Thoughts on Rolling Gear on 1:400 models?

[MIAv8Diecast]

I personally find rolling gears unnecessary unless you're playing with your models as if they're toys. they are not necessary with today's more advanced tooling. If manufactures went toward static gears, they could virtually look the same in quality as rolling gears if not more precise. we're beyond the clunky old landing gears that you see on early 2000's & 2010's landing gear from Gemini..

 

[Charter]

My thought Is easy: rolling gears or not, the landing gears of ALL the models and regarding ALL manufacturers must be strenghtened! Landing gears are the fragile part of each model and during our real life everyone must afford a travel, a change, something good or bad for which our models must be stored or put into bags etc. The result Is always the same, a "massacre" of landing gears!
In our real life everyone Will have change a, moves, necessity to put the models into boxes or storing them and the result Is always the same dramatic "massacre" of landing gears, especially the nose landing gear. So i really want strenghtened landing gears, even metallic landing gears, and PLEASE STOP the removing wheels of the main landing gear: they must be fixed!!!

I replay myself to share that the landing gears are about the 95% of models parts breaking when there are changes and/or impacts . Tail fin, wings and engines too, for about 5%, but these model parts are easy to fix. Too often, instrad, landing gears break without any possibility to fix them.

 

[Tropicalista]

honestly i prefer to have the rolling gear, more are realistic, from my side is better.

 

[EnterpriseH]

imo there's one thing that can solved this problem once and for all - making replaceable/removeable landing gears, like the old Dragon Wings and the new Aviaton 400. I mean, the good old BigBird already taught us with the separated nose gear. When you don't need the gears, just removed them and placed them carefully in somewhere. Even if they damaged, you still can easily replaced them.

 

[LeoMuse747]

Even if they damaged, you still can easily replaced them.

The thing is: model brands don't give a crap about offering spare parts

 

[Aeromini]

As long as the landing gear looks realistic and accurately sized , then rolling gear would be unnecessary to me. I’m quite sure that none of us play and roll around our model planes like hasbro toys .

 

[Tropicalista]

imo there's one thing that can solved this problem once and for all - making replaceable/removeable landing gears, like the old Dragon Wings and the new Aviaton 400. I mean, the good old BigBird already taught us with the separated nose gear. When you don't need the gears, just removed them and placed them carefully in somewhere. Even if they damaged, you still can easily replaced them.

This should be a good option but…. There is no market for make spare part of every model (Unluckily), and is costing to the companies that are creating models.

 

[BubblesAviation]

I’m actually fine with either as long as the size of the gear is good. I care more about attention to detail and extra things (like rolling gear) in 1:200 so I can give 1:400 some leeway for oversized parts because of its small size.

 

[JET-10/11/47]

I just want realism. It doesn’t need to roll. My days of playing toy cars on the bedroom floor are long over. With my Diecast models I just want absolute accuracy and good detail. Hx models so far tick these boxes for me!

 

[Critical Aviator]

I don't care about rolling gears as long as the landing gear is realistic. I think they are just here just for the sake of proving you can have a rolling landing gear. To me, rolling gears are a pointless feature in 1/400, nice to have at best. I get why flaps down models and interactive models might have some appeal but rolling gears, not so much.

 

[Purpleplane]

I don't really care about whether the wheels roll or not, I just want tires that don't pop off.