Originally Posted by
maddog-RCU
Marksp;
I hope your P-47 arrives in better condition than mine did.
As the Fedex guy unloaded mine from his van I could hear something inside banging around.
What I found when I got the box into my shop and opened up was scarry. The retracts were never put inside of it's own box, it looked like someone took them from their box and dumped the gear and the soft foam packing for them on top of the plane…
My kit arrived today and like your experience the gear were neither boxed or secured. I inspected canopy and did not noticed any visible damage, but have not taken model completely out of the box.
Guessing gear did not travel in same box as plane from factory, rather added along with marketing brochure in Illinois for last leg of trip.
Fingers crossed!