ORIGINAL: SDCrashmaster
Getting the first set completed requires a three step process of Fabricating Masters, Molding/Casting and Assembly Paint Detail. They each take about the same amount of time, which on a project as intense a the F/A-18 landing gear (lots of parts and detail) required upwards of 350 hours of work. It takes me about 150 hrs. to do a set from the molds.
I knew there was a trick to it. All we have to do is spend a bazillion hours on it!