Scale Aircraft Conversions 1/144 Roden C-124 White Metal Landing Gear
By Matt Bittner
This is my first set of white metal, replacement landing gear. I've been skeptical of them, being unsure of what type of detail they'll provide. Having the Roden 1/144 C-124A, I was looking for a beefier set of landing gear, and this set from Scale Aircraft Conversions definitely fits the bill.
The set consists of replacement main landing gear, their retraction struts, as well as the oleo scissors. For the nose, not only do you receive the replacement main gear leg, retraction strut and scissors, but you also receive a replacement nose gear well/cockpit floor, and bulkhead. It's in these two last pieces where the true value comes in. Since you'll need weight in the nose of the model to keep it on its landing gear, Scale Aircraft Conversions take all the guess work out of how much weight you'll need by providing these two pieces.
Note: Even though you'll replace the kit pieces with the nose gear well/cockpit floor and rear bulkhead, and along with the white metal nose gear legs, you'll still need another 20 grams of weight up-front to stop the kit from being a tail-sitter.
I'm looking forward to using this set when I build the Roden 1/144 C-124A. Many thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions for the landing gear set.