Greenshirt Modeler

Category: Aircraft

  • Hasegawa F4U-1A Corsair

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    Vought Corsair, F4U-1D, VF-17, Lt Ira Kepford, Solomons, 1944 This is one of those subjects in my “must do” category. Ira Kepford racked up 16 kills in 5 months, 4 in one day protecting a local carrier task group. When he left the combat zone he was the highest ace with the US Navy. This…

  • Seafire Ib, MB345/K, 885 Squadron

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    Seafire Ib, MB345/K, 885 Squadron, HMS Formidable, May 1943 This was my first Spitfire conversion, built way back in 2006 or 2007 (I’m not sure when). The Subject MB345 was originally delivered as a Mk Vb, serial AR445, and converted to Seafire Ib standard in 1942. In January 1943 it was assigned to 885 Squadron.…

  • Matchbox F4U-4B Corsair

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    Vought Corsair, F4U-4B, VF-63 Fighting Redcocks, USS Midway (CVB-41), Korean War This was actually a rebuild of this model. It was originally completed back in 1984 as part of a collection of “Fighting Redcock” squadron aircraft. This is the only one that still survives from all the moves since then. It was originally an in-flight…