Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Fujimi FR Mk XIVe

    Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIVe, ‘F’, 2 Squadron, Germany, 1947.  I wrongly collected 2 extra Fujimi kits of the Mk XIVe rear view (bubble top) Spitfire thinking these were externally identical to the Mk XVIII.  My desire was to build two Far East subjects, only to find out later I’d mis-interpreted the information I had.…

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  • “Land of the Morning Calm”

    CMR Seafire FR.47 Vickers-Supermarine Seafire FR.47, VP459, 179/P, 800 Squadron, HMS Triumph, 1950 Introduction I’d longed for a Seafire FR.47 for years; I was tempted to get the old vacform by Rareplanes but kept putting it off.  Mainly due to cost as it was a rare kit to find but also because the other Rareplanes…

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  • PM Models Ta-183T Huckebein

    Focke-Wulf Ta-183T Huckebein Träger, 3rd generation carrier based fighter 1/JG(T) 77, KM Manfred Richtofen, North Atlantic Fleet, 1947 Introduction “What if…”  In this case Germany is not vanquished in 1945 but is still going and has not only created the KMS Graf Zeppelin but has at least another aircraft carrier, my imagination says this is actually…

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