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Hereare pics of the left landing gear on my #167.
Visible in the 1st pic is the small black tie wrap which loops around the RoboStrut and thru a small eye-bolt which is screwed into a 1/8" ply plate on the back side of the front landing gear door. This insures that the door will follow the landing gear as it retracts. If you use this method, make sure your tie wrap is loose: too tight and it will bind when the landing gear wants to go down.
Also visible in this pic are the now painted left side exhaust stacks mentioned in an earlier mod, and the machine gun openings which will be covered later.
In the 2nd pic, visible is conventional pinned flat control surface hinges (outlined with black line, one per gear door) attaching the gear door to the wing. The top half of the hinge uses small scews for attachment into the leading edge (with 1/8" ply plate added), so the the doors can be removed is necessary. The bottom half is epoxied to the gear door. Note that the retract unit has been removed for this pic for better clarity of the door hinge.