Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Comparing the Airfix and AZModel Spitfire Mk IX

    These are the two most recent Mk IX kits on the market. The Airfix Mk IX is older, having been released in 2009 and re-released in 2014 with new decals. The AZModel Mk IX was released in 2012. While both are nearly the same in terms of timing, and are generally accurate in shape, the…

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  • Friends and Enemies Part 2

    Spitfire IXe 2011/26, 101 Squadron Isreali Air Force 1949 This is part of a “friend versus foe” theme build at our local club. I wanted to make a pair of Spitfires that were on opposing sides of a conflict, and this plus an Egyptian Spitfire fit the bill. While I could have used the same…

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  • Friends and Enemies Part 1

    Spitfire IXc 664/L, Royal Egyptian Air Force, 1948 This kit is half of a pair built as part of our club’s theme build representing both freind and foe. The challenge was to either build two subjects that represented both friend and foe, or a single subject that mixed the two, as in a BMW engined…

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