Bench Time #56: Brian and Jill Bollinger of BEST Trains, kits, detail castings, roofing

What’s up fine scale fam!  This cold and nasty weekend brings us to Episode 56 of the Bench Time Podcast: and we have joining us as guests Brian and Jill Bollinger of BEST Trains and besttrains.com .  Our shows first ever husband and wife team and they tell us all about their wide variety of some outstanding pewter castings for detailing our dioramas, structures and layout scenes and bring them to a different level of realism.  There are over 500 of them and they are unique and ones we often wish we could find one of…..likely they make it.  The unique and comical Skanky Yankee scale figures are a favorite of ours and we talk about how they came about. We then discuss the many gorgeous craftsman kit structures they produce.  These are prototype buildings from all over the country and different regions, and we talk about the inspirations for them. Brett and Todd are huge into roofing and weathering roofs on structures.  One of our favorite parts of a build, and Jill shares with us the huge selection of roofing materials, shingles, etc, that they have and how easy they are to work with. So settle into the workshop, crank up the heat, and listen in on this week’s Bench Time podcast! Become a Patron and unlock some cool extras!