Welcome to Episode 122 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form
Hosts
Stuart
Geoff
Chris Wallace (Model Airplane maker)
Terry
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LATEST NEWS
Resicast: Closing by end of 2023
The Moosarro Cup box is here. It’s very light….
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Shattered Sword was written by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully.
Thanks to Ken Freundt for writing in.
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LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Meng's Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 in 24th scale.
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc Trop in 1/48 coming from Arma
F-16 or Abrams Beginners Set from Italeri
3D-Wild Miniatures to show a 1/200 Nimitz class Island and flight deck at Nats
LUNA COMBAT The Ma.K Lincoln Report Vol.2 from Lincoln Wright
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Chris Wallace on Why Our Model Shows Have Competitions
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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH
Stuart - Working on a 1/144 Bandai Tie fighter. Painted the solar panels Aqueos Metallic Black, then after a gloss coat going to try Mr Metallic Color GX Metallic Violet. In a very thin coat. After masking the panels off I may use the same Violet color for the other parts.
I have also primed and airbrushed gold onto some parts of the Hayabusa Muses-C space probe.
Geoff - really stuck in the summer doldrums, partly due to chores but also just not terribly motivated, so I’m just plugging away at several kits at the pre-painting stage.
Terry - Slow summer with puppies! Ginny brought a (maybe) foster husky home. Zeus is about 9 months old and is doing a stellar job wearing himself and Toshi out. I have had a chance to do a bit of sanding etc. here and there.
Chris - Rebuilding the hobby studio in the new house. Phase 1a is complete. Phase 1b to begin when I build up the courage.
Improving the Tamiya 1/48 Corsair - Build video at https://youtu.be/JLK9h2Sg-qg
I’ll be painting this build next and hope to have a video out soon.
WHAT ARE WE READING
Stuart - The Victorian Internet by Tom Stage - A history of the telegraph and how it’s effect on civilization mirrors quite a bit the creation of the Internet.
Geoff - still reading about Magellan!
Terry: Still reading the same books, I’m about halfway through Tom Cleaver’s Clean Sweep - P-51Bs have started arriving in England. I’m getting the urge to read something big and engrossing like a China Mieville or Neal Stephenson novel. Maybe Discworld, I’ve never read that series.
Chris - Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell, The Fighting Corsairs
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THINGS WE’VE SEEN
Airfix has been hinting at something. Very coy.
Turned out to be a 1/48 Westland Sea King HAS.1/HAS.5/HU.5
Trumpeter’s 1/32 Devastator is now on people’s benches!
Putty and Paint to see amazing miniature work.
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THE LAST WORD
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
-Kurt Vonnegut
Also: https://honeycopy.com/copywritingblog/kurt-vonnegut-advice
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