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I have been married since 2002 and have two wonderful children. i work as a 3d animator and I used to be a UH-60 Crew Chief from 1993 - 1999.

Trumpeter T-38C Talon, 1/48

Hello again iModeler! Here is my Trumpeter T-38C Talon, built completely OOB. This was a fun kit and I had no problems with it during construction. I purchased and built this kit last summer, so it did not stay idle in my stash for long. [...]

Academy MiG-21MF Fishbed, 1/48 scale

Hello iModeler! This is one of three kits I managed to finish last year. I used a CMK resin cockpit and wheel wells, and finished it in generic USSR colors using the kit decals and Akan paints. Not a bad kit for the price but I think I [...]

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire PR. XIX

Hello iModeler! This is my recently finished Airfix Spitfire PR. XIX. Although the interferon detail was not as crisp as the newly tooled Airfix Mk. V Spitfire, it was still a fun kit and went together rather nicely. Build was OOB, [...]

Hasegawa F-14D Tomcat, Vandy 1, 1/48 scale

Hello iModeler! Long time no post. Here is my first commissioned build. My client requested it be in flight with a full load of ordnance. That made mounting kind of tricky but I found a way in the end. I bent a clear acrylic rod to a [...]

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vb

Hello iModeler! Here is my Airfix Spitfire Mk. Vb dressed up as a bird from the Malta campaign. This is my 2nd Airfix Mk. V. I wanted a do-over from the first one I did since I was not happy with how the finish turned out. I am a bit [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. I

Hello iModeler! Here is my recently finished Tamiya Spitfire build 100% out of the box. The fit and engineering of this kit was awesome, and makes it extremely enjoyable to build. I would gladly build several more!

Barber 51- Kitty Hawk’s AH-6J, Operation Gothic Serpent, Mogadishu, 1993

Hello iModeler! Here is my 1/35th scale Kitty Hawk AH-6J finished as Barber 51 during the battle of Mogadishu, Somalia, 3 OCT 1993. I used detail sets from Werner's Wings, to include the exhaust shroud, FLIR and the AH-6J / MH-6J [...]

Airfix 1/48 P-51D Mustang

Hello iModeler! Here is my Airfix Mustang, OOB with Kits World decals, I only added fuel lines to the external tanks and wiring to the radios behind the pilot seat. Kits World decals included the checker boards but not the stripes on the [...]

Revell 1/48 F/A-18F Super Hornet

Hello iModeler! Here is my Revell F/A-18F Super Hornet. Good from afar but far from good... but learned more from this build than I did from my recent Tamiya builds. Exhaust cans are resin Wolfpack cans, decals are CAM Pro VFA-41 and [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair

Hello iModeler! Here is my Tamiya Corsair, built out of the box except for some True Details resin wheels. I used EZ line for the antenna wires. Paints are Vallejo Model Air acrylics shot freehand through my Sotar 20/20. It's kind of [...]