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My addiction to aviation started in November 1966: I was just 3 months old, when my Dad - then an Officer at Hellenic Air Force - and my Mom decided to put me in a C-47 for one of the marvelous short flights offered free to the public during the annual celebration of the Hellenic Air Force. Was in my straw porte-bébé, simply laid on the C-47 floor, no seat belts whatsoever, as no one wore and, yes, those were the days!

Since then I’ve been addicted to anything that flies, with a preference to military airplanes (my career in the Hellenic Air Force and a flight offered to me with a Mirage 2000 only boosted this addiction).

I started modeling at about the age of 9, when my Dad brought me an 1/72 F-5A, sealed in a plastic bag, molded in lovely black styrene, its twin exhausts immediately catching my eye: modeling became a love affair ever since. Had two long breaks from my beloved hobby, being active – hopefully for good - since 2018.

I have two wonderful boys, born in 2015 and 2017, who consume most of my "free" time; still I try to find a couple of hours every day or so, to sink in my modeling paradise. I mostly build out of the box with the occasional scratch building and just have fun building my models! I am generally no contest minded, mostly due to my incompetence, but I love group builds!

In love with motorbikes, passionate with Pink Floyd and rock music, in love and passionate with life in general. I love seeing people smiling and do whatever I can to achieve this.

Addicted to reading from modeling sites (especially the wonderful Modelingmadness) and feeling grateful to be a member of iModeler! This is such a fantastic site, with all these amazing modelers and their beautiful work I admire – a constant temptation for me!

Welcome to Mystical Experiences (Workbench build progress of 1/48 Fonderie Miniature Vautour IIB)

Hi everyone! A week ago I decided to give this beast a go. Tom Cleaver warned me about the difficulty of the kit and guess what: he's spot-on right! The plastic texture could well be used for lunar surface simulation, there are tons of [...]

Airfix 1/144 Handley Page H.P.42 “Heracles”

Hi everyone, This is my Airfix 1/144 Handley Page H.P.42 built about ten years ago. The Handley Page H.P.42 was a four-engine biplane airliner designed and manufactured by British aviation company Handley Page. She held the distinction of [...]

Fonderie-Miniature 1/48 SE.2415 Grognard II

Hi everyone! This is my Fonderie Miniature 1/48 SE 2415 Grogard II, built in 2003. The Grognard was designed by SNCASE as a single-seat, low-level ground-attack aircraft. Although in development in the 1950s for the French Armée de [...]

Testors 1/48 OV-10A Bronco Workbench update

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Mach2 1/72 Do-26 “Seefalke” Luftwaffe

Hi everyone! This is my Mach2 1/72 Do-26 that I did more than decade ago. It is a fantastic looking flying boat. Only 6 were built. The Mach2 kit took some effort to put together with ever ending sanding and filling sessions. But it was [...]

Heller 1/72 F-84G Thunderjet Hellenic Air Force

Hi everyone! Here is my latest quick build of the 1/72 Thunderjet Heller kit. It was the first jet the Hellenic Air force was equipped with. The Heller kit, though a bit old, is a nice and very sweet little kit. I rushed to make the model [...]