All Episodes

Episode 58: MFCA 2026, With Special Guest Joan Biediger

Episode 67: Scenery and Groundwork

Episode 66: Storytime with Mike Pierce

Episode 65: Talking with Chris Meddings about the Upturner Prize and "Ask Barry"

Episode 64: Raphael Shelton, doing the hobby "just for fun," and what we're playing with on our work benches now

Episode 63: Dave Browne

Episode 62: Robert Blokker

Episode 61: Barry & Jim on their latest box dioramas and trying something new with every project

Episode 60: World Expo 2025 in Versailles

Episode 59: Perspectives on Digital Sculpting vs. Toothpick & Putty

Episode 58: Talking about MFCA 2025 with Dennis Levy and Lou Masses

Episode 57: Why do we abandon some projects? And: Considering the effects of tariffs on the hobby

Episode 56: What do we do with all of this STUFF? with Joe Berton

Episode 55: Artificial Intelligence and Modeling: A Talk with Jake McKee

Episode 54: Barry & Jim's Adventures (and Frustrations) with the 1/16th Universal Carrier Kit

Episode 53: Francois Verlinden

Episode 52: Our Beginnings

Episode 51: The 2025 MMSI Chicago Show

Episode 50: Doug Cohen

Episode 49: Scott Primeau

Episode 48: Natalia Oracz

Episode 47: Joan Biediger Talks About "Algorithm As Art"

Episode 46: Verko's Vault

Episode 45: Erik Swinson

Episode 44: Abstraction in Miniatures and Digital vs Traditional Scratchbuilding

Episode 43: Jon Harbuck

Episode 42:Current Projects, Various & Sundry

Episode 41: Bob Sarnowski

Episode 40: Barry and Jim on their Favorites (and their Failures)

Episode 39: A Conversation About the Open System With Marijn Van Gils

Episode 38: Dave Youngquist and IPMS 2023 Nats

Episode 37: Gary Baker, hair and Historex

Episode 36: Mike Hilleary

Episode 35: MFCA 2023

Episode 34: Joe Berton

Episode 33: Ingvild Eiring

Episode 32: Travis Haussener

Episode 31: Tools (and Other Stuff) We CAN Live Without

Episode 30: Will Pattison

Episode 29: Mike Good

Episode 28: Greg Cihlar

Episode 27: Tools (and Other Stuff) We Can't Live Without

Episode 26: Pat McGrath

Episode 25: John Bonanni/IPMS Nationals

Episode 24: Pat Stansell

Episode 23: Calvin Tan

Episode 22: Box Dioramas

Episode 21: Taesung Harmms

Episode 20: Marion and Alan Ball, plus the MFCA Show 2022

Episode 19: Marijn Van Gils

Episode 18: Jack Lynch - Also, a discussion about transporting figures to shows

Episode 17: Chris Meddings.

Episode 16: Talking painting in acrylics and the benefits of modeling clubs with Pat Vess and Joe Berton

Episode 15: Dennis Levy and more (Including Barry almost gets tased by a Swiss security guard)

Episode 14: Bill Horan

Episode 13: Bill Merklein

Episode 12: Game-Changers

Episode 11: Nick Infield

Episode 10: Michael Kontraros/2021 MMSI Chicago Show

Episode 9: Joel Glass and a discussion about collectors

Episode 8: Greg DiFranco

Episode 7: Mike Blank

Episode 6: Our Favorite Books and Periodicals

Episode 5: Ben Komets

Episode 4: Penny Meyer

Episode 3: Why are so many modelers reluctant to paint figures?

Episode 2: John Rosengrant

Episode 1: Entering Your Work In Model Shows and Accepting Critiques