My Bio

I started making scale models in my preteen years. I started making scale models of ground based optical and radio telescopes and/or observatories in 2007 for my brother, Mark. He teaches astronomy at a local community college. I have made approximately nineteen different scale models of various telescopes/observatories ( see below). My first model was a 1 to 50 scale model of the Hale telescope made out wood for his classroom. Other scale models include the Hooker Telescope and dome, the Keck Telescopes and domes and the Giant Magellan Telescope (4 versions). In April 2023, we were featured in a Sky & Telescope article for the Webb scale model I built and at the following websites:      

(1 ) Pololu  and  (2)  Adafruit        

In 2024 I bought a 3D printer and have designed and printed three telescope models: (1) the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), (2) the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), (3) the Hale Telescope and I am currently working on a 1:18 scale model of the Alvin submersible.