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Neuling
So beautiful! And: cute and touching .........

Phil M
Thanks a lot Neuling

Dominik Weitzer
great work.

Phil M
thanks Dominik

gorby
Fantastic, I really like that a lot.

Nigel Chapman
Brilliant idea, love it

Bob Hall
The whole concept of re-creating family memories in a 3-D set, definitely get props for originality, sweet !

Moreno Baruffini
Watching with interest!

Jan Janssen
#me too, wondering how it builds-up

Jan Peters
Pulling up a chair

Cuajete
Thomas, I knew you were going to get this kit! 🙂

I was hesitating a lot between the Swedish box and the Jordanian box. It took me a long time to decide, but in the end I ordered the Jordanian one because I already have several future projects with that fantastic Swedish scheme.

I follow you with great interest (as always). It is quite possible that I will finally regret choosing the Jordanian box 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for this one 👍Utterly cool camo indeed

Harry Eder
Watching! 👍 Good luck with the kit...

Thomas Kolb
Did some dry-fitting yesterday, and just as I expected by the looks of it, it is definitely A-model quality. A lot of fettling, scraping and sanding is required for a decent fit of the major parts such as the fuselage halves and the wings. Good thing it is a small model!

Erik De Smet
It seems that it is of the same "quality" as their SF260 and Alpha jet kits. Have you ever built the venerable Airfix kit ?

Michael Kohl
I will watch too how you turn this ugly duck into a beautiful swan.

Thomas Kolb
Erik, I actually think that this is a retooling of the Airfix kit. Slightly different parts and recessed panel lines, but the breakdown is almost identical.

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like AZ Model is morphing into A-Model 😛

Daniel Mysak
I´m following. Looks like a bunch of work to get a proper model out of this kit. I'm sure you will handle it.

Finn
Will follow

Thomas Espe
👀

Cuajete
I think KP/AZ should start an improvement their molds after so many kit releases and sales, as Special Hobby has already successfully done. It is curious that for some kits they make good molds (such as the Bf-109) and for others they are so mediocre.

Despite this, I am sure that Thomas will do an extraordinary job 👍

Matthew A
🍿

Cuajete
Interiors looks great, Thomas 👍

Robert Podkoński
I am a little late, but from now I will follow with pleasure and interest (like all Thomas's previous builds 😉 )

Guy Rump
Looking good 👍

Tom B.
Looks like a lot of craftsmanship will go into this kit before the end of the build... Curiously following 👍

Thomas Kolb
This little kit is definitely putting up a fight in every step. Silly me, I thought this was going to be a relaxed weekend project, ha ha. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
I know that feeling, it usually ends up this way 😉

Cuajete
Łukasz enjoys with suffered models 😛
Good (hard) job so far, Thomas 👍

Erik De Smet
KP short run = long work. I prefer Vallejo putty for filling seams on this type of kits, as it comes with a fine tip

Thomas Kolb
Erik yes, I think the photo shows a bit of my frustration with the seam lines. It should not be like this for a 2022 tooling.

Cuajete
Thomas, will the skinny front landing gear hold the weight of all those fishing weights?

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, how did you squeeze all that lead inside 😮

Thomas Kolb
Well, those weights are juuuust barely enough to keep the Bulldog on its nose gear and still kind of pivots around its main gear. Good thing that the entire engine compartment behind the dashboard is empty so with some Tetris skills you can fill it completely with those fishing weights.

Erik De Smet
So the front wheel does not support any weight, as the nose is in balance with the tail. I had the same problem with KPs SIAI Marchetti, and the SH Marchetti needs also quite some weight in the nose.

Michael Kohl
not a shake an bake-kit for sure. I like how you tackle it. For maximum usage of weight in tight spaces consider lead granules. They come rather cheap by the kilogram and have a diameter of max 1 - 2 mm. You can even drill a hole into the fuselage after it is closed and pour the granules in - followed by some white glue to fix them.

Thomas Kolb
After having lingered in the limbo state of half-finished projects, I have decided to reboot this build. The screwed up paintjob was removed with IPA alcohol and the model is now back to bare plastic. Some correcting fills are done and it is soon time to reapply the primer. I will make my life easier this time and just build the standard Swedish Air Force version. But I have already purchased a second kit to be finished with the Swedish Army splinter camouflage as I think I know this time how to do it properly. Stay tuned!

J35J
Great to see that you have restarted the kit. The weight distribution is a real pain. Had similar challenges with my Airfix SK61 build some months ago, Liquid Gravity sorted the issue.
SwAF livery will look aces. Keep up the spirit!👏🏼👍🏻

Michael Kohl
No idea what that livery will look like, but nice that this one is back at the bench. Reminds me of my Safir which is at a similar state.

Moreno Baruffini
Glad to see this kit again on the bench! ,👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Mid Franconian
🧑‍💻 Interesting as always!

Cuajete
Thomas, It's fantastic to read that you are taking up this project again. Great!

Ekki
And watching it.

István Szücs
Well documented build, great work, as usual!

Łukasz Gliński
Great to see you back with this little fella 👍

Nicolas
I'm joining. Very good description of the build so far. 👍

gorby
Very nice!

Philippe EVE
Thank you!, your work is amazing!

George Williams
Looks good, hard to tell which is the front and which is the back.

Philippe EVE
🤣🤣🤣

gorby
I think you win this weeks prize for most heavy duty modelling tool. 😄
Looks a very interesting conversion.

Lenny Li
I think that kind of set up can tool a real bogie!!

Neuling
Watching .....................

Jakko ‌
> I think you win this weeks prize for most heavy duty modelling tool. 😄

Probably, yeah 🙂 It's a metalworking lathe, so a bit overkill for just turning down the seam on those wheels, but I didn't feel like aching fingers from scraping them down with a knife — I get those even when I hold them in a modelling vice, never mind just between my fingers.

> that kind of set up can tool a real bogie!!

Having seen a disassembled Sherman bogie up close, I must say I think this one is a size too small for that 😉

Ben M
👀 fascinating vehicle.

Mr D
Looking good, weld's coming on nice 👍

Ben M
How did you hold the wheels in the lathe?

Jakko ‌
@Mr D: that's not the welds yet, it's just the filler needed to plug the gaps 🙁 I'm still debating how to add all the weld seams.

@Ben M: An M2 screw, about 2 cm long, through the hole in the wheel, with a nut to tighten it. It needs to be fairly tight else chances are the wheel will stop as soon as the chisel hits it. On Asuka two-piece wheels, you need to do this before assembling the parts, because the hole on the piece to be glued in is smaller than on the part that has the tyre moulded on it.

Ben M
Thank you, I can envision the setup. I have a small lathe and arthritis in my hands, this technique could help me a lot. Thanks!

Mr D
Regarding weld's l have seen super glue used through a fine tip, you need steady hand n move in pattern to create weld.
Sorry l was looking at the resin 🤔🤣.
Good stuff be keeping eye
On progress 👍👍

Jakko ‌
@Ben M: What also works is a modeller's vice. Clamp the wheel in that, scrape down the seam with a straight knife over a third or so of the wheel, then unclamp and turn it, and repeat. If I scrape more than about two or three wheels by hand, my fingers ache enough that I have to stop, so the vice helps a lot. But you also get a lot of plastic scrapings all over your modelling area, so this time, I figured I'd put those in someone else's hobby room instead for a change 😉

@Mr D: Hahaha! The ones on the resin were put there by Resicast 🙂 But I'll now have to make ones that look similar, or at least not out of place next to them. I'm thinking a thin string of two-part epoxy, textured with a sharp tool.