Beyond The Box Art®
The official podcast of the International Plastic Modellers Society (IPMS UK)
🎙️ Beyond The Box Art – the official podcast of IPMS(UK) – is your go-to show for all things scale modelling.
From aircraft to AFVs, ships to sci-fi, we bring you interviews with industry leaders, practical tips, banter from the bench, and updates from the global modelling community.
Whether you’re trimming sprue, masking canopies, or just dreaming about the next kit, this is the show built for modellers, by modellers.
👉 Download Beyond The Box Art on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, or wherever you get your podcasts – and join benchmates from 57 countries who already listen in!
Episode 19 - Extreme Spitfire Super-Detailing with Fischkopp and all the Airfix 2026 releases
Hiya Benchmates, Airfix have revealed their 2026 range — and there are some serious surprises in store. From new tool announcements to long-awaited favourites, we break down what modellers really need to know. We're also joined by Carl Robertshaw and Christopher Mercer from Fischkopp, diving deep in...
Episode 18 - New Years special! Publishers, Kotare update & The Podfather!
🎉 Happy New Year, Benchmates! 🎉 Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond The Box Art® — and we're kicking off 2026 exactly how we mean to go on… loudly, enthusiastically, and surrounded by brilliant people. After surviving the festive fallout of leftover turkey, mince pies, and suspiciously stalled bench pro...
Episode 17 - Geoff Coughlin: Author, Teacher & Oracle from ScaleModellingNow.Com
Ho Ho Ho Benchmates! Welcome to the festive episode for Beyond The Box Art®, and boy have we got a christmas cracker for you!!! We are joined by Ethan Goodbody from BBC1 TV's recent series The Marvellous Miniature Workshop talking about the show and scale modelling of a slightly different type than ...
Episode 16 - AFV modelling with Stewart Rolfe, Black Hat Scale Models
Hiya BenchMates! We're back with Episode 16, and it's another corker! We are joined by Stewart from the Black Hat Scale Models YouTube channel and Facebook group – talking AFV's; Scale Model Challenge in Eindhoven which he visited with Martin Drayton & they recall some of the events highlights p...
Episode 15 - Telford review; Airfix interview & much more!
Hiya BenchMates! We're back with Episode 15, and it's has more content than the queue into SMW on the Saturday morning. We welcome back IPMS(UK) President Paul Regan for the episode to talk about all aspects of the show, as well as welcoming the winner of Best in show – Kostas Dimitriadis talking ab...