ssculptor Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I have the unhappy task of letting everyone know that my very good friend, David Thompson, has died. He passed away last Tuesday. You can access the entire obituary on http://www.goerie.com/obituaries David served during the Vietnam war and saw a lot of combat. He was a master model builder and was featured in Scale Modeler magazine. He had won the North American Championship for Model Diorama. David was also an avid motorcyclist and a great lover of animals. Friends are invited to call at the John J. Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St. Monday from 2-5 & 7-9 p.m. and are invited to attend Funeral Services there Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. Private burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 this is not our dave of UMIRESINS is it?? hacker post script here HOLY COW it is. Man this sucks we lost a member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 this is not our dave of UMIRESINS is it?? hacker Yes, David was UMIRESINS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Rest in Peace, Dave..... Thanks for all you did for our hobby. Brian "Thor" Thoresen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 may he rest in peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Thanks for the news Stephen...sorry that you had to be the bearer of bad news. What a terrible shame. I'll miss the odd PM with Dave and having a good laugh at his posts. He really became a great participating member in the LSP community. A true patriot and a man wounded by the service he gave when asked by his country. My deepest condolences to Umi and Alexander. Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 This very sad news. He will be missed. Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Herne Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 A sad day for the modeling community. Dave was a great guy. My prayers, condolences, and sympathies go out to his friends and family. Fair winds and following seas my friend. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impatient Pete Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Sad to hear it. Rest in Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Oh dear, that's really sad. my condolences to his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05OP Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Very sad and untimely. Many thanks to him for his contributions to the hobby.Condolences to Umi. Aloha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 I guess I will never know now what his secret Japanese project was... Jay I guess I can reveal it now. David's secret project was a very accurate 1/32 Rex. I had given David my Revell mid-wing George kit and he used that as the beginning of his master. He discovered that the existing floats for other Rex conversions were off so he mastered his own, along with the correct struts. He did a new interior for it as the original Revell cockpit area was a joke. David did a lot of research for his models and by the time he started on his masters he probably knew as much as, and usually a whole lot more than anybody else in the USA about the airplane he was building. He had a second secret project under way, the Staggerwing Beechcraft in 1/32. We both used to laugh about the absolute toy that ITC had put out in the 1950's. We laughed even more about the later model kit of the Staggerwing that was issued by a different party as it kept so many of the original's errors. I miss David very much. He was a real friend and they are very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopterdoctor Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 To a Fellow Vietnam Vet. and Brother in Arms. With Great Respect and Honore. Dave I Salute You. Rest in peace my Comrade. Steven Master Sargent US Army (Ret.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stusbke Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 * RIP Stusbke Frederick Jacobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I first got in touch with Dave over a year ago regarding his Oscar cowling, he then told me of his plans for a Rex conversion, sad that he didn't finish it, but I hope his nearest and dearest can look on his life as one fulfilled. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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