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RAAF P-40N, SQN LDR Alan Thomson DFC, 75 SQN. Family member meets the model.


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Although I always expect the very best from you Eric, I think I like this model better than any of your other builds.  To me, it nails both modeling construction skill and superb painting and weathering, that replicates a real aircraft so very well.  Congrat's on a 10/10 model!

 

Cheers,

Chuck

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Thankyou very much for all of the kind comments guys, it is much appreciated.

 

On 8/16/2020 at 9:20 PM, Collin said:

Brilliant looking build. Will be saving these photos for future reference. 

 

Very nice finish, worn but not over the top worn. 

 

What is your technique for wing root weathering?  

 

Cheers

Collin

 

Hi Collin, I use the `hairspray method' to simulate the worn down paint and then airbrush a very thin mix of Zinc Chromate paint around the edges of the worn areas, and then use a Prismacolour silver pencil to add additional scratches.

 

On 8/17/2020 at 5:21 AM, ade rowlands said:

Excellent finish Eric. I know that Hasegawa P-40N tail fit isn't the best but you'd never know from your end result.

 

Hi Ade, thanks. This was one area that I placed additional work into as I know it is an area that people familiar with the kit would look for being a known problem area.

 

Cheers, 

 

Eric.

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  • 9 months later...

A few weeks ago, I received an email from Rob Thomson, son of my subject pilot. Whilst researching Alan, the trail went cold after the small biography that I was able to find of him and to say that I was surprised by the email is an understatement. Rob managed to track me down and got in contact. I was stoked to find out that he lived in the same city as I did, and that he had a significant amount of his fathers war time memorabilia. We arranged a meeting and I spent a few hours going through Alans log book, photo albums and various documents and artefacts. Here are some pics of the special day.

 

Alans Log book, Distinguished Flying Cross, hat badge and cloth wings.

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The DFC. 

 

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DFC presentation box and cigarette box. This was quite a nice piece, being handcrafted from aircraft perspex. The inscriptions were engraved on the inside of the sides of the box meaning they would have had to be done in reverse. The parts of the box were dovetailed jointed.

 

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Alans combat knife

 

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A special insert to the local RAAF produced paper `The Tarakan times' which commemorated the surrender of Japan which was signed by the pilots and ground crew.

 

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Pic of 76 Sqn pilots. Alan is 2nd from the left, top row.

 

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Alans DFC Citation

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One of the highlights of the day was reading this poem about the pilots day to day life in Borneo. Its pretty good.

 

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