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                        scratchbuilt landing gear out of metal tube/rod

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 18, 2003 3:01 AM
                        Even easier, Drill up through the kit gear and insert some wire, glue it in with superglue. I use telephone wire or even guitar wires which come in a variety of sizes and are very tough. Both of the above can also be used for detailing on kits, the guitar wire looks close to braided wire as used on landing gear, in wheel bays etc. Alternatively, there are plastic tubes (evergreen etc) that are tougher plastic than in the kit.
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                        toadwbg
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Iowa- USA
                        Posted by toadwbg on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 1:36 PM
                        Thanks Ray... Whoah! Rodney's stuff has given me a headache!
                        "I love modeling- it keeps me in the cool, dark, and damp basement where I belong" Current Projects: 1/48th Hasegawa F-14D- 25% 1/48th Tamiya Spitfire- 25%
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                        Ray Marotta
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Lyons Colorado, USA
                        Posted by Ray Marotta on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 10:40 AM
                        Here's a URL to check out. It's about Rodney Williams P-51B with plenty of info
                        about landing gear construction


                        http://www.kithobbyist.com/largescaleplanes/articles/RodneyWilliams/P-51B_5/P-51Bpart5.htm

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                        Ray Marotta
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                        • From: Lyons Colorado, USA
                        Posted by Ray Marotta on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 10:34 AM
                        Take a look at Rodney Williams' work on scratch built landing gears.
                        His work pops up on many modeling sites and, if you don't let it intimidate you,
                        it's inspirational.

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                        toadwbg
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Iowa- USA
                        scratchbuilt landing gear out of metal tube/rod
                        Posted by toadwbg on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 7:55 AM
                        I've often been dissapointed by the weak plastic landing gear in many kits easily snapping off. I've been using brass tube for a while now for gun tubes and thought, "why not" make landing gear struts out of them.

                        Sounds simple enough, but I would ask this: Is their any articles or how-to instructions out there? The biggest problem I see is that you frequently have more than one diameter to represnet and cutting and fitting one tube inside another isn't always that easy.

                        Your help please...
                        "I love modeling- it keeps me in the cool, dark, and damp basement where I belong" Current Projects: 1/48th Hasegawa F-14D- 25% 1/48th Tamiya Spitfire- 25%
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