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Materials & Bonding - - - Painting - - Tulane School of Architecture - - - Radio Control Airplanes - - - Scenery & Dioramas - - - School Projects - - Trains - - - Weathering & Detailing - - - Danse Macabre - - In Their Own Words - - Reference Material - -



Latest Updates

June 13 - - - Tamiya 1/35 Panzer II by Scott Nicolich: "Then I used some flat black and burnt umber for paint chipping effect."

May 16 - - - Eduard 1/48 Albatross D V by Shane Trosclair: " I built it pretty much straight out of the box. "

April 25 - - - Emhar 1/72 WWI Tanks by Mike McCasland: "Here are a trio of Emhar 1/72 WWI tanks. They were built straight out of the box."

The Hurricane Katrina Saga

"It's all water under the bridge." - - - John Alberts

Special thanks to all who've helped us: from Tunica to Las Vegas, from Michigan to Atlanta. But most of all, to the people of the Greater New Orleans Area. Thank you.

See pictures of what 7 feet of water can do to the insides of a hobby shop in 55 Years Gone.

"If it don't stop raining, the levees gonna break." - - - Led Zeppelin

"Maybe we should move before the big one hits." - - - Shawn Levy

The Miniature World of Bob Caruso: Bob Caruso, a master modeler and friend for over 40 years, died October 26, 2004 of cancer. You'll read no maudlin tribute here. Bob would not have approved. Instead, we've compiled a retrospective of his work. After perusing it, grab a tube of glue and build a model. That's what Bob would have wanted. Aloha, Robert
Tulane School of Architecture

Architecture of Exchange by Blake Fisher: "The argument of a decreased city footprint for the City of new Orleans is still lurking beneath the surface of conversation of reconstruction."

Bayou Cabin Design by Sunil Dubey: "This cabin prototype rests on large piles which are driven 20'-30' deep into the ground because of the unstable soil. The building tries to achieve a sustainable sensitivity to the area and offer uniquely revitalized spaces that people from the community and afar can enjoy."

The Campus Edge by Michael Ball: "Urban colleges and universities must balance their desire to expand with the necessity of extroversion, more fully acknowledging their roles as agents of change in their communities."

Identity on the Line by Claire Cahan: "The role of public transportation infrastructure must be elevated to reconnect our fractured communities."

School Daze by Jessica Baker: a design for a middle school

Shear Madness by Jeff Gow: "The idea behind the project was to take something ordinary, like a box, and manipulate it in such a way that it allowed for unique spaces and interesting apertures.

Low Income Housing Development by Steven Plzak: "Through the use of component multiplicity and controlled variation, individual living spaces can be reduced down to their most basis forms."

Media Center by Stacy West: "Both interior and exterior spaces are proportional creating a balance between inside and out. The project specifications were defined as follows: "

Museum of the Future by Nick Gelpi: a rather unusual look for a museum

Organic Iteration by Blake Fisher: "This model was derived from an initial image of some kind of organic object that the professor handed out on the first day."



High Density Development by Andy Stout: "In the wake of urban revitalization and post-Katrina condensing, New Orleans will likely experience an exacerbated trend of high-density development."

Reference Material

School Projects



In Their Own Words



Danse Macabre: A Look at the Ghoulish Side of Modeling

Materials & Bonding





Painting



Radio Control Airplanes

Scenery and Dioramas

Trains

Weathering and Detailing