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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

The Italeri 1/9th scale WLA Harley Davidson WW2 motorcycle build in progress.

Hi friends, I have started this 1/9th scale WLA for a customer. I don't normally build motorcycles but I am finding this to be great fun! Kit is going together without much problems other than the parts are not numbered and the sprues have [...]

Porsche 911 GT2 1/24 Scale Tamiya.

Hello fellow model builders. Here is my latest build, the 1/24 Porsche 911 GT2 by Tamiya. I added custom wire details and of course lots of post race weathering. This little build took me about 20 hours. Great kit that practically builds [...]

My 1/12 scale GT-40

Here is my Trumpeter? 1/12 Scale GT-40! This kit was a lot of work with lots of scratch building involved, due to this kit was a toy in some form at one point. Kit on it's own is very simple so a lot of creativity is involved in getting [...]

The Concours d'Miniature 2023

The Concours d’Miniature The Concours d’ Miniature is a first of it’s kind event solely created to celebrate the best model car builders in the world. Based on the great Concours d’Elegance’s of the world, the Concours [...]

Starting the 1/12 scale GT40

This is the start of the 1/12 scale Ford GT40, this kit from China has no brand name but I am fairly certain that this is a kit produced by Trumpeter. This kit from what I can tell was once a toy due to the chunky vinyl parts and oversized [...]

1/32 scale Tamiya Mosquito complete build

Hello fellow modelers! Here is my completed 1/32 scale Tamiya Mosquito. First off I can't recommend this kit enough, but only for the experienced builder as it is a complicated build and you really need to pay attention. There are also a [...]

Richard Petty 73 Charger by MPC

Hello all!I haven't posted a build in a long time but it is great to be back! Here is the MPC 1/12 Scale Richard Petty 73 Charger and quite possibly the worst mass produced kit I have ever experienced, bring all of your skills if you [...]

Alfa 8C Monza 1/12 Scale Post Race

Hi friends. Here is my latest build, the Itaileri 1/12 scale Alfa Romeo 8C Monza. This is a fiddly kit to say the least, I really don't understand the use of tiny screws and bolts on a plastic kit but what do I know lol. This is definitely [...]

P-51D Tamiya 1/32 Scale All metal skin! "Tattie Bus"

Well here she is! This will be my last metal skin build for a while! Such a pain to do this technique lol. This is the 1/32 scale Tamiya kit, nice kit, few fit issues but nothing really bad. The metal is the difficult part, hand cutting [...]

Tamiya 1/32 Scale P-51D with aluminum skin Part 1

Hello fellow modelers! Well i'm at it again with the aluminum skin builds. As you can see I am well under way on this P-51D from Tamiya. Great kit so far, few little fit issues but nothing crazy. Scratch built the seat cushion some wiring [...]