1:72 aircraft metal landing gear earns its keep under the heavier builds: bombers, transports and any airframe carrying nose ballast to keep it off its tail. At this size the styrene legs are the most fragile part of the entire model, and metal is the only permanent cure. Sets of this kind are tooled for named types. A leg that has already bowed is usually replaced along with the whole bay, so the wells, doors and retraction struts in 1:72 aircraft photo-etched sets belong in the same order; legs machined for the larger scales are gathered in metal undercarriage legs for aircraft models.
