chuck540z3 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbird Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 A beauty to be proud of. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 The is seriously gorgeous to look at. Well done Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 wow Eric! superb! looks like real thing jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Well, that really is superlative, especially like the red earth on the tyres, and the painted on look of the nose art, I know it is indeed painted on, but it's not heavily done, just subtle, and on scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Absolutely brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Every aspect of this build is stunning - wow, just wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Awesome build and photography mate!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Stunning build and so realistic. Your weathering is just right because you didn't over do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomg Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Great build. The finishing looks spot on to me. The photos and photo editing were great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoasman Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Beautiful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 That looks pretty Hep there Eric. Another BEE YOU TEE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Great P-40.Perfect work. Congratulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 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. The DFC. 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. Alans combat knife 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. Pic of 76 Sqn pilots. Alan is 2nd from the left, top row. Alans DFC Citation One of the highlights of the day was reading this poem about the pilots day to day life in Borneo. Its pretty good. LSP_Ray, MikeMaben, Greg W and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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