The Scale Model Podcast - Ep 160 - Summer Heat

Welcome to Episode 160 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 NEWSWe had great responses in our thread about what everyone is reading.***************************************MAILBAGWe want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions scalemodelpodcast@gmail.com.***************************************LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTSSpecial Hobby & CMK kits for JuneMENG Model's new Panzerhaubitze 2000 in 72nd scaleClear Prop! Upcoming Kit: 1/48 F4B-4MiniArt's new 35th scale "Garage Workshop Set #2" U.S.A.F. B-21 Raider from Model Collect in 1/72Meng's 48th scale F-4E/2020 Terminator Fighter (Turkish Air Force)The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter 1/48 from Bandai Q1 26 What’s new at Scalemates.com***************************************SPONSOR AD #1Cult TV Man***************************************WHAT’S ON THE BENCHStuart - Finished a tiny model of a Gelvades Class Battle Carrier from Star Blazers 2199. Started 1 of two Bandai Cosmo Typhoon Fighters. These are very tiny, 1/200, but I love the look of them.Geoff - continuing on the Heller 1/72 Douglas DC-6B in fictitious water bomber markings for my brother’s growing fleet.Terry - Working on Fade To Black’s 1/10 Hammerhead Shark, finally. Assembly and filling. Painting a couple Reaper dragons, a forest dragon and a magma dragon. Still in airbrush stage now, but will be in brush painting before too much longer. Mechs are still in assembly, slow going is fine for these.[foogallery id="4023"] ***************************************WHAT WE ARE READINGStuart - The Notebook by Roland Allen Geoff - The Body by Bill BrysonTerry - no change, still reading Ed Yong’s I Contain Multitudes and some light novels.***************************************SPONSOR AD #2Seans Custom Model Tools ***************************************THINGS WE’VE SEENLuke’s X-Wing filming model from The Empire Strikes Back is up for auction. - $175,000 opening bid.Back in 2023 another X-Wing filming model from Star Wars sold for over 3 million. Rubin Obervatory releases 1st images. - Images are recorded by a 3.2-gigapixel charge-coupled device imaging (CCD) camera, the largest digital camera ever constructed. ***************************************THE LAST WORD For more modelling podcast goodness,