Wiley's Bench Time - Model Railroading Podcast
We're an adult-oriented fine scale model building podcast that focuses on the craftsman modeling side of the hobby!
Episodes
This week we had James A. Powell on the show for a long-overdue appearance! James talked with us about some exciting new things he's working on including a soon available pre-order of a new book he is featured in from White River Productions. https://shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/swts
NOTE: Brett was incorrect about White River productions and the Civil War History book, it was not WRP and instead a different publisher wi...
Wayman Humphrey from Pro Scale Models on Facebook, YouTube and even TikTok joined us for his first guest appearance! We talked about everything from his intro into scale modeling, his love of art, music, tattooing, and everything in-between. Make sure you check out Wayman's art and videos at the links below. We can't wait to have him back for some deeper model building and bench time talks!
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/...
This week we talk to Brian Wolfe from Mainline Hobby Supply! This is one of our favorite hobby shops in the PA / MD region and if you have a chance to stop by when you're in the area, definitely pay them a visit!
Another interesting thing we hear from Brian about his history with the hobby shop is how he literally had his blood sweat and tears in the shop build. It's these kinds of places that we need to keep in business as the hob...
Welcome back for Bench Time #184 where we featured Bernard Hellen of Miniprints.com! We were very excited to get Bernard back on the show, and coincidentally it was almost two years to the day since we had him on last, you can catch his other episode here: Bench Time #159: Bernard Hellen of Miniprints
Bernard talks about some new developments from miniprints and how we can't believe that he's coming up on the 4th anniversary of ...
This week, Brett talks about his holiday week off and a visit to NYC and American Girl Doll store.... We also cover some measuring mess-ups (or was it), Todd's canyon fears, adding fine snow from woodland scenics to the white water of a waterfall, some more glue talk, and Todd's mishap with his fine scale eagle.
It's the holiday season, so we decided to kick back, let loose and we definitely went all over the place!
Todd discusses his Neopolitan-like build and Brett chats about the new rocks and progress on the Terminal area of the layout where he's adding a gulley/storm water runoff area.
We also talked about some more affordable plaster that a long-time listener and original guest of the show, Steve had recommended to us. The detail...
Jason walks us through the setup process of his business, how he got off the ground what it was like when he first opened up selling kits with Jason Jensen Trains.
Then we go over the two new kits he’s now made available, the process of coming up with the new kits, and the trials & tribulations of getting them ready for sale.
After going through the new and exciting news Jason Jensen Trains has to share, we cover the listener...
We covered a VERY wide range of topics this week, starting with some Halloween fun, updates on what Brett & Todd have been working on, and some plaster tips from Todd!
Vote for Brett's Cocoa Puffs Pumpkin here: https://verberdentalgroup.com/poll/pumpkin-contest-2022/
The last time we had Jeff Grove on the show was in March of 2021 for episode 169. This week we talk with Jeff about:
- Layout up-date, where he's at currently with his double-decker layout. The top level is 1945 era; bottom layer is 1970's. Coal mining & lumbering.
- New Kit: Cape fear Supply Company.
- New Kit: from Jason Jensen.
- New Kit from Frank Salondino Mud Creek
- Craftsman Courtyard at Timonium, MD
This week's photo ...
We summarize our trip out to Oklahoma, Todd goes on a rant, we talk about cats on a plane and Brett gives you insight on how he finds time to work in the workshop with his busy work/life schedule!
Brett’s been working on Pap’s Pizza, a new road that follows an old railroad grade, and he goes off into a whole story of the red light district which turns into a funny and typical story of the podcast. I mean, what 40’s city didn’t have a little shenanigans going on? He also discusses the recent 3D printing of the pallet stacks and end-of-the-line track buffers.
Todd goes into his recent work on his current build and then derails...
Join us this week as we talk with Doug Foscale of FOS Scale Models about some of his new developments, adventures in 3D printing and the new limited run kit available now at https://fosscalemodels.com
You can pick up the Axel Road Limited Run kit at the following links:
USA Orders: https://fosscalemodels.com/collections/ho-scale-kits/products/axle-road-ho-scale-limited-run-kit-u-s-a-only
Canada Orders: https://fosscalemodels.com/co...
We want to welcome everyone back to the Bench Time Podcast with the Wiley's! This week we go on our usual rants, talk about a little history, go over our current work updats and we even go way off track on a rant about horseradish and wrap up with some aimless sports banter! Enjoy, we're glad to be back freaks!
It's been a hot minute since we last recorded and we've decided to bring back a monthly version of our show! The same old us, a little less censored (you may hear some word fly), and just as colorful as we used to be.
We've been busy working and you can see all the pics of our work here: https://www.facebook.com/hoscalecustoms
Are you part of our listener group? If not you can join the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com...
It's been a while, and we told you that we weren't going to completely disappear... So here we go for some fresh new content and some shop talk about what we've been up to since our last episode back in the Spring.
We covered a lot in this episode, so just give it a listen and check in with us in the comments section with what you have all been up to!
If you're not part of the Overtime at the Bench listener group on Facebook, join ...
We've been fumbling our way through the podcast world since 2017 when my Dad and I launched this show together. There have been many laughs, memories and great times shared together between us and ALL of the listeners and we both believe that this is the right time for us to hang up the microphones and focus more on our families and model building time together.
This isn't the end of the road for our model building, live Facebook ...
What's on your workbench this week?
We go over what's on our workbenches this week and chat about the current group build!
If you missed this week's live-build, you can watch a replay here: https://youtu.be/cg46HQJZa2c We PROMISE to have a way better video resolution next week!!!
If you want to tune in next week, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel or our Facebook pages:
Jeff Grove was this week's guest and we covered what's new in his Carolina Craftsman Kit world as well as what he's up to in his "retired" life now. We covered some of the benefits of having a great local group of fellow modelers and we even chatted it up about Brass locomotives! We all had a blast talking to Jeff and we hope that you enjoy our conversation with him. Check out Carolina Craftsman Kits here: https://carolinacraftsman...
We packed this week's episode full of techniques straight from Doug Foscale! So get your pen and notepad ready because this week's show is jammed with great techniques and tons of great things to try at your workbench. Big thanks to Doug for the time this week and we can't wait to do more technique episodes with him and other modelers going forward.
Since we've covered the background on most of these guys, we think it's time to sw...
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