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John Walkways and decaling looks simply flawless. Yup, the T28 isn't giving up the ghost and sure is fighting you all the way.

Gus Awesome progress on the Viggen. The detail just keeps getting better and better and looking mighty good. I'm assuming you are going to be using Mr Paint - MRP Lacquer. It's been my go-to paint for years and it is amazing. I also use MRP Primer, gray or black. Paints and primers are pre thinned and I shoot them straight from the bottle with absolutely no thinning. Results: smooth as silk and strong as steel. You're going to love the paints. I use Self Leveling Thinners when changing colors during a session and regular lacquer thinner to clean the air after painting is done for the day. I always wear a respirator and use my spray booth.

Jeff Surely it does.

Jeff I think the answer is greed .. just a perfect excuse to raise prices. Still the question remains, why has SLT vanished from stocks and is nearly impossible to find?

Carl Nice paint work and weathering on the seat. And absolutely amazed you found the PE piece knocked off. When I lose small parts, especially PE, they are history. Right with you, the detail is amazing, instructions and color callouts look spot on and play a big part in making a complicated or any kit for that matter a fun and enjoyable build.

John Nice find and project. Detailing and weathering looks good and the 109 seems to sure have seen a tough service life.

Carl Good question. As an example, that comes to mind, when Tamiya started selling their lacquer LP paint range, they weren't available in the US for a good few years, and no one would ship them to the states. I have no idea why. Now they are everywhere their acrylic range of paints are sold. Just seems strange that a product SLT, that has been so readily available for years is now out of stock almost everywhere for months. Next thing you know there will be a nice size price increase when it becomes available again, due to supply shortages, shipping costs or maybe regulations required the labeling to be redone. Seem the same is with everything these days. Peter

Carl Way to go. Unfortunately, Tamiya thinner with retarder isn't available here in the state, same with their white cap glue that comes in the same shape bottle as Extra thin. Tamiya thinner yellow cap in a 250ml bottle (largest size) is about $11 while SLT 400 ml is about $12.50 - quite a difference in price. I normally buy most supplies in doubles ... wish I had the room to store a supply like yours. Buying for me from at least two suppliers to fill my original order adds anywhere from $16-$20 per order and getting worse.

Thanks Paul I bought two 400 ml bottle from them a week ago and if it wasn't for the storm we just had, was scheduled to be delivered today, now tomorrow. Just seems so much of everything is either back ordered or out of stock. I' guess it's just the world we live in now.

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Scott Right on the money. Nothing as frustrating as spending hours hunting for what you need and then to find out it's out of stock and who knows when it will be in stock. Mr Hobby Self Leveling Thinner has been out of stock almost everywhere for months now at: SB, SH, Hobby Nut Models to just name a few. I was thinking of trying Tamiya Lacquer Thinner but is way more expensive the Self level Thinner.

It seems like everything else these days, when I try to place an order, more and more of what I need for upcoming projects are, Out of Stock or Back Ordered. Rarely is everything I need for a build in stock the past few years and I'm forced to spend hours online trying to find what I need all from a single vendor, trying to avoid paying shipping fees from two different vendors. What I have been doing for example with 48th scaler, buying mainly Eduard Profi kits or the Magic Factry Corsair set, where the kits have: die cut canopy masks, PE detail set with seatbelts and some resin. Cost is normally better then buying everything separately but more import, I get what I need in in the box without wasting a lot of time for nothing.

Thank Kev, very much appreciated, a fun and relaxing build.

Thanks Rob for the heads up - I'll absolutely look into the engine as I plan on building both Corsairs in the kit.

Carl WOW - I'm just blown away. The detail is amazing and devoting two full pages of the instructions to the ejection seat ... surely says how well it was thought out and the detail looks out of the world. The 3D harnesses and cushions - brilliant and - surely the way of the future. Will be following the complete journey and hoping the Flanker stays front and center on your bench though completion. Going to be a gem

Thanks Carl, so very much appreciated and completely agree about MiniArt. I've had more then a few issues now (fuselage and wings are built and close to priming) trying to figure out how parts are installed, and the culprit is instructions, that let the builder down. They are neat, clean and complete until you are using them. Loads of arrows showing where a part should go but in more then a few times, the construction drawings are vague in actual part orientation or the wrong view. Great detail, fiddly and they seem to over engineer the number of parts. Next update, I'll be diving into this part of the build.

Very much appreciated the detailed photographs and comments. Unfortunately, while Borders kits are excellent, their instructions are really poor and none that I've seen have any color callouts at all. I have their Lancaster BI/III and have been tinkering with just the first two engines and the instructions are very poorly done. Looking forward to following your progress.

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John Thanks for the info, never knew. Hubert to the rescue!

Ernie Awesome build - simple beautiful work and a gem to be proud of. 🏆

Thanks Kev, greatly appreciated. Agreed, the front office does look more detailed but the Tamiya kit, part fit and flow is a lot smoother. Just glued up the two fuselage halves and I'll see tomorrow how it looks. Time to glue up the wings as well.

Just glad you kept at it

John Right with Chris ... what an incredible save and a build to be mighty proud of.

Dennis, Nope, it's the skill of the builder who can use his equipment and materials to their best advantage.

Martin Yes, you are correct. The address on the box was for their distributor; Hobby and Craft Industrial Co ... I should have read the name and address more carefully on the box. Now that I'm getting into the kit, some parts need help in fitting and the instructions while they look excellent have some orientation and location issues. Overall, absolutely raises the bar in detail and I've been comparing it to the Tamiya kit which I've already built. Thoughts later on in the build. Completely agree how they and all the companies in the Ukraine are able to turn out such incredible kits given the horrible circumstances of their country being invaded.