Author: Greenshirt
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Preview: Starfighter Decals 72-164 B-10s in USAAC Service
I don’t usually do reviews or previews but I think this is an important enough sheet to get “out there”. I have 3 of the Williams Brothers kits that have been patiently waiting for some accurate decals. They finally arrived. The decals are meant for either the older Williams Brothers kit or the newer Special…
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P-400 Airacobra
Bell P-400 Airacobra, BW156/12, 35th FG, New Guinea, 1942 This is another “shelf of doom” build. When I started this kit, my choices for a P-39 variant were the old Heller P-39Q or the Revell P-39D, neither of which are as accurate as I’d prefer today. I got as far as the paint scheme and…
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Air-Sea Rescue Defiant
Boulton-Paul Defiant ASR Mk I, V1121/BA*O, 277 Squadron, RAF, August 1942 The Subject The Defiant was expected to intercept bombers and with it’s 4x .303 Brownings easily get close enough to…oh who am I kidding. It was a really dumb idea regardless what it was designed for. Strap a heavy turret onto a fighter and…