Well I bought this kit back in April or March the first one came with a hole in the wing. By the time I get the replacement it was May and the flying season. I tried to skip posting it and just build but that did not work so I’m restarting the build now.
This is the CMP Giant scale Zero, see it at:
http://ak-models.com/mm5/merchant.mv...de=CMPWarBirds
I’ve included a number of pic’s to show present progress so I can get right to the build.
I’m presently looking at adding retracts, you will notice the sweep forward by the strut as it fits into the wing. It came with a 3 inch dia. Wheel and 3.75in opening in the wing for it. If I measure from the back of the wheel opening in the wing to the sheer webbing on the main spars I find 1.375in.. So my scale calculations assuming this is a A6M5 tell me I should fit a 4.5in wheel. With the available space between the aft wheel opening and shear webbing I should be able to do the 4.5in wheel.
I also took some very poor pic’s of the mounting rails. It looks like those rails are made of pine or a light hardwood so I’m probably going to remove them and reposition them as well as the routing of the strut.
Joe