1952
Arrivals On Tuesday January 14, 2025 –
January 12, 205
P51 Lou IV
by Scott Sclafani
This is a model of Lou IV, a fighter from the 361 st Fighter Group of the 8th Air Force flying out of Bottisham, England.
There’s a famous color photo of this plane that shows a blue camo scheme, which has been hotly debated. It was, in fact, a field applied camo Army olive drab and RAF Dark Green.
I built this model straight out of the box, using Testors model master paint throughout and artist oil for panel line definition. Lou IV was piloted by Tom Christian Jr, who had no aerial vicoties and was killed shortly after the famed color photo was shot.
December 18, 2024
Lotus Formula 1
by Robert MacNamara
Robert MacNamara built this 1/20 scale Tamiya/Ebbro 1965 Lotus Formula 1.
He painted it with 3 coats of Tamiya British Green, sanding between coats.
The seat is painted with AKI earth red and all of the piping was painted with Tamiya titanium silver.
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
“”Quarter Light” is copyrighted by William Wolfe and is used with his permission
New Orleans, Louisiana