In this extravaganza of an episode we share all the wonderful people that we spoke too at QMHE2024.

The latest winner of the Patreon Wheel of Fortune is announced.

The Mojo boys try to trash talk the Moosearoo cup so we slap them down!

Given how big this episode is we have added some time stamps to help you navigate through this mammoth three hour show. 

Time stamps

0:09 Plastic Model Mojo Slap down!

0:13 Patreon Wheel of Fortune

0:23 Black Hat Scale Models

0:31 Hong Kong Models

0:38 Brisbane Display Painter Guild

0:44 SpecMod

0:54 Agustin Castillo

1.02 Rockhampton Scale Modellers Association

1.08 IPMS Queensland

1:16 SMS & Simon Holdsworth

1:30 Drake Collectables

1:40 Ben Flood

1:48 Manscale Models

2:01 Arms Corp Models

2:19 ABOM

2:25 DDA

2:34 Chris Sawby

2:44 Chris Becker

2:54 Brett Green

3:06 Paul Gloster

3:19 QMHE Director Davis Deryck

3:35 Wrap up 

Don’t forget to support the sponsors of our show Scott from the Scale Modellers Supply 

https://www.scalemodeller.com.au/

Here is a list of the companies that we spoke too at QMHE

Black Hat Models YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

Specmod

https://www.specmodmodels.com/

Rockhampton Scale Modellers Association

https://www.facebook.com/RockhamptonScaleModellersAssociation/

Drake Collectables

https://thedrakeshop.com/

IPMS QLD

https://ipmsqld.org.au/

Manscale Models

https://www.manscalemodels.com.au/

Arms Corp Models

https://www.facebook.com/p/Arms-Corps-Models-100088350093154/

DDA

https://www.ddaus.com.au/home

Hong Kong Models

https://www.hk-models.com/hkm/

If you want to reach out to us write to Onthebench64@gmail.com.

If you would like to support our show please go to www.patreon.com/onthebench

This is a special OTB episode on a new Modelling Organisation called “Modellers Without Borders”. 

We interview  Tim Holland, Dave Goldfinch, Christiaan O’Dea and Stephen Lee to get the inside knowledge on the who, why and hows that brought this organisation into being and what their plans are for the future. 

This organisation was announced publicly at the end of the most recent IPMS USA Nationals, and raised a lot of buzz and questions from the modelling community.  

So tune in to find out what it is all about.

For more information on Modellers Without Borders go to https://modellers.org/

If you want to reach out to us write to Onthebench64@gmail.com.

Don’t forget to support the sponsor of our show Scott,  from the Scale Modellers Supply. 

https://www.scalemodeller.com.au/

Check out our mates from Detail and Scale.

https://www.detailandscale.com/detail-scale-publications

If you would like to support our show please go to www.patreon.com/onthebench

In breaking news we are excited to  share the news from Andys Hobby HQ of the planned release of the 1/16 M113!

Dave called it and was on the money!

The boys mull this exciting news over as well as a second new M113 announced from AFV club of the Aussie M113A1 LRV in 1/35 scale.

We are living in THE golden age for sure!

G'day Benchers!  Dave, Ian and Julian are  back together in the studio!

We have the announcement of the winners for the Golden Sprue awards and try to look at model building Vs model collecting.  Our mailbag as well as whats new in the modelling world including the latest gossip from the “Falcon”.

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 jam-packed episode.

We have a very special interview with the founders of the new model company Beacon Models,  Will Jayne and Bryan Wall.  We also have our mailbag as well as whats new in the modelling world including the latest gossip from the “Falcon”.

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.

Will Pattison joins us again with part 2 of talking about tools and this time we focus on eye loops, power tools and other electronic items to make your modelling life easy.  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.

This episode we will have a discussion about getting a bare metal finish on your model.  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.

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!

Dave, Ian and Julian are joined by three Aussie YouTubers to discuss the ins and outs of running a YouTube model channel

Lots of mail to read out and don’t forget if you want to reach out to us write to Onthebench64@gmail.com.

To find out more about our guests from this episode, check out their YouTube channels below:-

Greg https://www.youtube.com/@ScaleModelGeek

Clayton https://www.youtube.com/@workbenchhobbies4316

Stewart https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHatScaleModels

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.

In this episode the boys chat with Chris from model airplane maker to talk about rewards results or efforts?

This is a great little discussion based on Chris’s latest blog which can be found at modelairplanemaker.com

The Possums wars a.k.a The battle of the backyard continues with the Possums 3 to Dave 0.  

Ian gives an update on the 48 hour build which was a huge success.  Julian gives us some bad news regarding the Moosearoo cup and we read your listener mail.

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.

The boys are back from their break with the mailbag, sad news about the Falcon and talking about the 48 hours modellers bash!

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. 

In this episode the boys go big with a discussion on 1/16th Armour models and to help us with this huge subject we have brought in Andy from HQ models.

The Falcon writes in with what is new in the model world and we dive deep into the mailbag.

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!