I finally got mine in the air on wheels using a G26. The power is great for scale flying. I have not painted mine yet. I have changed the gear mounts and machined some scale float fittings and moved the float attach points to the scale locations. With a little work, this is a great plane that is pretty close to scale (better than most any ARF I have seen to date).
On the maiden take off I ran it up to half throttle and let her roll down the frozen lake for 100' before pulling it into the air. Two clicks right rudder and one click down elevator and it was hands off flying. The turns require lots of rudder and the ailerons are not overly responsive (just like the real plane). All in all it flys better than most Cubs, and is very docile. I got in a large loop and a few tail slides. With the G26 it will hold the hover for a few seconds then start a tourqing tail slide... Not real scale but it is cool. I am hoping for a little more power from this engine after the break in, as I only have three 12 oz tanks through it at this point.

The flaps are very effective, and required a 14% down mix on the elevators to keep the nose from popping up when you dropped the flaps. Stalls were gentle with the recomended elevator throws, but if you give her more elevator, it will try to break out on the stall and go into a spin. Very easy to recover from just be aware that it will drop a wing, but it also gives you ALOT of warning that it is coming.

I hope to have it on the floats later in the month after the lake thaw out and will post back on it then.