Roden 1/72 C-123B
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Main landing gear assembly.  Note that the upper plate that the gear strut attaches to is above the horizontal rib on the back plate, and that the vertical plate to the right
and attached to the linkage is to the left of the rib on the back plate.  There are very small locating pins on the mating sides of the plates, don't sand them off thinking they
are flash.  It seems like the art of design is at a higher level the the technology used to make the molds, there are lots of good ideas that just don't work as they
should due to part tolerances.  Now that I know where the parts go I would paint the framing and the gear separately and then assemble them, but the instructions for
placement were not clear to me.  Also, they have a keeper for the wheels that forces you to assemble the inner wheel half to the strut, install and glue the keeper,
and then glue on the second wheel half.  Not a good plan as regards painting.

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