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Welcome to Episode 35 Sponsored by Goodman Models.

Thanks to our latest Patreon supporter! Tony Jacob

Hosts
Stuart Clark
Anthony Goodman

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Listener Mail
AMS – Advanced Modeller’s Syndrome
Tony Jacobs talks about our reluctance to try new things.

It used to be that we could try and fail in the privacy and secrecy of our own hobby rooms but with social media the benefits of trying and failing have become something some of us don’t seem willing to do. I looked at a couple of my builds over the last 10-20 years and realized that even just on the subject of weathering, my skills have evolved hugely. I’ve attached some pics numbered in chronological order to illustrate what I mean. 

The Tiger was the first time I tried ‘weathering armour’. It’s got a toy-like uniform paint finish, near rusted-through tracks, and weird yellow ‘dust’. Through a succession of trial and error learning with pigments, washes, paint finish variation and lots of other experiments I went from that through Stügs with ‘designer mud’; to Shermans with improving paint, dirt and mud but strangely perfect markings (and figures with that ‘1000 yard stare’… I still hate figures); to Matildas where it’s starting to come together; to my one and only show medal winner… the Uboat.

The Matilda or the Uboat would never have happened if I hadn’t first produced the weird Tiger. But not trying new ideas that might result in weird tigers means that people will never improve their skills. My first piece of advice when I’m asked about things like weathering is ‘just try it out’. It’s the start of a never ending process of learning, of ever improving builds, and a whole lot of fu.

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LATEST NEWS

Hobbyboss:
https://www.themodellingnews.com/2019/12/hobbyboss-christmas-releases-foxhound.html

Zvezdas 2020 items from the catalogue:
https://www.themodellingnews.com/2019/12/a-look-at-zvezdas-new-items-in-their.html

AK announcements December:
https://www.themodellingnews.com/2019/12/new-books-tools-from-ak-interactive.html

Italeri’s December items
https://www.themodellingnews.com/2019/12/italeris-december-items-in-store-just.html

Hasegawa January Releases:
https://www.hlj.com/search/go?w=*&filter=itemgroup:HASEGAWA131119&cnt=30
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/month_g/december-2019/

Roden December Releases:
1/144 Cargo Master – $43.95 CAD Feb. Release
https://www.hlj.com/1-144-scale-douglas-c-133b-cargomaster-rod014t335

1/144 Stratoliner – $34.75 CAD
https://www.hlj.com/1-144-scale-boeing-307-stratoliner-twa-sa-307b-rod014t339

Miniart OmniBus
https://miniart-models.com/products/38021-lgoc-b-type-london-omnibus/

Meng announced a new tool 1966 GT40 mk2
https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=53136&language=en

Sword 1/72 Seafires – $67.76 CAD – Jan. Release
https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-seafires-swd72129

SH48192 Spitfire Mk.XII Contra V-1 Flying Bomb 1/48
http://www.specialhobby.net/2019/12/sh48192-spitfire-mkxii-contra-v-1.html

Gundam F90 AtoZ Project P-Bandai MG kit + Mission Packs!
https://www.gundam.info/news/gunpla/news_gunpla_20191205_04.html
https://bandai-hobby.net/site/f90project/

What’s hot at Scalemates.com
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hot.php

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WHAT’S THE SCOOP

Tamiya may be coming out with a 1/32 F-51D from the Korean war.
https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/82779-tamiya-f-51d-inbound/

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TOPIC
Interview with Mike Baskette

So I offer that if you think the story of a modeller who was quite fully invested for a long time, then nearly fully out for a while, and now clawing back might interest your listeners, drop me a reply. I would be glad to tell you more about the good and bad of how I have gotten to where I am presently. Possibly others are in a similar place.

1) Dragon Sturm Infantry Geschutz 33… This is the last model I have completed probably 10 years ago. Still finished in an “old school” style that I was no longer satisfied with as the hobby was changing in this regard
2) Heavily modified and rebuild Alan Models SU-76M… Lots of scratch work to lift such a dog to this level. This model took “Best Russian” at the 2002 AMPS National Con. and narrowly missed “Best of Show”. The model that did take the top prize that year is worthy of discussion around how the hobby was changing
3) Tamiya StuG III converted from Ausf G to Ausf F/8… This is the old, original Tamiya StuG, not the mid 90’s new tool. Lots of scratch building, parts from the Schmidt Vac-U-Form conversion, aftermarket wheels and sprockets. Same “old school” finish
4) MiniArt Zis-2 Anti-tank gun… Construction is finished for about 3 years now, yet no paint. It is slated to be primed and painted soon.
5)Vintage gaming miniature… I started painting these again a year or so back. I needed something that was just for me and not public consumption, shows, etc. This is where Kim Taylor’s interview really resonated with me
6-9) HO Scale Caboose… I was also deeply into HO railroad modelling. This 90% finished model is prototype specific for the Clinchfield Railroad. Only the roof sections and floor are from a kit. The rest is scratch and resin parts from the masters and molds shown in the balance of the photos. For a few years, I operated a cottage industry contracting custom car runs and decals specific to this railroad.
10) My venerable and well-traveled workbench. Build by my late grandfather in 1989. 1000s of hours spent seated at this thing over the last 30 years. Hoping for 30+ more.

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TALKIN’ TOOLS

Tamiya Tape.

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH

Stuart:
MPC Hawk, starting to go together.
http://blackfire.ca/2019/12/02/mpc-hawk-inbox-review/

Anthony:
In-Depth Report: 1/100 Vf-19A Excalibur Valkyrie
1/24 Moosaroo Cup ‘68 Shelby GT-500

SITES AND TIPS
The Story 
Korean Youtube channel with quite a lot of hobby content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-8scF49Xw

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