Despite the really nice finish and details on the latest white-checkerboard Marine Corsair, mine came with the main gear and wheels reversed, i.e., the port gear is on the starboard wing and vice versa.
Which means if you want the model to display with the wheels and tires on the outside of the strut (proper configuration) you have to turn the strut so that the "knee" is pointing forward, which of course, is backwards.
All I have to do to fix this is swap the two struts, but of course, they're on some kind of spring/retraction mechanism and seemingly can't just be pulled out and then pushed back into the wing they belong in.
Anyone else have any experience in taking the thing apart and swapping the gear?
A BBI Corsair landing gear fix? Anyone know?
Flytiger,
This may or may not help, as I have not tried this maneuver, but the landing struts seem to be mounted with a philips head screw at the top of the piviot point and can be seen if looking at the gear retracted with the strut cover off....you might be able to get a small "L" shaped screrw driver (or bend one in a vise) in there and remove the screws and swap the left for the right....maybe.
all the best
This may or may not help, as I have not tried this maneuver, but the landing struts seem to be mounted with a philips head screw at the top of the piviot point and can be seen if looking at the gear retracted with the strut cover off....you might be able to get a small "L" shaped screrw driver (or bend one in a vise) in there and remove the screws and swap the left for the right....maybe.
all the best
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