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Welcome to 2023
everyone!!! I hope you had a good Christmas and a fun New
Years Eve. I am just getting over a 2 week non-covid
virus. It certainly felt like covid and did include a nasty
lung congestion, but my rapid covid test came back negative.
Anyhow, out of caution I spent 5 days in bed 24/7 at the worst of it
and I seem to be on the mend with my energy levels slowly returning.
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Tom Thounaojam begins the New Year with an Indian beauty.
This is his 1/72 Azur-FRROM Breguet 1050 Alizé 1G sporting Indian
markings and a delicate level of weathering. Tom has connected
his model with the birth from war of the country of Bangladesh and he
tells more in his article. Welcome to 2023 Tom.
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Tom Thounaojam is also here with his excellent looking 1/72 Mistercraft Hawker Hunter Indian Air Force.
Tom had a good time building this Hunter and finished it in 1
day. There is much good that can be said for a fun 1 day build
as Tom does explain in his Indian Hunter article.
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George Athanasiadis
starts today with his very special 1/48 Italeri F.1CG.
It is finished in the anniversary markings for the 342
All Weather Squadron "SPARTA" and the paint scheme
includes the words of Spartan
General-King Leonidas as he fought with his 300 warriors. I love
George's Mirage.
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Christos Papadopoulos
did an amazing job weathering his 1/48 Eduard P 400 Aircobra.
Christos is very skilled at weathering and you can see that in
his photos. I wish I had his skills. Beautiful work.
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Brazil Republic Day
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Goran Djordjevic starts
today with one of thye best looking F-16s. This is his 1/72 Hasegawa F-16B
finished as a US Navy aggressor aircraft. Goran includes the
history of these F-16s
and what was involved in
finishing his Viper. I love these blue camo schemes.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler is here with the 1/537 ? AMT D-7 Klingon cruiser
which is a kit released in 1968. This is the real dael
classic Star Trek model. Being a Star Trek fan, I quite enjoy
seeing Shawn's Star Trek models..
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14 2022 |
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Thomas Brückelt gets your week started in style with his 1/72 Amodel Messerschmitt Bf 109T-1.
This is the aircraft carrier version of the 109 and Thomas tells
some of the history behind this very rare aircraft. Thomas has
displayed his 109 in-flight dropping a bomb.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler is here with his beautifully weathered
1/350? AMT Klingon Bird of Prey. This is a classic kit Shawn
built for a friend, complete with lighting. It is very cool to
see his display cases in his photos.
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| Saturday, Nov
12 2022 |
Uyghuristan National Day |
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| Wednesday, Nov 9
2022 |
Cambodia Independence Day
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I
have been busy getting forklift training at one fulltime job and
doing overtime at my other fulltime job.
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Björn Leichsenring
begin today with his beautifully finished 1/144 Fly McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II.
This is a tiny scale to be sure, but Björn put some wonderful
effort into the small details to make his model look excellent.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
joins us with a wonderful selection of RCAF Freedom fighters.
These are his 1/48 Kenetic CF-5D Freedom Fighters...X 3
beautifully weathered and finished in 3 different camo
schemes. It is a treat to see these.
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2022 |
Zambia Independence Day
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Mark L. Rossmann begins your week with another of his
fascinating historical articles. This is his 1/48 P-47 Razorback Pt.2
article featuring 3 different P-47 in US markings including some
with noseart. Sit back and enjoy reading Mark's carefully
researched article. I always enjoy Mark's articles and models. |
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Shailesh Karkhanis is here to feature his attractive 1/72
Eduard PFM MiG 21 FL. Shailesh finished it in a
great looking camo scheme with Indian markings. Beautiful work Shailesh.
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18 2022 |
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Alacran has done plenty of extra detailing to his
1/72 Revell S2-A Tracker. Alacran
used aftermarket detail parts and folded the wings on his tiny 1/72
tracker and then finished it in Alacran markings..
Enjoy the photos.
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Shailesh Karkhanis is here with his eye catching
1/48
Eduard Models MiG 21 BIS. Shailesh finished this gem in
hte markings for the Cobra squadron of the Indian Air Force and there is
Cobra noseart on both sides of the intake. This is a very attractive
MiG-21.
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2022 |
US Navy's birthday
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Kim_myungin begins today with his first model on ARC.
This is his highly detailed 1/48 Minibase SU-33 Flanker-D. The
wings are folded and it is finished in my favorite Russian camo
scheme. Beautiful work myungin. Welcome to
ARC!!!
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler is here with another gem from
his Star Trek display shelf. This is his 1/1000
Polar Lights USS Defiant which Shawn built in 1 day with
excellent results. His Defiant even has built in lighting.
Shawn has included a photo of his Defiant with other Star Trek
models. I am very impressed.
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Wednesday, Oct
12 2022 |
Spain National Day
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Equatorial Guinea National Day
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Sertac Bayar
starts today with his 1/32 MiG-21 wearing a very
interesting camo scheme. Sertac finished his MiG as a jet from
the Bolivia Air Force and I love the colors of the camo scheme.
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Angelo M Picardo
is another regular on ARC and today he is sharing his 1/32
Dragon/Revell Bf-110 G4 with us. Angelo converted his 110
to a night fighter and finished it in a skillfully done mottled camo
scheme complete with a sharks mouth.
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Sertac Bayar
starts your Tuesday update with his big beautiful 1/32 F-5E Tiger.
Sertac finished his F-5 in Swiss markings.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler is
here with a wonderful selection of his 1/72 RCAF Trainers. Some
of these kits sound rather difficult to build, but the final models
all look excellent.
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Sertac Bayar
joins us from Turkey with his big 1/32
F-4E Phantom - TurAF 111.Sq. Sertac finished is Phantom in
the classic green brown camo and gave his impressive Phantom plenty
of wonderful details.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
has added a gem to his growing Star Trek fleet. This is
his 1/1000 USS Excelsior complete with internal lighting and
a very detailed exterior finish. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler is here with his 1/48 Hasegawa CF-18BM, #74.
Wow...74 Hornets!!! Shawn finished this one as a colour bird
complete with drop tanks and weathering. Shawn was kind enough
to include a photo of his display shelves featuring many other
colourful hornets.
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Sertac Bayar is here in style with his 1/72 UH-1H - TurAF.
Sertac finished it in Turkish markings and a classic camo
scheme.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler starts you update with his 1/48 Hasegawa CF-18AM Hornet #73.
Shawn chose the 75th Anniversary markings for 425 squadron using
aftermarket decals and finished it with weathering for a more
realistic look. This is a good looking RCAF Hornet..
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Sertac Bayar
joins us today with his awesome looking 1/72
Jetranger NYPD. Its good to see the paint scheme he chose
for his jetranger.
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| Tuesday, Oct 4
2022 |
Lesotho National Day
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Pablo Angel
Herrera joins us from Guatemala with his 1/32 Revell Me-262B-1a/U-1
in the mottled camo for red 12. Pablo includes some excellent
advice for building the big Revell Schwalbe. I am
impressed with Pablos nightfighter....it is a beauty.
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Klaasjan Schuuring
has done a skillful job weathering his 1/48 GWH P-61B Black Widow.
Klaasjan added resin aftermarket wheels and finished his Black
Widow with sexy noseart and beautifully done exhaust stains that
show up well on the black night fighter paint scheme.
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Thomas
Brückelt joins us from Germany on its national day with his
1/72 Heller CF-104D Starfighter. His Starfighters is
wearing special markings thanks to some aftermarket
decals. Have a happy holiday Thomas.
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Thomas
Brückelt also joins us today with his 1/18 Wum and Wendelin
RC flying discs. This
custom built diorama relives memories from decades ago when RC
modellers were building some very creative flying aircraft.
Well done Thomas!!!
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26 2022 |
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Daniel
Truong starts
your Monday update with his 1/72 Hasegawa F8U-1 finished
in USMC markings.
Daniel added Aires detailing parts to the cockpit and made the
markings himself for a very special F-8. Panel lines were
rescribed and details changed to make this F8U-1. I am
impressed with Daniel's efforts and his attention to detail and I
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Thomas Brückelt
is here with one of my favourite 109 paint schemes. This
is his colourful 1/72 AZ models Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 looking
very nice indeed. Thomas has quite the selection of models on
ARC and you can find a link to his models at the bottom of his
article. |
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Thursday, Sept
15 2022 |
Battle of Britain Day 1940
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| Wednesday, Sept
14 2022 |
 Ukraine
Mobilized
Servicemen Day |
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12 2022 |
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No update until
wednesday....I have a couple of freakishly long work days to get
through between now and then.
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| Sunday, Sept 11
2022 |
Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon 2001 |
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2022 |
First
use of V-2 rocket lands Chiswick area of London (1944) |
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Queen
Elizabeth II...she will be missed
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April 1926 – 8 September 2022
I have
been within 10 feet of the Queen 3 times in my life...all 3 times in
my home city. |
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Blair Stewart
begins today with his blast from the past. This is his 1/175 Atlantis
(Revell) Boeing B-52A with X-15, which looks like a very
enjoyable build reliving those kits from our youth. Blairs
finished model looks excellent.
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Shawn phantom Weiler
joins us today with his 1/32
Dragon CH-135 Twin Huey finished as a Canadian bird wearing UN
markings. Shawn tells about his time flying in one of these
back in the day. His model brings back memories of my late Dad
and the UN missions he went on with the Canadian army when I was a
kid.
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6 2022 |
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Rod "VIPER 316" Bettencourt
gets thing started today with his big and realistically finished
1/32 Trumpeter
SBD-3. The crew of this Dauntless were true heros from the
battle of Midway and Ensign Frank Woodrow O’Flaherty had a ship
commissioned with his name. Rods Dauntless with custom markings is
exceptional.
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S K Loh
did an impressive job detailing and finishing his 1/144
Mini Hobby Models MIG-21PF
in a multi-shade bare metal finish. This model now resides
in a museum in Hanoi. It is a pleasuret to see it here on ARC.
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5 2022 |
Labor Day /
Labour Day  |
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Shawn
"phantom" Weiler begins our first update this week
with his build of the classic 1/72 Airfix Stirling complete
with noseart. This is an interesting early war bomber and
Shawn gives more insight into it's role in the war. Nicely
done Shawn, it is good to see you leading this first update
back.
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Frederic
Cottin has been busy upgrading his 1/48 Academy Hawker Hunter
Royal Rhodesian Air Force. Frederic added a resin cockpit
from Aires and resin wheels from Ukrainian manufacturer RES
KIT. It's good to see support for anything Ukraine these
days. His finished model was gives aftermarket decals with
some very interesting roundels featuring African spears. A
darn fine looking Hunter and it is good to see it on ARC.
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No
daily joke today, I'm still trying to remember how to do daily
updates. :-)
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28 2022 |
Polish (Military) Aviation Day
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I am
pleased to report I am getting back into the ARC saddle. First
I want to thank everyone for their patience...it has been a long 8
months with me working 105 hours a week for 6 of those months to
keep ahead of bills. I have stabilized things and am on a more
secure footing and only need to work 70 hours a week at my 2 jobs to
get ahead of my finances. I was working 4 jobs at the worst of
it all. I expect regular updates to begin in 8 days on Monday
Sept 5 2022.
Thank
you again for your extreme patience....it is much appreciated.
I suffered job loss due to Covid causing me some serious
problems.
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| Monday, Dec
13 2021 |
Saint Lucia Independence Day
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Rod Bettencourt
has done an impressive job detail his 1/48 Trumpeter F-106.
Rod added a resin cockpit and aftermarket intakes and
exhaust. This one looks like the 1/1 jet.
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Thomas Brückelt
joins us with a very attractivel Starfighter paint scheme.
This is his 1/72 Italeri F-104G Starfighter looking excellent
in this paint scheme. Well done Thomas..
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Here's a product article
for the 4"x4" Photo Etch Bending & Rolling
Deluxe Brass Assist from The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool from The
Small Shop
is the Photo Etch Bending & Rolling Deluxe Brass Assist for
"True" cylinders, tie downs, hinges, clamps, brackets
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2021 |
Finland Independence Day
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I
am now working over 110 hours a week at 4 jobs to pay off some debts
from job losses last year due to covid. One main job that
disappeared was as a cruise ship tour bus driver. My time for
ARC is limited, but my passion for ARC is still very strong.
Sadly the advertising revenue from this website only covers server
fees each month, so I really need to focus on earning money from
real jobs for now.
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Rod Bettencourt
gets this update started with his big and beautifully finished
1/32 Revell/Dragon Bf-110C. Rod detailed the cockpit and
other areas with aftermarket detail items and finished off hius
stunning 110 with aftermarket decals. This one is a
beauty....enjoy the photos.
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Carl Jarosz
joins us with his colorful 1/72 Italeri T-33A Shooting Star
finished as a trainer with the USMC in California. Carl
added detail to the cockpit and aftermarket decals completed this
little gem. I love the look of this T-33. |
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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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| Monday, Nov 15
2021 |
Brazil Republic Day |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with a real classic kit today. This is his 1/72 Airfix B-29 Super Fortress
in a bare metal finish complete with sexy noseart. It's
good to see these older kits being built.
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Sam Ching
is here with quite the attractive 1/72 KP MiG-19. Sam
finished it in a colorful East German paint scheme which looks quite
good.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Bending Folding Blade 8 Inch from The
Small Shop.
The
Small Shop has
an extensive selection of tools to assist in bending and folding photo etch
parts. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes. They also have
benders for making handles out of wire.
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Tuesday, Oct
12 2021 |
Spain National Day |
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H. Davis Gandees
is here with one of the most famous Phantoms. This is his 1/48
Revell F4J Phantom "Showtime 100" built mostly out of
the box with stellar results. It is a treat to see this classic
Phantom on ARC.
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Mike Muth
is here with a real classic. This is his 1/72-1/77(?) Monogram "Tin Goose"
built to a high standard and finished with aftermarket
decals. Mike gives excellent insight into building this
classic kit. Excelent to see this old kit built.
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Here's a product article
for the The
Nutter Set - Scale Model Nuts & Rivets from
The
Small Shop.
The
Small Shop has
an extensive selection of tool to assist in bending and folding photo etch
parts. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes. They also have
benders for making handles out of wire.
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canceled in 2020 due to Covid-19.
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