Cuajete
Interesting project... Following.

Robert Podkoński
Me too!

Michael Kohl
In as well.

Finn
Joining

Michael Kohl
Got an option to scan the decals, correct the color and print it out again?

Lochsa River autor
Yes, scanning the decals was an option but looking closely at the kit decals shows they tried to make them fancier than the real aircraft and won't be of much use. It is a simple enough masking job and paint will be used and a few of the kit decals.

Michael Kohl
Good luck

Живко Джаков
Good start! I'm following.

Cuajete
I agree with Живко Джаков 👍

Łukasz Gliński
How could I miss that for so long?

Nicolas
Following

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Spanjaard
that will be a beautiful bird. not to be missed 🙂

J35J
Great one!👍🏻

Lochsa River autor
time to scratchbuild a float strut set.....and make a big white circle on the side as a decal background...and print a decal...and so on....its getting there.....

Transall NG
Have a seat !
Good luck !

Lochsa River autor
.....the Vega is a history challenge because the more u see the more the kits struts make some historical sense...the kit is an amalgam of various stage and varieties of Vegas...and there are many....actually found a place in Alaska that will sell you floats and a detailed description of how it attached to a Vega or Vegas....if it ever arrives, it will get a photo here for sure...thank you, as always...

Bas Tonn
Everybody loves floatplanes

David Orr
Great work. The decals look fantastic. Nice to see interesting, obscure subjects being built.

Skyhiker
You might want to give that a light sanding. There is a bit of orange pealing and the decals are pretty thick. Just test it before going crazy. It looks really good. This will be a great addition to your collection.

Lochsa River autor
i'd be terrified to touch that finish...the decals are home printed...perhaps that means a thicker result?

this one will not be a complete success in any case because of the gold paint switch...that will be more obvious than any surface detail...it will still be fun to look at....

thanks again....

Skyhiker
Yes, I wish they made printer decal paper that wasn't so damn thick. The last time I used some I had to layer a lot of clear lacquer on the model to get things even and do some light sanding. They are really tricky to get flat. Your model looks great as it is. If you're not comfortable with the extra work just leave it.

Skyhiker
The difference in gold could be worked around if you printed the flag on white decal paper and the Alaska Coastal on clear decal paper. That way you could paint the gold circle and layer the decals. But the original plane looks like it matches your decal and the markings seem to be yellow rather than gold. However these are inconsequential details that rivet counters look at.

Lochsa River autor
all done....photos to follow...a fun ending to the Vega series....

J35J
Great work! Lovely plane👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful model, LR!

Nicolas
Very good result. 👍

Guy Rump
Great result. 👍

Spanjaard
congrats! very nice despite all the hurdles

Moreno Baruffini
Super beautiful!!! 🙏🏻👍🏻

Cuajete
Very nice. Congrats!

Lochsa River autor
THANK YOU ALL....FINAL PHOTOS ARE UP....

Neuling
Very well done!

Cuajete
Very nice job. Pretty model 👍
Congrats!

Łukasz Gliński
These latest pics look great 👍

Ben M
Amazing result with this kit. I was like "I recognize that water base" … that mystery was solved when I read the captions, I did recognize it 🤣

Lochsa River autor
....need some advice...see final pic...

Łukasz Gliński
At first I thought it's a spinnaker, but then I came across this pic:
th.bing.com/th/id/OI..1&pid=ImgDetMain

Thomas Kolb
Looks great and nice photos too! In the last photo, yes it's a retractable water rudder needed to taxi on the water, but I guess you already know that.

Lochsa River autor
...yes....Lukasz....that shows the rudders clearly...other photos do not but its easy to add them.....BTW...that photograph seems to be the exact aircraft MPM had in mind when they made this kit....there are so many variations in Vegas that become apparent with some web searching....

Lochsa River autor
....in fact, Lukasz...it is the same aircraft....just with different livery...check the numbers.....just noticed that....the kit version must have come first because this version had a major crash when the pilot ran out of fuel...