thanks for the review Andy. Hope to get to MZ before the VAT increase ! A bit of a heads up for decent refs - they could be a little hard to come by.. Apart from bits & pieces in the Classic Colours series, a photoscope feature in an old Réplic and a five part article series in Avions magazine (Lela Presse), there is only the Luftwaffe Seaplanes book also from Lela Presse for all those difficult to find cockpit and internal shots. The chapter on the Ar 196 is 130 pages in this super volume...