Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • US Navy Night Ace in Korea

    F4U-5N NP-21, VC-3, K6 Korea, July 1953, Lt Guy Boredelon When this kit was first released I grabbed it and quickly started the build. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I finally had a -5N. It was much later that I found out it was “not quite right” in the aft fuselage, and until then I was…

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  • A Spitfire from Down Under

    Spitfire Mk Vc Trop, BS219/ZP-X, 457 Squadron, RAAF, 1943, F/O Frank “Bush” Hamilton, Camden NSW Until the Sword Vc arrived the only real option was to use the Airfix kit. Since the Revell Vb wing is poor on a good day, I decided to graft a spare Vc wing from an Airfix kit (using the…

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  • Hasegawa F4U-1A Corsair

    Vought Corsair, F4U-1D, VF-17, Lt Ira Kepford, Solomons, 1944 This is one of those subjects in my “must do” category. Ira Kepford racked up 16 kills in 5 months, 4 in one day protecting a local carrier task group. When he left the combat zone he was the highest ace with the US Navy. This…

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