Wiley's Bench Time - Model Railroading Podcast

Join us this week as we go over some model building updates and we announce the new spring group build details! you've all been waiting for the announcement of another group build and we've got the details you've been craving!!! The kit we're going to build for the group build is Wiley's Good Time Tavern from Mine Mount Models, you can get it here: https://minemountmodels.com/shop/ols/products/wil...

In this weeks episode, we talk about what you can do WITHOUT an airbrush and what it means to get the kids into arts, crafts and participating in model building!

Get an update on Brett's build of Bret's Brewery from Campbells Scale Modela as well as an update on the Tank Build from Todd! We also go over some listener questions this week for our first set of them in 2021.  We're back to the grind and looking to crank out some major work on the layout through the rest of winter!

We're back for the new year and hope you all had a great holiday and a happy new year!  We had a great evening chatting with Bernard Hellen of MiniPrints.ca about his awesome 3D prints that are available for your model railroad layout our diorama! His site offers 3D printed figures, details and animals in N scale, HO, O & S scales. MiniPrints.ca is also always interested in suggestions for new pri...

We enjoyed the year with all of you and we hope you all have a great holiday season! This week we talk about some of our current projects and go over the last set of questions from our listeners in 2020!  We’re taking a 2-week break from the show through the holidays to enjoy some more model building time to ourselves and some much needed time with our families.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...

My dad and I go over what's on our Christmas wish lists this year and we discuss the importance of the 80's and early 90's comedy movies that we all loved to watch. There are so many quotes that we could talk about for hours from the Christmas Vacation movie alone so we enjoyed some laughs early in the episode and then got into what we're working on. The artwork for this week's show is the better...

Gregory Baker joined us this week and did we have plenty to talk about or what?!?! Greg is a talented model railroaded and model builder that isn't afraid to get his hands into a wide variety of styles. Listen in this week as we talk about Greg's model railroading history and some of his favorite things about model building! Check out some of Mountian Goat Greg's pages here (not affiliate links):...

The episode # is correct, we said the wrong one in the intro. Happy Thanksgiving and we hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Make sure to remember the things that you’re thankful this year and take a step back to look at all the positive things we have in our lives.  Bullhorn Announcements (ata the time of uploading this show): FOS Scale Models - FREE KIT w/ $50 order https://fosscalemodels.com...

This week’s guest is Bruce Nickerson from Seaport Model Works and it was great to have caught up him after a couple years on the podcast! You can see all of the great products that Bruce was talking about on his site here: https://seaportmodelworks.com/ Bullhorn: Mine Mount Models - Wiley’s Good Times Tavern  This is the 8th craftsman kit from Mine Mount Models and besides the name (which is aweso...

This week in the Wiley's modeling live we go over what the strangest thing we've done with a build that actually turned out to work out well! We also cover listener questions and go over the new formats of the podcast!

Listen to Brett blabber on about his new 3D printing endeavors and some new models from Todd that he's going to begin working on!  The 3D printer that Brett got was this: Anycubic Photon (non-affiliate link) and he picked up a bottle of the resin from the same brand on Amazon here: Anycubic 3D Printer Resin (affiliate)   Bullhorn Announcements:  Ipswich Hobbies O Scale Crossing Shanty & Section Ho...

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...

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 Easter...

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...

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 suppor...

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 technique...

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...

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: ht...

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: h...

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 aweso...

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 t...