Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Coastal Command – Part I

    Halifax GR II Series 1a 58 Squadron, Coastal Command, RAF St Davids, Wales, 1943 As a child I read, with great enjoyment, the stories of Barnes Wallis, Dambusters, Tallboy, Grand Slam, and as much of the full history of the Lancaster as I could find.  It is a story of what a nation can do…

    —

    by

    Greenshirt
    in ,

  • Your First Model

    Most of us remember our first model.  Some of us only remember the type, or the circumstances, but not always THE model.  A rare few of us actually still HAVE that first model. November’s club meeting focused on what that first model was, and if you could identify it, build it again.  A car showed…

    —

    by

    Greenshirt
    in , , ,

  • Anniversary: Pearl Harbor

    Well, the 70th anniversary of the “Day of Infamy” was last December.  Every year we commemorate any milestone anniversary with a theme build; but not necessarily a specific event.  This year I decided to note the attack on Pearl Harbor as most modelers were focusing on more recent milestones. At any rate, I dropped the…

    —

    by

    Greenshirt
    in , ,