Dover Props and Models
Restoring Pee-wee’s Bike
The restoration of the screen-used bike from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure for the Bicycle Museum of America.
Media
Videos, interviews and press coverage of my builds and restorations.
Videos
Laser Livestream, Makers Monday
Interview with a Maker: Gregg Nowling
A conversation about my workshop, my builds and how I got started.
In the press
Make48 · October 2022
Meet the Maker: Gregg Nowling
A profile from my time competing on Make48, where my team won the first Indianapolis event and went on to Nationals.
Read the article ↗Purdue Stories · August 2021
Building a Generation of Makers: One Teacher’s Mission
A profile from Purdue about my path to becoming a maker and how I teach it at Purdue Polytechnic High School.
Read the article ↗WISH-TV 8 · August 2019
Purdue Polytechnic teacher is master prop builder
A visit to the workshop to talk about my replicas and how my students get involved in the builds.
Read the article ↗StarTrek.com · July 2019
Meet the Mild Mannered High School Teacher With a Secret Identity
An interview about my Star Trek builds, including the captain’s chair built around an original Madison seat.
Read the article ↗Current Publishing · May 2015
Where’s Amy?: Cereal Cinema
I brought my Pee-wee bike replica to a museum screening of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure for the families in the audience.
Read the article ↗Modelers Miniatures & Magic · June 2013
1:1 Buck Rogers Dr. Theopolis for the Chris Borges-Silva Collection
A review of my full-size, scratch-built Dr. Theopolis from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, with working lights.
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