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Beautiful builds and an enlightening interview! Please keep up the great work!

Excellent stuff!

oh dear, if I would have guessed he is posting all that images, I would have sent only 2 ...

Thanks a lot Gentlemen for your kind words.

Those builds are incredible!! Very nice work!

Impisi wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2026 1:30 am oh dear, if I would have guessed he is posting all that images, I would have sent only 2 ...

Thanks a lot Gentlemen for your kind words.

Great interview and a good lot of completed works as well Martin. These interview are a really good idea so we can get to know one another better. Glad to have you here buddy.

speedgraflex wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2026 4:26 pm I’m finishing up the next interview with Full Metal Greg, which drops tonight or tomorrow. Be sure to check it out!

SPA MODEL INTERVIEW WITH FULL METAL (GREG)


Repair of a PBR31MKII at an US Navy "ammi" pontoon




USMC at Funchilin Pass, Korea (December 1950)




Hi Greg!

What was your first model kit?

I really cannot remember. This was in the 80s. I think it was a German WW2 Hydroplane  Matchbox-Dornier-Do-18D-2G in scale 1/72. I can still remember the color of the sprue a mix of green and pale blue.

What’s your preferred scale?

It depends on the subject I have in mind, it can be in whatever scale like: 1/35, 1/48, 1/72, 1/350 and even 28mm.

What’s your preferred subject or subjects?

I like to portray historical events and I try to reproduce them as realistically as possible using whatever documentation I can find, either pictures, books or Veteran’s interviews. I’m not a rivet counter, but I like when my builds are as historically accurate as possible. I also enjoy to go wild with Sci-fi especially the Warhammer 40K universe.






What’s your favorite model built to date?

It’s the RT CHISEL extraction Diorama.



The diorama was 3 builds in one; first of all there was the conversion of  the Helicopter, that was used by the Green Hornets, then there was the terrain that took me ages to do. I was so crazy to add leaves on the trees one by one. Finally the 1/35 figures that were perfect for the diorama and the historically accurate.


What’s your hardest model built to date?

1/350 CV-5 Yorktown: the kit, per se, is not difficult, but is not accurate.



There were many issues and mistakes that were corrected and made historically accurate. So I can’t say it was the hardest but the longest; it took me 6 years to do it and it’s 100% finished, the crew is still missing on deck.


What’s your Holy Grail kit?

There are a couple, but one that I have to do before I die is the 1/48 or 1/32 F14 Tomcat.


Who’s your Favorite kit maker?

I don’t have a favorite brand, the kit must “talk” to me and I choose it for the theme I have in mind. For example, in my stash I have a AAVP7A1 to represent the USMC during Operation Iraqi Freedom and the battle that occurred at the Diyala bridge. The kit is from Hobby Boss.


What’s your favorite glue or glues?

I use Tamiya plastic cement, Ammo Mig plastic blue/red glues and of course, Cyanoacrylate Super glue.


What’s your favorite paint?

I only use Acrylics: Vallejo, Ammo Mig and AK interactive.


What started you as a modeler?

The passion of History.

Greg, you an amazing talent and builder. Thamnk you for sharing your story.

Great Interview Greg. You obviously have a vast array of stills. The Yorktown looks amazing. Do I see a bomb hole in the flight deck?