Scale Aircraft Conversions 1/48 B-57 Canberra Landing Gear First Look

By Michael Benolkin

First Look

Scale Aircraft Conversions (SAC) produces an impressive array of white metal replacement landing gear for a variety of models. Some of these sets correct different issues that appeared in production kits, while others are simple common sense replacements to have stronger landing gear on your model.

This release is one of more than 60 landing gear sets available in 1/48 scale and is targeted for the Classic Airframes release of the B-57 Canberra. Classic Airframes had released several English Electric Canberras and the B-57 release retained the British nose gear rather than the one used by Martin in the US Canberra. This gear set is a drop-in replacement for the kit's gear, and also includes an improved nose gear well.

One nice aspect of aftermarket landing gear like these from SAC is that you can make the change anytime, even after the kit's gear buckles for whatever reason. Unlike an aftermarket cockpit or other details that need to be incorporated during construction, you can easily extract the old styrene gear and plug in these replacements once you've got them primed and painted. Of course you can plan ahead and use them during your build-up and avoid the problems in the first place. If you want to use the nose gear well, you'll only get that in there during the build of the kit and not afterwards...

You can obtain SAC landing gear from your favorite hobby retailer or online hobby shop. If your retailer can't get these for you and you can't this set at your favorite online retailer, then you can get quick service from Scale Aircraft Conversions directly.

My sincere thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions for this review sample!