Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Hobby Boss Spitfire Vb

    EP312/D-K, Wing Commander Dereck Kain, Edku, Egypt, 1944 This is a model I completed back in April 2011.  I purchased the Hobby Boss kit not knowing the goods or others regarding accuracy, fit, detail, et cetera.  As with most Hobby Boss kits, this one had some things not quite right.   I approached the build…

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  • Frog Blackburn Shark ASR Mk I

    I originally picked up this kit at a swap meet, not because of the subject but because of the floats and torpedo. At the time my thinking was I could probably put the floats on an ancient Airfix Swordfish in my stash; and the torpedo could be used on one of the torpedo bombers I…

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  • Unmanned

    Frog Spitfire XIVe & V-1 This was purchased as the Novo kit, but as we all know it’s really the old Frog molding.  The theme is “Unmanned” — Any subject representing an unmanned vehicle, drone, remotely piloted, missile — you get the picture.  Since I wanted this to be a Spitfire topic I decided to…

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