Episode 189 is up!

In this episode the boys talk to Matthew Grice who has recently taken ownership of a studio scale model of the “Nostromo” spaceship from that iconic movie “Alien”.

You can follow the restoration on his FaceBook Nostromo studio scale model restoration

The model was originally built in 2015 by Germàn Impache of Italy and you can check out his work here.

We also have a chat with Peter Davis, the President of SCALEACT, who gives us the lowdown on what to expect at this years show….and it sounds like it is going to be a big one! Check it out here.

This episode is dedicated to James Skiffins wishing him all the best and a speedy recovery!

As Dave approaches 60, it is time to consider planning for that one last trip to the great model show in the sky.

What is to become of the stash of kits and publications that you have gathered over a lifetime? The boys tackle this very subject.

In breaking news we are excited to share the news from Andys Hobby HQ of the planned release of the 1/16 M113!

Dave called it and was on the money!

The boys mull this exciting news over as well as a second new M113 announced from AFV club of the Aussie M113A1 LRV in 1/35 scale.

We are living in THE golden age for sure!

Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by three Aussie YouTubers to discuss the ins and outs of running a YouTube model channel

Lots of mail to read out and don’t forget if you want to reach out to us write to Onthebench64@gmail.com.

To find out more about our guests from this episode, check out their YouTube channels below:-

Greg https://www.youtube.com/@ScaleModelGeek

Clayton https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316

Stewart https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

In this episode the boys chat with Chris from model airplane maker to talk about rewards results or efforts?

This is a great little discussion based on Chris’s latest blog which can be found at modelairplanemaker.com

The Possums wars a.k.a The battle of the backyard continues with the Possums 3 to Dave 0.

Ian gives an update on the 48 hour build which was a huge success. Julian gives us some bad news regarding the Moosearoo cup and we read your listener mail.

The boys are back from their break with the mailbag, sad news about the Falcon and talking about the 48 hours modellers bash!

In this episode the boys go big with a discussion on 1/16th Armour models and to help us with this huge subject we have brought in Andy from HQ models.

The Falcon writes in with what is new in the model world and we dive deep into the mailbag.

G'day benchers.....we have a bonus episode for you!   

All of the podcasters got together to give you a peek behind the curtin, giving you an inside track about how we started and why we do it.

We hope that you will enjoy this as much as we did recording it.