Tempest undercarriage problem

[rossm]

I have a 1/72 Heller Tempest which has suffered damage during transit to shows and the undercarriage legs have snapped. They are delicate mouldings and therefore weak. I could try a drill and pin fix but I'm not sure there is enough plastic to do it. Are there any metal u/c legs for the Tempest in 1/72?

As I couldn't find any the next question is how close are Sea Fury or Typhoon legs? Both of those are available.

TIA

Ross

[Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies]

Sea Fury will do, but Typhoon won't. Typhoon legs are traditional oleo legs. The Tempest and Sea Fury share those unusual parallel motion legs

As it happens, I broke my Tempest undercarriage on the way home from Scale Scotland yesterday - they were fixed last night with a drill and brass inserts as you suggest, however being a scale larger than yours this was somewhat easier to implement!

[rossm]

Sea Fury will do, but Typhoon won't. Typhoon legs are traditional oleo legs. The Tempest and Sea Fury share those unusual parallel motion legs

As it happens, I broke my Tempest undercarriage on the way home from Scale Scotland yesterday - they were fixed last night with a drill and brass inserts as you suggest, however being a scale larger than yours this was somewhat easier to implement!

Thanks for the reply and glad you fixed yours - I think I've some Aeroclub Sea Fury u/c somewhere if the drill/pin doesn't work for me

[MarkoZG]

If you need, I could offer you Aeroclub's white metal set for Sea Fury. I should have more than one.

[Tony C]

Heritage (Kits for Cash now), used do sell a 1/72 set for the Sea Fury which I used for a Tempest!

Not sure though, if it was discontinued...

[stevehnz]

I had a look on the KfS website with the same thought in mind but nothing showed up so assumed he is out of them.

Steve.

Edited September 18, 2016 by stevehnz