Scale Model Podcast

Welcome to Episode 83 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Geoff Heyland

Terry Miesle

Christopher Doll

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Interview 

This Episode’s Special Guest:

Christopher Doll is an artist who specializes in science fiction and astronomy subjects. His work has been featured on a number of book covers, including Becky Chambers’ Hugo Award-Winning WAYFARERS series for HarperCollins US. Each Wednesday Christopher hosts a live stream where he paints a science fiction scene for his audience. He currently lives in the Pacific Northwest USA and when he’s not painting space art, he helps his wife run their family baking business, Doll House Baked Goods.

Livestream on TWITCH.TV:

https://www.twitch.tv/blackbirdcd

Online Store:

https://christopher-doll.com/space-art-store/

Currently selling a 2022 Space Art Calendar.

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

AK November 

80 new products from Res Kit

28 new products from Black Dog https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/10/twenty-eight-28-new-products-in-four.html

8 from Barracuda

Revell December (Includes the Blackbird)

Arma’s 1/48 Hurricane is delayed until next year.

Kotara’s Spitfire – more pictures!

Border Models 1/35 Ju87 pictures!–

CanAir decals reborn as abovebelow.ca

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart – Finished up the CF-233

Geoff – busy period!  1/72 Pioneer2 Horten IX (dog of a kit!), 1/72 Sword Northrop N-9MA( flying wings time!) and 1/72 Revell Fokker D VII (gift from my daughter over ten years ago…).  Waiting for delivery of the Ekranoplane and salivating over the Revell Razor Crest and Blackbird…

Terry – No real progress on the Spitfire or Crusher Joe kits.  I was in Cincy helping with a friend’s shop and at the Cincy contest.  I started organizing my own workshop after helping get through Mark’s shop and seeing what he left behind.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Cincinnati Scale Modelers contest at the Tristate Warbird Museum.  Over 300 entries, sales floor tucked in with aircraft, free ice cream!

A good way to display your large 2001 Discovery.

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THE LAST WORD

Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporters:

Gregg Bender

SMP Ep.

Welcome to Episode 83 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Geoff Heyland

Terry Meisle 

Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporters:

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LATEST NEWS

CH2A model show

Guelph show has been cancelled

Hobbyeasy credit card hack

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MAILBAG

Correction on folding wings

Joel Middleton 

Hello, it is lovely to hear Stuart is doing well.

In your last podcast, you mentioned that the Flyhawk SBD had been criticized for not having a wing fold. It is worth noting that the real thing didn’t either…

Otherwise a great show as always.

Ray Boorman from Toronto wrote in as well with the same facts.

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Hello Stuart, Geoff and Terry

I’m a long time listener to the pod.  I am happy that Stuart is feeling better and thought I would share some thoughts about stashes since you three were talking stashes in your last episode.

On one hand, if it is managed and cared for, the stash is a legitimate hobby within a hobby.  I see it as no different from other forms of collecting, even if the stasher has only the slightest intention to build the kits.  

Hey, if having kits brings joy to someone, what is wrong with that?

However, an experience from earlier this year showed me the ‘dark side’ of the stash.  Without getting into too much detail, a friend of mine purchased a collection and asked a few of us to help take it out of a house.  I volunteered because (a) during covid, I’ve been extremely bored and house bound (b) it would be a fun morning with my model buddies and (c) I get to paw though models.

Well, after some 4-5 hours of clearing out a house with 10 other guys I can tell you this: There is definitely a difference between a managed stash and a hoard of model kits that have been piled endlessly and have gradually taken over all living spaces.  A significant amount of these kits were not only sealed, they were not even taken out of the bag from the store.  Just piled and piled and piled.  

I can’t guess how many kits were there – but there were thousands.  I only saw a small fraction of what was being boxed up and loaded onto almost two cube trucks.  What I thought would be a fun experience became a depressing one.  

The point I am trying to make is that “stash” went well beyond collecting and probably an indicator of something else.  If you think one of your friends or some club member is heading down that road, it might not be a bad idea to check in on him once in a while to see how he is doing.      

Chris Wallace / Model Airplane Maker

 

From Paul Brown:

Hi Terry,  Just a quick heads up that there is a fault with the Kinetic F-104G!  Kinetic is aware but has stated publicly they are not going to change the moulds due to cost (so you may need to graft a section from a monogram kit in to rectify!).

Above the wing section on the fuselage, where the jet intake blends into the trailing edge of the wing, the Kinetic kit stops way too far forward.  They have corrected the issue on the TF-104G and the F-104C as they had not been released, so if the monogram fix isn’t practical, you may need to cut the single-seat nose off and fit to the Tf-104 (F-104 C tail is too short to make a G!

Hope that’s helpful

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

Welcome to Episode 81 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Geoff Heyland 

Terry Miesle

Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporters:

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LATEST NEWS

Heart attacks and other silliness.

Terry goes to shows!

Butch Ohare club show

Geoff learned how much work is involved in distributing a stash, but how rewarding!  More discussion later in the episode.

FSM going to 6 issues a year. 

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kotare announces a forthcoming 1/32 Spitfire Mk,1a (late) – ex WNW staff involved

Border Models releasing 1/32 Lancaster (ex WNW molds)

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=874992886463701&id=339312286698433

MTS has the new glass files on their highlight video today.

https://michtoy-from-the-front.blogspot.com/

They make some glass sanding sticks, too.  These files look really interesting.

https://www.michtoy.com/item-MGK-MTS048A-Glass_File_(Long).html

https://www.michtoy.com/item-MGK-MTS048B-Glass_File_(Short).html

Trumpeter Oct

HobbyBoss Oct

4 new items from Panzer Art

New Kaman Seasprites in 1:72 scale: the UH-2C and HH-2D

AK new 3G Air line of paints

CultTV upcoming news

DH.100 Vampire Mk.3 ‘European and American Operators’ 1/72

Flyhawk Models 1/72 Dauntless dive bomber

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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Topic

More thoughts on Stashes and collections.

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart – CF-223 1st coat of primer on.

Geoff – Academy F4-J in 1/48 and Academy 1/48 Hawker Hunter into the details and decals!  Plus, started on an Airfix 1/72 DeHavilland Canada Chipmunk to be done in CWHM colours as ...

Welcome to Episode 80 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Geoff Heyland

Terry Miesle

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Paypal Supporters:

Chen Reed

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LATEST NEWS

Moscoto Hobby is having a contest

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

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tamiya 1/48 Nashorn preview (100th kit in the 1/48 line)

More details on the Airfix 1/72 Tempest and 1/48 Vampire

FORE HOBBY’s new 1/72 super-detailed Schnellboot S-38

First test-parts of our new Project 22220 icebreaker “Arktika” kit in 1/350

Takom Two 350th scale Flakturms

Takom 1/35 USN Twin 5 inch turret

Miniart doing more with their tractor kits.

Miniart releases 1/35 US WW2 Infantry in rain gear.

ICM releases Vietnam ground personnel in 1/48

Revell new items

Red Iron has some new Sputniks   SPUTNIK-4   SPUTNIK-5

Advanced Research Colonizer Arkhitect 1/3000 – Perfection Industry Co. Ltd. 

We are a Hong Kong start-up company that has been cooperating with the Japan iwata company. Our partner is also the agent of iwata’s airbrush.and we are authorized to use their logo and airbrush appearance to create a new design for spacecraft.

This spaceship is composed of total 177pcs plastic parts, plus 22pcs different colors of LED lights. It is worth mentioning that LED lights are rarely used on traditional models, except for Bandai robots and Star Wars spacecraft. This approach is relatively rare. In order to achieve the best results, we specially use custom-made LED lights plus different semiconductor parts to adjust the brightness of the light source,

Welcome to Episode 79 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

From the Plastic Model Mojo

Mike Baskette

David Knights

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LATEST NEWS

Kotare Models – From the ashes of Wingnut Wings

Sprue Brothers In partnership with Phantom Phreaks announcing  – a new family of 1:32 F-4 Phantom kits. Twelve (12) versions are planned to begin in 2022. 

Plastic Model Mojo at IPMS Nationals.

2021 Nat’s news

Mobius 2001 Orion Clipper 1/72

1/16 StuG from Das Werks – $100!

Revell

MRC

Atlantis

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

AK August

Matho Models August

Border Model’s 1/35th scale Ju 87 G1/G2 Stuka

https://aeroscale.net/news/macchi-m-33-released

Roden’s new Silver line GMC PD3701 in 1/35th scale

Hasegawa’s new 24th scale “Mazda Savannah RX-7 (SA22C)” new tool

Trumpeter August

Italeri August

ICM 1:48 scale DB-26B/C Invader with Q-2 drones

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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Interview – Pre-recorded

This Episode’s Special Guest:

Brett Traynor from Return2Kit Form

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart

CF-166XL complete

Looking at a what-if CF-123 next.

Mike

Moosaroo III entry

ZS 2 Antitank gun

E-16 Paul

David

Tu128 Trumpeter 1/72

1/72 Tamiya Mosquito – painting underway

M-30 

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

https://danielsimon.com/

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SMP Ep.79 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their

Welcome to Episode 78 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Terry Miesle

Mike Ward

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LATEST NEWS

Atlantis Toy and Hobby has signed a multi year licensing agreement with Jim Keeler

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

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tamiya’s new 1/48th scale F-14A Tomcat (Late Model) Carrier Launch Set

First test shots of Revell’s 48th scale SR-71

Shipborne Sci-fi Suisei from Suyata

The very first transport helicopter in the world! Focke Achgelis FA 223 Drache.

Crusher Joe Galleon now available.

Airfix Canadair 1/48 Sabre in North America – Unboxing.

Airfix Chipmunk is in stock next week

GWH 1/32 Curtis Hawk 81-A2 “Flying Tigers”

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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Interview 

This Episode’s Special Guest:

Mike Ward, President of the Cincinnati Scale Modelers

Cincinnati scale modelers Contest & show 2021

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart

A bit of work done on the CF-166 XL – Primer on, getting ready for paint.

Terry

Actually getting paint on the Crusher Joe fighter!  

Mike

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Coming soon – Curtiss Hawk 75 series.  https://clearpropmodels.com/cp_4803

Buildups of Bandai’s Razorcrest and Dora Wings’ AT-9 trainer.

Furball Aero Design released a bunch of new decals, Hellcats and Phantom II are notable sets.

Flying Leatherneck Decals has some new resin conversions for the Tamiya F-4B. https://www.flyingleathernecksdecals.com/p/fl48-8025-anapr-24-rhaw-antenna-fin-cap-for-tamiya-f-4b

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Welcome to Episode 77 Sponsored by Goodman Models and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Terry Miesle 

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LATEST NEWS

Wonderfest 2022 Dates and hotel bookings are available.

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Andrew White I recently became a member of IPMS Canada, I love the RT! I did get decals in my latest issue but, being a latecomer to the party, I received an older set…albeit with some great subjects on it as well.

Peter Browns Jeep in a box

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

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Trumpeter new releases July

Hasegawa New Items

ICM July

Hobbyboss July

Airfix new tool 1/72 Tempest V

Veteran Models 1/200 scale Type 96 25mm AA guns

USS Sturgeon from Mikromir

Dora Wings landing: AT-9 

Zvezda 1:48 Hind

25 new products from Black Dog

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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Interview

This Episode’s Special Guest:

Side 6 Part 2

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart

Starting the 1/72 Monogram F16-XL

Terry

Actually got some work done on the Crusher Joe Fighter, when the heat and weeding haven’t wiped him out.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Razor Crests are landing!

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Welcome to Episode 76 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Geoff Heyland

Terry Miesle

Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporter:

David Roach

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LATEST NEWS

Moosaroo Cup III

HG Sakura Wars Spiricle Striker Mugen (Azami Mochizuki Type)

NIMCON 2021 is the Region 5 contest.  September 18th.

From Paul at Paragrafix

I have just received confirmation from Brian Johnson that I am licensed to produce his concept Space 1999 Mk IX Hawk cockpit for Round 2’s upcoming kit in 1/48 scale.

I only viewed the kit briefly at Wonderfest so actual design work will have to wait until it’s released and proper measurements can be made.

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Matt Dyer, Gilbert, AZ

Still enjoying your podcast very much. Part 1 of the interview with Jonathan Mock was excellent, and am waiting for Part 2. I read Mr. Mock’s column in Model Airplane International, and it is always interesting and full of great insights. 

I fully agree with what he said about the people saying the “hobby is dying”. What nonsense! Each month kits appear that we would not have dreamed of 20 years ago. The hobby may be changing direction. Gone are the days when kits could be purchased for pocket change, and maybe as the Baby Boom generation ages out, we will see an end to the flood of German armor, Mustangs and Spitfires. For a generation brought up on Star Wars we will see a lot more sci fi models. And that is okay. The older kits will still be here, and new genres will bring in new modelers. It is all good.

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

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Latest from Revell

Italeri’s four July releases

Hobbyboss new items

Takom releases a pair of Zeppelins

Eduard July 2021

ModelCollect July 2021

Trumpeter July

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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Company of the week

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SPONSOR AD

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Interview

This Episode’s Special Guest:

Side 6 Part 1

Welcome to Episode 75 Sponsored by Goodman Models.

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Geoff Heyland

Terry Miesle

Thank-you to our Patreon Supporters:

Winner of the Flex-i-file prize pack is Allan Gillis

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LATEST NEWS

Announcement from Goodman Models and Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools.

IPMS Southland NZ presents 2021 Model Expo

Border, Takom and Rye Field having a spat – The posts have been taken down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvUDDFTodPg&ab_channel=TheBear

Moosaroo Cup III Many more podcasts will be particpating.

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

AK June

Special Hobby 1/72 Destroyer MV125 15CM Gun

KP 1/72 Convair XFY-1 Pogo – Rerelease.  Stuart bought the old boxing of this recently from an estate collection.

US T3E2/E3 Christie Medium Tank 1/35

Airfix de Havilland Vampire F.3 – 1/48 sprue shots

1/25th Richard Petty 1976 Dodge Charger by Salvinos JR Models.

https://aeroscale.net/news/cw-22-test-build  Dora Wings CW-22 test shots/build

Takom’s new 35th scale Battleship Yamato Type 60-caliber 15.5cm gun turret

Takom’s “Caspian Sea Monster.” in 1/144 coming soon.

First ship kit from Takom, 1/350 Type 124 Sachsen class Frigate

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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Interview

This Episode’s Special Guest:

Jonathan Mock – Airfix decal designer and pro modeller.

Jonathan Mock is an expert modeller and has been building plastic scale models for more than thirty years. After finishing art school in the 1980s, he worked in publishing as a graphic designer and contributed articles and artwork to modelling titles like Scale Aircraft Modelling, Scale Models International and Plastic Kit Constructor. Jonathan now works on a freelance basis, researching and designing decal artwork for Airfix along with producing work for other companies such as The...

Welcome to Episode 74 Sponsored by Goodman Models.

Hosts

Stuart Clark

Terry Miesle

Paul Bodensiek

Thanks to our Patreon Supporters:

The winner of our last draw was Matthew O’Meara

Next Draw, Flex-i-file prize pack.

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LATEST NEWS

Announcements at Wonderfest

From Round2

AMT The Mandalorian Razor Crest 1/72

Space:1999 Hawk MK IX 1/48

1/350 USS Grissom

1/1000 USS Voyager

LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Italeri June

MiniArt June

Trumpeter June

Eduard June

What’s hot at Scalemates.com

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Company of the week

1ManArmy – Masks etc

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Interview 

This Episode’s Special Guest:

Paul Bodensiek from Paragrafix

Post Wonderfest

https://www.facebook.com/101376831615267/photos/a.112775107142106/309255817494033/

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart

Hasegawa 1/72 Mosquito. Underside coat airbrushed on.  Painting of the upperside complete.

Terry

1/10 scale Hammerhead Shark from Fade To Black Productions. Sculpted by Bill Wieger.  Currently sculpting a couple of remoras to go with the shark.

Slowly moving on the Dora Wings’ P-43 Lancer kit.  Currently building the engine, and will be filling some fuselage and wing seams.

Paul

Mainly design work on the Spindrift

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

New Tool

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/06/model-tool-preview-introducing-octopus.html

AFV Club Husky with Interrogation Arm.

https://www.kitlinx.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=AFV35354

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