Greenshirt Modeler

Category: Aircraft

  • A fighter’s scout

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    Vought SU-3, 1-F-19, VF-1, ca 1935 The Subject US Navy fighter squadrons, before the high quality nav systems of the post-war period made them redundant, had a two seat utility aircraft for navigation over great distances. They additionally were good for instrument flight training, ensuring proficiency in the inevitable likelihood the pilot found himself in…

  • Resurrecting an old pile of plastic

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    Spitfire PR Mk IC (PR Mk III), P9385/76, Nr 8 Operational Training Unit, 1940-41 While looking for a “training” Spitfire I realized I had the remnants of my “bash a Va out of the Tamiya V/I kits” sitting in my junk box. The Subject I won’t repeat the story of the Photo Reconnaissance Spitfires but…

  • Imperial Japanese Army Air Forces Trainer

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    Tachikawa Ki-55 Type 99 Advanced Trainer While at MarauderCon 2016 decided to pick this kit up.  Only cost me a fiver and it was well worth it! The Subject The Ki-55 was a demilitarized variant of the Ki-36 light bomber.  Essentially the bomb racks and bombing windows were removed, and a second set of controls…