Greenshirt Modeler

Category: Aircraft

  • Pearl Harbor Attacker

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    A6M2 Zero, Lt Sumio Nono, Hiryu air wing, 7th December 1941 I finally built this newly tooled A6M from Airfix and used many of Nick Millman’s recommendations for colors just to see how it would look. The Subject Lt Nono led the second wave of 9 A6M2 Zero fighter escorts from Hiryu, escorting 18 B5N2…

  • South African Spitifire

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    Spitfire Vc(T), No. 2 Squadron SAAF, Palata, Italy, 1944 I like the Vc as it affords the most unique paint schemes of all Spitfire marks; and appears to have been used by more countries during the war than any other single variant. This one I particularly like because No. 2 Squadron was likely the only…

  • V-1 Defender

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    Spitfire XIV RB159 / DW-D 610 Squadron RAF, Spring 1944 I tried kit bashing, something I have done rarely and only with the Spitfire, to make a XIVc from the Airfix IX and XIX kits. The Subject The XIV began showing up in squadrons late 1943 and early 1944. Initially they were used to replace…