Greenshirt Modeler

Category: Technique

  • Making your own Tamiya Thinner

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    I found this link on Hyperscale last year when the whole Tamiya paint availability scare was at a frenzy (well, on line it seemed like a frenzy).  I was getting low on thinner so wanted to see if somebody had figured out what the stuff was made of. I found four choices to work from:…

  • Spitfire Mk III radiator

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    While not the most noticeable difference between the Mk I/V and the III, from a modeling perspective it could be the most challenging alteration. As I indicated in an earlier post, the Mk III radiator is larger than a Mk I/V, and has a boundary layer splitter. Since I decided to use the Airfix Mk…

  • Spitfire Mk III

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    It’s no secret at my local club that I’m a bit of a Spitfire fanatic. The aircraft and it’s variants make up 20% of my stash of over 300 kits – built and awaiting. While I’ve collected a number of references, until my recent acquisition of “Spitfire, the History” by Morgan & Shacklady they were…