When installing the new 4-40 rod for the main wheels retracts, all I can say that who ever designed the wheelwells actually used their brains. If you notice in the pictures of the wing, there is a screw in the plastic wheelwell cover. I thought, OK, why is it there? The directions do not show it doing anything. Lo and behold, the wheelwell covers are NOT glued in, like most ARFs that I have worked on. For me, this is great. I unscrewed the retract and that little screw and everything just came out as one unit as pretty as you please. Boy does that make it easy to get access to the retract if it ever has problems. No more haveing to cut access holes to get to the clevis if it pops off. The only problem with that little screw is that the balsa sheeting underneath it is thin. When I reinstalled the wheelwells, I just glued a new piece of balsa sheet under the part of the sheeting for the screw to have some virgin balsa to bite into. Worked like a charm. I also installed the the pull-pull set-up for the nose gear steering, it is not a direct pushrod. Not being a big fan of pull-pull systems, I really took my time to get it right. I deviated from the instructions and used clevises on the nosewheel steering arm instead of attaching the wire directly to it (I'll post pictures of what I am talking about). After getting it all set up, I think it really will work out OK. Time will tell. Tonight, it will be time to get ready to hang the engine. I have decided to use my reliable Saito 65 4S. I was going to use an OS .704S, but I would have to pull it from another plane. It would be a pain in the a** and I really like flying that other plane.
More pics tonight