About Us

John Vojtech, is a fine scale modeling veteran and owner of UMM-USA and SCALE SPOKES. John, a member of the IPMS/USA (International Plastic Modelers Society – USA Branch), belongs to the IPMS/Richard I. Bong Chapter (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), the IPMS/ Lakes Region Scale Modelers (Crystal Lake, Illinois), and the IPMS/Butch O’Hare Chapter (Downers Grove, Illinois), as well as AMPS (Armour Modeling Presevation Society) of Illinois.

As a young boy, John learned about the modeling from his father. This passion for modeling led him to later teach modeling to students at various skill levels. John has been building fine scale models for nearly 35 years. His models display realism and a great attention to detail. Outstanding craftsmanhip shown on his models has earned him numerous awards plus widespread appreciation and respect.


His hobby is now his profession. Drawing upon his modeling success, John has expanded into new fields, offering consulting services, instructing, seminars, exhibitions, as well as continuing to teach modeling theory and practice to the younger generation interested in this work.

UMM-USA is offering SCALE SPOKES under its own website: www.scalespokes.com and scalespokes forum.

You can see a sampling of John Vojtech’s finished projects in the Our Gallery section of the Web site www.umm-usa.com.

If you wish to contact UMM-USA or ScaleSpokes, please see the Contact Us information on the website or email us: john@umm-usa.com

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UMM-USA & SCALESPOKES / John Vojtech