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Old 05-23-2017, 07:49 PM
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Exclamation Main gear doors

There are two doors per landing gear struts. The small back ones are riding with the struts and the forward large ones in front actuate separately.

Here are the doors, nice lamination
F-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3962.jpg


actuators glued to the doors to ease assembly
F-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3963.jpgF-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3965.jpg


small aft doors in place
F-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3966.jpg

big forward doors attached.
F-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3967.jpgF-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3968.jpg

and here it is looking as if the aircraft is on its gear
F-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3969.jpg

but wait,

the kit shows the forward doors wide open which is wrong in normal operation. On the ground and when the gear is down, the forward main doors are partially closed and only open briefly during retraction or extension as well as maintenance work ).


so here is what the real plane doors look like on the ground
F-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-f-104-main-gear-doors.jpg

and here is what they should look like on the kit.
F-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3970.jpgF-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3973.jpgF-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3974.jpgF-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3977.jpgF-104G Starfighter- Kartonowa Kolekcia 1/33 scale-img_3978.jpg


so all the work on the forward door interior is unseen

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