Episode 18: Previewing the 2022 MFCA Show and chatting with Jack Lynch

In this episode, as we gear up for the Miniature Figure Collectors of America Show just outside Philadelphia on May 13 and 14, 2022, we chat with one of the event’s organizers and a veteran member of the long-running club, Pennsylvania modeler Jack Lynch. We talked about the club and the upcoming exhibit, as well as about the many roles Jack has played in the hobby, as a dedicated sculptor and painter, a professional model-maker, and a retailer, working with toys, model railroads, and his own miniature creations—Jack has pretty much done it all, and he’s a Small Subjects-certified Great Guy. Barry and Jim also discuss transporting figures and models to shows. Pictured below are some examples of what they use to get their minis across the country or around the world safely, as well as examples of Jack’s work. Thanks for listening!

Above: A fine example of one of Jack’s figures.

Jack’s box diorama “The Homecoming,” as featured on his artist gallery page on this site.

Above: Two examples of Jack’s sculpts, pre-priming. You can see the small heating unit he uses when working with wax in the background of the top photo.

A crowd of passengers ready for the train to arrive!

Above: Examples of Jack’s professional model-making from blueprint to finished model.

Here we see just a few of the toy projects from Jack’s C.V.

Above: Barry’s John Jeffries-built figure-carrying case. John makes many different styles (in addition to beautiful bases), and you can contact him at birchtreejohn@aol.com. Below we see some figures blue-tacked in place in Barry’s box, and examples of the tacky putties Jim and Barry use to do secure figures in transit (or on the workbench).