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We're an adult-oriented fine scale model building podcast that focuses on the craftsman modeling side of the hobby!
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Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
James A Powell and Jason Jensen join us this week on Halloween Eve for some great banter about model building!
We spend the first half answering fan questions from Patrons and wrap up with modeling talk! Support the show if you like us, if not... well that's cool too.
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
After shattering your eardrums with Brett's terrible singing of a 90's pop song, we dive into what's going on new this week!
Don't forget to check out the Halloween contest before time runs out! Details are on our Facebook page.
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Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Not much to type about this episode... Todd and Brett just shoot the breeze with some shop talk tonight on a rather long episode without a guest! Lots of laughs, rants and a lot of everything! Enjoy and have a great weekend you fine scale freaks!
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
A lot of you asked and we delivered... The first reenacting episode. We went through a TON of stories and jumped around a bit, but it was a blast to relive some reenacting memories with each other and if anything we had fun going back into some great memories that we shared. We discussed maybe a part 2 at some point later because there are a TON of great stories. Maybe we do one about our past in other areas too? Might be a fun break every few months for us mentally too.
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
East Meets West again for the fall 2020 version and as always, Dave Meek and Jake Johnson from Crescent Creek Models have made it another fun night around the bench! We talked about differing scenery from east and west as well as a bunch of other awesome modeling chatter!
Check out their new kit here: https://thundermesa.studio/product/last-chance-gas-ho-scale/
Bullhorn Announcement:
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
We cover a lot about a variety of model building items this week as well as some other funny stories. This week we shared a ton of laughs, kicked back and shot the breeze for the evening.
Todd announces a NEW fun Halloween Contest for all of our listeners this week and we have some awesome MONSTER prizes for the winners! Listen in (near the end of the episode) to hear the contest details!
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Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Bill Sartore joins us for an exciting week where we learn the fate of RailroadKits.com and Microlumina! Bill has worked so well with Jimmy D. (formerly of RailroadKits.com) to transition these great kits and famous Fine Scale Miniature castings and we're very excited for the future of this line of fine craftsman kits, lighting & sound supplies, and castings/details!
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Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Is it officially fall yet? Well it's officially past Labor Day, so this is the first unofficial episode of Fall and we were very excited to bring Doug Foscale from FOS Scale Models back on the podcast to talk about his newest limited run kit, Atlas Gorge!
Not only did Doug go over the inspiration and work it took to make the kit, but he dove into some of the specific modeling skills and techniques he had to use to create the diorama and scenery around the entire build.
This episode is packed full of neat modeling tricks and tips, so keep your ears peeled for little hints and ways Doug created some of the effects he did.
More on the Atlas Gorge Kit (very limited quantities left):
Description from FOS Scale Models
2,500 years would go by before the mapmaker’s mill would be built. On a warm spring day two and a half millennia ago, an ice dam broke, sending a torrent of glacial water blasting though rock and earth at sixty miles per hour. By the end of that spring day, the Atlas Gorge was born. Carved and scarred by ice age turbulence, the Gorge would eventually be home to Hachey & Varga Cartography. By the late 1800’s Thomas Michael Hachey and Francis Varga came upon the Gorge during one of their map making expeditions. With its ever-rushing waters, it seemed fitting that they built a great mill over the Gorge, harnessing its natural flow to power their map and atlas printing efforts.
The main building, Hachey & Varga Cartographers, sits grandly above the gorge. It’s distinct and prominent tower, defines its landmark status in town. An adjacent boiler house, churns black smoke from its stacks supplying auxiliary power when the river runs low. With its intricate printing and binding equipment, a sturdy concrete block machine shop provides support and maintenance.
Across the road sits J. Prater, Carpenters, a wood working and hardware shop. Its main structure branches off into smaller ones, each clinging to the shear rock of the gorge.
Fresh steak chops sizzle on the grill, waiting to raise your cholesterol levels at Mulder’s Diner. Should your pickup need a tire repair, stop by Buddy’s Flat Fix. Buddy will have some colorful words for you if you don’t pull up in a Chevy, but he’ll fix your piece of junk anyway (his words, not ours).
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Fos Scale Models is proud to bring you Atlas Gorge, our 27th Limited Run HO Scale kit since 2002. This multiple structure kit features laser cut walls, parts and details along with numerous new metal cast details from all new tooling. The kit also includes Tichy mold injected windows and doors, color signage, templates and detailed instructions for assembly.
The Basic Kit features Hachey & Varga Cartography, the Machine Shop, Mulder’s Diner and Buddy’s Flax Fit. The Prater Carpentry Shop is an optional add-on:
Building 1 - Hachey & Varga Cartographers; main mill with boiler house.
Foot print: 6” x 16.5”
Building 2 - The Machine Shop.
Foot print: 2.5” x 3.75”
Building 3 - Mulder’s Diner
Foot print: 2.5” x 4”
Building 4 – Buddy’s Flat Fix.
Foot print: 1” x 1.5”
Building 5 - (optional add-on) Prater’s Carpentry & Hardware . Adds: $74.50
Foot print: 7” x 10”
Additional Add On - Concrete Spillway Wall Kit - Adds $9.95 - this are lasercut wall sections where the water enters and exits under the building and street through archways painted to look like concrete.
We strive to put as much value into our Limited Run kits. Priced as Stand Alone items, the basic kit would be $421 - together with all four structures the kit is great value $375. The add on, as a stand alone would be $110 - add it here with your basic kit and get it for $75.
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Kit Contents and Materials:
Kit includes lasercut clapboard, scribed, board and batten walls, lasercut and etched concrete block machine shop walls, lasercut roof cards and details. Metal cast detail parts as well as plastic details, windows and doors. Kit includes assembly template and diagrams and weathering and assembly instructions. Also included, laser cut shingles, rolled roofing, corrugated metal panels, lasercut sidewalk sections, hydrocal loading dock, color signs and posters..
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NOT INCLUDED: Figures, stone retaining walls, foundation, scenery or vehicles.
Don’t forget the kit ships December 15th, 2020. You will receive an email when it ships.
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
This week it was just my dad and I, wrapping up an awesome summer of guests, model building and a new outlook on things as we were all thrown into some weird circumstances that nobody could've ever predicted. We've all wittnessed some seriously kick-ass work from all of you and we've all stepped our games up as we've been spending more time from home than we probably all have our entire lives.
You can look at this negatively, but that doesn't help anything and if you take the good out of things, you'll see that we've all stepped up our model building skills and have been working on some serious projects.
Don't forget, the LIVE builds continue on Monday 9/7/2020 at 7:30pm with Todd and are followed by Brett on Tuesday 9/8/2020 at 7:30pm (both EST).
Bullhorn Announcements (non-affiliate Links):
Mine Mount Models:
- NEW - 4pack HO Scale Picnic Tables
- NEW - 4pack HO Scale Dumpsters
- Use the promo code mmmlabor2020 to save 10% through Monday 9/7/2020
FOS Scale Models:
- Enjoy 10% off a selection of 100 kits starting through Sept 7th at midnight. No coupon code needed, kits are already marked down. https://fosscalemodels.com/collections/ho-scale-kits
Crescent Creek Models:
- New Kit - Last Chance Gas HO Scale Gas Station
- New Product - Scale Stucco
Carolina Craftsman Kits:
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Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
What an awesome time it was to have James A. Powell from Monster City Studios on the show. If you aren't familiar with James, you sure are familiar with his San Juan Central Model Railroad, formerly owned by Malcom Furlow. In addition to working to restore the San Juan Central, James had been busy at Monster City Studios and creating some awesome YouTube videos which you need to check out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD092dInyTpPdBn-8fb0jHw
There is also a cool tool that James and his team have been pumping out for the scale modeling world called the BRICK MONSTER which you can check out here: https://www.maskandshield.com/brick-monster/. This tool lets you quickly make brick walls out of sculpy in a matter of minutes!
It was a blast talking to James about his history in the scale modeling hobby (of all scales) and we can't wait to get him back on again in the near future to talk about more techniques!