Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • AZModel Hawker Hurricane MkI Early

    I built this kit back in 2010 and posted the build on the 72nd Aircraft website. For completeness I decided to post it here as well. My subject is a well-known Mk I, L1697/JX-G, 1 Squadron British Expeditionary Force, France, May 1940. P/O Paul Richey. Reference is Aviation Workshop On Target Profile 12, page 9.…

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  • Bob Hoover’s Spitfire

    Airfix Spitfire Mk IXc, WD-QQ, 4th FS, 52nd FG, Corsica, Italy, 1944. Flown by Bob Hoover. Another build from the past.  This is from Winter 2011, shortly after Airfix released their (then) new Mk IXc.  I wanted to build it quickly simply because it was, at the time, the best and only Mk IX available.…

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  • Early Hurricane Season Begins

    This started as a simple batch build of my 5 remaining Airfix Mk I kits that I wanted to do quickly.  Since I had a 4 day weekend over Easter I had hoped to pretty much complete construction of all 5 kits to the point you see here.  Well, my eyes were bigger than my modeling time……

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