Scale Aircraft Conversions specializes in white metal landing gear replacements for scale models. This was the first time I’ve used one of their replacements and I have to say that it was very easy to use them and that I like it a lot.

This aftermarket set is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the Meng Messerchmitt 410 landing gear. You don’t need to modify any parts to make them fit to your airplane. The fit is perfect and the breakdown of the parts mimics the breakdown of the plastic parts. The replacement landing gear has good surface detail, very similar to the level of detail of the plastic parts.

The white metal parts are actually very easy to work with. I did not need to clean any seams on my parts, nor modify them in any way. They took Model Master Enamel paint very well.

I would say that the main reason to use the replacement kit is for strength. I was surprised by the weight of Meng’s model and I was actually glad to have the chance to use the aftermarket set.

Please note that the SAC aftermarket set includes parts for both the main landing gear and the tail wheel. By the time I got the set, I had already mounted the tail wheel and I’ve only used the main landing gear parts.

Recommended to modelers of all skill levels.

I would like to thank Scale Aircraft Conversions and IPMS/USA for the review sample.