ex-USMC_Hornet_WSO Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Has anyone tried installing metal landing gear on the Revell 1/48 F-14? Scale Aircraft Conversions makes a set for the Hobby Boss kit that looks like it could be jerry rigged, and G-Factor makes one for the Hasegawa kit. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Does the Revel kit need metal landing gear? I built at least half a dozen way back in the day and the stock plastic pieces never gave me trouble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex-USMC_Hornet_WSO Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Does the Revel kit need metal landing gear? I built at least half a dozen way back in the day and the stock plastic pieces never gave me trouble. Yeah, I may be over-reacting. I just want this baby to last! I thought I may have damaged a main gear wheel axle while trying to squeeze on the wheel, but it will probably be ok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 the Revellogram tomcat has one of the stoutest landing gears of any model I've ever built. Far be it from me to tell you what to put on your model, but the kit supplied gear is plenty sturdy. Of all the Revellogram tomcats I've built (and I've lost count) only ONE ever had a gear that broke, and it was a clean break at the kit part... all I had to do was re-glue it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsmith Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I don't know about gear made for the HB kit, but if you are looking at using metal gear made for the Hasegawa kit, it will not fit without modification to the Monogram kit. The main gear for the Hasegawa kit is longer, as the gear bays are deeper. You will need to cut out part of the fuselage, and rebuild the bay. Also, the SAC gear requires plastic parts from the respective kits. If using this set for the Monogram kit I would go with G-Factor, as you do not need any additional parts. Cheers, -Doug :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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