Welcome to Episode 7 of the Scale Model Podcast.

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

Italeri October releases

http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/10/sprues-art-decals-colours-everything.html

AK Interactive’s October announcements.

http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/10/ak-interactives-new-book-tool-and.html

Rommel’s Rod reissued.

A reissue of the classic Monogram release of  Tom Daniel’s Rommel’s Rod 1/24 scale plastic injected model kit with original box art.

https://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/military-collectibles-vehicles-c-24_95/rommel-s-rod-reissue-plastic-model-assembly-kit-p-13056

1/72 Antonov AN-225 Mira coming in 2019?

https://www.72news.eu/2018/10/modelsvit-antonov-225-mriya-2019.html?fbclid=IwAR1rw-1hHIyI4RzJmsQHRiBun4KrsvsTiWnkNLU8YJAr1zxgrrRJC6R6SL0

Airscale is releasing at Telford a interior set for the 1/32 scale Lancaster from Hong Kong Models.

https://www.facebook.com/airscale.uk/posts/2118018448263335

Tamiya November releases

https://www.tamiya.com/english/news/news1811/news0.htm

Scale Model Challenge 2018 show Eindhoven NL – One of Europe’s largest shows.

http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/10/tmn-on-tour-scale-model-challenge-2018.html

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

 

Interview with Jon Buis

Jon Bius live in Hope Mills NC, working as a web developer, a career he’s been in since 1998. Prior to that, he was a paratrooper in a Psyop unit at Fort Bragg, NC.  He is married, with two adult children. His modeling blog is at jonbius.com, and he has a Facebook presence, Jon Bius Scale Models.

Any other websites or YouTube channels you recommend?

Model Making Guru

Paint on Plastic

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What’s on the bench

Stuart

Tamiya 1/35 Panther.  (Build log )

Hasegawa 1/72 F-18a Hornet has started

Jon

Hasegawa 1/72 Ultraman Jet VTOL

Moebius 1/32 Viper Mk. II

Wave 1/20 New Rally Pawn

Esci 1/48 MB-326

Airfix 1/48 Defiant

Bandai 1/100 Gundam Mk. III

Bandai 1/144 Black Lightning Gundam

Citadel Stormhawk

Revell 1/32 F-4G

Trumpeter 1/48 F-105

Tamiya 1/35 M41 Walker Bulldog

  

Sites and tips

Painting Exhausts: A Quick and Easy Method

https://www.jonbius.com/2018/10/16/painting-exhausts-a-quick-and-easy-method/

Model Fair 2018 in Vienna Austria