Does anyone know what you call the covering over the triangular landing gear struts on a full-scale Piper Cub? I don't either. But when I look at them, all I can think of is "spats," the covers gentlemen wore over their shoes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. So, that is what I shall call the parts I added to the Flitfire yesterday.



The Goldberg kit provided two laser-cut pieces of 1/8" plywood for the basis of the spats. Also included were were nylon brackets and itty-bitty wood screws (#2 x 3/16").



Wow! I have no idea why this photo is so big, but I like it because it shows details so clearly.

Anyway, because I incorrectly removed these pieces from their surrounding sheets, there were some pits to repair. Here they are filled with Dolphin Glaze.



Back to normal size. After sanding the glaze down, I covered the spats with the same material I used on the rest of the Flitfire: Ultracote Silver. This covering is especially easy to use on flat surfaces. You just start ironing from the middle out and get perfect results every time.



Here, both spats have been covered and await . . .



installation of brackets.



Next, I fastened the spats to the fuselage with self-tapping screws and to the landing gear wire with a rubber band, per instructions. I hope to replace the rubber bands with silver stretch cord before the raffle.



The final result.