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.
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. Love the show? Support us here . Want to text to Brett about modeling questions? Text him at 717.601.2348!
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!
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.
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: The Eastern Sierra Railroad Society (ESRS, aka Ridgecrest Club) has announced its October Open House and has invi...
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! Love the show? support us here!...
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! Love our show? consider supporting it on Patreon!...
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 fu...
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,...
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 ...
This week we talked about the layout updates as well as some of the news for the Group Builds that are starting NEXT WEEK! The first night will be on Monday the 25th at 7:30pm with Brett, and he'll be working with the FOS Fishery Kit. The following night, Tuesday, Todd will be going live at 7:30pm (both nights are EST), and he'll be building Gleasons Garage. You can watch them both nights here: https://facebook.com/hoscalecustoms If you miss a night, the recordings will be saved and available to...
We've got a BUSY weekend ahead of us, so not much time to spare with this one. Enjoy the show and check out this week's bullhorn product here (non-affiliate link): https://minemountmodels.com/shop/ols/products/pinales-petrol-ho-scale
We're so happy to have had Steven Haworth on the Bench Time Podcast this week! It's been way too long and there have been quite a few new things to talk about since our last episode with Steven, which was about 130 episodes ago... If you want to check out Steven's Rio Grande Southern Railroad blog, research site, and Facebook page visit the following links below, his blogs are PACKED FULL of awesome info and inspiration for work: Rio Grande Southern Railroad: http://rgsrr.com/ RGS Mutterings Lay...
We're rebooting the toolbox talk! Brett has upgraded the tiny tackle box that he was using forever to take his model building upstairs, and he got a MUCH bigger toolbox to carry his work between the workshop and the living room (or wherever he goes) This was a $15 toolbox that was picked up at Walmart and will serve his "mobile model building" much better! (non-affiliate link) This is the toolbox that Brett was talking about: https://www.walmart.com/ip/HART-22-Tool-Box-Resin-Tool-Storage-Black-w...
In the last week of July, we talk about pretty much everything! From puddles and modeling after a thunderstorm (very specific scene to add to your layout), to our easiest and fastest builds and more! We're going to start a Beer of the Week segment where we'll have some fun with our chosen beverage of the week. Also, we talk a lot about our inspirations and what it takes sometimes for us to get excited to get back into the workbench/workshop. Sometimes it's a simple thing you'll see while driving...
We're back from the beach and Todd & Brett break down some more of our favs this week! More next week as we're going to resume our normal recording schedule!
This week we went over the top 10 moments from the past 3 years of podcasts! We also went over the Patrons Questions! Sorry for the short description, crunched for time!
This week we had Jeff Adam of MotrakModelsUSA.com on the show and we took a deep dive into the work behind Motrak Models as well and talked about his wide variety of kits, rail car loads, detail parts, and his history in the model railroading hobby! Jeff has been operating Motrak Models for a long time and has become one of the keystones in craftsman model railroading so he has a lot to discuss! ATTENTION*** July’s Modeling Contest is going to be presented by Motrak Models and when the kit is av...
Brett sang us a little song on the catwalk this week... And he continues to prove that he has no shame by embarrassing himself again in front of all of you. Find this gem buried somewhere deep within this week's show along with info on our new scenery supplies that we're going to begin working with this weekend, some build updates and some more information on the upcoming group build! We've extended the rail car contest for ONE MORE WEEK! Entries due on 7/12/2020 by midnight EST. More info here:...
This week we had Jimmy Simmons from Monster Model Works on the show and we're all excited to see the new things he's been coming back out with recently! There's a lot of new products coming from Jimmy and he's excited to be back in the scene again. MONSTER MODELWORKS FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/MonsterModelworks/ CHECK OUT THEIR SITE HERE: https://www.larkspurlaserart.com/ Sit back and enjoy our talk with Jimmy Simmons this week! GROUP BUILD INFO: RailroadKits.com is going to be our ...
What's up everybody?!?! We've got a bunch going on this weekend, so make sure to keep checking in on our Facebook Page and if you're interested in our Patron benefits, you can check out our page here: https://patreon.com/brettwiley This week my dad and I covered some fun topics provided by our Patrons and we've got some special announcements embedded within the show! If you're interested in the contest of the month, building a piece of rolling stock, for a chance to win a month with our travelin...
On episode 131 Todd & Brett talk about some weathering techniques for a stone wall that Brett made from Sterling Models (Brett is working on a YouTube video, it will be up this weekend!) It started with the plain hydrocal wall and we discuss the different layers that were applied to get the achieved result. Starting with some India ink wash and wrapping up with some basic acrylic colors. This is a simple way to make a kick-ass wall for your model railroad layout. The wall molds we’re talking...
This week we talk about making and weathering nice and unique roofs for our structures as well as go over some patron questions and talk about how awesome the Zoom call we just recently had was! Check out the video that Todd was talking about with the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iJc0OQOxi0&feature=share We also are running a rolling stock build contest that has started NOW, you can find the details for that here: https://hoscalecustoms.com/rolling-stock-build-contest/ Also do...
Welcome back for episode #129 of the Bench Time Podcast! This week we cover a new Patron Exclusive benefits that I'm starting for ALL of our show patrons, a monthly (and possible other random ones) Zoom call to let us all chat together! To support our show and become a patron, visit: https://patreon.com/brettwiley We get into putting dirt down on our scenes, some of our current builds and Todd gives us his Tool of the Week! You can check out the bottles he was talking about here: https://www.mcm...
We hope you had another great week! This Friday my dad and I go through updates on our builds and give everyone some tips & tricks with what we're working on right now including some scenery around the Terminal Build (photos below). The brush that Brett was talking about is also in the photos below. After That we go through the Patrons questions and topics as well as shoot the sh*t about everything like the early days in our show! We'll also be sharing one old podcast episode per week as a t...
We should've had Matt on a long time ago! Matt Hankins is a great modeler out of the Baltimore area and he has some amazing work to share with our family of model builders. He also runs with the Four County Society of Model Engineers which is a fantastic group of modelers in a modular club out of the Greater Baltimore Maryland region. We talk a bit about how great of a group they are and the skill of the modelers in the group. You can also check out their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook...
The Bullhorn announcement of the new Rail Scale Models kit: Colonial Furniture and Case Goods Some of the brands we mentioned this week that are releasing some awesome new kits: https://www.rail-scale-models.com/ https://besttrains.com/ https://carolinacraftsmankits.com/ https://motrakmodelsusa.com/ If you're interested in joining our Patron Zooms and getting access to a ton more other fun you can become a patron here . We're also running our open-to-all contest, the business card build right no...
This week we go off the tracks quite a bit so join us as we talk about pretty much anything and everything. Oh yeah, you may also begin to notice some changes with our look, we changed the name up to Wiley's Scale Modeling because that's what it is, just my dad and I having fun and building a model railroad together all while sharing our adventures in working together with you. Obviously we'll still have some friends and other modelers on the show, but we found the name change fitting and approp...
Well, last week was the official weathering podcast and we decided this is an awesome way to theme our weekly shows, so this week is the official sign episode! There were a blockbuster number of guests on the show this week including Dave Kruiswyk, Frank Varga, Jason Jensen, Jake Johnson & Doug Foscale. Well, and of course yours truly Brett & Todd Wiley. We covered everything from font usage, different styles of signs, era of signage, weathering signs, and applying signs to buildings. Di...
Bench Time #123: Doug Foscale of FOS Scale Models - The Weathering Episode Get a pencil and some notepads out, because this one’s full of takeaways! This is the weathering episode with Doug Foscale and we dig deep into some of our favorite weathering techniques. It was a blast to pick Doug’s brain a bit and get some methods from him. Some of the model weathering techniques we cover include: Use of a brown sharpie for rust and grime weathering + other sharpies Bragdon and chalk dust weathering fa...
