Slabby things often referred to as "Silhouettes"

Ian, Is that the recommended placement/design of the landing gear?




The top of the struts look real close to the underside of the wing. A hard landing might crack the sheeting above. The support-plate between the gear-wire and fuse-bottom is a good design.. but when the struts "spread" on landing.. the top of them might spring "up" enough to make contact.

Maybe there's more clearance than it looks, from the pics..? A simple safeguard would be to attach a horizontal piece of music-wire across; just below the bottom clamp.. by Silver-soldering it to both struts. Wire gear will bend.. and the wire on yours looks a bit small in diameter for the model.. and the unsupported length of the legs IMO.

Here's a couple pics of one of my models that has this application.



Not my best example of soldering.. but it held-up through dozens of flights.. and is still solid today.



This mod. would help your model to track straighter on take-off.. as well as keeping the legs from "spreading-apart".. which could cause the prop to strike the ground.

Having to frequently bend the gear back-straight, will stress/loosen the upper-binding. Just some food for thought...