I didn't know it was possible for me to feel apprehension and nervous while someone else was building a model and drilling a small part. Great tip about the chrome spray paint.
Wow, no comments? Where is everybody? Nice trick with the foil. In the past I've used plain old aluminum tape intended for covering the peaks of metal shed roofs. It's a lot thinner than metal duct tape and you can find it in big rolls at hardware stores pretty cheap.
I used the term "tang and clevis" for the first time in at least 20 years just a couple of days ago... and you described the attach points as a clevis... small world...
That's a great idea for this tricky part of this build. One of my landing pads ended up not working. I think I might have got some glue where I didn't want it.
I built this when it first was released and the few issues I had were The way the landing feet are not free moving. If you watch the show the landing feet were always a bit askew after takeoff. I rounded the bottom of the strut, and the area where it seats "Flush" on the landing pad/feet then pinned them. The compression springs provided, at least with the first batch of kits, were way too tight so I replaced them with the proper size.
