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Plastic Model Contest
Saturday April 11, 2026
VFW Hall
1133 Hickory Ave
Harahan LA 70123
9 am till 3 pm
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Arrivals For the Week Ending March 28, 2026 –
ROADWORK
April 7, 2026 – – – the construction crew was working about 2 blocks west of us on the other side of Cleary. They had the outside lane blocked, funneling 3 lanes of traffic into two just past Cleary. Traffic was still flowing smoothly without much delay.
AT NO TIME IS ACCESS TO OUR PARKING LOT BLOCKED . . .
Major roadwork on Airline Highway (US 61) kicking off a significant improvement project on February 9, 2026, from David Drive to Causeway Boulevard, focusing on curbs, sidewalks, and later milling/resurfacing, expected to finish by June 2026.
April 6, 2026
Midway Avenger Diorama
by Mike Rieth
I got the inspiration to do this Midway Avenger diorama from the Osprey Combat Aircraft #16 TBF/TBM Avenger Units of World War 2 by Barrett Tillman. I based my model on the after-action report. Not only did I try to recreate the battle damage to the aircraft, but I also “battle damaged” the crew. The pilot had his right cheek cut by shrapnel. The turret gunner was mortally wounded and the radioman was knocked unconscious.
The hydraulic system was hit, which caused the tail wheel to drop, making the stinger machine gun useless. The cables to the elevator were severed, causing the TBF to lose altitude.
The pilot dropped his torpedo at a ship to try to lose weight. He used the trim tabs to level off and was able to crash land on the beach at Midway Island, when the right landing gear collapsed.
I installed a small electric motor to turn the prop and put an on/off switch on the base.
The weathering and battle damage on the model had to match the reference photos that I had and I tried to copy it as close as I could.
The “ocean” was created by forming the waves with modeling clay and covering with crumpled aluminum foil. A urethane rubber mold was poured. Clear urethane resin was poured in the mold. The underside was colored blue/green and the waves were highlighted with white. This was glued to a MDF base.
March 12, 2026
Stormovick
By Will Wright
Once again, the internet has provided the inspiration for a modeling project. The paint scheme for this Revell 1/48 Ilyushin IL2 Stormovick is based on a late war photo I saw there.
It’s painted in German Green, Field Gray, Russian Pea, and Gloss Red. The plane was rusting away in the photo. It has Leningrad markings. The kit was fairly easy to build. The fuselage kept bowing out when I was gluing it, so I rubber banded it together until the joint was solid.
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