Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Where is my winning season?

    FailuresEdit: I added photos as proof!0-2…I’ve now binned two models after putting in quite a few hours trying to make a model out of them.  That’s not like me, I typically keep at it until it’s tamed and at least looks like something I’d put on my shelf.  Never a competition winner, but then again…

    —

    by

    Greenshirt
    in

  • A fighter’s scout

    Vought SU-3, 1-F-19, VF-1, ca 1935 The Subject US Navy fighter squadrons, before the high quality nav systems of the post-war period made them redundant, had a two seat utility aircraft for navigation over great distances. They additionally were good for instrument flight training, ensuring proficiency in the inevitable likelihood the pilot found himself in…

    —

    by

    Greenshirt
    in , ,

  • Resurrecting an old pile of plastic

    Spitfire PR Mk IC (PR Mk III), P9385/76, Nr 8 Operational Training Unit, 1940-41 While looking for a “training” Spitfire I realized I had the remnants of my “bash a Va out of the Tamiya V/I kits” sitting in my junk box. The Subject I won’t repeat the story of the Photo Reconnaissance Spitfires but…

    —

    by

    Greenshirt
    in , ,