OTB 191: Nationals 2024 with Jeff Herne

In this episode the boys chat to Jeff Herne, the show chairman for NATS 2024 at Madison  which is going to be running from the 17th of July to the 20th of July 2024. For more information check out the web page https://nats2024.com We will be there so hope to see you too! If you want to reach out to us write to [email protected]. Don’t forget to support the sponsors of our show Scott from the Scale Modellers Supply  https://www.scalemodeller.com.au/ And Chris from Inside the Armour https://www.insidethearmour.com/ If you would like to support our show please go to www.patreon.com/onthebench

In this episode the boys chat with Chris Miller, the promotions officer for the Queensland Model and Hobby Exhibition which is going to be running on the 17th and 18th of August. For more information check out the web page https://qmhe.com  We will be there so hope to see you too!   Lots of mail this episode and don’t forget if you want to reach out to us write to [email protected]. Don’t forget to support the sponsors the show Scott from the Scale Modellers Supply  https://www.scalemodeller.com.au/ And Chris from Inside the Armour  https://www.insidethearmour.com/

In this episode the boys chat with renowned figure painter Ben Flood who talks about his painting process and the paints he uses.  Check out his work here https://www.facebook.com/ben.flood.125   Lots of mail to read out and don’t forget if you want to reach out to us write to [email protected].

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 [email protected]. 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.