Thanks, I can see where the rubber bands might be a problem. I am rethinking my plan. I am considering drilling a hole in a 5/8 " dowel that is the length of thickness of the fuselage, and then drilling a hole in the fuselage for the dowel. Then bending the gear after installing. I am trying to think of ways that I can add the gear last after finishing, also a way that the gear will not get in the way of a small fillet around the wing, which I see happening if I add the gear in front of the wing before installation of the wing. If I did this I would first experiment to see if the gear is easily bendable once through a dowel. UPDATE ... dowel will break during bending. Think I may use the dowel installed with hole drilled, divide gear in half, put one have on each side and secure to fuselage.