Another very welcome offering from our friends at Scale Aircraft Conversions is their white metal landing gear set for SkunkModel Workshop’s 1/48 scale MQ-9 Reaper. Since reviewing the Reaper kit back in June of 2011, my sample has succumbed to the insatiable pull of gravity against its spindly injection-molded main struts, settling into a “low-rider” crouch with the low-hanging vertical stabilizer all but dragging in the dirt.

Enter SAC’s aftermarket set! Patterned from the kit parts, the SAC struts are a perfect fit to the base kit. Although some detail is softened in the casting process, they are still convincing in appearance and a necessity to preclude the dreaded “low-rider” effect of the kit struts.

I highly recommend this set for anyone building the 1/48 SkunkModel MQ-9 Reaper with gear down.

Many thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions for the review sample and to IPMS/USA for the opportunity to review it and to upgrade my Reaper.