Welcome
Welcome to Erick's Models. This is my place to show the models I've built and explain how I built them. I may not be the world's best modeler, but I have a good amount of experience. I've split my site into three sections. The first section is the Gallery. I have many of the models that I have built and previews of what I am going to build. The second section is for my Paper Models. I've built some, designed some, and even have a few tutorials on how to make paper models from certain computer games. And last is a small section where you'll find my Tips and Advice. I don't have a lot of advice that you can't find elsewhere, but I have a few good tings to look at. There are also a few other things scattered around, so feel free to look around.
So, browse around and have fun. I try to update the site whenever I get more to put on here. Of course, this is just a hobby, so work and life can prevent me from doing a lot to my site. But I try to update it every once in a while, so check back from time to time. And finally, if you have any questions or comments feel free to .
- The Gallery
Browse the models I've made over the past few years. - Paper Models
Look here for my paper models for download and tutorials. - Tips and Advice
I have a few tips and advice for those who are interested.
Once you've gone through all that, you can also see my better half. My wife has a great site on MySpace for you to check out. Feel free to check out both sides of our family.
What's New
Updated Oct 3, 2008
Well, Sins of a Solar Empire turned out to not be such an addictive game as I thought. There's no single player campaign, so I had a hard time getting into it. There's supposed to be an add-on coming that has one, but for now I'm not really that into it. However, I have been reading a few books lately. And a few more as well. They are great books, and if you like military sci-fi you'll love these. The Lost Fleet series has some of the most realistic space battles that I've ever read. And I can't seem to put Scalzi's books down.
But this isn't a literary website, it's a model website. And I've got something new for you. First is the Lockheed Martin Athena Launch Vehicle. It's a nice little paper model that I got together in about 2 hours. The second is EVE from Wall-E. This is a nice little model that I got together in about 2 weeks. Ok, not quite 2 weeks, but it did take me a bit longer. You'll see when you look at the pictures.
And to continue with the good news, I'm also close to finishing up a JAXA H-2A in 1/96 scale. I took an existing model and did some major changes to it. In fact, there's almost nothing left of the original model in there. I'm planning on releasing it once I finish off an F-111F in 1/72 scale. I told a friend (Hi Feng!) that I really wanted to build an F-111F in 1/72 scale, and he just gave me a model! Talk about cool! So I put it in the front of the queue so he can see the result. I hope get it done in the next couple weeks, and right now I'm on track for that.
So, stay tuned and hopefully by the end of the month I'll be able to have at least one more update available for your perusal.
What I'm Working On
So, for those of you who are new here, I was had switched to one focus: doing models. But it was really more like "playing video games." I've managed to extract myself from the video game trap I was in and I am not working on a couple models right now. I'm also in the process of cranking out a paper model or two for download. It just depends on what I feel like doing. If I'm not playing video games, that is. Or reading.
Here's the ever changing list. Hopefully I won't get side tracked yet again.
- General Dynamics F-111F Aardvark
- JAXA H-2A Launch Vehicle
- P-38 Lightning (my wife likes it)
- Robotech Defender's Condor
- Saturn 1B (Paper)
- Ariane 5 (Paper)
- Robotech Defender's Gartan
- Enterprise-A
- Cessna T-37B Tweet
Other Stuff
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