Scale Model Podcast

Late last year, most of the Modelling Podcasts got together via Zoom and recorded a session where we talked about the various things about bringing a modelling podcast together for our listeners.

Well worth a listen.

Welcome to Episode 132 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart 

Geoff

Terry

Frank Donati - National Director IPMS Canada 

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

Check out our What We Like page for lists of what we like.

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LATEST NEWS

Lots of Shows coming soon

Buffcon 39 Sunday April 7 2024

Mid Michigan Model Makers Saturday Feb 3 2024

81st DuPage County Plastic Kit and Model Show. February 26th. Downer’s Grove IL

Airfix 2024 range launch Jan 9

Aviation Artist Robert Taylor has passed away

IPMS Nats kerfuffle

Hatton Model Railways closing shop - This is the equivalent of Hannants or Hobby Link Japan closing down.

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Special Hobby & CMK Model's latest kits for January

Revell new tool 1/12 Speeder Bike

MiniArt 2024 Catalog

Hobbyboss Feb. 2024

And some Hobbyboss 2024 releases

Magic Factory New Tool - 1/48 A-4M Skyhawk

Trumpeter Feb

Border Models

Trumpter 1/32 S-3B Viking

Airfix limited edition 1:48 scale Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B in RAF colours

Takom Hetzer Madness

M8 Greyhound 1/16 from Andy's Hobby

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Just about done with the weathering of the Moosaroo cup. Started on the YF-21.

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Frank - Just completed a Trumpeter E100 monster I call the Duplex! Currently started on a VF-0 Phoenix with a drone. 1/48 Panther with full interior.

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Geoff - Finished the colourful XR-75 Penetrator in time for my grandson’s Xmas gift and it’s now hanging from his ceiling. Started the ancient Lindbergh 1/48 Snark guided missile kit, just for fun. Still worrying about how best to rig the Airfix 1/72 Handley Page 0/400.

Terry: Getting work done on Hasegawa’s Regult kit now that I know what I need to do for painting. Filling seams now, and some gaps. Hopefully, I will get to do some work on decks for that Gamillon Lambda carrier. Test fit the Halberd Models XP-47H conversion major parts just to see how they fit, and they do fit nicely.

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart -  Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris. 

Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results - Shane Parrish

Frank - The Spanish Civil War - Anthony Beevor

• George Harrison on George Harrison Interviews and Encounters (Volume 17)
• The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War

Geoff - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder - David Grann

Terry - Second Elric book and still reading Preacher graphic novels. I did take time to read the new Vol 17 of That Time I got Reincarnated as a slime - novella collections for the next few volumes until the final arc starts.

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Interview with Frank

https://www.facebook.com/themodellaager

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Shuichi Hayashi

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 132 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

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Stuart 

Geoff

Frank

Terry

Welcome to Episode 131 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart 

Terry

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

Check out our What We Like page for lists of what we like.

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LATEST NEWS

Taking a seasonal break after this episode, see everyone in the new year.

Creating a new ‘What we like page’ with stuff we use and recommend, also books we have read.

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MAILBAG

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

With the end of the year coming, Show us what you finished for the year.

Hi All at Scale Model Podcast. 

Just want to thank you for a very informative and easy-listening podcast. It definitely helps me get through my days at work. 

Just catching up on the latest episodes and heard the update from Scale ACT 2023. It was the 1st time I'd attended and was an amazing show! I met up with some people in person for the 1st time who I have talked to for a few years on Instagram. We ended up going out for some refreshing adult beverages both nights of the weekend. I can definitely understand it when people say that it's the people that make the shows. 

During the episode, I heard you mention the Ram Kangaroo at the show. That was mine. It was the Gecko Models kit and it was a dream to put together. Here are a few more pics of it (attached). 

Keep up the great podcasting!! 

Nick - 

Social media: The Scale Armourer

Gordon Sorensen

Enjoyed the latest podcast…

I went to Telford for the first time this year. Montreal has direct flights to LHR, and it’s about a 3 hour drive north-west from there.

There are three large halls, totalling about 100,000 sq.ft. The 170+ different clubs and SIGs were situated in the middle of the halls, and 120+ vendors around were on the outskirts and along the walls.

I displayed some models on the Danish SIG, and had a great time.

I spent waaaay over my budget, but I justify it saying ´I am saving on shipping costs…’

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dragon's new 48th scale Bf-109E-4

MiniArt's 48th scale D-30RE Jug in CAD & Art

Part 2 with spru shots

29 new products from Black Dog

Great Wall’s new 1/48 F-14A

HobbyBoss January

Italeri's December releases

AMT New tool 1960 Ford F-100 Pickup with Trailer (1/25) 

Revell releasing Stranger Things vehicles

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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TOPIC

End-of-year summary

General discussion.

Hi’s and Lows of 2023

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Taking a brief break on the Moosaroo cup to figure out what I want to do in terms of the diorama. Got a larger base.

Battle mechs are almost completed and deciding what to build next. YF-21 Perhaps.

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Terry - Finished the Christmas Birds. Sanded and resurfaced the Lamda carrier decks, they were a bit rougher than I would have liked. I think they may be ready. Also went back to the Hasegawa Regault kit. I think I have no choice but to build, mask and paint it. I had thought I could paint parts first, but that’s not going to work.

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart - Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris. Just getting into the 20th Century.

Terry - Finished Ed Yong’s An Immense World. Reading the second Elric collection by Moorecock. Also still reading the Reacher series of Graphic Novels.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Great looking Battlemaster

Luftraum/72 providing some interesting details on the painting of his F15-J

Terry did visit the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. Some nice collections of movie props, and a Leika Studios special exhibit.  

The paint rack I got was the hanging rack from Lazy Dog Studio. If you look at options you will find the size you need. Pro Acryl is the medium size cutouts.

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 131 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website

We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble

Check out our What We Like page for lists of what we like.

Welcome to Episode 130 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Geoff

Terry

Special Guest - George Seletas

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

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LATEST NEWS

Welcome Show in Guelph

ModelFiesta 42, hosted by IPMS Alamo Squadron (San Antonio), will be held on February 10, 2024 at the New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center in New Braunfels, Texas. This year's theme is "Under the Union Jack - All Things British." Pre-registration for the contest is open now, and all the show details are available at modelfiesta.com

Chris Meddings new book

IPMS Vancouver fall show

Horizon Models Contest Result

AK Discontinuing some AK Real Color in preparation for a relaunch

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MAILBAG

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Chris Meddings A20

The weights are two moulded pieces sandwiched between the nose gear bay and the hull sides

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Arma Hobby's new "Hurribomber" Mk.IIb 1/48

Border Models 1/35 German main battle Tank Leopard 2 A7

I Love Kits December 

Infini model one-touch fully movable tracks

Airfix Gloster Meteor F.8 New Edition

Airfix 1:48 scale Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4

Lanmo ShermFairey Gannet Released | AeroScalean Deep Wading Kit

1/48 - de Havilland Canada DHC-4 (C-7) Caribou multimedia kit by OzMods - 

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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Interview

Interview with George Seletas

Telford Trip

Wonderfest

Current IPMS USA woes and judging systems.

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Slow and steady on the Moosaroo Cup. The cab and back bed have been attached to the body. Wheels on later this week. I have some HO-scale sheep I want to add to the diorama. Primed with white, working on dry brushing next.

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Geoff - struggling with rigging the 1/72 Airfix Handley Page 0/400 and got back to a shelf queen - a 1/72 Airfix Albatross DV in Richthofen livery. Also started playing with armour weathering on a Russian tank donated by Frank Donati of our London Club. Next though will be a Christmas project to build “something cool” for a grandson. Thinking about the SR75 Penetrator but in bright colours!

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Terry - Got a good coat of NATO black on the Lamda carrier decks, and glosscoat over that. I’m debating whether I need to buff that or just paint markings. It depends on how many decals I will use vs. painting. Also working on this year’s Christmas Birds. About 90% done with them.

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart - Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris. Just starting the 19th century. It’s fascinating how some discoveries of things were done independently but also some would not have happened without the work done by previous generations.

Geoff - SAS Bravo Three Zero by Des Powell and Damien Lewis. Just started, but I already feel terribly inadequate when measured against the SAS!

Terry - Still reading Ed Yong’s An Immense World. Through hearing, elecrosensory and now into magnetic sense. It’s amazing how many senses are modifications of other nerve and chemosensory mechanisms.  

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

https://www.cozmicscalemodels.com/shop

James Burkes Connections

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 130 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website

We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble

Welcome to Episode 129 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Geoff

Terry

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

Mark and Rob

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LATEST NEWS

Shows!

Scale Model World 2023

Scale ACT 2023

Sword and Brush 2023

2023 Detroit Area Auto Modelers NNL Motor City

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MAILBAG

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

Airfix unveils a new tool 1/72 ME 410

XP-72 Ultrabolt Conversion in both 1/48 and 1/32

Resin 1:72 scale Boeing 737-300

HK Models new 1/32 Boston MK. IV / A-20J/K Havoc

Lots of Tigers, Takom releasing a "Big Box" combo & 16th scale Otto Carius

Meng 1/12 McLaren MP4/4 1988 (Pre-colored Edition)

Three new items to enhance your Corsair in 48th from Magic Factory

Eduard Nov.

Summary

New Captain Scarlet White Falcon in 1/72

News from Special Hobby 11/2023

HMS Venus and HMS Scorpion from Atlantic Models 1/700

Round 2’s 1971 Dodge Demon 340

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - More painting experiments with the battlemechs, mostly seeing what I can do with contrast paints and the airbrush. Moosaroo cup - Priming is done, and painting has started on some body parts.

Geoff - Continuing work on the Airfix 1/72 Handley Page 0-400, which is quite the bear! Mostly working on real world stuff like battening down the hatches for winter though.

Terry - some work on the Aldrin-class - mostly buffing paint at this point. I hope to get a good coat before masking and painting detail and panel colors. I did start one of Bandai’s Gamillon multi-deck carriers. It’s the four-deck Lambda carrier.

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart - Yomu ebook reader

Coming of Age in the Milky Way

Geoff - 1978 39 volume series of Time/Life History of WW2 - incredible pictorial record of the war in detail, with well written histories. Dipping in and out of various volumes - fun times!

Terry - Reading Ed Yong’s An Immense World, now into hearing. Blue Whales may correspond across the entire planet. Started another graphic novel series, Preacher by Garth Ennis. Maybe in the same universe as Lucifer and Constantine, I haven’t figured that out yet.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Chris Meddings A-20

XP-72 ;build

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 129 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website

We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble

Welcome to Episode 128 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Geoff

Terry

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

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LATEST NEWS

MMSI show pics from Neil.

Terry went to the Cincinnati show.

Welcome Show in Guelph

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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

Trumpeter December items

Hobbyboss December

Special Hobby, CMK & Planet Model's latest kits in Nov/Dec

Barracuda Studios ten new sets in three scales

144th scale VIIC U-boat U-96

Arma Hobbies 10th Anniversary Hurricane IIC in 1/48

Osprey: 70 Years of the US Navy's Nuclear Submarines

2n1 Corsair kit from Magic Factory review

1/12 Fulldetail Kit : McLaren MP4/5 Modelfactory Hiro

Metropolis seated Robot Maria 1:8 scale from X-Plus

Eduard Upcoming 1/48 Stuka Family

Bandi Spirits Plannosaurus Ankylosaurus

1/24 80's F1 monitor

1/32 Drakkon preorder has started

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - More work done on the Moosaroo cup. This is proving to be quite a challenging kit and requires quite a bit of planning, due to its small size and finding a logical way forward. For example, the cab consists of quite a few parts, several of these will need to be assembled, primed and painted first before attaching them to the rest of the kit.

Also working on some Battletech Mini’s, trying a new technique called slapchop.

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Geoff - lots of reorganizing the hobby room to get a display cabinet installed (removed from the dining room) and make the reference materials more accessible. In the process of creating an index I found a good article on the Handley Page 0/400, so I started work on the old (1968) Airfix kit. Lots of work to get the wing “ribs” to scale (the kit molding had 2x4’s as ribbing tape!) but it’s not a bad kit once that’s fixed.

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Terry - Some work on the Aldrin class, I need to do a bit more on that as well. While in Cincinnati I built a little shelf cabinet unit for some 3D printed paint racks for the Pro Acryl sets. It’s a bit tight, I may need to do some filing or have them printed 10% bigger.

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart -  

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization - Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It - Robert Zimmerman

Geoff - 

Modelling magazines coming out the ying yang!  

Terry - Same stuff. Ed Yong’s big and Immense World - about animal Umvelt. Also still on the 2015+ Hellblazer series.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

1/144 Blackbird

Spooky!  Vampire Mk.1 conversion - perfect for those Swedish subjects!

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 128 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website

We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble

Welcome to Episode 127 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Chris Wallace (Model Airplane Maker)

Terry

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

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LATEST NEWS

Lots more shows going on.

CapCon

AircadCon

Scale Model Challenge

More Pics

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Hi Stuart, just sitting here in Toulouse waiting for SWMBO to fly in from Munich on a delayed flight and to say what a great show that was as I drove over here.

I had just watched a doco on Ark Royal yesterday so went looking for a 1/48 kit of the Fulmar and saw the new Trumpeter version but no detail if it had the wingfold, so you mentioned it in the New Releases with a link to the pics was perfect. This will now be on my Xmas list for SWMBO ☺

I think I am also going to bite the bullet and get that Trump 1/32 Devastator. pity the Trident wasnt in 1/72 as that was a lovely aircraft

Your show notes are absolutely superb and in general, your show is the best

So keep on, its a great show and hope you can take it easier for a few weeks at home, as having been in the hospital myself, its not a fun place to be

Regards

Paul Redding

Auch SW France (pronounced Osh)

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Italeri's October releases

Colours & markings of MiniArt's new "Advanced" 48th scale P-47D-25

Meng: Dune Models coming soon

1/72 Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc Released from Arma

Test parts of the 1:35 scale Mitsubishi A6M Zero from Border Models

Kotare working on the next 1/32 kit. “Not A Spitfire”

News from Special Hobby Oct

PREORDER : Gamera 1996 from X-Plus - Price TBA

Gunpla News

Photos from the al lJapan Hobby Show

New Hasegewa Macross kit! 1/72 Quaedluun Rau in Milia’s colors.

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Working on the Hayabusa Muses-C Lots of assembly going to. The solar panels are attached to the main sprues via a very small area at the end of the spars. Going to have to research what others did.

Terry - Working on the Aldrin Class and F-203 Dragon still. Getting some of the bits put together in preparation for painting the Aldrin.  

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Chris - 3d printed engine recently finished. Soon to be finishing the Okinawa Corsair build by finally painting it!

Lots of 3d printed engines at https://www.stirlingkit.com/?ref=x6dbtltu

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart - Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris

Offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. 

Terry - Read Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology - very entertaining, really meant to be read aloud. He discusses how he reconstructed these stories, where the source material came from. Currently reading Ed Yong’s An Immense World about the Umwelt - sensory world of animals. I just started that one. Also started the 2015 series of Hellblazer, picking the story up a bit after the second series.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

1/35 PACV hovercraft announced by Gecko. 

1/16 Puma scout car by Das Werk.

A 1/400 Cessna 172

His YouTube channel

Facebook

Jim Bates Hurricane

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 127 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website

We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble

Welcome to Episode 126 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Mike Ward, President of the Cincinnati Scale Modelers

Terry 

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

Thanks to someone who bought us 5 coffees.

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LATEST NEWS

South Western Ontario Scale Model Expo was a success.

Cincinnati Scale Modelers Modelnati 2023

Eduard’s E-day show 2023

Statement from IPMS USA Eboard on Judging issue at Nats.

Head Judges “I Quit” message

Congrats to Plastic Model Mojo on their 100th episode.

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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tamiya at the All Japan Hobby show

1:48 scale Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II from Tamiya

1:48 scale Grumman FM-1 Wildcat/Martlet Mk. V from Tamiya

Lots of Tamiya release Pics

Gustav Jungs Pics

2 new Hummel’s from Border Hobby in 1/35

AK New Items for Fall

Miniart P-47D-25 RE Thunderbolt "Advanced kit" preview

MiniArt's P-47D-25-RE in 48th scale test build...

BMW R 1250 GS ADV From Meng Models in 1/9th scale

Takom Announcements

Trumpeter December

Border Models new 35th scale B5N2 TYPE 97 Kate

1/35th scale JP III Spinosaurus from X-Plus

AK Learning 15: Modeling from Scratch

Horizon Models 8th Anniversary Contest and Sale

What’s new at Scalemates.com

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Between the local model show and work done in my basement requiring me to pack up the bench not much has been done.The bench has been mostly put back with an eye to try and make things more organized. Still a work in progress. Just a bit more work on the Moosaroo cup entry

Geoff - similar to Stuart, lots of real life stuff these last few weeks, but I DID get a mojo wake up call to go back to a kit I started in the 1980’s: a metal kit of a 1909 Ford Model T Tourer! Way out of my comfort zone, but that’s the point really. What triggered this was the desire to use some of the “new” (to me) paints I received last month - some nice old Metallics. In the end I didn’t use them (because 1909 Fords didn’t have metallic finishes…), but I am still plugging away on this ancient kit, and I’m enjoying it!

Terry - Working on the Moscato F-203 Dragon and the Aldrin Class by Will Barton. Both are in the stages of pinning and prepping, so a fair amount of work without a lot to show. I did pick up a Tamiya 1/48 P-47 for that XP-47H conversion which is serenading me with its siren’s song. Toshi won’t let me sleep past 530, often up in the middle of the night so I’m a little sleep deprived!

Mike - Back to 1/32nd F-18 

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WHAT WE ARE READING

Stuart -

To Sleep In A Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini - Great sci fi 

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari 

Geoff -Natural Navigator by Tristan Gooley - how to find your way around the world without a phone, map or compass!

Terry: Close to finishing the first Elric book by Michael Moorcock. My 17 year old self would have loved this. I took a break when Volume 16 of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensura) was released, so I re-read 15 and then 16. It’s mostly wrap-up of the big invasion and stage-setting for the last major arc of the novels.

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

USAF Museum acquires ex-Ukrainian Su-27.

Tony Wootson will have his Jersey Fest coverage up soon.  

Terry helped organize a session of drawing under the microscope with Kathleen Garness, noted botanical illustrator. We’re going to make this a monthly (mostly) event at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve. 

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 126 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website

We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble

Welcome to Episode 125 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Geoff

Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:

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LATEST NEWS

Southwestern Ontario Scale Model Expo - We will be there!

We will also be taking a break for the next episode due to most of us helping at the show.

Windsor Model Show

26th Model Show of the GPC - Plastic Modeling Group of Campinas

Strange things afoot at the Nats

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I just finished listening to Anthony's interview with Rob Booth concerning the future of the IPMS and I wanted to write in to say thank you.

I am exclusively a Sci-Fi modeler. Thanks to Dave over at the PMM podcast I am also a member of IPMS/USA but it's only because I feel an obligation to support the hobby in general. There is honestly not much for me in IPMS currently, and I'm not very engaged in the organization. However, thanks to Anthony's interview with Rob, I decided to vote on the new amendments to the constitution and by-laws, in the interest of inclusivity. I imagine there are a lot of people out there like me who would love for IPMS to promote and support their niche of this fantastic hobby but who are apathetic to the current iteration of the organization.

One issue I would have loved to hear addressed in that interview is the chicken and egg problem of new contest categories. Rob said that they track the level of participation in each of their categories and try to respond with new categories and modifications to existing ones where necessary. My question then is: why would modelers enter sci-fi / gundam / other "niche" models into IPMS contests if there are no categories that properly value their contest entries? And if IPMS is waiting until they see significant levels of participation in those niches to create sensible contest categories... well, you see the problem.

If IPMS wants to truly be seen as inclusive it needs to proactively court modelers in areas of the hobby that it has traditionally overlooked by reaching out to those communities and working directly with them to establish new contest categories and other opportunities within IPMS. If you want something, you have to go after it. You can't wait for it to come to you.

Just my 2 cents.

Keep up the great podcast,

Gino

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Work continues on the 2023 Moosaroo build, the 1/72 Ural truck, I’ve got more of an idea of what I want to do for a diorama for it. I think as building continues it will become more clear. I also primed the tires.

Geoff - Spent the whole time sorting through a ton of magazines, books and paints I received from a retiring modeller. I did splash some paint on the very odd experimental British WW2 “fighter” whose name I cannot recall again.

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What are we Reading 

Stuart - Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil Degrasse Tyson 

Geoff - Every frigging aircraft and modelling magazine known to man!

THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Inside the Armour Publications

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THE LAST WORD

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Welcome to Episode 124 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form

Hosts

Stuart

Geoff

Anthony

Kris

Terry

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LATEST NEWS

IPMS USA announces “No Touch” policy for models at contests.

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Interview

Kris Sieber (Luftraum72)

https://luftraum72.com/product/super-detailing-the-f-14-tomcat/

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart - Not much progress this week, work is taking up much of my time and the summer heat zaps the mojo. I did pick up the Arma Hobby 1/48 Hurricane Mk. IIc and it’s a very nice kit at first look.

Geoff - Got the first colours on the Savoia Marchetti, but otherwise, it was all about getting the house spiffy for a wedding group. Now that that’s done, we can maybe relax…

Terry - Cleaning the bench a little at a time. I discard some clutter each time and have found things I knew I had somewhere. Doing a little resin kit cleanup, too - including the Elric White Wolf figure which needs more cleanup than thought. Pups are getting bigger - Toshi is 37lbs now. Including Toshi and Zeus’ attempt at a New Wave album cover.

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Kris - Boxes, mailing labels, and books, books, books! Arma Hobby 1/72 F-6C Mustang for next book Mini Hangar No.1 published by Joycraft. Secret project which I can’t go into details on at the moment.

Anthony - Priming the Gundam Hazel and working on some finer detail painting for the GP03. Just killing it when it comes to procrastinating on painting figures for my Bosnia MIFV build!

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WHAT WE’RE READING

Stuart - Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization - Just started last night. 

In a time when our political and cultural views feel more polarized than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin chariots of enlightenment―a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.

Geoff - “Maximum Bob” by Elmore Leonard. A quick fun summer read I hope!

Kris - Nothing modelling-related, just Sci-fi from Adrian Tchaikovsky

Terry - Almost done with Tom Cleaver’s Clean Sweep, started Moorecock’s Elric books.

Anthony - Nuttin’ much, just finished Simu Liu’s autobiography, “We Were Dreamers”. Covering my eyes until I get my copy of Kris’ F-14 book so as to not ruin the surprise!

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

Neil Prentice doing a digital camouflage scheme on a VF-11 Thunderbolt

Neil's Tomcat and that little dropship. The Tomcat has a VF-0 gun pod on its centerline, but you can't see it

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 124 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!

For more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.com

Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing!

Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website

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