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Thank you very much James @81-er It's actually a very nice kit to work on. /Bosse

Thanks Rich. AK's Super Gloss in something I pickup last year from their own web shop. https://ak-interactive.com/product/super-gloss-finish-1k-varnish-barniz-super-brillante-1k/ I guess it caters mostly to car/MC builders for that new shiny finish. I like them since they gives a perfect finish for decaling on. If you need to thin it you can use their regular AK Real Color thinners. It a bit on the thick side, but just crank up the compressor a bit and you're fine. Omask wheel plugs was a great find, I'll be ordering some more sets of aircrafts I intend to build multiples of. I hope that actually is re-usable. /Bosse

Hi, and thanks Rich. I remember your build. Tamiya X-4 you say?, I've used MRP FS15050 Blue Angels Blue on my fins, but I think that now looks a bit brighter than yours. I don't have any Tamiiya paint, so I might order one of those. I also like my Infinity, a much better tool than my Grex, and much easier to clean. I might get me a second one to exclusive use it for metalics. I can report some more progress on my Growler. Late Thursday evening I sprayed a lot of completed parts with my absolute favourite gloss coat; AK's Super Gloss Finish 1K. You spray it neat directly from the bottle and with bit higher air pressure than usual. Let it dry at least over night and you end up with a hard and very glossy surface, which is what I wants as a decaling surface. Without the flash. 066 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr With flash. 067 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 068 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I was of course a bit eager to do these, and I didn't check that the propeller is a different colour. But I'll mask them of this evening and give them some more paint. I've also glued the fuselage together. 069 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I did end up with a seam in the back to one side that I had to fill with a small plasticard strip. 070 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The nose cone is in place, and I remembered to add the right panel on top of it. No gun on Growlers. 071 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I've primed the fuselage with my normal primer, AK Xtreme Grey Primer with Microfillers. And I've used Omask foam plugs for the wheel bays. They fitted very nice even if the zig-zag parts at the ends of the main bays was a bit fiddly to fit. 072 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 073 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I'll most likely spray the belly with Light Ghost Grey this evening. Hockey night to night with Sweden facing Finland in the World Championship Tournament. To be continued..... /Bosse

Hi. I'm really making some progress with my Growler Earlier this week I glued the exhaust parts together and now they're ready for primer. 056 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I've started to marry up the nose sections with the bottom of the fuselage. And this is a tricky sequence of this build. II started to glue the upper parts of the nose section to the fuselage before I glued the rounded part to the fuselage. 057 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 058 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr This was of course NOT the road to victory. I got a twist in the sections and ended up with a horrible step between the segments. On my next Super Hornet I'll not be doing it this way again. 059 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 060 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I then had to spend two evenings with sanding, polishing and a meager attempt to re-scribe the lost panel lines. I really have to some better tools for re-scribeing. 061 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 062 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 063 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr When this was fixed I could continue with gluing the top fuselage to the bottom segment. I've been gluing it in stages to have a more controlled situation to work with. 064 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 065 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've not glued the whole fuselage together yet, but that's something I'll do this evening when I'm waiting for Swedens first match against Slovakia in the World Championship in Ice Hockey that starts today, a tournament that is actually played here in Stockholm. To be continued..... /Bosse

Thank God the Pilot was okey. /Bosse

Thanks Werner @exdraken and @RunRookieRun The new Infinity is such a lovely tool, I'm really looking forward to learn to use it. @RunRookieRun I bought the eons ago at Biltema, who no longer sell them. I bought a second set from a company in the UK some years back, but I think they went out of business. I see that you're a fellow Swede, so if you don't mind the price tag on them, I think that you can still order them from Rebell Hobby. F-clamps http://www.rebell.com/tvingar-for-modellbygge-3-st.htm /Bosse

Thanks @Col. I like the red colour, it matches all those Dspiae tools I've collected over the year. /Bosse

Hi. I spent this weekend dressing the cockpit up with Kelik's 3D decals. 042 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr First "wall paper" for the back parts. 043 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The all side consoles. 044 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Front and aft cockpit instrument panels. 045 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 046 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And all four side walls. One of the 3D decals shattered on me unfortunately. 047 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Belts for the ejection seats. 048 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And some stencils. 049 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The side walls to some sanding and lots of dry fitting to get in place. 050 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And then I glued the IP's in, and glued the cockpit to the fuselage. 051 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Getting the nose section together took some time. I elected to glue the nose wheel bay part first and let that dry. 052 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Then I glued the front section. I'll leave the back section to when I can glue it to the fuselage to get a good fit. 053 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr During the time glue was drying I put the under carriage together. 054 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 055 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And that is what I've done so far. The plan for the coming week is to get the fuselage together and perhaps get some primer on by the weekend. And with some new equipment on the bench I'll treat this as a test subject. 178 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 179 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr To be continued..... /Bosse

It sure is @exdraken Werner. But that why we do this..... /Bosse

Hi. I've now filled the gaps on the spine with liquid sprue. 176 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 177 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've also added a second airbrush to my collection. After some serious pondering I settled for Harder & Steenbeck Infinity 2024 CR Plus, Two in One edition. So I got both the 0,28mm and the 0,44mm needles in the same box. 178 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I also bought the service kit for it. 179 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Yesterday I tested it for the first time with some RAL 6001 on the GBU-10's I'll use in this build. 180 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And my first impression of it is that is a very different tool compared with my Grex TG-3 Much more sensitive and you can do much smaller areas with it. And it turns out that I'm a thumb trigger person. I'll use the trigger with my thumb, and use the index finger as support. I don't know if that is just for now when new to this tool, or if going to be like this forever. And it feels like starting over all again, perhaps not from square one, but two.... To be continued..... /Bosse

Hi. I've had some productive days with my Growler. I've glued the side panels to the back of the fuselage. 029 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And the fit of these parts was real good. 028 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 030 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I did get a small gap, but I think that was because I think I didn't sand off an ejection pin mark on the inside. 031 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 032 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I gave the fan fronts a coat of titanium. 033 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The second side panel had to be glued in stages to get it to sit perfectly. 034 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 037 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 038 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've also glued the wings outer parts together. 039 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 040 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I've also started to work on the fins and rudders. 041 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr To be continued..... /Bosse

Hi. It's real fun to build my Growler. I've primed the wheel bays, AK Xtreme White Primer was used. 021 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I've painted them with Gunze Gloss white. I'll give them a light was later on. 022 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I've also glued the wing in. I'll build my Growler with the wings folded. 023 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I've glued some kind of antenna and exhaust to the top fuselage. 024 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've also painted a lot of small parts, pylons, weapons etc. 025 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr When all that was done I felt for a beer. And it was enjoyed from a suitable glass I picked up at the RAF Museum in London 026 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 027 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Today we have half day at work here in Sweden, and tomorrow is a holiday, so lots of extra time at the bench. To be continued..... /Bosse

You're most welcome to the show Gerard. /Bosse

I could sure use an extenision as well. /Bosse

Hi. Yes, it's finally time to start my Growler. 006 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And as usual we start with the cockpit. 007 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr All this lovely detail has to go in preparation for the 3D decals. 011 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Then the nose gear bay gets build. More lovely detail stright out of the box. 008 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 009 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 010 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr After that I started to glue as much sub assemblies I could. AIM-120 Amraams 012 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr AGM-88 Harm 013 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Jamming pods. 014 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Drop tanks. 015 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Wing pylons. 016 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 017 by Bosse Persson, on Flick Ejection seats. 018 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Main Wheel bays. I think these are the finest details I've seen from Meng so far. 019 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And the Wheel bays mounted to the intakes. 020 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And that was all I managed to do yesterday. I took a rather nasty Cold with me home from London, so I guess I won't be going to work tomorrow. 🤧 To be continued….. /Bosse