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Model builder, Bass player. Captain KAOS from the Doctor Demento radio program. I love to build almost anything in plastic. Love scratch building. On30 railroad geek. Modifying everything I build. Sharing ideas of the hobby, and seeing what others have made magnificent.
Oh, and Chicks dig me! (from the movie Stripes)
Here is a dio I built for my brother in law. He collects the expensive King and Country pre built tanks and miniatures. Here are some photos with a strange looking armored vehicle and a overall photo with a Bedouin and his camel. These are [...]
I remember years ago seeing a scene like this in the Phoenix Arizona area and just had to try to recreate the scene. 1/35 scale , I added as much plumbing and electrical as I could remember and referenced a lot of photos.
Here she is all [...]
Los Angeles County Sheriff Sea King. Photo taken at La Verne airport in California.
My son and I worked on this Idea. The Sea King has recently been retired. But it saved scores of lives in service here in the Los Angeles area. The [...]
Well here is one warming up in the morning. I haven't seen anyone else model this
toy/kit. But after I bought one I just had to put some lipstick on her. This is the New Ray
Sky Pilot Sea King approximately 1/40 scale? closer to 1/35. [...]
Here is a single photo called Night guard duty. It was taken on my hanger diorama. Just two LEDs .
California Steve
I heard you wanted to see more car stuff. I am experimenting with Tamiya TS17 Gloss
Aluminium, TS Candy Lime Green, and Testors 1113 Dark Metallic Green on a very inexpensive Lindberg Chevy. This is really a (how much Future floor wax [...]
Sometimes I just have to goof off. This is a 1/35 scale Italeri kit that I modified a bit by
a little engine modification, larger tires and a active rear suspension,(last photo) I really had to modify the real wheel wells to fit the tires. [...]
Well this one happened quite by accident, (no pun intended) I was at the Hobby People in Santa Clarita California talking models with the Dudes when in walked a LA County Sheriff sergeant. It was like the western movies when the sheriff [...]
Here is one you might have seen around in different publications. I am still kinda proud of this one. Old Monogram kit. I paid bucks for this kit, then they re-released it a few months later. Oh well. Photographed by my son Sean on a [...]
This was not a easy build, but I had to do it. Here is the list.
I started with a quad tractor. Cut off the back and capped it.
Scratched the chassis and added dual wheels to the rear.
Tank was made of evergreen plastic with a lot of Micro [...]
