lerxst1031 - love the pictures of the Beavers. I live in Seattle, and we get them flying around a lot - there are several companies that run regular service to the islands in Puget Sound.
Update on the Bv238:
I found a book on the Bv238 (in German) a couple of weeks ago - I've ordered a copy and am waiting on working on the engines and float bays until I get that since the reference pictures I've found online aren't very good. I'm also hoping it'll have pictures of the cockpit.
I've attached the wing tip pieces to the main wing, put the fuselage half halfs (quarters?) together, punched out all the windows, reinforced all of the flimsy parts, and started the long journey of puttying.
The wings (one wing has its float bay cut out):
The interior of the wing with reinforcing strips made from leftovers when cutting out the parts:
The fuselage halfs. I'm well on my way to using a gallon of putty - I was in a hurry when I put these together - I screwed up a bit when I made one of the attachments. You can see the putty required to correct that error. Must learn to be more patient.
The interior of one fuselage half, with reinforcing strips and flying buttresses to try to fix the sag in the fuselage roof:
And finally, the wing spar cut from balsa. The picture doesn't show it very well (it's a bit out of focus), but I made a photocopy of the three-view, glued it to a large piece of balsa, and then cut out a spar - the three-view is still attached to the cutout piece. First time I had tried that, and it worked out pretty well.
Next up until the book arrives is working on the elevators and rudder, and maybe just for the fun of it I'll put on some more putty.
Bruce