Thank you kindly for your reply. Like you I do love flying boats and float planes. This is the Hasegawa kit, moulded with the new 2017 tool. The overall quality is great, but there are some issues and omisions. Fit was reasonable/good, but I had problems assembling the wings to the fuselage: the struts that had to be glued between the wing spars prevented the fit, so I deleted them. Another isue is the lack of a rigging plan. In fact rigging is totally ignored. Furthermore I would advise any builder to make their own buildig plan; the sequence in the instructions did not work for me most of the time. And yes: I made the map myself with colour pencils. All in all it was enjoyable build and I am happy with the outcome. Warm regards from the Netherlands, Jan