In this podcast, I aim to entertain, inform, and hopefully promote the hobby of scale model kit building, with interviews, reviews and news about the scale model hobby.

Latest news

The 2018 IPMS National convention is in Phoenix Arizona this year, and the gallery pages already are showing some amazing models.

Tamiya’s 1/48 F-14D Tomcat has been released. 4 decal options

Kitty Hawk has a 1/32 Tiger II F-5F coming later in August with resin pilots. Nine decal schemes

Speaking of Kitty Hawk, Trumpeter is releasing a 1/700 kit of the USS Kitty Hawk CV 63

Hong Kong Models 1/32 Lancaster B. Mk1 build test shots. The latest announced release date is Sept 2018

What do you think of the idea of a clear fuselage to show the interior?

What else are people talking about via scalemates.com hot kits section

 

What’s on the bench

Finished 1/72 TIE Interceptor by Bandai (Build Log)

Tamiya 1/35 Panther with a missing commanders hatch.  (Build log )

Not sure what I’m going to work on next, keep an eye at blackfire.ca to see what I decide.

Need to sort and get rid of my completed kit boxes and sprues etc. What do you do with your completed boxes?

 

 

Upcoming events

London Scale Model Show – Sept. 22nd, 2018 London Ontario

As this is my home show, I’ll be collecting lots of interviews and other content.

 

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The Scale Model Podcast currently is recorded biweekly and is available where your favorite podcasts are found including iTunes and Google Play