Hi Larry,
I took care of the problem you described on page 20 post # 485. They were mushy to start but the dowels solved the problem. The problem to solve is the nose strut. Anything more than s smooth landing and the lower strut doesn't hold up. The B 25 nose gear that I am using is only a half yoke. My friend vladimir is making a lower strut with a full yoke that is closer to what the Panther used. The Shampoo bottle is just temporary. It's the only thing I had, to give me a little more time, that wouldn't roll off the wing.