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[Gern]

Well if it collapses I will hang it from the ceiling although I may have to re enforce that too, slight error behind the cockpit is only 88g not 110g.
Scott

There are (expensive!) A/M metal undercarriage replacements available Scott - but I'll be b******d if I can find the review I thought I saw about the problem!


Mind you, I've just had a look at my kit and it would seem that you can add some metal pins inside the u/c parts - with a bit of tweaking. It certainly wouldn't hurt ......

[Guest]

Hi folks, ok nervous moment iam now officially freaked out about the under carriage .......... So I have applied epoxy resin to every part of the gear and am going to allow it 24 hrs to dry, here are some pics.... Wish me luck.


Scott

[Guest]

Lovely looking aircraft Scott, doing a great job on it as usual

[Guest]

Cheers much appreciated, will post more pics tomorrow regarding the undercarriage.


Scott

[geegad]

Great beast off a plane look forward to seeing the camo scheme

[Guest]

I look forward to see if it stands up right rather than falling on it's big belly lol.


Scott

[Guest]

Do you know what, after all the weight I have added to get this big bitch sitting properly......... She is sitting on her bloody tail don't know how to fix it?


Scott

[Guest]

As it's all sealed up, maybe live with it for now & once it's done pose it on a base with some superglue to hold the nosewheel tyres to the base?

[stona]

I had a similar problem with an Me 262. I fixed it to a base, but to avoid any evidence or gluey marks I drilled the front tyre and inserted a pin which I then glued into a corresponding hole in the base. A variation I've heard of is to fix a wire to the tyre and pull that through the base, bending it to make a fixing which still allows the model to be easily removed. I've never tried that but it should work.


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

Cheers guys I might just do that.


Scott

[PhilJ]

What about a maintenance trestle/prop at the rear? I have seen loads of pictures with them used on old German fighters and jets? Not sure if they used them on bombers ect but it would also add some interest


Phil

[yak face]

Shame about that scott , as others have said gluing the nose wheel to a base is one of the best ways , or maybe making four wheel chocks and gluing them to the main wheels , front and back to stop the beast sitting up , cheers tony

[Gern]

Do you know what, after all the weight I have added to get this big bitch sitting properly......... She is sitting on her bloody tail don't know how to fix it?
Scott

That's a d**n shame Scott! How short of weight are you? If you're nearly there, I think there's a tiny bit of space in the nose so could you pour a little PVA in through the hole in the nose piece and then pour in some sand or similar? There's also a bit of space available in the prop spinners which you could fill with a PVA/sand mix or Blutack. Maybe these could swing the balance for you depending on how short of the required weight you are .....

[Guest]

How the heck, after all those extra weights. Maybe more I the mid section will help, it will be in front of the rear wheels where it counts.

[stona]

I've got another big German lined up for my next project, also a tricycle undercarriage, and this is making me feel nervous


Cheers


Steve