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Medium Bomber |
| Corgi item no. |
AA36703 |
| Production run |
1,545 of 2,190 |
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| Photographs
Copyright © Collin Riley 2005-2013 |
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| Junkers
Ju 88A - 4D+GM, 4./KG 30, Lister, March 1943 |
Aviation
Archive. WWII -
Norway. It's just a model, it's just a model,
it's just a model -- it's well made, has a great mold and great fit
and finish -- but the ding dang landing gear just drives me crazy.
Three of the last four models I tried to photograph had gear problems:
The extended gear for the Corgi MiG-29 was poorly lined up and wouldn't
fit the holes in the fuselage (and I ended up getting glue on the
gear panels trying to fix it); the main gear in the SkyMax silver
Tempest wouldn't line up with the wing and wouldn't stay up, but kept
slipping forward (so I couldn't photograph it); and the landing gear
for this Ju 88 wouldn't fit in those little rubber grommets fitted
in the nacelles. To get the gear pegs into the grommets (without bending
the gear posts), I filed down the pegs, but made the mistake of filing
too much, so the gear slipped forward and looked out-of-whack. I used
some tacky clay to keep the gear in place while taking pictures, but
have been wracked with guilt for wrecking the gear of a perfectly
fine Ju 88 model. Arghhhhh!
To my mind (weak as it is), the fix for this problem would be to do
away with the grommets, and make the hole in the nacelle just fit
the peg in the gear. If the peg was long enough, the gear should stay
in place from friction alone (it says here).
Anywho, I like the model, just wished I hadn't ruined the gear. Next
time I'll try pulling the grommets. |
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