Manolo, I thank you for the kind words and I wish you and your family best wishes as well.

You can get the Hanger 9 Fokker DVII landing gear here: http://www.horizonhobby.com/products...vii-60-HAN4685 If you type in Hanger 9 Fokker DVII 60 Landing Gear Legs HAN4685 in your browser, I'm sure it will pop up in Spain. I know it can be a pain to order from accross the pond, usually the wait can be long. It's one of my defects of character, I hate waiting if I don't have to! LOL!

I'd use your stock landing gear until- or when it breaks. I had the upgraded landing gear originally on mine and it still broke after a few bad landings, so keep an eye on it. If it doesn't break than I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you later on want to rebuild this fine aircraft and your stock landing gear legs are broken, then with a little modification the Hanger 9 legs will work, and the plane will sit a little higher improving the scale.

It's too bad that Greatplanes doesn't make parts for this airplane. I still pester them to come back with this plane with a new improved version- but I feel they don't like to listen to us unless it becomes a majority request. I had Polls here at RCU and not many want to see this plane come back, I guess it's because it's not a easy plane to land and the ground handling is terrible on the grass. But that was the case even for the full scale, and I think Greatplanes did a fantastic job in it's creation dispite the landing gear and the directions stating to use CA hinges for the rudder.

Yes at times I do use a needle by hand in tight areas, but I use the Woodpecker in wider areas. Be careful using the Woodpecker, it's so sharp I've stabbed myself a few times. I try to keep the plastic bubble wrap around the sharp roller, and I keep it in the box for storage. I think you'll love the Smartstripe, I was so impressed I took mine to the field and did a couple of sample stripes in front of the club and they thought it was very interesting. Every strip came out perfect! Just remember to change the blade out after making 4-6 stripes, the X-acto blades don't hold up very long. No big deal, the blades are cheap in America, I'm sure they are in Spain and many stores do sell them.

Take care my friend, my wife and I look forward to seeing it fly! I got my Fokker Dr1 back together and it's sitting on my table. Every time I walk to the kitchen in my house I have to walk by it and I don't ever get tired of looking at it. It is a sight for sore eyes- especially when I see snow outside in the window behind it.

I just took these pictures at the time I wrote this:
Pete