¶ May Edition Model Sphere Preview
dave , hope you're feeling better . I am . I'm .
I'm on the upside well , it's the may edition of the 12 minute model sphere . Man , uh , years clipping along .
I know the Derby weekend is this weekend . I was convinced we had another week ahead of us .
No , and my birthday is the day this drops .
Oh my God , that's right . International Workers' Day , or no wait , is the first International Workers' Day , mayday , mayday .
Romanowski will straighten us out on that . Well , I won't keep my hopes up for big parades . There you go . We may get one or two . Yeah , well , man , it's springtime . We've been doing a little traveling .
Yes , we have . Well , let's put it this way , we put in a lot of miles we have , but we got one of those shows last time .
Yeah , HeritageCon , We've been to Amps folks and if you'll claw back just one episode in the back catalog you can hear about all our escapades there . We ended up having enough material out of that show to put out a special , so that meant we delayed an episode that was already on the schedule for April . We kind of moved that into May .
I guess we ought to talk about what we got going on in May , Dave . Yes , we do , Dave . May is a three-drop month so we're going to be a little bit busy .
Yes , we are but three good episodes lined up , man .
We do . Episode 114 will be featuring Steve Hustad . He's come back to have a little chat about small-scale armor modeling .
Yes , we got to see Steve at HeritageCon . I think I mentioned previously I got to check off a bucket list item . I have had a Steve Hustad patented Martini which was excellent , and there was a lot of good 72nd scale armor up at Heritage Con . So we got .
we got a fair amount to talk about we do and we've actually recorded that segment already and we we go off the rails a little bit so folks can get a little information about other aspects of how Steve does things , but primarily centered around small scale armor .
Yep .
And hopefully he's going to get me moving on mine .
Yes , absolutely .
Well , in episode one 15 , uh , our Aussie friend Paul Gloucester is going to come back on and uh , paul has read a book recently . Do you remember the title of it , dave ?
Oh no , it's a business book and I cannot remember the name of it .
Well , he'll tell us . He'll tell us Uh and the the book has inspired him to push some of his modeling boundaries . I guess he's carrying over the principles of the book right From business over to his his hobby .
If you're a follower of Paul's Facebook page , glossy Kits , you've seen him crank out some small scale armor recently and kind of push the boundaries on a few other things he's been working on , and he's going to come on the show and talk about this book and how he's applied it and what he's gotten out of it .
So I'm really interested in this because I know I've built a few things , in no small part to the Moosaroo Cup contest . I've built some things I might otherwise not have . And not only has it inspired me to build some other things I might not normally have in the past , but I think you can get a general improvement across the board , yep .
I think that's part of what he's looking for . So I'll be interested to sit down with him and talk and figure out what inspired him , what he's finding , what he's learning . The quokka is always a good interview
¶ Jake McKee's Foam Dioramas and Updates
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And for our third and final episode for the month of May , we've got Austin area modeler Jake McKee as our guest , and Jake's posted a lot to the dojo and he's got his own Facebook page and a blog . The level of quality in his work is just really a high bar , I think , and he does a lot of things .
One thing that caught our attention was he's pretty much fully invested in using extruded foam insulation for a diorama , construction , buildings , groundwork , all that , and that's just something that's always .
I don't know why , but you know , raw forms and simple forms is one thing , but when you're actually putting detail into it and carving it and adding architectural elements to it , I've always found that intimidating .
So I'm really looking forward to talking with Jake and learning how he got into this and why he likes it as a medium , and maybe give us some pointers for us who might like to delve into that here in the future .
I'm looking forward to that conversation because I'm like you . There is a alternate life of mine where I ended up not as a lawyer but an architect not as a lawyer but an architect , and anytime I see somebody using foam or foam core or the extruded foam to build buildings and put in architectural details , there's part of me that just geeks out over that .
So I'll really be interested to see what he has to say .
Well , that's going to be it for May folks Please tune into all those and we look forward to your comments along the way . Well , dave the dojo has been going gangbusters . I know I've been approving new members . Hand over fist seems like many a day . Seems like it's on an uptick yeah , Really encouraging . And there's been a lot of great stuff posted .
I know I've been having fun posting my stuff on there , but what are we up to man ? A lot of great stuff posted .
I know I've been having fun posting my stuff on there , but what are we up to man ? As of today , the dojo is at 4,251 members and again , that number will have changed significantly even by the time you listen to this .
The thing that I'm enjoying is the fact that not only are we getting a lot of new members , a lot of people are posting their in-progress work , and I love seeing finished models . Don't get me wrong , but I really love the in-progress stuff because almost inevitably when somebody does an in-progress post , I'm looking at it and I'm going how did you do that ?
Or what are you doing there ? Or you see things in other people's modeling process that you don't recognize and and so you ask a question and the folks are really great about responding and you learn about new materials , new techniques or different techniques . Hey , this has never worked for me , but it turns out it works for this person .
They've done it this way all their modeling life and never had a problem with it , whereas I tried that a few times and never got it to work . I really enjoy seeing the back and forth among the modelers themselves , the members of the dojo , talking back and forth about a particular kit or trying to model a particular prototype item . So guys keep it up .
This makes me unbelievably happy .
Well , I know my in-progress stuff usually gets some pretty good commentary and I really appreciate that my stuff's slow going so you can get a lot of in-progress shots . Well , we should make that a call to action . Folks , if you got something you're in the middle of , let's see it .
Yes , absolutely .
Especially if you're doing something out of the ordinary with it in terms of a technique or product , or if you're just going the extra mile with detailing or whatever , or whatever you're doing .
Right , and don't don't be shy about posting your stuff . We can all learn from everybody , no matter what level you're on , no matter whether or not you take your stuff to shows or anything like that . Post and let people see your work .
That is one of the most enjoyable things in modeling is for a bunch of guys to sit around and geek out about building models .
Well , folks , that's going to be it for me , and it's going to be a lot . I don't know if we're going to make any shows or not . I may try to make it down to Knoxville , I don't know .
I would love to , if you go , give me the word . I would love to make it down there , even just for a few hours . I don't know , given the schedules and given everything we've done , given that Wonderfest is coming up and then the Nationals after that and I'm going to have some house guests along the way . I got a lot to do , but we'll see .
Never say never .
Never say never , folks . Well , we're going to have to say never to any more 12-Minute Models . Fair , at least this one , at least this one . Well , dave , we'll catch up in May .
Yeah , see you in May .