Thanks for clearing up the question if the tailwheel retracted or not. I have seen several pictures of the BF109f with the tailwheel extended. That makes one less problem to deal with.
Has anyone done any sketching as to how the scale gear and wheel could be worked in. The mains are about 4 3/4" in diameter,
while the tailwheel is about 2 1/2 ". The gear is attached to the fuselage instead of the wing and because of the main wheel diameter
slants back quite a bit. The rails installed in the wing are not canted positive enough to position the wheel forward in front of the wing.
I plan to build a mockup of the gear area to get the mechanics working right. Anyone started a layout of the cockpit changes?
www.flickr.com/photos/farinihouseoflove/sets, has a wealth of photos to get ideas from.