Me 262 leading edge slats

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There seems to be conflicting evidence as to whether when at rest, on the ground, the leading edge slats of the Me 262 automatically sat in the extended position. On the modelingmadness site, Tom Cleaver is adamant that they were extended. Galland writes of checking their operation by pulling these slats out and letting them snap back to the retracted postion.

Many photographs appear to provide evidence of both postions.

For the purposes of commencing a 1/48 Tamiya version, are there any definitive views one way or the other? (or hopefully either: it will certainly be easier to do them retracted, I suppose).

Thanks,

Michael