'Outdoor Girl' Curtiss Thrush

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Hi Pete,
Another great model! In #14, the first picture: Is that a Norwegian Fieseler Fi-156 Storch with ski landing gear?

Greetings from Switzerland,
Peter

[Pete Fardell]

Hi Pete,
Another great model! In #14, the first picture: Is that a Norwegian Fieseler Fi-156 Storch with ski landing gear?

Thanks, Peter-
Yes, a Norwegian Storch on skis, just as you say. It was built from the Dumas kit. Here's a pic from about 11 years ago. Never actually flew it off snow, but it went okay off its skis indoors.

Meanwhile 'Outdoor Girl' now has the girls aboard: Francis Marsalis and Helen Richey. I found b&w photos of both sitting in exactly the right places, so printed them off and glazed them into my cabin, after first colourising them on a free website.