A BBI Corsair landing gear fix? Anyone know?
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:11 am
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?
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?