On The Bench David Goldfinch: Podcaster, Model Builder

This episode is dedicated to James Skiffins wishing him all the best and a speedy recovery!
As Dave approaches 60, it is time to consider planning for that one last trip to the great model show in the sky.
What is to become of the stash of kits and publications that you have gathered over a lifetime? The boys tackle this very subject.
 

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!
 

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

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.

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

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.