| Have been using something similar to this for increased undercarriage strength,as we know undercarriage legs are very weak on most models,sometimes I file a slot into the leg with a Swiss file and embed fine wire into the slot,this is not possible on all undercarriages but the wire will give a lot more rigidity to some weak undercarriages that snap off at the slightest move.
I think it is about time that kit manufacturers included white metal propellers, and undercarriages into aircraft kits instead of the thin plastic examples we get,no doubt this is all down to costs and left to the aftermarket manufacturers,and in todays economic kit climate I doubt whether it will happen ?
The 1=72nd scale Airfix Concorde by the way has piano wire inserts to beef up the legs,very commendable.
Picking up a model that is mounted onto a base,by the model itself even with pinned undercarriage,does place a lot of strain on the model,so try and educate the dusting fraternity to pick up these models by the base !
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