Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Seafire Ib, MB345/K, 885 Squadron

    Seafire Ib, MB345/K, 885 Squadron, HMS Formidable, May 1943 This was my first Spitfire conversion, built way back in 2006 or 2007 (I’m not sure when). The Subject MB345 was originally delivered as a Mk Vb, serial AR445, and converted to Seafire Ib standard in 1942. In January 1943 it was assigned to 885 Squadron.…

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  • Matchbox F4U-4B Corsair

    Vought Corsair, F4U-4B, VF-63 Fighting Redcocks, USS Midway (CVB-41), Korean War This was actually a rebuild of this model. It was originally completed back in 1984 as part of a collection of “Fighting Redcock” squadron aircraft. This is the only one that still survives from all the moves since then. It was originally an in-flight…

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  • US Navy Spitfires

    Spitfire LF Vb, 4Q, VCS-7, 6 June 1944 This is one of those impulse builds that resulted when I was searching the web for Spitfire info and came across a site that summarized the use of Spitfires by a US Navy squadron. I had to do it! I built this model back in 2009 as…

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