dashotgun Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 having had a bad experience with the stock gear on the hasegawa 190d requiring a transplant. I used the sac gear and they were okay but the white metal leaves a lot to be desired. The eduard gear is pricy at 20 bucks plus shipping 1/2 the cost of the model. Lately i have trying to avoid a lot of the ams however I do like to photograph the models and requires some handling . So are metal gears really needed it is not a heavy model and if so are the brass ones worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 No don't use them, I have a set of the Eduard brass gear and they dint fit very well and require a lot of clean up work. Inwas disappointed with them. Regard. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I recommend Synthetic Ordnance Works composite legs. Easier to work with than metal but has strength of metal core. Also has shiny oleo part built in. Gazzas, D.B. Andrus, Rick Griewski and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 And yes, SOW does offer replacement legs for the Revell 190A kits... SOW has its own sub-forum so you can go there to see the complete catalog and how to order. https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/forum/103-synthetic-ordnance-works/ Stefano, nmayhew, monthebiff and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Thunnus said: And yes, SOW does offer replacement legs for the Revell 190A kits... SOW has its own sub-forum so you can go there to see the complete catalog and how to order. https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/forum/103-synthetic-ordnance-works/ Thanks John for the link, my 190 build ground to a halt ages ago due to the quality of the Eduard set. Regards.Andy Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashotgun Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 thanks the eduards look so good though, I received the sturmbock from ups today the landing gear legs look nice but are a bit flexible. I am going to order the Sow legs just as $ as the eduards but I like supporting one of our own . I am not sure all of my models need legs but replacing the fw190d was a bit of a pain so will go ahead with these or sac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hworth18 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I think the Eduard gear legs are well worth it, I've used them multiple times and never had any problems whatsoever. I do have issues with them on Revell's 109G kit. The gear leg attachment part is too think and has to be sanded down to fit properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 hour ago, hworth18 said: I think the Eduard gear legs are well worth it, I've used them multiple times and never had any problems whatsoever. I do have issues with them on Revell's 109G kit. The gear leg attachment part is too think and has to be sanded down to fit properly. On my set of the 190 the attachment points where so oversized and I did not like the casting flash to be removed. Lots of very hard material to be removed and no fun so no thank you from me. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 10 hours ago, monthebiff said: Thanks John for the link, my 190 build ground to a halt ages ago due to the quality of the Eduard set. Regards.Andy You're welcome Andy! Not affiliated with SOW... just a big fan of Damian's stuff! LSP_K2, monthebiff and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I used a set of SOW landing gear on my recent Fw 190 A6 build and was very impressed by them. The fit was perfect, there was zero clean up and they look outstanding. Ernest monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 9 hours ago, Greif8 said: I used a set of SOW landing gear on my recent Fw 190 A6 build and was very impressed by them. The fit was perfect, there was zero clean up and they look outstanding. Ernest Thats good to know Ernest, I have pinged an email over to SOW to order a few sets! Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, monthebiff said: Thats good to know Ernest, I have pinged an email over to SOW to order a few sets! Regards. Andy You won't regret it. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashotgun Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, hworth18 said: I think the Eduard gear legs are well worth it, I've used them multiple times and never had any problems whatsoever. I do have issues with them on Revell's 109G kit. The gear leg attachment part is too think and has to be sanded down to fit properly. good to know one plus one minus monthebiff could have gotten a bad one. I saw someone on lsp britain used one beautiful Edited February 4, 2021 by dashotgun hworth18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hworth18 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 7 hours ago, dashotgun said: good to know one plus one minus monthebiff could have gotten a bad one. I saw someone on lsp britain used one beautiful That is what I'm thinking.. I have built 3 Revell 190's and used the Eduard gear legs with absolutely no issues at all. None of mine have had any flash and all fit snug with the first application. I have them on my current build and they are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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