Pro Modeler Focke Wulf Ta 154A-0
Kit 85-5959

The decals turned into a mess, I have 4 of these kits and all three of the ones I have in my workshop had decals that were failing,
breaking in pieces.  I tried overcoating with decal film but the decals were just stuck on the paper of flaked off.  So I made new ones based
on the old sheet and went on with it.  I sanded down the main wheels to flatten them some and was going to leave it at that as the stance was
a little tail low, but while I was weathering the exhaust and doing a few other things I managed to whack the nose wheel and break off
the pin on the bottom, so I drilled it out for an .032 wire and added some machined down sprue to lengthen the piston on the strut, and
then I straightened up the scissors so they would reach.  I attached the rudder off  center, and turned the nose wheel to match, though I
suspect the nose wheel was free turning and not steerable with the rudder.  I have some silvering on the crosses, and I may be through
using decals for the white only crosses, it would seem they ought to be not too hard to paint instead.  The Terry Dean weights would have
 been enough by themselves, there is quite a lot of weight on the nose wheel as another 1/2 ounce was placed under the radar operator's seat.

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