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Henschel of the Eastern Front

The rest of the assembly was minor things like the center-line drop tank, boarding steps, ram-air venturi, cockpit entry doors, bomb racks and the unspatted landing gear.  As I said in my full-build review, the molding of the unspatted landing gear is flawless.  Each landing gear is comprised of three pieces-the unspatted gear strut, wheel yolk and the support yolk.  Assembly was very easy and looks great when finished.  I did find that the modification I made to the lower wing to accept the unspatted gear required a little more work.  The reason being that when I made the original modification, I made it without the upper-half of the lower wing attached per the instructions.  When the lower wing halves are glued together, there is a bit of plastic from the upper-half that impedes inserting the unspatted gear strut all the way into the hole.  I was able to take care of it with the motor tool and rounded bur inserted into the hole but I recommend that anyone performing this mod do some dry-fitting of the gear strut with both halves of the lower wing before assembly is completed.