After Pre-shadeing. Few parts was masked for Bare Metal Finish.

2 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Very importand notice! If You make PBY-5A you have to drill fuselage for wheels struts. There is no any informations about this fact in manual. Mabye inside fuselage there is marking for drilling, but I don’t remember it. I made dot of paint on wheel strut montage pin, than I marked dot on fuselage and next drill.

1 attached image. Click to enlarge.

Thanks for this useful information, Bernard @lis

Hi Bernard (@lis): Resin wheels look great. After getting smacked with something similar on my last model, I have started reading ahead in the instructions. Looks like a nice recovery, though.

Very nice wheels, my friend @lis!

Time for ground crew

Very nice work, Bernard @lis