Some of my earliest memories are of watching my father sitting in his recliner on Friday nights and weekends working on a model.  He loved working on military aircraft. As a kid I would sit by his side intently watching as he took these many pieces of plastic and turned it into a recognizable airplane.  From that point on I had caught the modeling bug. Not only me, but my older brother too.

When I got older and began building kits, I, like many others started with Aurora's Universal Monsters.  Since I was just a kid these kits were done crude and with little paint slapped on them.  When I really wanted the kit to be done right I would have my brother assemble and paint the kit. Kits such as Aurora's Seaview when first issued and AMT's TOS Enterprise. Eventually my skills improved and I continued to build all those marvelous Aurora kits. And then...girls, but we all know that story.

In the ’70s modeling caught my eye again, by this time I had entered the Air Force and married. I began building military as there was little in the way of monster or sci-fi kits back then.  I enjoyed building WW2 aircraft, be they bombers or fighters.  Building all those planes allowed me to improve my skills and discover airbrushing.  Many of my models found their way to my Air Force maintenance shop hanging from the ceiling.  I had created quite a collection of aircraft. That was soon to change however with the advent of "Star Wars".

With Star Wars and the return of mainstream sci-fi kits, I returned to my first modeling love.  In the ’80s I built as many starship kits as I could find.  This continued into the ’90s and beyond. Later I discovered garage kit figures and Wonderfest.  I've been a regular Wonderfest attendee since ’94. I also started attending IPMS conventions within driving distance.  It was at one of these conventions where I met Mark McGovern.  Seeing some of Mark's marvelous work encouraged me to enter a few contests.  My hope is to continue to improve...to stay focused on the project and enjoy the modeling journey.

My wife, Brenda and I have a son, Brian and a daughter, Jaime.  We have been married going on 31 years as of this writing and on September 2, 2003 became grandparents for the first time.  My son had built a few kits as a youth and has recently expressed an interest in building again (with my help). He's a 3rd generation model builder and with my grandson Caden, maybe there's a 4th to come.