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Arrivals For the Week Ending May 9, 2026 –

May 14, 2026

Starblazers Yamato

by Dreux Blalock

This is a Bandai kit of Starblazers Yamato in 1/1000 scale – – the  U.N.C.F Diana.

May 1, 2026

Tamiya 1/24 Mobil

by Lionel Davis

This Tamiya 1/24 scale kit was built as an “out-of-the-box” entrant and entered in a Tulsa model contest a few years back.

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