The next area that was in need of detailing after finishing the cockpit was the landing gear.
Photoetch to the rescue, both the Eduard and PART frets were used for both the gear and the bay.
Some details that were not covered by either kit or detailing set, such as the landing skid and tail wheel actuators, were scratch built.
Some of the items that were included in the Eduard set had to be redone from scratch, for example the skid operation arms. The flat photoetch just didn't render well enough the 3-D aspect of the real thing which was made of tubular steel. The PE arms when not totally useless though, as they could be used as a pattern to make new ones with lengths of wire from a paperclip.
I used the kit's wheels for the dolly, although they are reportedly wrong, because I was unable to find replacements and so decided to enjoy the perks of whatif and depart slightly from reality on account of this being a Luft 45+ build.
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