i cut the nose retract tray all to pieces too. a little reinforcement and yours will be fine. the radial will be awesome.
got it on its feet yesterday. i previously worked in the nose strut spring it was super stiff. got whatever glue/grease they used off of it and put some better grease in and now it will compress some. the mains are just as bad. pushing it around yesterday it was just bouncing all over the place.
