Tristar Fieseler Storch Fi 156

[tamigawa]

Yes I know it's an aircraft, but it worked closely with armoured forces and there is some precedence on PA:

http://www.planetarmor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2781

and encouragement:

http://www.planetarmor.com/forums/blog.php?b=28



Once again, model is courtesy of C.K. Pat.

The boxart is really nice, and this is the biggest kit tristar has shipped to date:



Instructions:

















Decals:





There appear to be more decal option than there are schemes in the instructions. Nice, but I wish I knew what they were.


Sprues. I was surprised at how few parts there were in the box, I guess I'm used to armour kits. Detail looks really nice and there is less flash than there has been on other recent tristar kits.









The wheel struts have metal rods moulded in to increase the strength.

There are two sets of clear parts included. The first is just a normal sprue, and the second has prepainted parts. While not perfect, this is the best attempt I've seen. (Academy and Hasegawa come to mind for making some really awful ones) A few of the lines are soft and in a few places the paint is chipped, but overall, the canopy is usable if you aren't too picky. I'll probably mask my own as I am that picky.