Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Matchbox F4U-4 Corsair

    This is another oldie that didn’t get “finished” until last week.  It was complete with the exception of the starboard side decals.  How could that be the last bits and why did it take 17+ years to finish?  Ah well, it’s in the “done” column now. The Subject This is Kenneth Walsh’s other Corsair from…

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  • Hasegawa F4U-1 Corsair

    This is part of a Corsair batch build — I didn’t call it that at the time — and it’s my first batch build, which I define as building multiples of the same kit or subject at the same time, typically 4-6.  Since this one I’ve completed Hurricane and Spitfire batch builds and I’ve got…

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  • Shelf of doom

    Actually, I don’t really have a shelf of doom per se.  Because of my former career (USN) I moved around quite a bit and over the years I’d have to pause my model making to pack, move, then unpack. Invariably many were broken in the move and I’d spend the first few weeks making repairs…

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