Kenneth Kwilinski

Born Kenneth Robert Kwilinski on November 28, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up in the Bridgeport neighborhood. Ken at a young age was already making figures out of whatever was available. Whether it was Play-Doo®, clay, bars of soap, soap flakes, or paper-måché, Ken loved to make his creations that he usually played with. His favorites were his dinosaurs. But anything else was fair game. Always ready for a challenge. His older brother worked at a Hobby Shop, and started bringing home a model for Ken each week. First were the Pyro Dinosaur models. Ken loved building them. He did a fine job building them. Pretty remarkable for a five year old. When Ken started going to grammar school, he would usually win at the art contests. When the Aurora model company released the Universal Movie Monsters as models, Ken built every one of them. When Aurora no longer made figure models, Ken started creating his own. Ken to this day continues building model kits and making his own model creations. Hi