Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Metal Winged Hurricane Conversion

    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…

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  • Hurricane in Training

    Hurricane Mk I, L2006/Y, 11 Group Pilot Pool, RAF Sutton Bridge, August 1942 This is another of my Hurricane Season models. I chose this one simply because I had the decals, and it was a colorful subject. The Subject As pilots progressed through training they eventually got to fly ever higher performance aircraft in order…

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  • High flying Spitfire

    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;…

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