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September 07, 2024 The Scale Model Podcast - EP 145 - We are back

Welcome to Episode 145 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Geoff

Terry

Rob Riviezzo

I'm Rob Riviezzo, I'm from Long Island, NY. I've been building models since I was a small boy, probably around 6 or 7 years old when I used to sit with my dad while he made his HO scale train set. Took a break while in my teens and got back into the hobby around 21 after my mother fell ill and I was looking to get my mind off of all the craziness. I primarily build armour models, focused on mostly German and Russian WWII. I will also build the occasional modern armour subject or Sci Fi model like Gundam, or Star Wars. I am a very active member of Amps (Gotham Amps) and my local IPMS chapter (The Long Island Scale Model Society). I started the Modeling Insanity Podcast in May of 2023 after the Modeling Miscreant Podcast which I was a Co-Host on fell through. I am also now the Associate US Editor of Military Modelcraft International which is the largest English speaking Armor Military magazine in the world. I am a monthly contributor and reviewer for the magazine. I am known for my photo-etch and scratchbuilding.

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LATEST NEWS

James Morando

I’m writing now because our local club, IPMS Santa Rosa, will be hosting a show on October 12, 2024 and I wanted to ask if you could please include our show during any upcoming model show “shoutouts" on your podcast.

We are very excited about this year's show. This year we will be adopting an Open/GSB judging format for the first time. In fact I’m pretty sure this will be the very first show ever to use an open judging format in the IPMS Region 9, which encompasses Northern California and Nevada. So we’ll be making a little history! With that in mind, the theme of our show will be “Evolution.”

I have attached our show flyer below but the pertinent information is that: It will be held from 9-4 pm on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at the Rohnert Park Community Center in Rohnert Park, California. Free admission and $12 entry fee for first 3 models. Lots of great vendors are lined up, we will have a terrific raffle, will be doing a build and take table and then the Open/GSB judging. We are also asking folks to bring kits and model building supplies to the show for donation to support our charity initiative for Help Heal Veterans, a wonderful organization that provides free theraputic kits and modeling supplies to veterans.

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MAILBAG

We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected].

Hi Stuart,

Paul Redding

Just to say I am following your Tamiya 1/350 build with interest as I bought the 1/450 Hasegawa version earlier this month as part of a carrier / IJN aircraft rabbit hole I went down...I have steered clear of anything Japanese all my modeling life but finally, curiosity got the better of me and I caved. Lots of research on IJN aircraft and how it all got built up resulted in about 18 aircraft kits...doh! Luckily there were some sales on including the canopy masks so that helped...

I haven't built any warships before (except Airfix Victorious in 1/600 in the 60s as my father was on it in the Fleet Air Arm as a flight engineer bringing the aircraft up on deck and have pics of it in Sydney Harbour (see attached). You can also see its' sister ship Illustrious and maybe you / Geoff can identify the aircraft on board - Martlets? One photo shows an aircraft that seems to have stuffed it into the tower. I seem to have ended up with quite a few carriers as I also get sucked into watching docos on PBS America which is fatal

A doco on the scuttling of the ships at Scarpa Flow and the film Sink The Bismark didn't help either so that ended up with a few more purchases; I can't see the detail in 1/700 so minimum is 1/450 or the usual 1/350

Like you I try to stay away from PE but have bought a few railing kits and also for the radar arrays/antenna if not included; plus the wooden deck sets and a couple of brass barrel sets for Prince Eugen...

I also concur with your plan to paint common parts on the sprues and build in sub-assemblies ( I have been doing this for my model railway wagon kits in batches of 4 or 6 - makes for alot simpler build)

I am mentally prepared for a ship build; after 1/48 aircraft and 1/24 cars, its going to be very different.

Hope the extended break allows y'all to recharge and come back rested - I build for the relaxation like I did all those years ago pre-internet and do it to my own standards ie no interest/point in trying to achieve the standards of some of the professional kit builders out there on YT or the forums

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

ICM's Eight September Releases

Barracuda Studios ten new sets in two scales to upgrade your Mossie, Sea Fury & Yak

New 35th scale WWII US Tank Crew from Border Model

Takom's 35th scale M29C Weasel in Arctic/Antarctic Expedition VehicleT

Takom's new art & a BIG box combine their Sd.Kfz.201/1 & 3 + Rommel figure

1/72 Bandai PG Millennium Falcon is being rereleased in March

1/48 - Mitsubishi/Nakajima A6M5 Type 52 Hei/"Zero" by Finemolds - Dec 2024

Gecko to release the Mk I version of the Universal Carrier in 1/16th scale

DB Model Kits [DBMK] is planning to release a plastic-injected Spitfire Mk.XIV in 1:32 scale

Lukgraph RAF BE2c in 1:32 scale

MiniArt Kits Available September 2024

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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Topic - The state of publishing magazines from Rob’s view

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Not a ton of time but finished Yamato and started a 1/72 Italeri F-22 which will be made into a what-if CF-22. Also helping a club member with the estate of a fellow modeler. Lots of stuff to deal with.

Geoff - two “request” builds on the go. My brother wanted a ceiling hanger for his cottage, so I Pulled a 1/48 Revell DC3 from the stash to paint as a fire spotter plane, with custom decals by club member Pablo! The same brother also asked me to build a F-16CJ block 50 for a retiring USAF pilot who is married to his good friend's daughter. Been very busy!

Terry -

Off the bench: Yamato Dreadnaughts and P-47H. On the bench: Moosaroo Cup items. Working on something nice, getting all the bits together. Also trying to get the Crusher Joe Harpy finished up. Mostly I’m getting things out of the way now, either finished or stored so I have space for the Moosarro diorama.

Rob - currently painting the Bronco Panzer III A for the second part of a 2 part article for Military Modelcraft International. The build was in the September issue of the magazine. Also working on reviews for Resin Tech Model (RTM) for their KV and SU-100Y. Lastly working on the 1/16th Stug III G for Boresight, the Amps club magazine.

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart - The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism by Adam Nagourney

Geoff - The Hunters, by James Salter. A 1956 novel about F86 Sabre pilots in the Korean War.

Terry - Completed Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Final Architecture. Very satisfying, a big involved experience. He follows the same characters through the series, and it seems like he really came to love some characters who were initially just support characters. Reading a few informal series now, but I have some nonfiction on the deck, Steve Brusette’s Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. Also reading the Cimarrean Conan graphic novel.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Terry goes to Nats

Moosaroo cup

【大刀洗平和記念館】実物大の震電の脚の長さにうっとり！大刀洗周辺も見て東洋一の飛行場を感じてきたよ

Japanese museum with a Shinden, and the only remaining Nakajima Ki–27 Type 97 fighter. Turn on the subtitles.

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 145 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!