Smoothly we left the ground, raised our undercarts, and climbed away into that overcast, threatening sky.
The undercarriage was replaced with a white metal set, as I'd heard bad things about heavy models on plastic undercarts, and this was just a direct replacement with no fettling required.
He confirmed that my wheel had gone, but that the starboard wheel and undercart appeared to be intact.
The trial was satisfactory and flight without undercart became operational practice.
The functioning undercart has now been removed, and the model is now much lighter than before.
Rear canopy frames from a Val was identified as well as a pair of undercarts off a rare A5M Claude fighter.