Tag: tricycle landing gear

• Douglas Havoc – Part Eight – The Faulty Gear

  

  Looks like 42547 will be sitting for a bit longer on the hardstand at RCAF WET DOG. The Russian ferry pilot has complained about the front landing gear strut – and we can’t say we disagree with him. It has been put on the service sheet for a rebuild. The front gear leg does indeed…

  Dick Stein

  November 9, 2019

  1:72 scale, Model Airplane, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Models, Soviet aircraft, Workshop

  ALSIB, convoy, Douglas Havoc, tricycle landing gear

• Bell P-39 – Part Three – Weight A Minute

  

  Or forever sit on your tail. I applaud the tricycle landing gear for aircraft – in the case of civilian airliners it allows a steady takeoff and landing – I would not want to spill my champagne. On military planes it probably allows the pilot a lot better view of the field or carrier deck…

  Dick Stein

  August 11, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Workshop

  Bell Airacobra, tricycle landing gear, weights

• Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Nine – The Roll-Out

  

  Well, as Marty of Marty’s Matchbox Makeovers says, ” I’m happy with that… “. ( I highly recommend his YouTube videos on toy car restoration. ) The Airfix Liberator was never going to be better than its moulding would let it be – and there were issues in the fuselage fit and the decals for…

  Dick Stein

  August 4, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Consolidated Liberator, finals, old mould, tricycle landing gear