Greenshirt Modeler

Category: Spitfire

  • An Irish Seafire

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    Seafire L.III, 146, 1 (Fighter) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1948 Back in 2009 the club decided to have a theme that was anything Irish. Since I try to align Spitfires and Seafires to the themes, when possible (admittedly it can be tough sometimes) this was a bonus for me. The Subject Ireland acquired 12 Seafire…

  • East Indies Seafire

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    Seafire LF.IIc, LR792/K, 834 Squadron, HMS Battler, East Indies Fleet, 1944 This was an easy conversion, one of the first I did using a resin plug that represents the retracted a-frame hook of the Seafire. The rest of the conversion is just some plastic sheet. This is another 2010 completion. The Subject Seafires began showing…

  • A Spitfire from Down Under

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    Spitfire Mk Vc Trop, BS219/ZP-X, 457 Squadron, RAAF, 1943, F/O Frank “Bush” Hamilton, Camden NSW Until the Sword Vc arrived the only real option was to use the Airfix kit. Since the Revell Vb wing is poor on a good day, I decided to graft a spare Vc wing from an Airfix kit (using the…