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Welcome to Episode 86 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Paul Bodensiek Michael Ward Sean Thomas Terry Miesle Thanks to our latest Patreon

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Welcome to Episode 83 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Terry Miesle Christopher Doll *************************************** Interview This Episode’s Special Guest: Christopher Doll is an artist who specializes in science fiction and astronomy subjects. His work has been featured on a number of book covers, including Becky Chambers’ Hugo Award-Winning WAYFARERS series for HarperCollins US. Each Wednesday Christopher hosts a live stream where he paints a science fiction scene for his audience. He currently lives in the Pacific Northwest USA and when he’s not painting space art, he helps his wife run their family baking business, Doll House Baked Goods. Livestream on TWITCH.TV: https://www.twitch.tv/blackbirdcd Online Store: https://christopher-doll.com/space-art-store/ Currently selling a 2022 Space Art Calendar. *************************************** SPONSOR AD Pre-recorded ad in the Marketing folder! Goodman Models *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS AK November 80 new products from Res Kit 28 new products from Black Dog https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/10/twenty-eight-28-new-products-in-four.html 8 from Barracuda Revell December (Includes the Blackbird) Arma’s 1/48 Hurricane is delayed until next year. Kotara’s Spitfire – more pictures! Border Models 1/35 Ju87 pictures!– CanAir decals reborn as abovebelow.ca What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** WHAT’S ON THE BENCH Stuart – Finished up the CF-233 Geoff – busy period! 1/72 Pioneer2 Horten IX (dog of a kit!), 1/72 Sword Northrop N-9MA( flying wings time!) and 1/72 Revell Fokker D VII (gift from my daughter over ten years ago…). Waiting for delivery of the Ekranoplane and salivating over the Revell Razor Crest and Blackbird… Terry – No real progress on the Spitfire or Crusher Joe kits. I was in Cincy helping with a friend’s shop and at the Cincy contest. I started organizing my own workshop after helping get through Mark’s shop and seeing what he left behind. *************************************** THINGS WE’VE SEEN Cincinnati Scale Modelers contest at the Tristate Warbird Museum. Over 300 entries, sales floor tucked in with aircraft, free ice cream! A good way to display your large 2001 Discovery. *************************************** THE LAST WORD Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporters: Gregg Bender SMP Ep.

Welcome to Episode 83 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Terry Meisle Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporters: *************************************** LATEST NEWS CH2A model show Guelph show has been cancelled Hobbyeasy credit card hack ************************************** MAILBAG Correction on folding wings Joel Middleton Hello, it is lovely to hear Stuart is doing well. In your last podcast, you mentioned that the Flyhawk SBD had been criticized for not having a wing fold. It is worth noting that the real thing didn’t either… Otherwise a great show as always. Ray Boorman from Toronto wrote in as well with the same facts. ***** Hello Stuart, Geoff and Terry I’m a long time listener to the pod. I am happy that Stuart is feeling better and thought I would share some thoughts about stashes since you three were talking stashes in your last episode. On one hand, if it is managed and cared for, the stash is a legitimate hobby within a hobby. I see it as no different from other forms of collecting, even if the stasher has only the slightest intention to build the kits. Hey, if having kits brings joy to someone, what is wrong with that? However, an experience from earlier this year showed me the ‘dark side’ of the stash. Without getting into too much detail, a friend of mine purchased a collection and asked a few of us to help take it out of a house. I volunteered because (a) during covid, I’ve been extremely bored and house bound (b) it would be a fun morning with my model buddies and (c) I get to paw though models. Well, after some 4-5 hours of clearing out a house with 10 other guys I can tell you this: There is definitely a difference between a managed stash and a hoard of model kits that have been piled endlessly and have gradually taken over all living spaces. A significant amount of these kits were not only sealed, they were not even taken out of the bag from the store. Just piled and piled and piled. I can’t guess how many kits were there – but there were thousands. I only saw a small fraction of what was being boxed up and loaded onto almost two cube trucks. What I thought would be a fun experience became a depressing one. The point I am trying to make is that “stash” went well beyond collecting and probably an indicator of something else. If you think one of your friends or some club member is heading down that road, it might not be a bad idea to check in on him once in a while to see how he is doing. Chris Wallace / Model Airplane Maker   From Paul Brown: Hi Terry, Just a quick heads up that there is a fault with the Kinetic F-104G! Kinetic is aware but has stated publicly they are not going to change the moulds due to cost (so you may need to graft a section from a monogram kit in to rectify!). Above the wing section on the fuselage, where the jet intake blends into the trailing edge of the wing, the Kinetic kit stops way too far forward. They have corrected the issue on the TF-104G and the F-104C as they had not been released, so if the monogram fix isn’t practical, you may need to cut the single-seat nose off and fit to the Tf-104 (F-104 C tail is too short to make a G! Hope that’s helpful We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions at [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 81 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Terry Miesle Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporters: *************************************** LATEST NEWS Heart attacks and other silliness. Terry goes to shows! Butch Ohare club show Geoff learned how much work is involved in distributing a stash, but how rewarding! More discussion later in the episode. FSM going to 6 issues a year. *************************************** MAILBAG We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Kotare announces a forthcoming 1/32 Spitfire Mk,1a (late) – ex WNW staff involved Border Models releasing 1/32 Lancaster (ex WNW molds) https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=874992886463701&id=339312286698433 MTS has the new glass files on their highlight video today. https://michtoy-from-the-front.blogspot.com/ They make some glass sanding sticks, too. These files look really interesting. https://www.michtoy.com/item-MGK-MTS048A-Glass_File_(Long).html https://www.michtoy.com/item-MGK-MTS048B-Glass_File_(Short).html Trumpeter Oct HobbyBoss Oct 4 new items from Panzer Art New Kaman Seasprites in 1:72 scale: the UH-2C and HH-2D AK new 3G Air line of paints CultTV upcoming news DH.100 Vampire Mk.3 ‘European and American Operators’ 1/72 Flyhawk Models 1/72 Dauntless dive bomber What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** SPONSOR AD Goodman Models *************************************** Topic More thoughts on Stashes and collections. *************************************** WHAT’S ON THE BENCH Stuart – CF-223 1st coat of primer on. Geoff – Academy F4-J in 1/48 and Academy 1/48 Hawker Hunter into the details and decals! Plus, started on an Airfix 1/72 DeHavilland Canada Chipmunk to be done in CWHM colours as ...

Welcome to Episode 80 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Terry Miesle Thanks to our latest Patreon and Paypal Supporters: Chen Reed *************************************** LATEST NEWS Moscoto Hobby is having a contest *************************************** MAILBAG We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Tamiya 1/48 Nashorn preview (100th kit in the 1/48 line) More details on the Airfix 1/72 Tempest and 1/48 Vampire FORE HOBBY’s new 1/72 super-detailed Schnellboot S-38 First test-parts of our new Project 22220 icebreaker “Arktika” kit in 1/350 Takom Two 350th scale Flakturms Takom 1/35 USN Twin 5 inch turret Miniart doing more with their tractor kits. Miniart releases 1/35 US WW2 Infantry in rain gear. ICM releases Vietnam ground personnel in 1/48 Revell new items Red Iron has some new Sputniks SPUTNIK-4 SPUTNIK-5 Advanced Research Colonizer Arkhitect 1/3000 – Perfection Industry Co. Ltd. We are a Hong Kong start-up company that has been cooperating with the Japan iwata company. Our partner is also the agent of iwata’s airbrush.and we are authorized to use their logo and airbrush appearance to create a new design for spacecraft. This spaceship is composed of total 177pcs plastic parts, plus 22pcs different colors of LED lights. It is worth mentioning that LED lights are rarely used on traditional models, except for Bandai robots and Star Wars spacecraft. This approach is relatively rare. In order to achieve the best results, we specially use custom-made LED lights plus different semiconductor parts to adjust the brightness of the light source,

Welcome to Episode 79 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark From the Plastic Model Mojo Mike Baskette David Knights *************************************** LATEST NEWS Kotare Models – From the ashes of Wingnut Wings Sprue Brothers In partnership with Phantom Phreaks announcing – a new family of 1:32 F-4 Phantom kits. Twelve (12) versions are planned to begin in 2022. Plastic Model Mojo at IPMS Nationals. 2021 Nat’s news Mobius 2001 Orion Clipper 1/72 1/16 StuG from Das Werks – $100! Revell MRC Atlantis *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS AK August Matho Models August Border Model’s 1/35th scale Ju 87 G1/G2 Stuka https://aeroscale.net/news/macchi-m-33-released Roden’s new Silver line GMC PD3701 in 1/35th scale Hasegawa’s new 24th scale “Mazda Savannah RX-7 (SA22C)” new tool Trumpeter August Italeri August ICM 1:48 scale DB-26B/C Invader with Q-2 drones What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** SPONSOR AD Goodman Models *************************************** Interview – Pre-recorded This Episode’s Special Guest: Brett Traynor from Return2Kit Form *************************************** WHAT’S ON THE BENCH Stuart CF-166XL complete Looking at a what-if CF-123 next. Mike Moosaroo III entry ZS 2 Antitank gun E-16 Paul David Tu128 Trumpeter 1/72 1/72 Tamiya Mosquito – painting underway M-30 *************************************** THINGS WE’VE SEEN https://danielsimon.com/ *************************************** THE LAST WORD SMP Ep.79 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their

Welcome to Episode 78 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Terry Miesle Mike Ward *************************************** LATEST NEWS Atlantis Toy and Hobby has signed a multi year licensing agreement with Jim Keeler *************************************** MAILBAG We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Tamiya’s new 1/48th scale F-14A Tomcat (Late Model) Carrier Launch Set First test shots of Revell’s 48th scale SR-71 Shipborne Sci-fi Suisei from Suyata The very first transport helicopter in the world! Focke Achgelis FA 223 Drache. Crusher Joe Galleon now available. Airfix Canadair 1/48 Sabre in North America – Unboxing. Airfix Chipmunk is in stock next week GWH 1/32 Curtis Hawk 81-A2 “Flying Tigers” What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** SPONSOR AD Goodman Models *************************************** Interview This Episode’s Special Guest: Mike Ward, President of the Cincinnati Scale Modelers Cincinnati scale modelers Contest & show 2021 *************************************** WHAT’S ON THE BENCH Stuart A bit of work done on the CF-166 XL – Primer on, getting ready for paint. Terry Actually getting paint on the Crusher Joe fighter! Mike *************************************** THINGS WE’VE SEEN Coming soon – Curtiss Hawk 75 series. https://clearpropmodels.com/cp_4803 Buildups of Bandai’s Razorcrest and Dora Wings’ AT-9 trainer. Furball Aero Design released a bunch of new decals, Hellcats and Phantom II are notable sets. Flying Leatherneck Decals has some new resin conversions for the Tamiya F-4B. https://www.flyingleathernecksdecals.com/p/fl48-8025-anapr-24-rhaw-antenna-fin-cap-for-tamiya-f-4b *************************************** THE LAST WORD SMP Ep.

Welcome to Episode 77 Sponsored by Goodman Models and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Terry Miesle *************************************** LATEST NEWS Wonderfest 2022 Dates and hotel bookings are available. *************************************** MAILBAG Andrew White I recently became a member of IPMS Canada, I love the RT! I did get decals in my latest issue but, being a latecomer to the party, I received an older set…albeit with some great subjects on it as well. Peter Browns Jeep in a box We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Trumpeter new releases July Hasegawa New Items ICM July Hobbyboss July Airfix new tool 1/72 Tempest V Veteran Models 1/200 scale Type 96 25mm AA guns USS Sturgeon from Mikromir Dora Wings landing: AT-9 Zvezda 1:48 Hind 25 new products from Black Dog What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** SPONSOR AD Goodman Models *************************************** Interview This Episode’s Special Guest: Side 6 Part 2 *************************************** WHAT’S ON THE BENCH Stuart Starting the 1/72 Monogram F16-XL Terry Actually got some work done on the Crusher Joe Fighter, when the heat and weeding haven’t wiped him out. *************************************** THINGS WE’VE SEEN Razor Crests are landing! *************************************** THE LAST WORD SMP Ep. 77 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their New web store! For more modelling podcast goodness, check out our friends and much more at Modelpodcasts.com Please leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we’re doing! Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube,

Welcome to Episode 76 Sponsored by Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Terry Miesle Thanks to our latest Patreon Supporter: David Roach *************************************** LATEST NEWS Moosaroo Cup III HG Sakura Wars Spiricle Striker Mugen (Azami Mochizuki Type) NIMCON 2021 is the Region 5 contest. September 18th. From Paul at Paragrafix I have just received confirmation from Brian Johnson that I am licensed to produce his concept Space 1999 Mk IX Hawk cockpit for Round 2’s upcoming kit in 1/48 scale. I only viewed the kit briefly at Wonderfest so actual design work will have to wait until it’s released and proper measurements can be made. *************************************** MAILBAG Matt Dyer, Gilbert, AZ Still enjoying your podcast very much. Part 1 of the interview with Jonathan Mock was excellent, and am waiting for Part 2. I read Mr. Mock’s column in Model Airplane International, and it is always interesting and full of great insights. I fully agree with what he said about the people saying the “hobby is dying”. What nonsense! Each month kits appear that we would not have dreamed of 20 years ago. The hobby may be changing direction. Gone are the days when kits could be purchased for pocket change, and maybe as the Baby Boom generation ages out, we will see an end to the flood of German armor, Mustangs and Spitfires. For a generation brought up on Star Wars we will see a lot more sci fi models. And that is okay. The older kits will still be here, and new genres will bring in new modelers. It is all good. We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Latest from Revell Italeri’s four July releases Hobbyboss new items Takom releases a pair of Zeppelins Eduard July 2021 ModelCollect July 2021 Trumpeter July What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** Company of the week https://lukgraph.pl/ *************************************** SPONSOR AD Sean’s Custom Model Tools *************************************** Interview This Episode’s Special Guest: Side 6 Part 1

Welcome to Episode 75 Sponsored by Goodman Models. Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Terry Miesle Thank-you to our Patreon Supporters: Winner of the Flex-i-file prize pack is Allan Gillis . *************************************** LATEST NEWS Announcement from Goodman Models and Sean’s Custom Hobby Tools. IPMS Southland NZ presents 2021 Model Expo Border, Takom and Rye Field having a spat – The posts have been taken down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvUDDFTodPg&ab_channel=TheBear Moosaroo Cup III Many more podcasts will be particpating. *************************************** MAILBAG We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS AK June Special Hobby 1/72 Destroyer MV125 15CM Gun KP 1/72 Convair XFY-1 Pogo – Rerelease. Stuart bought the old boxing of this recently from an estate collection. US T3E2/E3 Christie Medium Tank 1/35 Airfix de Havilland Vampire F.3 – 1/48 sprue shots 1/25th Richard Petty 1976 Dodge Charger by Salvinos JR Models. https://aeroscale.net/news/cw-22-test-build Dora Wings CW-22 test shots/build Takom’s new 35th scale Battleship Yamato Type 60-caliber 15.5cm gun turret Takom’s “Caspian Sea Monster.” in 1/144 coming soon. First ship kit from Takom, 1/350 Type 124 Sachsen class Frigate What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** SPONSOR AD Goodman Models *************************************** Interview This Episode’s Special Guest: Jonathan Mock – Airfix decal designer and pro modeller. Jonathan Mock is an expert modeller and has been building plastic scale models for more than thirty years. After finishing art school in the 1980s, he worked in publishing as a graphic designer and contributed articles and artwork to modelling titles like Scale Aircraft Modelling, Scale Models International and Plastic Kit Constructor. Jonathan now works on a freelance basis, researching and designing decal artwork for Airfix along with producing work for other companies such as The...

Welcome to Episode 74 Sponsored by Goodman Models. Hosts Stuart Clark Terry Miesle Paul Bodensiek Thanks to our Patreon Supporters: The winner of our last draw was Matthew O’Meara Next Draw, Flex-i-file prize pack. *************************************** LATEST NEWS Announcements at Wonderfest From Round2 AMT The Mandalorian Razor Crest 1/72 Space:1999 Hawk MK IX 1/48 1/350 USS Grissom 1/1000 USS Voyager LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Italeri June MiniArt June Trumpeter June Eduard June What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** SPONSOR AD Goodman Models *************************************** Company of the week 1ManArmy – Masks etc *************************************** Interview This Episode’s Special Guest: Paul Bodensiek from Paragrafix Post Wonderfest https://www.facebook.com/101376831615267/photos/a.112775107142106/309255817494033/ *************************************** WHAT’S ON THE BENCH Stuart Hasegawa 1/72 Mosquito. Underside coat airbrushed on. Painting of the upperside complete. Terry 1/10 scale Hammerhead Shark from Fade To Black Productions. Sculpted by Bill Wieger. Currently sculpting a couple of remoras to go with the shark. Slowly moving on the Dora Wings’ P-43 Lancer kit. Currently building the engine, and will be filling some fuselage and wing seams. Paul Mainly design work on the Spindrift *************************************** THINGS WE’VE SEEN New Tool https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/06/model-tool-preview-introducing-octopus.html AFV Club Husky with Interrogation Arm. https://www.kitlinx.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=AFV35354 *************************************** THE LAST WORD SMP Ep. 74 is sponsored by Return 2 Kit Form – the official distributor of MHM models. Check out their New web store! For more modelling podcast goodness,

Welcome to Episode 73 Sponsored by Goodman Models. Hosts Stuart Clark Thomas Grossman – [email protected] *************************************** Breaking News Kittyhawk / Panda Shutting down? The company is not releasing any more news at the time of the recording (Wed June 3) https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/89746-kittyhawkpanda-just-announced-they-were-closing-on-facebook/&tab=comments#comment-1285909 *************************************** Interview This Episode’s Special Guest: Thomas Grossman from Tag Team Hobbies on the state of the industry *************************************** LATEST NEWS SCOTTCON 2021 on Sept 25th at the Museum of Aviation here in Warner Robins, Georgia. Columbia SC on 19 June for the South Carolina Scale Model Mega Show & IPMS/USA R-12 Regional *************************************** MAILBAG We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. Peter Culos writes Stuart jinxed me! On the recent Wonderfest episode, seconds after Stuart mentioned getting your Xacto knife impaled on your leg I found mine sticking out of my calf! What kind of voodoo does Stuart practice up there in the great white north? Yikes! Despite the danger, I’ll keep listening. You guys do a super job and are great companions for my workbench. I know it takes a lot of time but us lonely basement and attic modellers really appreciate it. Just try to lay off the black magic though! *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Trumpeter May Hobby Boss May Black Dog Tamiya June ICM June Hasegawa June Bandai Gundam Releases Jun Model Collect 1/48 A-12 going to molds in June What’s hot at Scalemates.com *************************************** SPONSOR AD Goodman Models *************************************** WHAT’S ON THE BENCH Stuart Mosquito plugging along. Currently painting and assembly of landing gear, propellers. Tom Ariel Diorama with a twist. *************************************** THINGS WE’VE SEEN Model cars in wood. *************************************** THE LAST WORD SMP Ep. 73 is sponsored by R2KF – the official distributor of MHM models.

Welcome to Episode 61 Sponsored by Goodman Models. Hosts Stuart Clark Geoff Heyland Terry Miesle *************************************** LATEST NEWS Moosaroo cup is underway! Stuart’s inbox review is at https://scalemodelpodcast.com/news/avro-cierva-c-30a-inbox-look-for-moosaroo-cup-ii/ World Model Expo moved to 2022 https://www.wme2020.com/11th-world-model-expo-postponed-to-2022/ Big container ship lost quite a few containers due to a storm. Andy’s Hobby Headquarters talks about this and the challenges of Covid shipping. *************************************** MAILBAG Ian Olam writes in with a shoutout. Hi, I thought I would offer up a manufacturer/modeller much in the vein of Uschi. One guy on his own producing quality product. Vantage Model Solutions (VMS) *************************************** LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Zvezda 2021 Catalog in Russian https://vk.com/doc6108131_578170851?hash=b62de4a6f84263e904 https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/11/zvezdas-2021-catalogue-old-updated-new.html Italari December https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/11/an-alfa-roadster-top-of-range-desert.html Meng’s new tool 1/48 F-18E Super Hornet https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/11/a-new-killer-superbug-from-meng-in-48th.html Three new decal sheets from EagleCal https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/11/eaglecals-three-new-decal-sheets-in.html#more 1/32 Italeri Tornado Inbox review https://dnmodels.com/all/tornado-gr-4-italeri-32nd-ita2513/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tornado-gr-4-italeri-32nd-ita2513 Tamiya announcing a 1/24 McLaren Senna https://www.tamiyausa.com/blog/first-look-tamiya-24355-mclaren-senna-124-scale-model-kit/ New Lancaster book from WNW’s Richard Alexander https://www.wingleader.co.uk/shop/lancasterearlywpa5 Clearprop is working on a 1/72 Mig-23 https://www.facebook.com/Clearpropmodels/posts/2934050816877398 Special Hobby releases Dec / Jan https://www.specialhobby.info/2020/11/december-and-january-new-release.html What’s hot at Scalemates.com https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hot.php *************************************** SPONSOR AD

Welcome to Episode 60 Sponsored by Goodman Models. Hosts Stuart Clark Anthony Goodman Special Guest Host: Kerry Traynor of IPMS Canada Kerry started modelling as a young lad and like most modellers, set the hobby aside during secondary school and college. He got back to the hobby after college and has enjoyed it ever since. His primary interest lays in 1/48 post-WW2 aircraft, but oddly, he’s been building 1/48 and 1/32 scale WW2 aircraft and 1/35 modern armour of late. He has been a member of IPMS Canada for almost 40 years, as well as a member of the chapters in Calgary, Ottawa and of course, here in London. He believes in taking an active role in the Chapter and has served as president of the London chapter a couple of times and chaired the South-Western Ontario Scale Model Expo committee on two occasions. He currently serves on the IPMS Canada Executive as the Chapter and Member Liaison. Prior to retiring in 2018, Kerry was a Professor in the Architectural Technology program at Fanshawe College for 29 years.   Thank you to our latest Patreon Supporters: Paul-Alexander Crystal Jon Seip We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions [email protected]. ************************************ LATEST NEWS More clues coming for the SMP Super BIG Monstro Giveaway! In-Depth Review: Building a Resin Kit – Part 4 now available! Bench to Bench Pt. 4 – Kyle Hood of Wheels & Wings – Coming Soon! ************************************ MAIL BAG Bob Blair writes: Why is there no plastic models of a BMW E46 M3? Probably the most loved of the older models, yet nothing to build. (I know you don’t work on cars much, but I’m a regular listener and thought you might have some insight.) Check it out HERE! ************************************ LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTS Arma Hobby is going to release an AC-130 Spectre conversion kit for the new 1/72 C-130H kit from Zvezda. New tool 1/48 IL-2 from Zvezda! Barracuda has 10 new releases! 20 new releases from Black Dog! A huge amount of new product from ResKit! Great Wall Hobby 1/144 B-52H HK 1/48 B-17F ‘Memphis Belle’ Kinetic 1/48 Pucara Duke Hawkins Books Kestrel Publications What’s hot at