March 2026 Meeting

  March 2026 Meeting

Thanks to everyone who came out to Mid-South Hobbies on Saturday, March 28. We had a great turnout, and it was awesome seeing what everyone is working on.

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Mike Walker brought his  Star Trek Enterprise collection of 7 starship models, cut length-wise for a group display. These are 1/2500 scale Polar Lights Enterprise kits.

Mike also is working on a 1/144 scale Anigrand Craftswork Star Wars Imperial Lambda-class Shuttle. This is the cockpit.

Randy Bloom led off the completed models portion of the meeting with his recently completed 1/144 Minicraft KC-97L Tanker. Randy mentioned that his dad was a radio operator on one of these.

 

John Mahaffey built two 1/25 scale trucks in his usual scratch building style. These start with an AMT 1/25 scale 1950 Chevy Pickup as the base kit. From there he created a wrecker and a water truck.

The water truck has a Thunderbird engine. He used Vallejo "mud" to weather the tires.

John also brought a bit of club heritage with him. This is his 1977 1st place plaque from, yes, the IPMS Memphis Belle Chapter! Well, 49 years later, we are back!

Tom Horbacz completed the Tamiya 1/35 scale M41 Walker Bulldog, built out of the box. Great job with a classic kit.

German Candia presented his completed Dragon 1/35 JS-1 and led a discussion on the Mig Ammo color modulation system. By demonstrating how to layer different hues for depth and shading, German gave us a great look at a key technique in the world of armor modeling. As for the kit, he said it was good although the tracks were thick and a challenge to work with.