I am building an old kit I bought off of e-bay. It's a Wolff Pak Thrush. I have one that is already built that I'm flying now, but it's wearing out. So, I started building the kit I've had laying around for a bit. Here's the issue. After getting the fuse build I noticed that the bulkhead that supports the landing gear is shorter than the one in the plane I'm flying, and after looking at the pics in the manual (no plans) I can see that it's supposed to stick up a bit. I can fashion an extention by laminating 2 1/8th pieces of ply wood around 2 5/32 pieces that create a pocket for the landing gear. Do you think this is the best method? Is it too little a problem to worry about? My concern is that there is a hole for the wing dowel that will also be located too low if I leave it as is. Here are some pics.

I'd sand the fuselage to match the bulkhead. I had a Thrush at one time and I clearly remember that STRANGE L.G. mounting system. Actually, what I'd do, if you haven't glued the bulkhead in yet, is replace it with a thinner piece of wood, install a landing gear plate in the bottom of the fuselage, and use aluminum sheet landing gear held in with nylon bolts. I've just never liked the 5/32" wire L.G. system. Bends too easily.

Dr.1

I second the landing plate and flat alum. gear,those wire ones always seem to bend and you can never get them back to where they need to be,the alum ones keep the wheels lined up better too

well.. I'm trying to extend the landing gear block. I already had it glued in. I've laminated a couple of 5/32 pieces between some 1/8th pieces. It looks pretty good, but we'll see how it turns out. I've drilled a couple small holes on either side and "pinned" the block to the main one. I'll do some sanding and see how it turns out. I'll take pics when I'm finished with it.

Thanks for the suggestions! If this doesn't work out, I'll put an aluminum gear on it.

Here are the pics of the fix....


Looks pretty close to what it should have been, if not exactly. I'll still need to move the dowel hole, but I'll wait until I'm ready to put the dowel in the wing first, just to make sure.