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I was going through my supply of parts and materials looking for suitable stuff to make the outer gear doors from. I lucked out finding three sets still in the bags of molded fiberglass doors left over from earlier TF models. I guess I used the same set of doors on each new plane that replaced crashed planes. They are the exact size needed for the new plane, will save me many hours of work. It took about an hour to hinge the first door. the airfoil type is slightly off but almost unnoticeable. And on the wing bottom, will not be detectable. The TF planes don't use inner gear doors so I can't get those from that source, but the JB P51B plane's gear door is only slightly curved and is easy to make from air ply. It is too bad the TF gear door set is a part of the replacement wing set, too expensive for just the doors.