CJ's Model Factory
CJ's Model Factory is for scale modellers. Elevate your models with 3D printing, super-detailing and solid basics.
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- Pricing
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- Size
- 214 membersBigger than 26% of the hobbies & crafts communities indexed here.
- Platform
- Skool
- Category
- Hobbies & Crafts
- Last verified
- 23 October 2026
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About CJ's Model Factory
CJ's Model Factory is for scale modellers. Elevate your models with 3D printing, super-detailing and solid basics.
Why you should join: Near-daily build updates and explainer videos, a course library, direct questions to CJ and a live hangout every Friday to talk shop and share your work. Free to join, with paid tiers for deeper support.
Tiers and products
Premium
Paid
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The one-liner
A scale modelling community with daily build diaries and weekly live sessions from a YouTube modeller.
What they actually sell
CJ's Model Factory, run by Cj Boake, lives on Skool. Its public pitch: "Learn the techniques that will elevate your modelmaking results, with 3D printing, super-detailing, and solid basics." A free tier sits at the front door, with Premium upgrades above it. CJ posts almost daily updates, behind-the-scenes clips and explainer videos from his current build, things that would never fit on YouTube. A course library and an ebook for the build are planned, members can ask him questions directly, and every Friday there is a live video session. Inside sit 5 courses. A formal money-back promise is not spelled out on the about page.
Who pays and why
Scale modellers who want to learn more deeply than YouTube allows. The frustration is short videos that skip the techniques that make a model look real. They join for almost daily build updates, explainer videos and a weekly live video session.
Where the members come from
The Skool lander and Cj Boake's own teaching appear to be the main acquisition path. Public social links are thin on the about page, so growth reads as community-led rather than a giant media brand. Exact follower counts stay off the about page.
What's holding it back
Daily build diaries depend on the host's current project. Between builds, the room needs other reasons to visit.
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Share a live build in detail inside the community, so members follow along with the real project.
Would this work in another niche?
Yes for other maker hobbies such as woodworking or model railways. Weak for hobbies with no build process.
Written 23 October 2026
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