The Scale Model Podcast - EP 159 - Show Wrap Ups

Welcome to Episode 159 of The Scale Model Podcast, Sponsored by CultTVMan and Sean’s Custom Model ToolsHostsStuartTerryGeoffThanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:Check out our What We Like page for lists of what we like.***************************************LATEST NEWSSouthwestern Ontario Scale Model Expo post show.Shout out to the winner of the raffle grand prize: Harold Sydness, a good story there!Had a good chat with the Mid-Michigan Model Makers.***************************************MAILBAGWe want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions scalemodelpodcast@gmail.com.***************************************LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTSRevell's July releasesFive releases from Italeri in JuneMiniArt's new 48th scale P-47D-11RE Thunderbolt "Razorback" "Basic kit" https://dnmodels.com/all/takom-unveils-henschel-129b-2-b-3-kits-in-1-48-scale/Alvis FV622 Stalwart Mk.2. in 1/35 by AirfixBorder BS-005 IJN HEAVY CRUISER TAKAO What’s new at Scalemates.com ***************************************SPONSOR AD #1Cult TV Man*************************************** Wonderfest wrap-up with George Seletas **************************************SPONSOR AD #2Seans Custom Model Tools ***************************************WHAT’S ON THE BENCHStuart - With the model show planning and life, no time for bench work this week.Geoff - two windstorms in London impacted our neighbourhood, resulting in changes in our lives and one chainsaw accident…As a tie in to the books I’ve been reading I worked on repairing a couple of dinosaur skeletons originally built by Steve Harvey, who passed away last year.[foogallery id="4002"]A year ago I built a 1/48 Monogram DC-3 for my brother, who had just become a grandfather and wanted a “bush plane/rescue thing” to hang from the ceiling of his cottage. A fellow club member made custom decals for “Nana and Pops Rescue Service”, with a logo I designed of a bare bum passing explosive gas. It was flown by my brother’s nom de plume, “Rocco Flamefart”…. Anyway, he wants more vehicles for the “fleet”, so I am now building a Heller 1/72 DC6B in N&amp;P markings!I also have been working on the old Hobbycraft 1/28 Fokker DR1. Not bad and satisfyingly substantial!Terry - I can see the bench again! I’m getting close to getting back on the bench itself. As far as building goes, not much new. Still the same mechs and some base coat on the two Reaper dragons.***************************************WHAT WE ARE READINGStuart - The Notebook by Roland AllenGeoff - my wife and I did the dinosaur road tour of Alberta last month and I read The Rise and Fall Of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte, and The Burgess Shale by Coppold and Powell. Good reads.Terry - Ed Yong’s I Contain Multitudes. About microorganisms, specifically our micro biome. A very good read, so far. Catching up on the My Happy Marriage light novels.***************************************THINGS WE’VE SEENSprue Pie With Frets has had some good posts lately.<a href="https://spruepiewithfrets.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/mod