Hiya Benchmates, In this episode we have taken a bit of a different direction for a one off with regards to the advantage of scale modelling and the benefits for mental health. We are joined by Malcolm Childs & James Skiffins from Models for Heroes (& the Just making conversation podcast) to take a deep dive into the benefits scale modelling can give. We are also joined by our new team member - Luke Flynn (our guest on episode 5) who has helped bring down the average age of the rest of the team by several decades!!! Looking forward to Episode 7 - we will be joined by Jon Tabinor, assistant editor for SAM - Scale Aircraft Modelling magazine as well as working on Model Truck World and Toy Soldier collector - so it's not all aviation!

Brownie Consortium of Model Making Support Organisations: https://www.facebook.com/groups/667998369164434 Models for Heroes Donation page: modelsforheroes.org.uk/donate

Models for Heroes Support Page: https://modelsforheroes.org.uk/support

Research focusses on the scale modelling hobby concluded that there was significant impact on those who engaged with the activity. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03080226231208053 NICE guidelines pertaining to Arts and Crafts group activities being beneficial for well being: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng32/chapter/Recommendations#groupbased-activitie Guideline Publications: https://www.guidelinepublications.co.uk/