Wednesday, July
31 2019 |
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Andrew Desautels
is here with the third model in his Wild Weasel series. This
is his 1/72 F-105G Wild Weasel with a resin cockpit and other
modifications to improve on the accuracy of his F-105G Wild Weasel.
Andrew finished it as a Vietnam War jet using decals from 2
different manufacturers including sharks mouth markings.
Andrew explains more of the Wild Weasel history for this jet as well
as the improved weapons load. I'm really enjoying his Wild Weasel
series.
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Carl Jarosz
has done an exceptional job on his 1/144 Skyline Models Boeing 737-400 Western Pacific Airlines “Spirit of Durango” Livery.
This was a complicated build due to the big artwork decals, but
Carl pulled it off with skill and determination. A beautiful
build.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Alamo Missiles from
Zactomodels.
These Alamo -C and -D missiles are perfect for the 1/32
Flanker and MiG-29.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Gloster Meteor Pitot Tube from
Master.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, July 30
2019 |
Vanuatu
Independence Day |
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I'd
like to wish a Happy Birthday
to ARC Moderator Mad
Mike. Happy Birthday
Mike!!!
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Andrew Desautels
starts today with his 2nd Wild Weasel in his series of 5.
This is his 1/72 EF-105F Wild Weasel with many mods to make
it an accurate EF-105F Wild Weasel. Andrew also used the Pavla
resin cockpit to improve the cockpit detailing and added a weapons
load to show the true purpose of this jet. Andrew finished it
in a SEA camo scheme as seen in Vietnam with a nicely done
weathering job. I'm really am enjoying Andrew's Wild Weasel
series and it is interesting to read his background history on these Wild Weasel
jets.
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Scott Vomacka
is here with his stunning bare metal foil 1/48
Trumpeter F-100F Super Sabre. Scott added resin seats to
dress up the cockpit but it is his bare metal finish and colorful
markings that really make this model stand out. Scott has some
well honed talent at applying foil finishes to his models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Ta 152 Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Hobby Boss kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, July
29 2019 |
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Andrew Desautels
is here with the 1st of 5 Wild Weasel models. This is his
1/72
AMT F-100F Wild Weasel with resin seats and finished in SEA camo
using a cool choice of colors that Andrew explains in his article.
Andrew tells the story of the early Wild Weasels during the Vietnam
War. Beautiful work Andrew.
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Denis Bugakov
is here on ARC for the first time today. This is a
flawless and highly detailed build of the
1/48 Hasegawa+Aires A-4F Skyhawk. Denis added plenty of
detail and further detailed his model with so a very very effective
mods and then gave this Skyhawk a great looking paint scheme.
Amazing work Denis, welcome to ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 2"
Mini Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
AN/ ALQ-131 (deep) ECM pod from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This pod was used on the A-7, A-10, F-4, F-16, F-111, C-130 aircraft.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Spitfire Mk.IXc Undercarriage Covers from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sunday, July 28
2019 |
Peru
Independence Day |
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Saturday, July 27
2019 |
Korean War Armistice Date 1953 |
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Bob TheDoc
has put exceptional effort into his 1/72 Eduard MiG-21MF.
This particular build if to mark the 20th anniversary of 'Kargil
Vijay Diwas' (Kargil Victory Day). Bob used some home printed
decals to complete the markings on this beauty.
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Bob
Leonard joins us today with his heavily weathered 1/72
Hasegawa Martin B-26B Marauder that served in the ETO. Bob
chose the markings for a bomber called "Rat Poison" that
survived quite a few missions. His weathering job looks
excellent and shows how busy these bombers were during WW2. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-14A early style wheels from
Eduard
Model Accessories. This detail set is designed for
the Tamiya kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
T-38 Talon / F-5B / RF-5A, E, S - Pitot Tube and 20mm gun barrels from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Beechcraft Staggerwing Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Roden kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, July
25 2019 |
No update
today. Had to work double shifts at my jobs.
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Wednesday, July
24 2019 |
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Shawn “Phantom" Weiler
gets things fired up today with his 1/72 Heller Boeing 707 - CC-137
wearing RCAF livery using aftermarket decals. Shawn chose
my favourite paint scheme for his RCAF 707..
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Dragan Cvetic
did a stunning job weathering his 1/72
Special Hobby Mirage F-EQ. Dragan added scratchbuilt
details to the cockpit and a better pitot tube. The paint
scheme and markings are for an Iraqi jet. I love the look of
this F-1.
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Here's a product article
for the new 1/32
AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles from
Zactomodels.
Each set includes 2 complete missiles. Also included are
optional exhausts and nosecones for training versions (CATM).
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, July 23
2019 |
Egypt
National Day |
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Rodrigo Rendon
added plenty of Eduard detail to his 1/48 Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk
and then displayed it in a great looking diorama base that reflects
the USAF base in Japan. Rodrigo added a weapons load using
after market goodies and gave his Scooter a flawless weathering
job. Amazing work Rodrigo.
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Shawn “Phantom” Weiler
is here with a sweet one today. This is his 1/144 Testors CC-109 Cosmopolitan
made from the Testors C-131-A Samaritan. Shawn is on a
roll with his 1/144 RCAF aircraft lately. Nicely done Shawn.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
S2F Tracker Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Kinetic kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, July
22 2019 |
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Dragan Cvetic
did a stellar job on his 1/72
Hasegawa F-35B. Dragan built this one OOB and captured the
look of the F-35B very well.
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler
is here with his colourful 1/144 Amodel CC-115 Buffalo wearing
a Canadian search and rescue paint scheme. For the markings
Shawn used aftermarket decals which look excellent.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Bending Folding Blade 8 Inch from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Folding Blade 8 Inch is for bending and
folding PE parts. Complements the 8" Tool head Workstation (This
item is included with the 8" tool).
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sunday, July 21
2019 |
Belgium
Independence Day |
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Andreas Gordes has
done some excellent scratchbuilding on his 1/72 Dragon North-American CSM-107 Columbia.
This is the space craft that was piloted by Michael Collins
during the first moon landing. It's amazing to consider what
these 3 men did 50 years ago. Respect for them all. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Andreas Gordes is
here to mark the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
This is his 1/72 Dragon Grumman LM-5 Eagle built to a very
high standard and looking quite convincing. Beautiful work Andreas. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Friday, July
19 2019 |
Model shows this
weekend:
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Bob Leonard
is here with his very attractive 1/72 Hasegawa V-22B Osprey.
Bob chose to finish his Osprey in the markings for the Japan
Ground Self-Defense Force using the WW2 USN paint scheme found on
the Japanese V-22's. This is one very cool looking Osprey
built to a high standard by Bob. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
MiG-29 Exhausts from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter
MiG-29 kit. These resin/photo etched exhausts are designed for
the big Trumpeter MiG-29 kit and these take the model to a whole new
level of extreme detailing.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Thursday, July
18 2019 |
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Gary
Hatherly did extensive scratch building and super detailing on
his big 1/32
Tamiya F-4G Wild Weasel. This model took 8 years to
complete and the list of modification was very extensive.
Wow...enjoy his photos. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, July 17
2019 |
Iraq Republic Day |
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No update today.
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Tuesday, July
16 2019 |
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Carl Jarosz
is here with his exceptional 1/48 Kinetic F-84F Thunderstreak
in all it's bare metal glory. Carl chose the Indiana ANG
for the markings. Carl dressed up the cockpit with a different
seat and had high compliments for this Kinetic kit. I enjoy
seeing Carl's models on ARC. |
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler
is here with a jet I flew in back in 1972. This is his
1/144 Minicraft 707- CC-137 in RCAF markings from the early 1970's. It's good to see
this RCAF 707 on ARC, it brings back good memories of a trip to
Cyprus when I was 12. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Monday, July
15 2019 |
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Alfred Calleja
starts your week with his first article on ARC. This is
his 1/400 Heller HMAS Melbourne
that was a very involved conversion of the Heller Arromanches
kit which was a French carrier that was formerly the HMS
Colossus. Alfred did a huge amount of scratch building and
completed this project in the pre-internet days when reference
material was limited. I love how this carrier model turned out
and I am honored to welcome Alfred to ARC. Beautiful work
Alfred. |
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Dragan
Cvetic is here with his great looking 1/72 Valom Md-450
Ouragan. Dragan built this one out of the box with the
addition of some aftermarket decals.
Dragan gave it sharks mouth and subtle weathering. |
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Here's a product article
for the The
Nutter Set - Scale Model Nuts & Rivets from
The
Small Shop.
This tool is a A Revolution in Ultra Detailing!
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sunday, July 14
2019 |
France
National Day |
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Friday, July 12
2019 |
Sao Tome and
Principe Independence Day |
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Thursday, July 11
2019 |
Mongolia
National
Celebration Day |
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Klaasjan Schuuring
has built a great looking 1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest II High Tech.
This is not an easy kit to build due to poor fit, but in the
hands of a persistent modeler, it does build into a fine looking
Tempest as you will see in
Klaasjan's photos. The
addition of extra detailing parts makes this a very interesting
kit to build. |
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Francisco "Block50" Gutierrez
joins us from Chile with his first model on ARC. This is
his amazing 1/48 G.W.H F-15I Ra´am. Francisco
had a very busy time detailing, weathering and finishing his
beautiful Ra´am which included over 500 stencil decals.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 intake correction set from
Zactomodels.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter Su-27B kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
PBM-5A Mariner Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Minicraft kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Wednesday, July 10
2019 |
Invasion
of Sicily - Allied
Landings at Sicily in 1943 |
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Mike Muth has
done a stunning job on the big 1/32 Wingnut Wings Fokker E. III.
Mike chose the markings for the aircraft flown by German Ace
Ernst Udet. Everything about this model is a treat to see. |
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Dragan Cvetic has
done an impressive job on the 1/72 Testors YF-23. Dragan
added detailing to the cockpit and gave it a flawless paint job and
markings from Caracal Decals. |
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Tuesday, July 9
2019 |
Argentina
Independence Day |
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Monday, July
8 2019 |
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Carl Jarosz
starts your week with his colorful 1/48 Hasegawa a F-18F Super Hornet VFA-41 Black Aces.
This is a CAG bird Carl that added resin seats and scratchbuilt
engine FOD covers before giving it a subtle weathering job fitting a
CAG jet. This one is perfect. |
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Shawn “phantom” Weiler
also joins us with his colourful 1/48 Italeri CC-130E Hercules.
Shawn gives some insight into the build process. I do like
that he chose the earlier more colourful C-130 paint scheme used by
the RCAF using some aftermarket decals to get the exact airframe he
wanted. I love it. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Bending Folding Blade 5 Inch from
The
Small Shop.
This tool is for bending and folding PE parts. Complements the 5 Speed
Tool head Workstation (This item is included with the 5 Speed tool).
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Sunday, July 7
2019 |
Solomon Islands
National Day |
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Patrick Vossenberg
is here with his stunning 1/48 Hasegawa/Eduard A-4F Skyhawk
that was intended for yesterday. Patrick added quite a bit
of extra detailing using resin and photo etch and a gave his Skyhawk
a full weapons load and an impressive weathering job. Enjoy
his photos. |
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Byron Leal is
here with his second model on ARC. This is his 1/48 AH-1S Cobra
finished in desert camo and Israeli markings. Well done
Bryon, I love it. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 T-38 Talon / F-5 Pitot Tube and 20mm gun barrels
from Master.
The gun barrels are hollow on the end.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Happy
4th
to
all
the
ARC
Americans
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No update today. I got
roped into working a double shift at my jobs today.
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Wednesday, July
3 2019 |
No update today.
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Tuesday, July
2 2019 |
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Orlando Sucre Rosales is
a very special modeller from Caracas, Venezuela and today he is here
with his 1/144
Academy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina. This was a
challenging build as you will read in Orlando's article, but he
stuck with it and created a truly excellent looking PBY.
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Mike Krahn has
created something very special. This is his 1/48 Tamiya / Lone Star Models XP-72
with the contra-rotating propeller and a fantastic looking bare
metal finish. Mike also scratchbuilt seatbelts to complete the
cockpit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 8"
Mk R Multi-head Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
Secures parts up to 8" long – Second largest Photo Etch Bender
on the Market!
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Happy Canada Day
to all the ARC Canucks
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I'm
taking today off and enjoying Canada Day with my wife and daughter.
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