Edgar, as I mentioned in the post, I'm not sure if THIS set was intended to fly since they were pre-production or if any of the tanks and armament are meant for flight. I'm sure CA will let us know either way.

The drop tank and pylon are one unit by the drop tank just being glued to the pylon. This set-up is very flimsy at the joint b/c there is no reinforcement in this area and because the tank is so large and hangs down quite a bit, it allowed the tank to move from side-to-side very easily. Also, they are attached to the underside of the wing by engaging nylon screw heads and sliding back. The center tank is actually "bolted on", so no problems there, but I think there may need to be a more positive attachment for the underwing tanks or the pylon mating surface needs to be "beefed" up so it does not pull from the attachment points along with the tank-to-pylon mating area being strengthened to alleviate some of the wobble.

I think the outboard missles and pylons are fine since they are smaller and do not hang in the breeze so far and aren't affected as much by the same forces. I still have to come up with an attachment method for the four fuselage missles. At this point, velcro is used and is for static display only.

George