Familie

First, a small introduction: I was born December 15th, 1966 in Bratislava (Czechoslovakia). But during the Russian invasion in 1968 my parents came to Switzerland. Here I grew up and got my education. My biggest luck came in 1985, when I met Rahel. She became my wife in 1991 and gave birth to our three children: Katharina (1994), Natascha (1995) and Alexander (1998). Our home is near the city of St.Gallen (Switzerland).

My occupation is Controlling. For almost twenty years, I worked for a machine factory and engineering company, before changing to a bank in the next city. I like my job, but it takes a lot of time from me.

And I also served 12 years part-time in the Swiss Militia Army. I retired in 1999 as a Quartermaster Sergeant-Major from the Air Force & Air Defense troops.

Modeling started to interest me when I was 6 years old. In our local supermarket was a shelf with the bagged 1/72-Airfix kits and after a lot of whining, I got some of them - almost weekly. Later I went to R/C-Modeling, but due to lack of time and place I quit after a few years. During and after this time I never lost my interest in Plastic Modeling and bought kits from time to time. Only in 1994 I returned seriously to Static Modeling, when I bought my first airbrush (Badger 150) and joined our local IPMS-branch (IPMS/Switzerland - St.Gallen). I am also a member of the "F-4 Phantom II Society".

My workbench has grown generic through the years, and from time to time I will find something to change. The layout is optimized for 1/48 aircrafts, so if you like to build other scales or subjects, you may find a complete different solution. The propellant for my airbrush is provided by this big CO2-bottle. This gives me always the perfect pressure with no moisture at all. And it is absolutely quiet. Such a bottle will last for more than a year (or more than 10 projects). Oh, don't forget, in the long term it is also the cheapest method to get pressure for airbrushing.

Although it is hard to see on these pictures, I have a very good lightened workbench. During daytime, there is a window to the right and a window to the left. In the evening, I have three strong spotlights on the ceiling, in addition to the beamer-lamp directly on the desk. In fact, I have sometimes to "cut" some light not to get blinded!