About me

Name:: Ed Batres
Nickname:: Darklatin
Country:: United States of America
Town:: Santa Cruz
Member since:: February 28, 2021
Communities:: scalemates.com (Scale modeling)
papermates.net (Paper modeling)
gundammates.com (Gundam modeling)
railwaymates.com (Train modeling)
diecastmates.com (Diecast models)
rcmates.net (RC modeling)

I like everything from planes to space and fantasy to ships to figures and dioramas. I just love anything miniature; as long it is in scale and accurate.

Long time muddler here. Used to be box cover art and catalog model builder for Revell in 1975-1977. Then I did a couple of decades in the movie business making models and effects. The most well known model I worked on, was the hero photography model of the Starship Enterprise 1701-D for Star Trek TNG at Greg Jein's shop in Marina Del Rey (interestingly enough, the shop was located right across the street from the ex-Revell factory where I build the cover art models). Anyway, I'm retired now, and now, I build for fun. Recently I started 3D printing and that has really added a new dimension to my muddling. What caught my interest about your website, was the history timelines of model kits. Its brilliant and fascinating. Looking forward to meeting other muddlers