I went through a landing gear phase... broke everything all the time...
then I went through a retractable phase...
now I just land in the grass... (of course I have a lot of that, and no prepared runway here in WY)
The only plane I fly regularly now that has gear is my 2000mm DH Beaver, but even that is highly modified.
Everything else I've gone to belly landing. Heck, I've even got some 3000mm builds that land that way....
I've gone to floats full time on a few, (like my UMX Timber) because I can land in the grass... the snow, and the water, unlike with the wheels when even the slightest piece of gravel or dirt would cause me to flip and break a prop/prop shaft and rudder...
To me, the gear only looks cool on the ground.
Nothing beats a low pass with a war bird with no gear visible....