AeroScale :: Scale Aircraft Modelling

New Hampshire, United States

Occupation: Web Developer/Designer

Interests: Scale Models, Star Wars, reading, my daughter and wife, cars, history, and travel to name a few.

CALLSIGN: staff_jim

About staff_jim
I started building models in 1971 when I was 6. My first model was a 1/32 P-40 Warhawk. Revell I believe. From there I moved onto the standard cars, Apollo spacecraft, and other kid orientated kits. I don't know what got me started on Armor. I must have seen a Monogram tank kit one day and said "Mom, can I get this?" I was probably about 8 by then. Soon I was outgrowing the discount department store in my small town and had to find a local hobby store. Well that store carried Tamiya and that was the real catalyst for getting me even further into the hobby. I stopped building in my teens and started up again in my mid-twenties. That was the late-eighties and I discovered new things like Italeri, Verlinden and Photo-etch at the local hobby store I frequented in Tallahassee, Florida. There was another long break when I was moving all around the country for a while and my models and supplies were put in storage. Then back in 2001 a friend and I decided to startup a business involving online communities and blogging. I wanted to build a site that I could test out some of these technologies with and so Armorama was born. It has been quite a ride since then, and slowly this site (which was a side-line hobby for me) has morphed into a real business for my wife and I. I have met so many great people and am very proud of what they have helped me build here. Thanks to all my staff (past & present) and all the site regulars and contributors that make the KitMaker Network so special!

My Feature Articles

1.	Unboxing Italeri's New 1/32 Mirage IIIC	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: JETS	ENGLISH
2.	Unboxing Tamiya's 1/32 Mosquito	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: PROPS	ENGLISH
3.	Unboxing Tamiya's F4U-1A Corsair	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: PROPS	ENGLISH
4.	Introducing VideoAviation.com	AEROSCALE :	AIRFIELD EQUIPMENT	ENGLISH
5.	Unboxing Italeri's F-104 G/S Starfighter	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: JETS	ENGLISH
6.	Unboxing Hasegawa's 1/16 Sopwith Camel	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: PROPS	ENGLISH
7.	Unboxing Zoukei-Mura's 1/48 Shin Den	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: PROPS	ENGLISH
8.	2013 IPMS USA Nationals - The Aircraft	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT	ENGLISH
9.	Unboxing the 1/32 Trumpeter A-6A	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: JETS	ENGLISH
10.	Missiles & F-4 Pilot from AeroLine	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT	ENGLISH
11.	Cracking the Box: Meng's Me-410B-2/U4	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT: PROPS	ENGLISH
12.	Turning the Page: Osprey Books for Oct.	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT	ENGLISH
13.	2010 IPMS-USA Nationals - The Aircraft Photos	AEROSCALE :	AIRCRAFT	ENGLISH

My Reviews

1.	Vietnam War Heli Nose Art	AEROSCALE :	BY FONTHILL MEDIA	ENGLISH
2.	IL-76MD Strategic Airlifter	AEROSCALE :	BY ZVEZDA	ENGLISH
3.	FW-190 Pilot (& Dog)	AEROSCALE :	BY PLUS MODEL	ENGLISH
4.	Weathering Aircraft #5	AEROSCALE :	BY AMMO OF MIG JIMENEZ	ENGLISH
5.	Encyclopedia of Aircraft #5	AEROSCALE :	BY AMMO OF MIG JIMENEZ	ENGLISH
6.	Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D	AEROSCALE :	BY ZVEZDA	ENGLISH
7.	Hayate & Kurogane Scenery Set	AEROSCALE :	BY TAMIYA, INC.	ENGLISH
8.	Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien (Tony)	AEROSCALE :	BY TAMIYA, INC.	ENGLISH
9.	The Weathering Aircraft #2	AEROSCALE :	BY AMMO OF MIG JIMENEZ	ENGLISH
10.	Greatest Guide: Jets Vol.2	AEROSCALE :	BY ACCIóN PRESS	ENGLISH
11.	The Eagle Has Landed	AEROSCALE :	BY AK INTERACTIVE	ENGLISH
12.	Encyclopedia of Aircraft #3	AEROSCALE :	BY AMMO OF MIG JIMENEZ	ENGLISH
13.	Russian R-40T AA-6B Acrid	AEROSCALE :	BY PLUS MODEL	ENGLISH
14.	Crew AH-1 Cobra	AEROSCALE :	BY PLUS MODEL	ENGLISH
15.	The Weathering Aircraft #1	AEROSCALE :	BY AMMO OF MIG JIMENEZ	ENGLISH
16.	F-20A Tigershark	AEROSCALE :	BY FREEDOM MODEL KITS	ENGLISH
17.	F-16 Control Stick	AEROSCALE :	BY VERLINDEN PRODUCTIONS	ENGLISH
18.	Encyclopedia of Aircraft #1	AEROSCALE :	BY AMMO OF MIG JIMENEZ	ENGLISH
19.	Phantom P-51D Mustang	AEROSCALE :	BY MONOGRAM	ENGLISH
20.	F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel	AEROSCALE :	BY REVELL	ENGLISH
21.	Space Shuttle w/ Boeing 747	AEROSCALE :	BY DRAGON MODELS	ENGLISH
22.	F-16 CJ Fighting Falcon	AEROSCALE :	BY TAMIYA, INC.	ENGLISH
23.	AS365 N2 Dolphin 2 Eurocopter	AEROSCALE :	BY TRUMPETER	ENGLISH
24.	Airplanes in Scale	AEROSCALE :	BY ACCIóN PRESS	ENGLISH
25.	US Navy X-47B UCAS	AEROSCALE :	BY FREEDOM MODEL KITS	ENGLISH
26.	Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Aces	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
27.	Bébé vs. Eindecker	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
28.	Spitfire vs. C.202 Folgore	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
29.	USMC WWII Fighter Squadrons	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
30.	Aces of Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
31.	Junkers Ju 88	AEROSCALE :	BY KAGERO PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
32.	V1 Flying Bomb Aces	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
33.	Sukoi Su-25 Frogfoot	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
34.	MV-22B Osprey	AEROSCALE :	BY HASEGAWA MODELS	ENGLISH
35.	F4F Wildcat vs. A6M Zero-Sen	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
36.	Aces of the 78th Fighter Group	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
37.	Alpha Jet A/E	AEROSCALE :	BY KINETIC MODEL KITS	ENGLISH
38.	Model Laboratory: Junkers JU88	AEROSCALE :	BY ACCIóN PRESS	ENGLISH
39.	Spitfire Aces of Burma/Pacific	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
40.	Carrier Deck Section	AEROSCALE :	BY ITALERI	ENGLISH
41.	Modelling the Luftwaffe	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
42.	Hitler's Eagles	AEROSCALE :	BY OSPREY PUBLISHING	ENGLISH
43.	P-40K-5 / Kittyhawk Mk III	AEROSCALE :	BY AMTECH	ENGLISH

My Awards

Order of the Golden Rivet: Holders of this medal have been recognized by their piers as a 'User of the Month' for outstanding help and contributions to fellow users and the site.