Greenshirt Modeler

Category: Aircraft

  • Hobby Boss Spitfire Vb

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    EP312/D-K, Wing Commander Dereck Kain, Edku, Egypt, 1944 This is a model I completed back in April 2011.  I purchased the Hobby Boss kit not knowing the goods or others regarding accuracy, fit, detail, et cetera.  As with most Hobby Boss kits, this one had some things not quite right.   I approached the build…

  • Unmanned

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    Frog Spitfire XIVe & V-1 This was purchased as the Novo kit, but as we all know it’s really the old Frog molding.  The theme is “Unmanned” — Any subject representing an unmanned vehicle, drone, remotely piloted, missile — you get the picture.  Since I wanted this to be a Spitfire topic I decided to…

  • Coastal Command – Part I

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    Halifax GR II Series 1a 58 Squadron, Coastal Command, RAF St Davids, Wales, 1943 As a child I read, with great enjoyment, the stories of Barnes Wallis, Dambusters, Tallboy, Grand Slam, and as much of the full history of the Lancaster as I could find.  It is a story of what a nation can do…