On The Bench

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back with another (still in lockdown) episode. This episode we will have a discussion about added those extra details to your kit. We also have our mailbag as well as whats new in the modelling world. Don't forget for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back with another (still in lockdown) episode. As well as our usual whats new in the modelling world and our mail bag we have Will Pattison joining us to talk about modelling tools. Don't forget for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back with another (still in lockdown) episode. As well as our usual whats new in the modelling world and our mail bag we are having a chat with two guests about some exciting new news for the modelling world. First we have Warren Starrett who will be talking about "The Golden Sprue Awards" and then later in the show we will hear from Scott Gentry about a new model podcast called "Plastic Posse Podcast" that is about to be launched! Exciting times! And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back with another (still in lockdown) episode. As well as our usual whats new in the modelling world and our mail bag we are having a chat about why we build models…..what drives us and what rewards do we get from model building?

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back with another (still in lockdown) episode. As well as our usual whats new in the modelling world and our mail bag we are having a chat about what we would never build. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back with another (in lockdown again) episode. As well as our usual whats new in the modelling world and our mail bag we are having a chat about what the ideal bench setup should be. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back with another awesome episode. As well as our usual whats new in the modelling world and our mail bag we are having a chat about what would be produce if we were to start a modelling company. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back in the studio with another bumper episode. We are talking to a former employee of Wingnut Wings, David Johnson, in part 2 of our look at what happened to Wingnut Wings. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Dave, Ian and Julian are back in the studio with a bumper episode. We are talking about what happened to the beautiful dream that was Wingnut Wings, what happened and what does the future look like? To help us we are joined by special guest David Wilson who draws back the curtains to reveal what actually happened and why. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! We are OUT of lockdown!!!! Dave, Ian and Julian are once again back in the studio all together talking about what we love……model building! And in news that most of you will be disappointed with, we are going back to our usual fortnightly schedule….while it has been fun doing the show once a week, now that we are out of lockdown maintaining the shows weekly will just not be possible between work and normal life. We hope that you understand this and would like to thank you all for being so supportive of our short run weekly schedule. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Modelling life in lockdown continues! In this episode Dave, Ian and Julian have a chat about where we buy our model kits and accessories from. We also have our usual whats' new in the modelling world and a bursting mail bag. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Modelling life in lockdown continues! In this episode Dave, Ian and Julian have a chat about what we think model companies should do to value add to kits. We also have our usual whats' new in the modelling world and a bumper mail call. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Modelling life in lockdown continues! In this episode Dave, Ian and Julian talk about how to display your kit on a base. As well as that we have our usual whats' new in the modelling world and a bumper mail call. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Modelling life in lockdown continues! In this episode we talk about rigging your kit. As well as that we have our usual whats' new in the modelling world and a bumper mail call. And in an exclusive for our On The Bench listeners the Scale Modellers Supply is offering a 10% discount on all orders from their website…..tune in to find out about this fantastic offer!

G'day Benchers! Modelling life in lockdown! We talk about what makes a great kit and well as the shock news about Wingnut Wings closing down. . As well as that we have our usual whats new in the modelling world and of course mail call.

G'day Benchers! We are recording this in lockdown here in Oz, and as such it is against the current rules to have more than two people in the house who don't normally live here so Julian is coming in via a hook-up. So we are chatting about what we are doing in this strange and historic time. As well as that we have our usual whats new in the modelling world and of course mail call.

G'day Benchers! We have Julian back in the studio! Also this is the start of our new weekly schedule as we do our little bit to help you out in these very trying times of pandemics and lockdowns. In this episode we are talking to Michael Baskette for the Scale Model Mojo podcast. As well as that we have our usual whats new in the modelling world and of course mail call. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our latest episode, "The dark art of decals" where we have a chat about how we do our decals, what has worked for us and also Ian explains how to use Tamiya extra thin glue to affix decals to you kit. Unfortunately Julian is not with us as he has had a Covid-19 scare, but he is with us in spirit. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our latest episode, with Dave Ian and Julian, no fixed topic today just a rambling discussion about anything and everything. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Dave is back from his travels around the world and tonight we hear all about his (mis)adventures! Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our latest episode of "On the bench". We have our usual listener mailbag along with whats' new in the modelling world. In this episode we have Robert back to talk about the good the bad and the ugly of the worlds kit manufacturers. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our latest episode of "On the bench". In this episode we are going to try and get our heads around the AMPS method of model judging. Wish us luck! Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our latest episode of "On the bench" for. We have our usual listener mailbag along with whats new in the modelling world. In this episode we are going to be talking about adding bits to your kits, from saving bits of sprue to copper wires and plastic card. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our first episode of "On the bench" for 2020. We have our usual listener mailbag along with whats new in the modelling world. In this episode we are going to be looking forward to see what we what to achieve in 2020 as well as what new kits we would like to see!

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our latest episode of on the bench. We have our usual listener mailbag along with whats new in the modelling world. In this episode we are going to be looking back on the year that has been and what a year it was….so many new kits announced, purchased and built as well as the fantastic support we have had from you, our loyal listeners! Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Welcome to our latest episode, and we have our usual listener mailbag, whats new in the modelling world as well as our special guest Peter Mellor to talk about the crossover of wargaming to modelling. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

G'day Benchers! Unfortunately I've been called away to assist with fires in New South Wales so we are not able to bring you our usual show. But fear not I've dug deep into our "stash" to bring you the interview with Richard Alexander from Wingnut Wings. We will be back with our regular programming in a fortnight so in the meantime enjoy and stay safe.

Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Robert to have a chat about building armour kits. We have a swag of listener mail to deal with and of course whats new in the modelling world. Our European correspondent Mike reports in with a lead up for Telford. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

Dave, Ian and Julian just shoot the breeze about kits that they have purchased, kits they have built or are building as well as attending to some questions asked in listener mail segment and what is new in the modelling world. Don't forget to checkout our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

Dave, Ian and Julian and joined by our new UK correspondent Mike Sleigh to discuss some of the new things that he will be bringing to the show. We also have our listener mail segment and whats new in the modelling world. Also welcome to our new show sponsor Scale Modellers Supply and their great range of SMS Paints.

Dave, Ian and Julian and joined by special guest Will Pattison to discuss how model kits are made……we do a deep dive to discuss the engineering behind injection moulding and finish up looking at 3D printing. We also have our listener mail segment and whats new in the modelling world.

Dave, Ian and Julian and joined by Robert to discuss rivet counters. Are they simply white noise to the modelling community or do they infect have an important role to play? We will also look at masking you model, the do's and don'ts as well as some tips for a good outcome and of course we have our mail and whats new in the modelling world.

In this episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by special guest Alex from Uschi Van Der Rosten. We have listener mail bag and of course and look at what's new in the modelling world.

In this episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by special guest Lincoln Wright talking about working for a model workshop in Japan. We have a huge listener mail bag and of course, look at what's new in the modelling world.

In this episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Michael to talk about that very confusing subject clear coats! Gloss, Semi gloss, Satin, Flat…..at some point we have all be tripped up so let us clear the air with the good goss on clear coats. We will also be letting you know the latest on what model shows are on as well as diving into out listener mail bag and of course, having a look at what's new in the modelling world.

In this episode Ian and Julian educate Dave on building car models. We have some listener mail as well as looking at whats new in the modelling world.

This episode we dive in and unbox the new Airfix 1/24 scale Hellcat, and gotta say that it looks great! We have a bit of a chat about what we've been upto as well as looking at whats new in the modelling world.

Happy second Birthday to the show! We are back from Expo and in this episode work our way through a lot of listener mail as well as tackling some curly questions. Lots of announcements for model shows coming up as well as looking at whats new in the modelling world.

Welcome to our Melbourne Model Expo Special Episode with a vast range of guests and interesting subjects from cardboard models to mecha and everything in between!

Dave, Ian and Julian are back with part 2 of building model aircraft. We also have a look at what's new in the modelling world.

In this Episode Dave, Ian and Julian talk about building model aircraft. From bringing home that sought after kit and opening up the box through to having a beautiful model sitting on your shelf, we will look at the steps needed to get there. Whats new in the modelling world and our new segment on modelling shows that are coming up!

In this Episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Jan to talk about Prime movers, Trucks, Lorries, Big Rigs, call them what you will, if it is big and it has an airhorn we will be talking about it. We are also going to be having a look at whats new in the modelling world and in breaking news......... Ian accepts the challenge thrown down by our Canadian friends !

In this Episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Michael Gibson to discuss old and second hand kits. Love them? Hate them? Why buy them and how do you make them shine? We are also going to be having a look at whats new in the modelling world.

In this Special Episode Dave and Ian are joined by Martin Reid and Michelle Goldfinch to discuss balancing your hobby with your relationships. We have had a large number of emails about this topic so we have decided to do a one off special on the subject. While this episode does not follow our usual format we hope that you will find it interesting and informative. For those of you who, like me, are blessed with the perfect modelling partner, this might not be the episode that you are expecting, but let me reassure you that this special episode is a "one off".

In this Episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Troy to talk modern Aussie Armour……what kits to buy what paint to use and where to go for reference material.

In this Episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Martin Reid to talk about Model clubs……how to get the best out of your club, how to find one in your area and if you don't have one near you, how to set one up. We also look at whats new in the modelling world as well as discussing the new Gotha from Wingnut Wings.

In this Episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Chris Dowsett to talk about nothing……thats' right no subject this week just a chat about whatever ticks our fancy so long as it is model and model related.

Space!! In this Episode Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by Troy Henderson discussing building space models. In this fascinating episode we will try and cover off what models are available for you to build and how to build them. We will also be looking at what is new in the modelling world as well as doing a little bit of house keeping from the last episode and some listener mail.

Building ships!! In this Episode Dave Ian and Julian are joined by Michael Gibson to try and discuss all aspects of plastic model ship building.

Allied tanks in the battle of France. In this Episode Dave Ian and Julian are joined by Robert to have a discussion about the Allied tanks that were used in the battle of France. We talk about the actual battle, the tanks used and what kits are available to model this fascinating slice of history. Also we have a look at whats new in the modelling world with a run down of new releases for the Nuremberg toy fair.