Be careful what you wish for. The new kit arrived on Monday but I had a few things on and didnt get to check it put until yesterday. It seems there is a bit of a run on with these IB5 basses and here is another one.
Firstly, the name.
I'm sticking with the local surf breaks theme again and given this one is going to be done in dark tease, I thought I'd go with Jarosite as the name. Jarosite is a mineral once mined at an old mine West of Bells Beach that we ride the mountain bikes through occasionally. The mine is roughly alogned to a surf break nearby that shares the name. Part of the ride is through natural timberland with glimpses of the ocean. It's the timberland that gives this axe it's name.
The kit. I. QA'd the kit and there were a half dozen or so minor knocks on the body, the neck is a very loose fit that I'll need to sort out and there is some glue spotting but at this stage all else appears ok.
Thanks to previous posts, I tried the wet tissue and iron trick to fill out the dents, this worked a treat so it was off to the garage for sanding.
The last shots show the sanding progress. Im still on the 180 at this stage but with aging the paper is probably at 240 now anyway. To get the dust out of the deep grain I use the trusty compressor with a fine tip blower. It does a great job and will ensure that beatiful dark tease gets in deep.
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. So the build process I had lined up that would see Winki and Jaro running back to back on an almost daily basis will now likely be slowed to a couple of hours a weekend between other activities. 
Gavmeister