SP-AFY

Alex K
In, as well...

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here.

Łukasz Gliński
As you can see there are only two 😛

Djordje Nikolic
Really nice! We don't see enough floatplanes!

Nicolas
I'm in of course. IS the rear seat for the pilot still availibal?

Cuajete
I also have to see the swimmer brother be born 😛

Alec K
OG KP build? I am in, of course.

Skyhiker
Good luck Lukasz. Don't trust this kit to be accurate. I had to make a lot of corrections when I made it.

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome everyone, very glad to see you joining 👍
Skyhiker, it's not meant to be top accurate, just as nicely looking as I can 🙂

Skyhiker
Enjoy. Looking forward to seeing it built.

Łukasz Gliński
I think I know what you meant - once I started assembling the floats.
The mounting struts are completely different (SP-AFY had locallly designed floats).
While I won't correct the floats themselves, I decided to rebuild the struts so they resemble the original at least in general.
Very happy I bought the reference material for this project 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
Łukasz, I see you've set up a company to build Piper models. 😄
I wish you a lot of fun and patience in building.

Łukasz Gliński
Velke diky Ludviku, there's one more in my stash, but the new KP edition 😄

Thomas Kolb
This is coming along nicely! Did you scratch-build the float struts? It sure looks very neat!

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks - sort of, I cut into pieces the underwing struts from the first Piper (the one where the paint peeled off)

Bas Tonn
Good looking little floatplane. Looking forward to the next steps.

Cuajete
Good job with float struts! 👍

Bernd Grün
It turns out very well, Lukasz! 👍 Following with Interest.

Marcin Dudek
👀

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome folks! After a short hiatus I started spraying today. The frist part is the Ultramarine.

Zbynek Honzik
Yes, Łukasz! 👍 Keep it up!

J35J
Great progress!👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you, decals have been added today. I can only repeat all the builders of this kit: decal film is extremely thin and definitely needs liquid decal film, otherwise they are extremely difficult to handle.

gasolier
Hi! I see you're having fun too on this one!
About the decals, yes they need liquids, but also extra care as they're very brittle. Poor quality...

gasolier
It's pretty in silver

Łukasz Gliński
It is indeed and I was able to achieve the slightly shaded metallic silver, which I'm proud of.

Thomas Kolb
Hey, that looks really sweet! Yes, the silver color on the original was actually silver dope, i.e. metallic paint to provide protection to the fabric from the sun, so the shade of the silver paint is absolutely correct.

Cuajete
Looking so good, Łukasz!

Ludvík Kružík
Very nice progress! The combination of silver and blue looks very nice.

Skyhiker
Thank you for not making this a tail sitter.

Naram
following

Finn
Following

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome and thanks y'all!
Skyhiker, sorry to say that but it is indeed. I plan to add smal transparent chocks at the end so it looks better 🙂

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Skyhiker
If you put rudders on the back of the floats it will help it to stand up straight. That's what I did when I made this kit.

Ludvík Kružík
Very nice! Keep it up!

Cuajete
Great, Łukasz! The propeller looks fantastic with that wood correction pen 👌
How do you use it here? Do you paint the propeller with brown acrylic and then draw the veins with the marker?

Thomas Kolb
I agree, the prop looks awesome!

Łukasz Gliński
Honestly I'm not sure what sh*t it's made of 😄 But it dissolves anything else and reacts with decal softeners (similarly to thinning).
So, I usually start with bare plastic (unless it's very dark) - otherwise it would mess the primer.
And I gently swipe couple of layers with few seconds of break between them.
Thus the pen only dissolves a bit of previous layer and where it des it becomes dark. So, few gentle swipes and there you go!

Cuajete
Thank you, Łukasz! It could be very interesting 🤔

Łukasz Gliński
Finished 🙂 I'll add more pics tomorrow

Ludvík Kružík
That's handsome! 👍
I'm looking forward to more photos.

Skyhiker
Looks good! This kit is not the easiest. You've done well.

Nicolas
Very nice result.

Robert Podkoński
Good job on this kit, Łukasz!

Alec K
Nicely done mate 👍

J35J
Great work Lukasz!👍🏻

Guy Rump
Great job Lukasz! 👍

Thomas Kolb
A pretty little model - you really struggled with it, but it was definitely worth it! Clever solution for the tail-sitting - the tiny transparent wedge is almost invisible!

Cuajete
Great job, Łukasz! Very nice result.
Good idea with the "chocks" or "wedges" on floats! 👍
Congrats!

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you all for these motivating feedback 👍
Use your imagination and enjoy the final pics 😄
PS. For those who are concerned by the prop and the engine mods - SP-AFY during the float tests used different engine, I tried to mimic it. And I know the float struts are too short, I might tackle it one day, who knows?

Alex K
Great result and utterly enjoyable and inspirational tutorial/thread! Two thumbs up! 👍 👍

Cuajete
Oh... it seems to float on the gym mat at my old school... 😄 😛
... But you have had a better imagination than me to improvise 😉 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Excellent result. I also really like your idea with the imitation water. Simple and nice. 👍

Bernd Grün
Great build, Lukasz! 👌 It turns out very well.

Marcin Dudek
Looks cool 👍 Congratulations 👏

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks a lot mates, glad you like the water concept 😄
Added also the pics of all 3 little Pipers

J35J
Great trio! 👍🏻

Cuajete
Great!