Fieseler Fi 156 'Storch' - Regia Aeronautica

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)


A modern experimental STOL aircraft with these same fixed leading edge wing vanes.

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.

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Some Storch reference found on line:
(Photos credited by their source)

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