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I'm a retired Lieutenant Fire Fighter / EMT. Prior to working as a Firefighter, I also served in Law Enforcement for several years.

In following with our long line of family military service, dating all the way back to 1776, I'm a US Army veteran (tanker). I served mostly in the M-60A1 and eventually the M1-A1 series tanks. I was a crew member in the Abrams only for a short while.

My Dad was kind of like "Lt. Dan" from the movie Forrest Gump. Fortunately dear old Dad broke our "family curse" of having members killed in every major conflict that the United States has ever had. My Dad was wounded in the Korean War, and thankfully he was not killed. Otherwise I wouldn't be here if he was. I accidentally happened some years later...

My other hobbies include restoring old "Mopar" muscle cars from the late 1960's and early '70s. I also enjoy building aircraft in 1/48 & 1/32 scale, along with 1/35 Armor. I especially like the WW2 stuff. Lately I have been gravitating towards the First World War 1/32 scale aviation kits though...

I built my first model (Revell 1/32 P-40 "Flying Tigers" version) when I was 8 years old. I currently have about 600 kits ( of which about 1/4 are built).

Kit review: 1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Bf-109 G6, Part 1 of 2

Once I saw that Tamiya was going to be releasing a new 1/48 scale kit of the Bf-109, I knew that when it arrived at the nearest Hobby Store I had to purchase it. This is a kit that I have been waiting for a while now. After opening the [...]

Battle of Kasserine Pass, M-4 Sherman “early” of the 1st Armored Division, Tunisia 1943

Finally, this one is done. I completed it last night. I want to start off by saying "Thank You" to David Thomas, for coming up with the idea, organizing it, and leading this Kasserine Pass Group Build from the Front... which [...]

Battle of Kasserine Pass GB, Amtech 1/48 scale P-40 L-5 CU, long tail version, “Lighthouse Louie” 325th Fighter Group “Checkertail Clan”, North Africa

Here is another one of the planes I built for the Kasserine Pass Group Build. Again I wish to thank David Thomas for starting and hosting the Kasserine Pass Group Build. His untiring efforts have helped this GB become the success it is. [...]

Battle of Kasserine Pass GB, AMT 1/48 scale P-40 F short tail version, 57th Fighter Group North Africa

I want to start out by saying this... I owe a great big "Thank You" to David Thomas, for having a wonderful idea to start this Group Build. David tirelessly commented on our builds, encouraging us as we went along. David was [...]

Review: 1/48 scale ICM 48232 Junkers Ju-88 A-5 kit review – Part 2 of 2

This is the follow up to the first article I posted on the newer ICM release of the Junkers Ju-88 A-5. The first part of this kit review is covered here. I had to break this review up into two separate parts, due to the high number of [...]

Review: 1/48 scale ICM 48232 Junkers Ju-88 A-5 kit review – Part 1 of 2

Well finally... Here it is. I have been trying to get this article done for a while. There have been a few "technical difficulties", but we managed to get past that with help from some friends. More on that later... This [...]

Review: 1/48 scale Airfix A05128 Boulton Paul Defiant kit review

Way back in October 2016, I was picked for the "random model of the month" award here on Imodeler. My Hobby Boss 1/48 scale F4F-3 "early", (which was painted in a Yellow Wings paint scheme), was chosen. This is the kit [...]

“Year of the Cat” Group Build a freindly reminder…………

They say that all good things must come to an end. That sounds like a real "bummer" doesn't it ? The Chinese New Year will start on February 16th, which is only a few days away. Unfortunately that will be the [...]

Review: 1/48 scale ICM #48244, Dornier Do-17Z-2 kit review… we have another winner!

A little while ago I posted an article on the new 1/48 scale ICM He-111. In that article I mentioned doing another review on the Do-17. This will give me an opportunity to try out the new format that Martin and his staff have been working [...]

Review: 1/48 ICM 48261 Heinkel He-111 H-3 Kit Review… and it’s a beauty!

Once I realized this 1/48 scale Heinkel 111 was out and available for purchase, I had to get my hands on a kit. After a phone call I had one on the way, thanks in part to the misses and her credit card. We will call it a late Christmas [...]