Episodes
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Bench Time #167: It's almost spring! Todd & Brett Bench Talk
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
This week it's just us two chatting, ranting, and listing off the builds we've been working on and what's been keeping us out of (and in some) trouble!
What are you working on? Comment on our FB page with some pics of your own build!
Group Build Kit Link: https://minemountmodels.com/shop/ols/products/wileys-good-times-tavern
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Bench Time #166: Jason Jensen & James A. Powell
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
This week Jason Jensen and James A. Powell join us for our longest episode ever recorded as we chat about what we're all up to and some new developments from both of them as to what they're working on!
If you're not following their pages and channels, you should check them out here:
We did record this in a video/zoom format, but it will take a tremendously long time to upload. So for now please enjoy it the old-school audio way, and by later this weekend we hope to have the video version up for those that want to see our ugly mugs.
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Bench Time #165: Dave Stanton & D.A.R.E. Model Railroad Club
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
This was a fantastic episode this week as we talked to long time listener and D.A.R.E. Model Railroading Club organizer Dave Stanton about everything that he is doing to help the kids in his local community connect and create with the hobby of model railroading!
Dave has a long-standing passion for helping his community and loves to share the model railroading hobby with kids in the western Pennsylvania area. People like Dave are what we need MORE of in this hobby and we can all take a small lesson from this week's episode to make sure that we take the time to invest in our future by being positive influences on our children and kids in the community!
If you're looking for the link to the Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling episode from over the weekend, visit it here: https://youtu.be/wPBIY0BTnMk
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Bench Time #164: Ron Klaiss of Mine Mount Models
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
What's up, everybody? We're back after an unexpected week off due to some unforeseen circumstances... And we're happy to be back in front of our microphones and talking to this week's guest, Ron Klaiss!
Ron, from Mine Mount Models talked with us this week about his newest kit release (which he graciously provided to us in conjunction with the upcoming group-build) of Wiley's Good Times Tavern. This is an awesome kit that we can't wait to get our hands on and build with you guys. There is also a group build special that we talk about in the show!
The Group Build will begin on Monday, March 29th, so we have plenty of time to get all of our supplies in order and prepare for the fun 6 or so weeks straight of building!
In addition to the new kit and group build, we get into our usual fun banter about model building techniques, crazy rants and typical humor that we enjoy the most.
Thanks again to Ron for joining us this week and we really hope you all enjoyed this week's show!
Find more of our episodes here: https://hoscalecustoms.com/
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Bench Time #163: Scott Mason
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
First of all, we need to tip our hats in the model building and model railroading podcast world to this week's guest... Scott Mason and his podcasts and content have been someone that we've listened to with great respect as we've continued to grow in the hobby with our own skills and this father-son duo modeling podcast. We were extremely honored this week to spend a couple of hours of Scott's time talking about the history of his podcast and how he was able to grow his modeling skills, and podcasting, video instruction skills, and general interest in sharing stories and skills in this awesome hobby and community that we all share.
Scott has a ton of great stories to share this week in what we hope is just the first time that we get to talk to him and swap workbench stories and lessons together.
Listen in this week and kick back at your workbench as we learn about Scott and how he has worked with some of the greatest names in this hobby to do his part in keeping us all together as a community of model builders and fans of sharing our great art together!
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Bench Time #162: Spring Group Build Announcement!
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Join us this week as we go over some model building updates and we announce the new spring group build details! you've all been waiting for the announcement of another group build and we've got the details you've been craving!!!
The kit we're going to build for the group build is Wiley's Good Time Tavern from Mine Mount Models, you can get it here: https://minemountmodels.com/shop/ols/products/wileys-good-times-tavern
You can get 10% off any additional items in your order when you pick up the tavern for the group build by entering the promo code: WILEY10
We want to thank Mine Mount Models for the kits that we're going to build along with you guys and we can't wait until spring to get this started!
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Bench Time #161: What can you do without an airbrush?
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
In this weeks episode, we talk about what you can do WITHOUT an airbrush and what it means to get the kids into arts, crafts and participating in model building!
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Bench Time #160: Brett's Campbells Kit Update & Todd's Tank Build
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Get an update on Brett's build of Bret's Brewery from Campbells Scale Modela as well as an update on the Tank Build from Todd! We also go over some listener questions this week for our first set of them in 2021.
We're back to the grind and looking to crank out some major work on the layout through the rest of winter!
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
We're back for the new year and hope you all had a great holiday and a happy new year!
We had a great evening chatting with Bernard Hellen of MiniPrints.ca about his awesome 3D prints that are available for your model railroad layout our diorama! His site offers 3D printed figures, details and animals in N scale, HO, O & S scales. MiniPrints.ca is also always interested in suggestions for new print ideas for your model building! Make sure to check out his site and see what might strike your fancy for your scenes.
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Bench Time #158: Goodbye 2020, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
We enjoyed the year with all of you and we hope you all have a great holiday season! This week we talk about some of our current projects and go over the last set of questions from our listeners in 2020!
We’re taking a 2-week break from the show through the holidays to enjoy some more model building time to ourselves and some much needed time with our families.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!