Kevin thanks for the info!! Jose from Global had the same problem with the elevator mechanism and showed me where he cut into the skin to gain access. Thanks for the heads up.
For the gear pins I hope mine is the one piece since I just got it but with my luck its not. Guess I will need to dig into that more. I am planning on adding a second gear valve on the upside on the mains so they have 2 supplies of air and adding a 3rd large air tank for the gear. I hope that will get the job done.