Greenshirt Modeler

Category: World War II

  • 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…

  • Prince of Wales

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    Tamiya HMS Prince of Wales, 1/700 scale, as configured during the Battle of the Denmark Straight, May 1941. Introduction This model is for the Patuxent River Museum’s Battle of the Atlantic display and will be part of the vignette representing the early phase of the campaign that involved Germany’s strategy of surface raiders against the…

  • 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…