Fieseler Storch

Fieseler Storch of FI 156 C-3/Trop Luftwaffe (North Africa) 1942.

Used extensively by Rommel during the ebb and flow of the North Africa campaign and most famously to rescue Mussolini from a remote mountain top, the only fixed wing aircraft of the time capable of doing so.

I altered this Airfix Vintage Classic slightly by lowering the undercarriage to make it more realistic in the landing position and added additional struts missing from the original kit but which are clearly seen in historical photos and even the box art. I also had to fill a chasm across the front of the cockpit with PVA. While this filing job won’t be winning any artistic prizes will at least keep the draft off Rommel, who, I promise, is sat in the back