Nice to see you've got around to starting this floatplane version of the '52', Walt. And good on you for getting those resin floats, especially because they're hollow inside. The ones I got were solid blocks of resin, and make the kit very heavy; I think you'll have a bit of an easier time attaching your floats than I did mine.

The Revell kit is getting on in years now, but is still a lovely build with few, if any, major issues. I look forward to seeing the completed kit. I'm sure it'll be impressive... ;-).

Thanks Paul @paulh and George, @gblair. Paul your build was and is a great inspiration to me. When I started researching this I refered to your post and build video. I was able to get the floats from the "Rare-Plane Detective" web store on eBay. He also has a website and fortunately for us shows up at most the local shows. https://www.rare-planedetective.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqQ1i0HFGgorEYCGm5vUHyXJl7UE1UoEnF7ACkEiTKEz84Rxy1m

There were two different types of floats used on the Ju-52. The ones I am using look similar to the Edo Floats used on the C-47. I like the ones you used on your build, Paul, but I like the shape of these also and I have some expeince with them for panel lines and where the access panels should be mounted. I am trying to figure out a way to build the kit, install it in a water base but be able to remove it for transporting purposes. Any ideas are always welcome.

I made some progress although not as much as I hoped. I worked on the floats, the castings were pretty good just a few bubbles and I had to block the mating edges to true them out. I clamped them together and used thin CA glue and let it capillary into the seam. After I used some thick to fill the gap a bit. It worked pretty good, and will not take too much work to clean up. I will have to add detail though as they lack panel lines, a chine rail and keel.

I painted the bed of the truck, and then scraped and rubbed all the salt off to give a well worn truck bed look. I am pretty happy with these results too.

I also glued the bottom of the fuselage onto the plane, and the fit was very good.

Glueing the bottom of the fuselage also sets the dihedral of wing. I saw one guys build blog and he thought it was wrong and shimmed it. I think it looks perfect out of the box.

Some really nice progress, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
The bed of the truck came out perfectly with this salt technique.
To me the dihedral does look perfect as well.

Lots of work on those struts and floats, but they do look great, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
Pretty sure they are very close to the original ones.
Must be awesome to be able to work on that Goose.

You come up with some interesting projects, @luftwaffe-birdman, and this is one of the most interesting.