On The Bench

In this episode a very unwell Dave battles on and the boys talk to Jason Miller form Arms Corps Models.

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In this episode the boys catch up with Rob Riviezzo to examine if our hobby is in a crisis given the current state of world economics and its impact on our hobby. Fear not! This is NOT a political rant or discussion, but a look at the current economic situation and the impacts on the hobby that we love. None of us profess to be economic geniuses, and as such we are coming at this from the layman's point of view.

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In this episode we talk to Greg Lester a.k.a Bacon Bits, one of Australia's most accomplished ship modellers.

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Episode 210 and the boys reflect on the 48 in 48 weekend.

In Episode 209 the boys catch up with Rob Riviezzo to have a chat about the model magazine industry.

This a particularly long episode so if you want to just hear the interview, jump to the 57 minute mark.

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We recommend:-

Black Hat Models

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

Workbench Hobbies

https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316

In Episode 208 the boys record "live" from their local model shop, The Hobbyman in Narre Warren.

Joining the gang at the shop on a busy Saturday morning, we talk to Julia and Brenton about the ins and outs of the shop are get an idea on how they plan and order stock, what kits are the most popular and even meet some benchers who dropped in to say "G'Day".

Check out their website hearnshobbies.com

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We recommend:-

Black Hat Models

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

Workbench Hobbies

https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316

In Episode 207 the boys are joined by Philip Segal, renowned, writer, director and TV producer to talk about his passion for model building as well as his amazing YouTube channel Sprueverse.

Check out Phil's work

https://www.youtube.com/sprueverse

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We recommend:-

Black Hat Models

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

Workbench Hobbies

https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316

In Episode 206 the boys are joined by James Skiffins to talk about the Models for Heroes 48Hr build and later in the show Duncan Young pops in to give us all the goss on HertiageCON 17.

https://48-48.org/

https://www.ipmshamilton.ca/heritagecon

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We recommend:-

Black Hat Models

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

Workbench Hobbies

https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316

In Episode 205 The boys have a look at the Airfix and Italeri releases for 2025

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We recommend:-

Black Hat Models

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

Workbench Hobbies

https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316

In the first episode for the year, the boys consider where they might go in 2026 for a field trip.

In the meantime, Stewart Rolfe and John "Spud" Murphy drop in to talk about the 1/16th Scale M113, building it, painting it, weathering it and displaying it. Great conversation!

The winner of our Patreon Wheel of Fortune is announced….and what a cracker of a prize!

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We recommend:-

Black Hat Models

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

Workbench Hobbies

https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316