ticketec
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Hey Wufnu,
You will get many opinions with this topic, some people say throw it all away and use "American" hardware.
Now, I don't know what "American" hardware is or why it's so good, because i'm almost finished building a Top Flite P-51 which is has "American" hardware in it an a lot of people replace it as well, so we will assume that they think "american" stands for a reputable name hardware manufacture...
I on the other hand used most of the supplied hadware. Here is the list of what i did.
Landing gear: already spoken about.
Control horns: compared them to Du-bro large horns i have here at home and much the same in terms of plastic rigidity and strength
Dowel rods: replaced the rudder with sullivan golden rod, and the elevator used the dowel rod but with 4-40 hardware.
Pushrods: replaced because they have a different thread to 2-56 and i couldn't get my metal clevis' on.
screws: used supplied
tank: used supplied
Wheels: way to small for scale and have du-bro 4" tires which weight heaps
Hinges: used supplied, but read below.
I have just stripped back the covering on the entire model and am preparing to kitbash it, and on removing the flight controls i simply pulled them off and was somewhat disturbed at the ease in which the hinges let go. i would recommend replacing these and i will be doing the sameduring the kitbash.
just my 2c and Hope this helps
thanks
< Message edited by ticketec -- 5/16/2007 10:39:33 PM >
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RE: nitroplanes.com FW 190 Build - 
If you send them an email, though, they'll be able to tell you for sure. I don't want to tell you something and be wrong and since I've never bought a transmitter pack I think it's best if they tell you. 
