Greenshirt Modeler

Category: Hurricane

  • Hurricanes in Eastern Europe

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    Hurricane Mk I, “3”, Royal Rumanian Air Force, 1940 I chose this scheme simply because it was colorful. The Subject This was one of 12 Hurricane Mk I’s delivered to Rumania just at the war started in September 1939, out of a total order for 50. Given the timing of the deliveries I decided to…

  • British Expeditionary Force Hurricane

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    Hurricane Mk I, L1766/P, 73 Squadron, F/O Edgar James “Cobber” Kain, France, April 1940 Another of my Hurricane Season batch build; this choice being special in that Cobber Kain was a famous pilot in the early war years, especially during the Battle of France and generally a household name. The Subject L1766 represents a transitional…

  • Metal Winged Hurricane Conversion

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    Modifying the Airfix rag wing to the 8 gun metal wing I’ve read on line and in mags where folks have taken the Hasegawa or other metal 8-gun “a” wing kits and grafted it to the Airfix fuselage, but after looking closely at my kit I realized it cannot be too difficult with my modest…