I'm going through a "planes with skis" phase, having already built a DHC2 Beaver, Auster AP2 and Antonov An-2 fitted with skis. This time it's a Noorduyn Norseman, built from a 1/72 Matchbox kit.
The Matchbox kit was old but nice, with everything fitting together quite nicely. All the blemishes are my doing. I decided the decals were past their use-by date, so I made up my own paint scheme for it, using the same Tamiya rattle can orange that I have used on my other Arctic/Antarctic planes. They're starting to look like a corporate fleet all together on the shelf.
I'm a bit of a newcomer to both aircraft and to modelling, taking up the model-building hobby when I involuntarily entered semi-retirement two years ago, and at the same time beginning my interest in older, civil aviation aircraft.
I really enjoy getting onto You Tube and checking out lots of videos of each plane I am bullding as I go. It adds so much pleasure to the build, and I learn a lot along the way. If you're interested in Norsemans, this 22-minute documentary on Canadian Bush Pilots, featuring a guy doing his rounds on a Norseman, is full of good footage, including some nice old historic stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlI2qAzQh9U