Greenshirt Modeler

Category: World War II

  • 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…

  • High flying Spitfire

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    Spitfire HF Mk VI, BS141/NN-B, 310 Squadron, Castletown, Scotland, 1943 This is one of those subjects (the Mk VI) that I’ve wanted to do for years, but never had the chops to tackle the wingtips. I was able to get a resin set (Airwaves I think) and finally decided I just had to dive in;…

  • Too little, too late

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    Hurricane Mk I, H-22, Squadron 2/1/2 Aé (Le Chardon or “The Thistle”), Belgian Air Force, Schaffen, Diest, May 1940 This is another one of my Hurricane season builds from this Summer. The Subject Belgium, along with a few other countries, purchased some Hurricanes either just before war started or shortly thereafter. Belgium, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Finland,…