Greenshirt Modeler

Author: Greenshirt

  • Model Photography

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    Ha ha!  I just realized after typing in the title that this post will likely crop up on a lot of searches having nothing to do with 1/72nd scale aircraft or plastic models…er…never mind. I’ve been struggling with photographing my models for the last few months.  Set up the booth and lights, take pictures, then…

  • NMF Spitfire

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    Spitfire F Mk VIII, 307th FS, 31st FG, Italy 1944 This may have been easy, but it still took me 3 months from start to finish! The Subject The 31st Fighter Group used Spitfires for hacks during the last year of the war. As I understand it, they were flying P-51 Mustangs and retained a…

  • Low and slow

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    Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” torpedo bomber, B1-310, Lt. Joichi Tomonaga, at Midway; 4 June 1942 This is the second half of a “dogfight double” by Airfix that I completed for a theme build focused on “Low and Slow” subjects. I tried the salt weathering method on this one, otherwise it was an OOB build. The Subject…