Do any of you old schoolers remember the Model making
show on PBS called Adventures in Scale Modeling? I used
to watch it back when I was about 12 years old. That show
kicked some serious @$$. They showed some mad
techniques from some professional modelers.
"Do any of you old schoolers remember the model making show on
PBS called Adventures in Scale Modeling? I used to watch it back
when I was about 12 years old. That show kicked some serious
@$$. They showed some mad techniques from some professional
modelers."
- LayItLow.com Forum, "ScratchBuilderV," Sept. 2003
show on PBS called Adventures in Scale Modeling? I used
to watch it back when I was about 12 years old. That show
kicked some serious @$$. They showed some mad
techniques from some professional modelers.
"Do any of you old schoolers remember the model making show on
PBS called Adventures in Scale Modeling? I used to watch it back
when I was about 12 years old. That show kicked some serious
@$$. They showed some mad techniques from some professional
modelers."
- LayItLow.com Forum, "ScratchBuilderV," Sept. 2003
Favorite TV Shows
"Anything on The Learning Channel or the Discovery channel. Like
Adventures in Scale Modeling. :o)"
- SocialNetworking.com, Profile of "John"
"Anything on The Learning Channel or the Discovery channel. Like
Adventures in Scale Modeling. :o)"
- SocialNetworking.com, Profile of "John"
Adventures in Scale Modeling
Produced by the Public Broadcasting Network (PBS) and the Testors Corporation c. 1984-1987
Hosted by: Ron Cole and Mike Lecht
Expert Model Maker: Ron Cole
Off-site Narrator: Mike Lecht
Produced by the Public Broadcasting Network (PBS) and the Testors Corporation c. 1984-1987
Hosted by: Ron Cole and Mike Lecht
Expert Model Maker: Ron Cole
Off-site Narrator: Mike Lecht
I was attending a model maker's contest and convention in Washington, D.C.,
when I was approached about participating in a screen test being conducted
by a PBS crew who was searching for a host for a new television series. It was
to be about making scale models, and the crew had been following modeling
shows around the United States to find talent to appear in the program.
My screen test lasted about an hour, during which time I was questioned at
length about my years of making models, favorite subjects, and other topics -
mostly to determine my level of comfort while in the spotlight and my ability to
communicate well with a potential audience.
They ultimately interviewed over 60 of the better-known model makers in the
country, and I was chosen to be one of two hosts for the first season of twelve
30-minute episodes.
Each episode covered the construction of a single model project: two
ten-minute segments of in-studio shooting and one ten-minute on-location
shoot. The studio shoots featured me, primarily, offering instruction on model
making that progressively increased in complexity as the series progressed.
The on-location shoots featured Mike Lecht and detailed some background on
the prototype of the model being built in the studio.
One day was allocated for each in-studio shoot. Starting at roughly 8:00 in the
morning we began work, and there were days when we didn't leave until almost
14 hours later. As I was still in high school at the time, I had to spend a
number of days away from my classes and flew countless times back and forth
between my home in upstate New York and the studio in West Virginia.
I considered the experience I had working on the show to be invaluable, at a
point in my life when my friends had either never worked or bussed tables. At
an early age I learned how to work with a team of professionals, communicate
very effectively, display necessary confidence, and meet difficult deadlines.
It ultimately represented one means via which I grew up very quickly.
when I was approached about participating in a screen test being conducted
by a PBS crew who was searching for a host for a new television series. It was
to be about making scale models, and the crew had been following modeling
shows around the United States to find talent to appear in the program.
My screen test lasted about an hour, during which time I was questioned at
length about my years of making models, favorite subjects, and other topics -
mostly to determine my level of comfort while in the spotlight and my ability to
communicate well with a potential audience.
They ultimately interviewed over 60 of the better-known model makers in the
country, and I was chosen to be one of two hosts for the first season of twelve
30-minute episodes.
Each episode covered the construction of a single model project: two
ten-minute segments of in-studio shooting and one ten-minute on-location
shoot. The studio shoots featured me, primarily, offering instruction on model
making that progressively increased in complexity as the series progressed.
The on-location shoots featured Mike Lecht and detailed some background on
the prototype of the model being built in the studio.
One day was allocated for each in-studio shoot. Starting at roughly 8:00 in the
morning we began work, and there were days when we didn't leave until almost
14 hours later. As I was still in high school at the time, I had to spend a
number of days away from my classes and flew countless times back and forth
between my home in upstate New York and the studio in West Virginia.
I considered the experience I had working on the show to be invaluable, at a
point in my life when my friends had either never worked or bussed tables. At
an early age I learned how to work with a team of professionals, communicate
very effectively, display necessary confidence, and meet difficult deadlines.
It ultimately represented one means via which I grew up very quickly.