Sprue Cutters' Union

In this Episode, Chris, Will, and Tracy, are joined by Dioramist, Snow Boarding Instructor, Winter Sports Champion, Flight Attendant, Voice Over Artist and all round overly talented man, Martin Drayton. We talk to Martin about story telling, dioramas, inspiration and his experiences of discrimination in the hobby.

You can find Martin on Instagram as EmmDeeScaleModels, and check out Em Dee Scale Models on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MartinBuildsModels, his youtube page is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClIbeWcT1hDr8drdosBjuMQ

The guys also discuss the language of art and using visual art to inspire and influence model making, and tackle a whole bumper sack of saddle burrs.

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In this Episode, Chris, Will, and Tracy discuss kit quality, interview Richard Alexander and Darren Mildenhall from Kotare Models and generally dig into what makes a good modern kit

You can find an album of models related to this episode and Kotare on our facebook page, along with some photos of Richard's own models

Please also visit Kotare's website for more information on the guys, their Spitfire Mk.I, and upcoming releases: https://www.kotare-models.com/

You can find the review of the Kotare spitfire by Chris Becker, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0dMANvwVvU

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in this special, we re-present the interview from episode 30 of the Sprue Cutters Union with sculptor, artist, musician, father, husband and National Guard of Ukraine, Anton Derbilov, who was tragically killed fighting for his country on 6th April 2023

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In this episode, Tracy, Will, and Chris get salty, get happy and get chatting to our very good friend: Sam Dwyer

You can find out all about Sam's awesome work on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/schwerpunktmodels or on Instagram @sd_scale_models Sammstagramm
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In this Episode Chris, Tracy, and Will do their best to avoid getting the hose again, while discussing the value of taking a step back to move forward, the Moosaroo Cup, Masterpiece Models Jigs and correctification of speakafying.

Taesung's amazing minis can be bought at https://www.alpineminiatures.com/

You can find Calvin's blog at https://zyclyon.blogspot.com/ or you can follow him in Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CalvinTanEuJin

Check out the fantastic interviews Jim and Barry at Small Subjects did with Taesung and Calvin at https://www.boxdioramas.com/

Masterpiece Models: https://masterpiecemodels.com/

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In this episode, Will, Tracy, and Chris discuss getting fit to nip, cascading failure, the small pleasures of modelling, and how not to handle business criticism.

The special interview is with Chris Parker-Joy, Lead Designer, and Martin Ridge, Development Manager, from Airfix. They discuss kit design, the company's direction and the philosophy behind Airfix's kits.

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In this episode Tracy, Will, and Chris, ease back into the saddle with a catch up on what they have been doing, an extended de-burring of their saddles, and a critique of Tracy's latest completed work

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in this episode, sir scratchalot, sir cadalot and sir artalot are joined by two massive idiots for a roundtable looking back on the year, looking forward to 2023 and despairing of people on the internet.

The SCU would like to thank all our listeners for supporting the show in 2023, especially our patrons, and our sponsors:
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In this Episode, Will, Tracy, and Chris have the usual roundup of what's on their bench, then go deep, discussing decals and where you can stick them.

The feature interview this episode is with Vladimír Šulc, CEO, and Jan Bobek, Deputy Commercial Director, of Eduard Model Accessories. Vlad and Jan tell us about the history of Eduard, mould technology, how kits are made, and the lowdown on that terrible fire at the Eduard facility in 2020, and how they turned catastrophe into opportunity.

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In this special, Chris introduces interviews he did at the recent UK IPMS Scale Modelworld show with:

Albion Alloys' Matthew John https://www.albionalloys.com/en/

Hong Kong Models' Neil Yan https://www.hk-models.com/hkm/

and the Four Corners Model Club's own Dan Sankey, Ian McGonagle, Kev Smith, Andy Evans, Spud Murphy, and Peter Usher https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088051335245

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