ABOUT

The military was our "family business" and my dad was a pilot—two factors that heavily influenced my interest in military aviation from a young age. Like most other American kids who grew up in the 1970's, I built scale models—kits from companies like Monogram, Revell, and Lindberg stocked by all of the discount and drug stores. For Christmas, my dad would surprise me with a few kits from "exotic" European companies like Italeri, ESCI, and Heller.

I drifted away from building models in my teen years; My interest rekindled in my early 30's and I joined IPMS Fame Cities and became active in the contest scene. I haven't been a consistent builder; I tend to work in spurts. But I've always been a consistent buyer, and I've amassed a large stash - something I'm glad I did before several recent waves of economic chaos. In addition to traditional kits of military subjects, I 3D-print and build models of dinosaurs and prehistoric life, documenting the process on my website PaleoModeler.com.

In 2018, I got interested in high-fidelity combat flight simulators. I fly DCS and IL-2 in virtual reality with a small group of friends from around the US and around the world. I share the DCS missions and skins I create here. My other interests are photography, art, and playing the guitar. I live on the Gulf of Mexico with my wife, dogs, and a parrot.