Fieseler Fi 156 Storch strip down

I could get hold of one of those rare kits.

not being able so solder yet, I superglued everything, which was quite fumbly at times.

One or two details at the cockpit were added

RLM2 is the color of the frame. Wooden parts were painted acrylic buff and received a more wooden appearance with oils afterwards.

Eduard wants you to build the strip down kit with a close engine cowling. In my eyes this contradicts the idea of a strip down kit somewhat. So I decided to look for an engine - and found one.

The engine fire wall and the oil tank were scratched and after the nerve wrecking assembly of the forward flaps I could call it done.

I wanted to shoot some better pictures for quite a while.
I find this bird tricky to photograph, or is it just me?!

Komentáre

49 13 October 2021, 18:52

Mark
Wow! A wonderful kit assembled to stunning effect. 👍

13 October 2021, 19:44

Michael Kohl
Thanx Mark. Happy to hear. It was no homerun and sat again and again for month until I gathered the motivation to overcome the hurdles I faced. But now I am happy to look at it.

15 October 2021, 12:24

Robert Podkoński
I am deeply impressed with your perseverance...And the effect is stunning indeed!

15 October 2021, 13:12

Michael Kohl
Thanks Robert for your kind reply. Much appreciated.

15 October 2021, 14:02

bughunter
Nicely done! It was a good decision to replace the closed cowling with the engine, luckily Karaya re-released the old ExtraTech sets.
One day I will solder this kit too as addition to the other stripdown kits of this series.

26 October 2021, 09:17

Dominik Weitzer
super!

26 October 2021, 09:30

Michael Kohl
Danke Bughunter und Dominik.
I hope that Eduard will re-release those strip down kits with improved styrene or/and resin parts as they did with the Fokker Dr.I.

31 October 2021, 12:19

Rui S
Filigrana. Incredible work 👍

31 October 2021, 12:45

Ralf Topeters
Could it be I saw this one in Lingen yesterday? It is a masterpiece of skill and concentration. You must be a Zen-master! 😉 👍 👍 👍

26 March 2023, 12:42

Michael Kohl
Hi Ralf, thanks for your nice comment. Indeed, this kit tested my skills, patience and perseverance as it is very fragile and some parts, like the leading edge slats, are quite tricky to assemble. But what you have seen in Lingen must have been another Zen-Master as I happen to work this weekend. 🙂
I case you like that Strip Down stuff, you are welcome to visit my Fokker Dr. I- build too. A kit which is much easier to handle.

Fokker Dr.I strip down 1:72 | Album by panorama (1:72)

26 March 2023, 13:41