Nice Painted Sefton A-2

[havocpaul]

This looks nice, shame it's a 46!
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Apparently the painting was done by a guy who worked with Sefton some years ago, Dudley Davies according to this old post on a re-enactment forum.....

http://www.alliedforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2215

 

[442RCT]

This looks nice, shame it's a 46!
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Sweet ! Two of my favorite's...a Sefton A-2 and Miss Lace. If it were a 40 or even a 42, I'd be bidding on it !

Thanks for the link in reainter who worked with Sefton.

SHANGHAI LIL RIDES AGAIN

This is jacket made by Sefton. When I bought it, it was already painted, I'm not sure if it came from Sefton like that or someone added the paint later, I read somewhere that Sefton sold pre-painted jackets at one time . I did a little research and found the artist used elements from two different airplanes (or he may have copied an original flight jacket). The artist used enamel paint and it's developing a patina, the paint is cracking and crazing nicely. If anyone knows anything about the cartoon pin-up, please let me know. From the hairstyle, she looks like a popular European character from pre-WW2 era.*

ps-

Trivia. "Shanghai Express" was a movie made in 1932.
Marlene Dietrich's call girl Shanghai Lil is caught up in a web of intrigue in this exotic, train-set adventure.

In 1933, a song named 'Shanghai Lil' was written into a musical.

Coincidence alert- Anna May Wong's character in Shanghai Express is named Hui Fei. If you take that name and reverse it to Fei Hu, you get the Chinese name for the "Flying Tigers".

* I found a pic of a B-25 with the same pin-up girl character, but still don't know who was the original artist who created her.

ps- I tried googling Dudley Davies and "Flying Patches", there wasn't much available. If anyone has info about the artist or any pics of his work, I'd be appreciated.
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