Hi all,
I’m starting to assemble this old 1:72 Academy kit to make this Fieseler Fi-156 “Storch”:
Credit: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Fieseler Fi 156 ‘Storch’ (Stork) Regia Aeronautica.
Castel Benito, Libya, September 1940 M.M. 56631 1° Gruppo Aviazione Coloniale
A quick look inside the box, with Kora decal and Edward detail PE:
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A little Cockpit improvement …
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Cockpit painted and first step to improve wings …
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Before and after …
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Replaced original Small barrel shaped Oil Radiator with the lamellar type and added exhausts
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Kit ready to be painted and assembled…
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Slat ready …
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Camo … after three attempts …
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Almost completed …
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A little gallery …
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What it the proper aircraft term for the leading edge vanes on the wings designed to give even greater lift at slow speeds?
I am working now on trying to cut up a 1/32 Lysander to show these surfaces as extended, (retractable on the Lysander)
OK, answered my own question:
If the leading edge device is fixed it is called a SLOT
It the leading edge device is retractable/adjustable it is call a SLAT.
