Homepage Text - October 2017

Tuesday,  Oct 31  2017                   Happy Halloween 
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Kit joins us with another of his stunning models wearing winter camo.  This is Kit's 1/48 Italeri Ju 87-B2 Stuka finished in a very accurate winter camo that shows the summer camo underneath the temporary winter camo.  This Ju-87 is perfect.  I love winter camo.

Here's a product article for the 1/44 KC-135 Stratotanker Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft Conversions.


Monday,  Oct 30  2017
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Dragan Cvetic as done a stunning job on his 1/72 AZ Model Super Mystθre B.2 in Israeli markings using Isradecal decals.  Dragan added drop tanks to finish off his Israeli jet.  Very nicely done indeed.

Here's a product article for the 4" Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool Mk IV from The Small Shop.


Here's a product article for the 1/48 Sniper ATP for Harrier GR.9 from Eduard Model AccessoriesThis detail set is designed for the Hasegawa kit.


Friday,  Oct 27  2017

Saint Vincent and the Grenaidines Independence Day

Turkmenistan National Day

Ecuadorian Airforce Day

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Shawn “phantom” Weiler is here to give your Friday a big splash of colour.  This is his 1/48 Kinetic CF-18A Hornet, #67 finished in an airshow scheme that celebrates the 150th anniversary of the founding of the country of Canada.  Shawn gives the Kinetic Hornet good marks in most areas as he explains in his article.  I missed the airshow season this year, so it is a special treat for me to see Shawn's Hornet on ARC. 

Here's a product article for the 1/32 F-16 NSI small mouth Intake Correction Set from ZactomodelsThis resin intake is designed for the Academy kit.


Here's a product article for the 1/72 A-1 Skyraider 20mm cannon barrels and Pitot Tube from Master.


Thursday,  Oct 26  2017

Austria National Day

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Mack Main is here with his very enjoyable what-if article for his 1/72 Pioneer 2 Sea Fury.  This is a USN Sea Fury that looks great in the alternate markings, but his article is a treat to read....quite enjoyable. 

Wednesday,  Oct 25  2017

Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war

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Thomas Brόckelt joins us from Germany with his exciting diorama of his 1/144 Amodel CL-215 Scooper taking off from a lake getting ready to fight a forest fire.  Thomas did some added detailing including dropping flaps and adding crew figures before creating his very realistic water diorama to display his water bomber.  Beautiful work Thomas.

Here's a product article for the Wire Assist Forming Tool - Photo Etch Bending Tool from The Small Shop.


Here's a product article for the 1/48 F-22 Raptor Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft ConversionsThis detail set is designed for the Hasegawa kit.


Tuesday,  Oct 24  2017

Zambia Independence Day

On Saturday morning a rotten power pole directly outside my place fell over.  This power pole had 3 transformers on it....many hi voltage powerlines and the 1" fiber optic cable feeding internet to my building.  the fiber optic internet/phone cable was severed.  I will begin doing updates tomorrow on my laptop using my phone to provide a wifi hot spot.  My guess is my internet connection will not be repaired for a while.

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Monday,  Oct 23  2017
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Sunday,  Oct 22  2017
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Saturday,  Oct 21  2017

  Somalia National Day 

Trafalgar Day - Royal Navy Anniversary

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Friday,  Oct 20  2017
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Jose Antonio Bonola Osorio joins us with his first model on ARC today.  This is his stunning 1/48 HpH Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA with loads of detail including a highly detailed pilot and boarding ladder.  Beautiful work Jose and I'm excited to see more of your models on ARC in the future.

Here's a product article for the 1/32 Static dischargers on modern Sukhoi jets from Master.


Here's a product article for the 1/32 BAe Hawk T.1 Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft ConversionsThis detail set is designed for the Revell kit. 


Thursday,  Oct 19  2017
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler is here with a pair of his 1/48 Airfix CT-155 Hawk.  Both are beauties, but the camo'd Hawk is particularly cool in it's WW2 Lancaster bomber camo.  Thanks for sharing Shawn...I really enjoyed seeing these.

Here's a product article for the 1/32 MiG-23 Pylons from Zactomodels.  This resin set includes 6 highly detailed corrected 1/32 MiG-23 Pylons with detailed launching mechanisms on the undersides of all of the pylons plus 4 trees of optional hardware.


Here's a product article for the 1/48 Meteor F.8 wheels with fenders & painting masks from  Eduard Model Accessories.  This set includes wheels with fenders & painting masks and is designed to fit the Airfix kit.


Wednesday,  Oct 18  2017
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Tuesday,  Oct 17  2017
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Emre Tuzun is here with a lovely pair of 1/48 PM T-41D in Turkish Air Force markings.  This is the military version of the Cessna 172 and Emre has captured the faded paint scheme on these Turkish aircraft very well.  Beautiful work Emre.


Here's a product article for the 1/144 TSR.2 Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft ConversionsThis detail set is designed for the Great Wall Hobby kit.


Monday,  Oct 16  2017
I'm doing a complete rebuild of the walkaround section.  The work will include all new webpages, larger thumbnail photos and a full archive system with photos for each walkaround.  Once this work is complete, then I will begin adding new walkaround photos.  I hope to have this work complete in the next 6 weeks.  

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Andrι Manzano is here with another of his gems.  This is his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14B Super Tomcat with full weathering and Jolly Rogers markings.  The Tomcat is a beautiful aircraft and the weathering and finishing of this F-14 is flawless...I love how it looks.

Here's a product article for the Photo Etch Cut-Off Set - Standard from The Small Shop.  This Photo Etch Cut-Off Set - Standard is designed to hold the photo etch fret as you remove parts from the photo etch fret.  This is a big help so parts don't go flying into your carpet or parts unknown. 


Here's a product article for the 1/72 Spitfire Mk. IX engine from Eduard Model Accessories This detail set is designed for the Eduard kit.


Here's a product article for the 1/72 P-3C Orion Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft ConversionsThis detail set is designed for the Hasegawa and Revell kit.


Sunday,  Oct 15  2017
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Saturday,  Oct 14  2017

Anniversary of X-1 Supersonic Flight - Oct 14 1947

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Friday,  Oct 13  2017

US Navy's birthday

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Thursday,  Oct 12  2017

Spain National Day

Equatorial Guinea National Day

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Carmel J. Attard is here with the first An-14 on ARC.  This is his 1/72 Plasticart Modellbaukasten Antonov An-14 finished in East German markings complete with upper camo.  Carmel gives this kit a very good grade for fit and quality as you will see when you read his article about the building of his gem of a model. 

Here's a product article for the 1/32 MiG-23 Pylons from Zactomodels.  This set includes detailed launching mechanisms  on the undersides of all of the pylons.  The kit includes 6 resin pylons plus 4 trees of optional hardware.


Here's a product article for the 1/48 P-40B exhaust from Eduard Model Accessories This detail set is designed for the Airfix kit.


Tuesday,  Oct 10  2017

Republic of China National Day 

Fiji National Day

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Graham Symmonds has done a most spectacular job detailing and weathering his HMCS Sorel - 1/72 Revell Flower Class Corvette.   Graham combined many aftermerket detail items with his very skilled scratchbuilding skills to create this impressive Canadian Corvette.  Sit back and enjoy....this one is well worth checking out.

Here's a product article for the 1/48 F-5E/F Tiger II Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft ConversionsThis detail set is designed for the AFV Club kit.


Monday,  Oct 9  2017

Uganda Independence Day

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Dirk Schenk is here today with a real South African beauty.  This is his 1/72 Frog Vampire FB.5. finished in the attractive livery of the South African Bumblebees aerobatics team.  This is the old Frog kit, which proves these older kits do build into fine looking models if given the correct amount of love from a patient and skilled modeller.  Beautiful work Dirk.

Here's a product article for the Photo Etch Extended Roller Set - Use with Brass Assist from The Small Shop.  This Photo Etch Extended Roller Set is the Photo Etch Extended Roller Set - Use with Brass Assist.

Here's a product article for the 1/72 Spitfire Mk.XVI top cowl from Eduard Model Accessories This item is designed for the Eduard kit. 


Sunday,  Oct 8  2017

Croatia Independence Day

India - Indian Air Force Day

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Saturday,  Oct 7  2017
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Friday,  Oct 6  2017
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler is here with one of the few aircraft flown by the Canadian Army.  This is his 1/48 Model USA L-19E Bird Dog which is an older ill fitting kit that Shawn massage into a great looking model.  My attempt to build this model kit did not go as well.

Here's a product article for the 1/32 Polikarpov I-16 type 24 Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft Conversions.


Wednesday,  Oct 4  2017

Lesotho National Day

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Emre Tuzun is here with his tiny and impressive 1/72 Italeri AB-204.  I particularly enjoyed the paint scheme Emre chose...Italy's SAR which looks excellent on this chopper.  I love the addition of the rotor tie down straps.  It is a special treat to see Emre's latest model on ARC.

Here's a product article for the 1/32 Su-25 PD-62-8 Pylons from Zactomodels The PD-62-8 pylons were often used on the Su-25. 


Here's a product article for the 1/48 P-40B wheels and paint masks from Eduard Model Accessories This detail set is designed for the Airfix kit.


Tuesday,  Oct 3  2017

Germany National Day

  Iraq National Day 

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Gerd Wilcken has done a glorious job improving the 1/72 Hobby Boss MiG-15UTI Midget.  He added resin seats and photo etch parts to improve the cockpit detail and then finished it in a beautifully weathered colorful paint scheme which all looks perfect.  This one is a beauty. 

Here's a product article for the 1/144 Boeing 720 Landing Gear from Scale Aircraft Conversions.

Here's a product article for the 1/72 A-1 Skyraider 20mm cannon barrels and Pitot Tube from Master This detail set is designed for the Roden kit.


Monday,  Oct 2  2017

Guinea Independence Day

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Dragan Cvetic has done a lovely job on his detailing and weathering his 1/72 Trumpeter J-10ADragan found this kit challenging but with his skill and the addition of a photo etch set gave him a flawless model of this Chinese fighter.  It is a treat seeing this J-10A on ARC.


Here's a product article for the The "BUG" RTH Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from The Small Shop.T  his Photo Etch Bending Tool is the The "BUG" RTH Hold and Fold.  Loaded with Features in a Tight little Package! Perfect for close-up work! Little bends are no problem when using the "Bug"!   


Here's a product article for the 1/72 Spitfire Mk. IX top cowl late from Eduard Model Accessories This detail item is designed for the Eduard kit. 


Sunday, Oct 1  2017

  People's Republic of China National Day

Cyprus Independence Day

Nigeria Independence Day

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