The Model Philosopher

By Chris MeddingsArts

The Model Philosopher episodes

February 27 Episode 24: Creating and Recreating with Evi Van Der Vorst
in this episode Chris talks to Evi Van Der Vorst of @EviVanDerVorstScenic, about creativity and recreating, props, movies and textures

Chris also talks about authorship and how we need to respect it again.

57 min
September 15, 2025 Special Episode: The Upturner Prize for Art in Modelling
In this episode Chris Launches the Upturner Prize for Art in Modelling and Miniature and talks to the judges for the prize: Tue Kaae, Marijn van Gils, Calvin Tan, and Robert Crombeecke

The prize is kindly sponsored by AK Interactive https://ak-interactive.com/

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1 hr
June 24, 2025 Episode 23: Miniatures with Alex Friedrich
In this Episode, Chris talks to Alex Friedrich about his modelling, his movie miniature work on movies from Tarantino to Wes Anderson, and his trip to Pripyat

You can find Alex Here: https://www.facebook.com/alex.friedrich.7

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1 hr 22 min
April 27, 2025 Episode 22, "originality" with Fet Milner and Mikkel Frederiksen
In this episode Chris brings you another head to head interview where he steps back and lets two artists hold their own conversation and interview each other

This time its Fet Milner (Fet's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fet.milner) and Mikkel Frederiksen (Mikkel's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082883032605), and their theme is Originality

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1 hr 27 min
April 05, 2025 Episode 21 "What Can We Learn From Art?" With Tracy Hancock
in this episode, Chris is reunited with one of the Sprue Cutters Union hosts; Tracy Hancock, to talk about what modellers might be able to learn from art

You can find Tracy here: https://www.facebook.com/tracy.hancock.10
We also hear listener feedback on the previous episode and the latest updates from Scale Model Challenge

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2 hr 7 min
March 09, 2025 Episode 20: Politics, Modelling, and Homeopathic Nazis, with Matt McDougall
In this episode, Chris talks to Matt McDougall following Matt's recent blog about Politics and Modelling.

You can read Matt's Blog here: https://doogsmodels.com/2025/03/01/the-public-thing/

You can also follow Matt on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/doogsmodels

Chris also talks to Stefab Bridle about his Group Build to support ukraine. You can join the Group Build on facebook here: For Ukraine GB https://www.facebook.com/groups/929469842362979

or on Bluesky by posting #forukraineGB

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1 hr 28 min
March 04, 2025 Episode 19 "Focus on the Subject", with Jon Bryon
In this Episode Chris talks to Jon Byron about modelling without a story, focussing purely on a subject

You can find Jon on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/jonsmodels

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1 hr 26 min
February 19, 2025 Episode 18: Individualism with Fet Milner
in this episode, Chris talks to Fet Milner, about making something different, tall chairs, and ambition in storytelling

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1 hr 10 min
February 08, 2025 Episode 17: Perfectionism - With Chloé Plattner
In this Episode Chris talks to modelling polymath and queen of precision, presentation and craft, Chloé Plattner

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1 hr 25 min
January 19, 2025 Episode 16: Robert Karlsson
In this Episode, the first of season 2 of the Model Philosopher, Chris interviews figure painter Robert Karlsson. They talk contrasting temperature texture and colour, focussing the eye with specific detail and Robert's upcoming workshop for Scale Model Challenge

Roberts Workshop can be booked here: https://www.scalemodelchallenge.com/academy-robert-karlsson-workshop/

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1 hr 7 min