WELL, MY REAL NAME IS TOBY PAGE AND I AM CURRENTLY 35 YEARS OLD.  I AM MARRIED TO SARAH AND HAVE THREE CHILDREN, ALEX (12), BETHANY (10) AND IMOGEN (3).

  I WAS BORN IN HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND AND GREW UP THERE TOO.  I THINK I MAINLY GOT INTO SCI-FI STUFF QUITE YOUNG BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF IT ON THE TV AT THE TIME.

  SHOWS LIKE THUNDERBIRDS, SPACE:1999, BUCK ROGERS, DR WHO, TRIPODS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, PLANET OF THE APES AND REPEATS OF  LOST IN SPACE, VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, THE INVADERS, LAND OF THE GIANTS AND BEST OF ALL, THE ORIGINAL SERIES OF STAR TREK.

  THEN THERE ARE HEAVY INFLUENCES FROM THE MOVIES TOO NOT ONLY FROM STAR TREK BUT THE FANTASTIC STAR WARS AND OTHER FAVOURITES ARE TRON, DARK CRYSTAL, THE ALIENS SERIES AND MANY OTHERS TOO.

  AS FOR MODELLING,  I DID THE USUAL AIRFIX PLANES SORT OF THING WHEN I WAS YOUNG BUT THERE WASN'T MANY READILY AVAILABLE SCI-FI KITS AROUND AT THE TIME THAT WERE EASILY BOUGHT IN THE UK.

  IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES I WAS INTO ROLE-PLAYING GAMES LIKE JUDGE DREDD AND ADVANCED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS WHICH NATURALLY TOOK ME ONTO WARHAMMER AND WARHAMMER 40,000 WHEN IT FIRST APPEARED IN THE MID TO LATE 80'S.  AT THAT STAGE I WAS ENJOYING DOING THE FIGURE PAINTING AND BUILDING THE EARLY SPACE MARINE VEHICLES AND ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS.

  THEN I SEEMED TO DEVIATE AWAY FROM ANY FORM OF MODELLING FOR QUITE SOME TIME DOING THINGS LIKE RADIO CONTROLLED AEROPLANES AND FIXING MOTORBIKES AND CARS AND THINGS.  THIS THEN BROUGHT ME INTO AN INTEREST IN ENGINEERING AND IN TO MY CURRENT CAREER.  IN 1990 I JOINED THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS AN AIRFRAME ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN AND I AM STILL SERVING THE RAF TODAY.

  IN THE RAF I HAVE WORKED 1st LINE ON THE CHINOOK MEDIUM LIFT HELICOPTER AND AS PART OF A TEAM ON THE MID LIFE UPDATE FOR THE CHINOOK MOVING FROM MK1 TO MK2.  UNTIL LAST YEAR I HAD WORKED ON THE PUMA HELICOPTER DOING COMPONENT MAINTAINANCE ON TRANSMISSIONS, HYDRAULICS AND COMPOSITE COMPONENT REPAIRS IN WHICH I SPECIALISED IN COMPOSITE ROTOR BLADES.  CURRENTLY I AM WORKING AS PART OF A TEAM WHICH MAINTAINS A COMPLEX COMPUTER DATABASE THAT IS USED FOR ASSET AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT FOR MOST OF THE RAF'S AIRCRAFT.

  BUT BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S WHILST ON TRIPS TO GERMANY AND VISITING AMERICAN AIRFORCE BASES IS WHEN I DISCOVERED SCI-FI KITS AND IN PARTICULAR AMT/ERTL AND REVELL KITS.  SO STARTED MY COLLECTION.

  NOW AFTER HAVING KIDS AND WITH THEM GETTING OLDER I CAN FIND A LITTLE TIME HERE AND THERE TO ACTUALLY START BUILDING SOME KITS AND HAVING SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR ALL THE YEARS OF STORING BOXES OF KITS.

  BUT THE BIGGEST THING TO INSPIRE ME TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY COLLECTION IS THE WORLD WIDE WEB.  HAVING SEEN SOME OF THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE HAS MADE THE WAIT WORTH IT.  WITH SO MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE WITH MODELLERS SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND PASSING ON HINTS AND TIPS ON BUILDING, PAINTING AND FINISHING MODELS IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY OF LIKE MINDED INDIVIDUALS.

  ALSO THINGS HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE IN A WAY, WITH MY SON ALEX GETTING INTERESTED IN WARHAMMER 40,000 HAS GIVEN ME A BOOST AND HAS MADE ME DECIDE IT'S TIME TO GET CREATIVE AGAIN.

  SO ENOUGH OF MY RAMBLINGS AND ENJOY MY WEBSITE.