I've got three of this same kit, so I thought I'd try configuring this first one with the wheels retracted. Many kits that don't have this option make it quite difficult for the modeler to alter the parts and still make them fit. Not so with the Tamiya kit. After snipping off all the "latches" on the gear doors and sanding them smooth, everything fit like a glove. I wasn't THAT much surprised to find that all the pieces aligned in their respective locations as if it were meant to be. But it is, after all, a Tamiya kit. Didn't even need any sheet styrene or filler to close any gaps - there aren't any.

I don't think I'm gonna tackle the array of (6) flaps and try to construct THEM in the "up" position, though - it appears there'd be quite a lot of "plastic surgery" involved and I don't wanna mess up what I already got lookin' half-way decent. Perhaps on one of the others.