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Hi. I've now come the final assembly stage on my Growler. The under carriage have been glued in place. 147 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 148 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And all wheel covers. 149 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 150 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 151 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 152 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr As well as the air to air missiles. 153 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 154 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And one of three jamming pods and the drop tanks. 155 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I guess that I'll put on the rest of the jamming pods and HARM missiles later this evening and then I have a plethora of small bits to do but if everything goes to plan I could actually have this done after the weekend. To be continued..... /Bosse

A 90's GB, why not since I've been thinking of doing some Operation Granby builds next year. So this will be perfect for me. /Bosse

Thanks @Corsairfoxfouruncle, I think it actually looks like somethings out of Star Wars with the wingtips folded. But I like to fold Navy planes up, so that their footprint in the display cabinet are reduced. /Bosse

Thank you very much @Col. /Bosse

Hi all. Meanwhile while building my Growler I've not forgotten my Portuguese F-16. I've been building on it from time to time. Such as the 3D printed undercarriage from Details & Wonder. A magnificent design with PE metal inserts where strengh is needed most. Och det är en rätt snillrik konstruktion med fotoetsade förstärkningsplåtar som limmas på plats innan målning. 210 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 211 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr When the metal inserts was glued in place I gave tthem some white primer and gloss paint. 212 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 213 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 214 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've also painted the donut ring with some metals, and for my first time tried a blue metal filter on it. For a first try I Think it turned out real good. 215 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 216 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And now during the weekend i've putted all stencils and decals in place. I've used the kits decals for everyting but the 22 in the numbers, which came from a Model Makers Decals. And I've got Everything left on that sheet should I deceide to do a Portuguese Tiger Meet bird. 218 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr All in all I think I've spent around 6-8 hours doing them all. 219 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 220 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 221 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 222 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 223 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I'll let this one rest now for a few days going over it to see how much silvering I've to deal with. The I'll give it a matt coat and then weather it. To be continued..... /Bosse

Hi all. During the lasgt week I've stocked up on some more gloss and semi matt varish, glue, 3 tweezers and a roll of carving tape. 20250710_180413 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr and I've also upgraded my H&S Infinity with an FCP valve. It can regulate the airflow from the compressor from 100% down to 20% and it replaces the normal inflow valve. 20250710_181053 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 20250710_181251 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 20250710_181343 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr My Growler has now gone into the assembly stage. First on with the slats. 138 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 137 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Then the flaps. 139 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 140 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr On with the exhausts, the opening for them was a bit tight so I openedd them up a bit with my trusty Dspiae pen and a grinding bit. 141 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 142 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Then I glued the inner parts of the flaps in Place. 143 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And finally I got the wing tips glued on. 144 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 145 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 146 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Tomorrow I'll get the undercarriage and all the Wheel covers in place. To be continued….. /Bosse

Stunning /Bosse

Hi all. My Growler production came to a halt this week. I'd run out of MRP Semimatt varnish. That has now been recitfied. I also ordered some MRP Gloss varnish and a bottle of Tamiya Extra Thin Quick set. 125 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've also received some goodies from AK in Spain. 126 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've deceided to give weathering with oils a try and purchased myselt a litte weathering station from AK's ZEP range. 127 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 128 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 129 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 130 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And now on Sunday morning I gave it a try. 132 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And pleased with the result I continued with the Growler. I've used 502 Abteilung Smoke on all grills. 131 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 133 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The extra visible Brown clay wash I will try to done it down a bit with a bit of Neutral Grey oilpaint. 134 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The grills turned out quite nice. 135 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr On the topside I've used Starship Filth since it isn't as stark as Smoke. 136 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I'll continue working with the oil Paints for a few Days, but the final assembly is just around the corner. To be continued….. /Bosse

Hi. Some more progress on my Growler. The mask set I bought to it worked well. 117 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've used AK's ready made wash for the first time. 118 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Perhaps a little too much on the nose gear. 119 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I wasn't sure if I should give the plane a wash or not, but settled in the end to give it a light dirt wash. First I tested it on a single piece just to see how it would look. 120 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I liked the result so on with the clay wash on everything. 121 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I let it dry for about an hour and then I wiped it of. 122 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 123 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I still have the small parts to clean, and then I'll seal it with another semi matt varnish coat. And then I can start detail panting and perhaps even the final assembly. 124 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr To be continued..... /Boss

Hi. Here's an update on my progress from last week. We hadn't planned to celebrate Midsummer in the cottage, but since we've not managed to sell it yet and had some work so the builders can renovate the kitchen after the flooding we had to go. And our lawn had to be moved, the grass don't care if we want to sell or not. 415 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr So we spent the weekend moving the lawn, and take everything out of the kitchen and trying very hard to find some place to store everything for the duration. I started with moving the dinner table a bit so we could move the fridge to the dinning room. 416 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 417 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Then it was just taking everything from the cupboards and counters and move it somewhere else. 419 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 421 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The table from our back patio was set up in Axel's room and everything was store on and under it. 421 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 422 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 423 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Even if it did turn out to be a work weekend, we had our traditional herring plate for Midsummer lunch. 107 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And when we got home Anne cooked some Dillkött for us, Dillkött is veal stew with a vinegar dill sauce usually served with boild potatoes and it's very tasty. 108 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr But enough of this lets get back to the bench. During the week I've got some more useful things for my bench. A circle template to use as masking for making Wheel hubs. 20250623_144421 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr A pen filled with liquid masking material, a scraping/chamfer tool and a scribing tool. 20250623_092620 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 20250623_121023 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Some more Molotov pens, one small chrome pen and two with masking fluids. 20250623_144404 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And some general colour Posca pens with a 0,7mm nib, could be useful for detail painting as well see. 20250623_144522 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I also got some freebies inform of Sharpies new acrylic marker. 20250623_163440 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Well lets see how the small Posca pens works. As said they have a 0,7mm nib and what can be better than my Growler to test them on. 109 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I was not disappointed, even if I think it'll take at least three coats of paint to cover completely. 110 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 111 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 112 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I tested the black one on the cabling in the wheel wells. Not so bad either. When this is dry I'll put down a clear coat to seal this in and then I'll give them and the landing gear an oil wash. 113 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 114 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I then discovered that the antenna om the spine should be light ghost gray and not blue. So I masked as best I could, knowing very well that this could damage the decals. 115 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And of course it did, but as luck has it I've got some spare stripes I can fix the damage with. 116 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr So I guess I'll spend the next coming days fixing these small problem areas and then give it Another clear coat and then we'll see what kind of weathering I'll give it. To be continued….. /Bosse

Thanks @Corsairfoxfouruncle Dennis. I might be able to do more than two GB's a year, but not with multiple builds in several of them. I'll still plan my build according to the GB calender, and my next one I'll be in will be the UK Phantoms GB. Going for a FGR.2 in Falklands Flt, 1435 markings with the whole hog of Reskit parts for it. And when I'm not in a GB there will always be the normal WIP treads, so I'll not quit modeling only slow down a bit. I currently have around 12 started kits that I'll tackle first, I think some of them are more than 5 years in hibernation by now. /Bosse

Hi. I've had some Health issues here at my end. Late February or early March I collapsed at work and had to got to hospital by ambulance with a suspected myocardial infarction. Thank God it wasn't that, it turned out to be a severe drop in my blood pressure. There lot of thing that can be said about our healthcare system here in Sweden, but if they suspect some heart issues thing goes very fast. So I've been on lots of check ups and done all kind of tests, and there is nothing wrong with my heart, so I'm not any sicker than before. It turned out that I've been taking to much blood pressure reducing medication. When I got these pills I weighed 25 kilos more than I do today and now that I've reduced the dose my blood pressure is normal again. But my Doctor has ordered me to reduce the stress in my Life, and that will make me reduce my participation in GB circus a bit. Struggling towards a deadline is all some kind of stress. So I will minimize my active participation to two GB's per year. Of course I will continue to build, but they'll be normal WIP threads. This has also got me to perhaps take early retirement from the Bank. I had planned to work until Nov.30 2034 just for making 50 years in the Bank, but now I might retire as early as may 1. 2029 at 63 years. I'd like to have a long retirement period so I can build as much of my stash as possible. Another good news is that the Insurance Company has accepted my claim for the flooding at the cottage and they will redeem the cost, but only to 75%, the remained we'll have to pay ourselves. So after the summer holiday period a Company will come and de construct the old kitchen and rip the floor and damages walls out and start do dry it out. Then they'll build up the kitchen again. I was offered a sum of money to do the work my self, but I don't have the strength to do that again. And it's better to have a Company doing the work now that we've put the house up for sale. Enough ramblings of this and let's get back to my Growler build. During the last week I've put all decals and stencils on. I've used both Syharts and Mengs decals. The flare buckets wasn't included in Syharts sheet. 091 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 092 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr All stores are also done. Jammer pods. 093 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 094 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 095 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 096 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Pylons. 097 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 098 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Amraam's, I couldn't find any stencils for inert weapons so I've done them live. 099 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr HARM's 100 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Undercarriage. 101 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 102 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 103 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 104 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 105 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 106 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The plan for this week is to detail paint the undercarriage and wheel wells, and then give Everything a light clay wash, paint and decal the canopy and then it's time for the final assembly. To be continued….. /Bosse

Hi. Not so much of an ordinary update per se. But I'd like to sho an improvement I've made to my work bench. But first I can announce that Summer has finally come to my neck of the Woods, and yesterday I had my first Al Fresco Lunch for this season. 😎 088 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 089 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Not so bad when you have this view from the roof terrace at work. 090 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr When I got home the Postie had dropped of my lastest aquistion. I'm not needing it much right now when we're in the season of White nights, but thoose dark evenings will come back. 011 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 012 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 013 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Now I think I have all the light fixtures I need on the bench. And the best of it is that this new one is also rechargeable via an USB cable as the two side ones are. Shines with a White, 6500K, light just like I like to have on the bench. 014 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr More things are on the way for the bench, so I guess I'll mention them as they arrive. To be continued….. /Bosse

WOW what amazing details there are in this kit. And you're doing a great job with it Rich. /Bosse

Thanks Rich, good to known I'm not the only one, I seem to remember I'd the same issue with Syharts Rafale M stencils. /Bosse