Name: Joel Rydh
Age: 33 years
Residence: Kalmar, Sweden
Occupation: Police officer
Been building since: Fall 2001
E-mail: joel AT onetwelvth.com
First model: Tamiya Yamaha Taira Racing R1
Favorite model: So far Tamiya Yoshimura Hayabusa X-1 (subject to change)
Airbrush: Iwata Revolution CR 0.5 mm and Rich AB200 0.2 mm
Reason for building: To relax
Goal: To build every possible GP500- and MotoGP-bike between 1999 and 2004
Other interests: My family (my wife Emma, daughter Elvira and the Bearded Collie Raja), running,
                           wall climbing, MotoGP
Favorite MotoGP rider: Marco Melandri
Favorite MotoGP bike: Tamada Konica Minolta RCV ´05 and the ´05 Miró scheme for the Fortuna M1
                                team.