Kevin
Don't be put put off by the look of the gear, it's a lot simpler than it looks. It just pivots about an angled hinge, and what looks like a big jack is just a drag strut. The main bogies are tucked away using a fixed strut and some simple geometry.Watching it all tuck itself away from five feet away is pretty cool, especially when you reduce the hyd pressure and do it in slo mo.
You're not wrong about the wing, I couldn't believe how thin it was the first time I worked on it.
One thing that may be of interest, the full size aircraft tend to leave the pylons on even if they are not carrying stores as it helps the handling characteristics. The display aircraft has the outbourd pylons left on.

Dave