RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
Hi.
Very nice looking S/W,looks great with the 200 sitting up front !!!
I too had the same problem,but you may be able to "dial" a little bit of that out.........as it is just in the geometry setting,I kow that you bent up the "rod" from the details that I posted,so if the door is working,you cannot be too far of the correct setting.
My fix to get the door flush was :
1/......try to shorten the length of the rod where it is clamped to the "half-door".......takes a little bit of time,but you may get it a bit better.
2/.....I was lucky enough to purchase another set of gear doors and fittings from "Omnimodels in the US " ( hence a spare set of rods that I gave you the dimensions for )...I then took two of the hinges off of the spare set and bolted exactly where the door appears to "bend up" when retracted on each door. ( the rod then takes up the retract compression for the door being held flush by the hinge )..........PROBLEM ALL SOLVED and nice flush doors !!!
It's not too much work and I'm sure you can get another hinge..............a piano type small hinge..? ( as used in what we call here in the UK "Doll's House" that children play with,from a craft store maybe ).I think that you will find that T/F have used metal hinges on the doors..
If you look at mt U/C video again,you should see the extra hinge that I fitted....
Hope this helps.........But I know you are on a very tight schedule for your Model Show.....hope it all goes well !!!
Kind regards..............Nick (UK).