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Arrivals For the Week Ending September 27,  2025 –

September 30, 2025

SdKfz 7 Half Track

by Scott Nicolich

This 1/35 Trumpeter SdKfz 7 Half Track has a fully workable suspension. Each Track link is three pieces: the link, the pad, and the pad frame.

The front wheels also turn. I used Eduard Photo Etch and added resin wheels. The front grill is photo etched and the vents can be turned to show the photo etched radiator.

The winch (under the body) has rope attached to a tow hook which hooks to the rear of the vehicle.

This is the most complicated kit I have ever built. It is a lot more detailed than the Dragon kit.

The front grill is Photo etched and the vents can be turned to show the photoetched radiator grill.

September 15,2025

Photo Recon Spitfire

by Vic Esposito

This kit is the Hasegawa 1/48 Photo Recon Spitfire Mk IXC. It was based in Normandy after D-Day and flew low altitude photo missions at dawn and dusk.

It was painted in PRU Pink to blend in the early morning and twilight skies.

The camera was located just forward of the roundel.

Rosebud

Hub Hobby’s original building on Broad St in New Orleans has been demolished. Word of it being torn down spread like wildfire.

One of our customers, Jim Letten, was emailed by his friend Martin about the demolition of their childhood hang-out.

The subject line was: ROSEBUD

“Rosebud” was the dying word spoken by Orson Welles in the movie Citizen Kane: a reference to his childhood sled – the symbol of memories of youthful innocence.

Read it here