Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Who’s who?

    Spitfire Mk XVIII, TZ233/T, 208 Squadron RAF, Palestine 1947 This was a long term project, mainly because this MPM kit is a limited run kit, meaning I had to supply some details, scratch others, and generally fix all the errors. The Subject The Mk XIV was meant as an interim solution until the “Super Spitfire”…

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  • A new chapter to the Spitfire

    Spitfire Mk IV, DP845, 1941 While researching my Spitfire III project I ran into DP845, the first (of two) Spitfire IV prototypes.  There was enough unique about it that I decided I had to make it, and put it alongside my Spitfire III.  I’ve since decided that if one is to have every mark of…

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  • Spirit of St Louis

    This was an easy kit, about 20 parts total, and only the one “color”. The Subject The Spirit of St Louis — what more can be said?  Charles Lindbergh flew her from New York to Paris on May 20-21st 1927 non-stop to be the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an aircraft non-stop. The…

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