C-2 with subtle
weathering and a sharks mouth. This model is in honour of the
Indian
Scale Modellers 4th
anniversary. They are a friendly and helpful bunch of
modellers. Welcome to ARC Tanuj, your Bf 110 looks excellent. |
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Kees Kuyper
joins us from the Aviation Design Studios at MAD with his 1/144 Virgin Spacecraft Mothership 'what-if'.
Kees has taken the Virgin Spacecraft and broken it up to create
business jets.....pretty creative idea....I love it!!!. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
A-10A Thunderbolt II ejection seat from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Fulcrum C conversion from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-15 & bis gun barrels, antenna & Pitot Tube
from Master.
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Tuesday, June
2 2015 |
Italy National Day |
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Alex Cimenti
is here to honour the Italian National Day with his 1/72 Italeri F-104 G/S I.A.F. duo
wearing Italian markings. Alex did some extra
scratchbuilding and equipped one with a training weapons load and
the other one with interceptor an weapons load. The Italian
Starfighter wore an attractive camo and Alex's jets look fantastic. |
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Zhe Zheng
joins us with his 2nd article on ARC. This is the 1/72 Italeri SM.79
wearing a very complicated camo as it looked in Sicily in
1942. This particular SM'79 has the Italian Type W torpedo as
a weapons load to complete the look and was built out of the box
with excellent results. It's a beautiful looking SM.79. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
VX Test Triumverate decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals.
This decal
sheet includes markings for 8 different 1/48 F-4J, F-4S, F-14A,
F-14B, F/A-18E, F/A-18F and an EA-18G.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Cockpit details- World War II decal sheet from
Mike
Grant Decals.
This decal sheet gives you a variety of cockpit decals that would be suitable
for WW2 and early jet era aircraft
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire 3-Spoke Wheels from
Ultracast.
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Monday, June
1 2015 |
Western Samoa Independence Celebration Day |
Mexico Navy Day |
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Greg Kerry
is here with quite the action packed battle scene from the Battle of
France in 1940. This is Greg's 1/72 Hobbyboss Morane Saulnier MS.406
as it sweeps in at tree top level in support of ground troops
battling enemy troops. Greg has a talent for these ground
support dioramas and this one is a beauty and quite the thrilling
scene. Excellent work Greg. |
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Burt Gustafson
has done quite the impressive job on his bare metal Korean war
Sabre. This is Burt's 1/48 Hasegawa F-86F-30 Sabre Jet complete
with artwork and colorful markings and sooo many stencils. The
USAF Sabres from the Korean War are a colorful bird that is a treat
to see and Burt did this one up beautifully. Very nicely done
Burt. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/35
Basic Training Hueys decal sheet from
Fireball
Modelworks.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SK.28 Vampire T.11 cockpit set from
Maestro
Models.
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