About Me

I am a life long model builder. I got my start building plastic models with my brother when we were just little kids. My earliest recollection is building the Monogram Ford Tri-motor kit and the Airfix Boeing Trans-Atlantic Clipper (it was always called the China Clipper in our household being that we grew up on the West Coast).

Like most youngsters, my models at an early age were poorly assembled and had a short life span. It was not until I reached junior high school that I really made an attempt to build models with a degree of neatness and craftsmanship. By the time I had graduated from high school, I had read Bryan Philpott's book, Making Model Aircraft. From that book I gained the foundation for all the skills that I have used to build my models since.

I build mostly aircraft models however, I do enjoy building armor, ships, space craft and cars. In addition I enjoy model railroading. I don't normally enter model contests, however, I did win a First Place Award and a Second Place Award at TamiyaCon X (2005) for two of my models.