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Hello,
I am a life long artist, designer and former Hasbro toy designer from Rhode Island. I build models professionally and I build just about anything! Modeling is my passion!
You can follow me for daily model updates on TikTok where I am known as "The Pope of Plastic".
Please visit my website: http://www.thepopeofplastic.com
Well, this is a terrible kit with even worse instructions. Somehow I managed to get it together, I’m actually shocked it’s built.
My 29th customer build of the year. I did this to look as if it was found in a barn, so I could hide [...]
This is my 27th build of the year, the 1/32 scale Zeke by Tamiya. I had high expectations for this kit, sure looks good in the box! Not one of Tamiyas best, not great engineering, ejection marks on almost every piece, confusing [...]
What a pain in the butt this kit was! Trumpeter 1/35 scale HIMARS with a whopping 750 parts!
Great molding and detail, typical crappy Trumpeter instructions.
Get ready for tons of tiny parts, many that will leave you scratching your [...]
Well here’s another kit! The Tamiya 1/48 scale Bf 109, probably the best Tamiya 1/48 scale kit going. Not much to say except it builds incredibly well!
Here we have my 8th build of the year, the 1/32 scale SBD3 Dauntless by Trumpeter. Molding is exceptional, body and cowl are clear plastic for some reason, which I find useless. The instructions are typical Trumpeter, filled with mystery [...]
Holy cow what a year for model builds! I hit a grand total of 34 models for customers this year! The two biggest challenges were the six 1/32 scale Harriers and the 1/48 scale B-29 in actual aluminum panels.
What does 2024 have in store [...]
Well this was a doozy. The big 1/16 scale T-34 by Trumpeter, full detail inside in out. This build took me exactly 20 days working 7 days a week.
This is a good kit, with the typical sketchy directions from Trumpeter, but mold and fit is [...]
Here is my 30th model of the year the 1/48 scale Tamiya Army Air Corps fuel truck.
These 1/48 scale Tamiya armor kits are terrific builds that you can build fairly quickly. Zero fit issues and easy to follow instructions, great for the [...]
Here’s another one for you guys. 1/25th scale Moibeus Ford F-150 built for a customer to look like his father’s farm truck. This build took around 30 hours.
Enjoy!
Well after 275 hours of building this B-29 is complete, minus the livery which arrives soon.
Each individual panel is painstakingly done in aluminum.
This is my fourth all metal skin build, and by far my most ambitious! If I never see [...]
