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WARNING! Buy AM Landing Gear for GWH P-61

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  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
WARNING! Buy AM Landing Gear for GWH P-61
Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:43 PM

To my fellow forum members,

It is imperative that you purchase AM metal landing gears for GWH P-61 Black Widow.  All three OOB landing gears broke.  Very poor design.  

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:49 PM

Toshi

 Very poor design.  

Toshi

 

Sez the guy who busted them...CoolStick out tongue

Are any available?

Back in the day Toshi, you'd drill them out as far up each piece as you could manage, and stick in a piece of wire.

Take a look at pictures of 61's on the ground. One kind of unique feature is that the nose gear leg sticks forward at a pretty sharp angle.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:17 PM

I've seen the photos of which you speak of.  The breaks happens at all the joints.  The landing gears were in pieces before I even installed them.  "As I say; "Bad Design".

Yes, they sell GWH 1:48 metal landing gears.  eBay!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2005
Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:33 PM

Wow Toshi!I certainly did not expect that on such a new kit.My Monogram 61 seems to be bearing the weight nicely so far!

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 6:14 AM

philo426

Wow Toshi!I certainly did not expect that on such a new kit.My Monogram 61 seems to be bearing the weight nicely so far!

 

I've built a total of three Monogram 1:48 Black Widows.  I always thought they were well designed.  The GWH landing gears is just a bad design concept.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 8:44 AM

The Hobbyist

 

 
Toshi

 

 
 

 

 

Toshi

 

 

 

Can you be more specific----maybe use pics to illustrate? 

 

 

No, sorry.  I threw them out.

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 11:24 AM

That's a bummer. Sad

Mike

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 12:40 PM

Buckeye

That's a bummer. Sad

Mike

 

Yes, it is.  But that's not going to stop me, I have already ordered via eBay a nice set of metal landing gears.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    May 2011
  • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted by Real G on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 1:20 PM

“Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2:26 PM

Real G

Thank you so much RealG.  I'll keep this in mind on the next build.  I've already ordered the metal landing gears.  Thanks for the link.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    August 2013
Posted by Jay Jay on Thursday, May 12, 2016 9:12 AM

That's a crying shame Toshi!

For an exorbitant  $200 msrp kit, you shouldn't have to buy ANYTHING  aftermarket. That would seriously tick me off.  Angry

 

 

 

 

 

 I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Thursday, May 12, 2016 9:57 AM

Jay Jay

That's a crying shame Toshi!

For an exorbitant  $200 msrp kit, you shouldn't have to buy ANYTHING  aftermarket. That would seriously tick me off.  Angry

 

Yes, that is a shame on GWH.  I personally don't understand why you would make the joints at the landing gear be the weakest point.  I have more questions than anger with GWH.  In all honesty, in my humble opinion, the Monogram 1:48 Black Widows gears are made much more sturdy.

Luckily for consumers, eBay came to the rescue.  From the tracking number attached to the gears these parts are in PA.  I should see it no later than Saturday.  Thank you for the support.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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