SebastianP Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Almost sufficiently practiced with my airbrush to start work on painting my Zvezda Su-27SM, was at the hobby shop today to pick up the paints and then remembered "crap, I don't know how to mix the landing gear color!" Which Tamiya colors do I need for the green of the Flanker landing gear, simplest possible mix? (I don't need hyper accuracy, just something that looks reasonably close before I start adding grease and things). I know other manufactures give an out-of-the-bottle match, but they're not available locally and the domestic web shops have flat-rate shipping that's absolute murder if you're buying single bottles. Picking up two bottles of Tamiya paint on Tuesday will be a week faster and half as expensive as getting a single bottle online... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I know I'm being picky here but, the landing gear are a light grey. The Wheel hubs are the part that is that characteristic green. Just don't want anyone going off and painting their Su-27 landing gear green I'm going back to my corner now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Any shade - as long as it is green...... More shades here - (scroll down a bit) Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SebastianP Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Thanks @Mstor and @Flankerman! My color vision is not the best, and all I really remembered was that green was associated with Flanker landing gears, and figured they were a really pale green and I couldn't see it. thanks for setting me straight on the light gray. I think I can get away with using my lightly yellowed Humbrol 127 (FS36375) or something on the gear wells and legs themselves? The Su-33 landing gear leg (middle picture) looks like it's painted in the same color as the bottom of the aircraft to me, is that true or a trick of the light? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I've used the Testors Dark Green in the little square bottles. Looks decent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
757flyer Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 In the first photo, is the gear leg a pale light blue, as on the missile exhaust section and pylon behind it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, 757flyer said: In the first photo, is the gear leg a pale light blue, as on the missile exhaust section and pylon behind it? In many of the photos I have, the light grey undercarriage color does seem to have a blue cast to it, but not all. BTW, the second of the photos posted above is a Su-33 specially painted for an air show. They repainted all the landing gear in that bright light blue you see. It is NOT the normal Su-33 landing gear color. The pic in the link below is of a Su-33 and it shows the usual light grey color. The same color is used in the wheel well areas that aren't red on the Su-33. This grey is the same color used on Su-27s. Now on the Su-35 I have seen pics of landing gear in this light grey and in a darker more medium grey. https://flic.kr/p/HtWCvf Edited March 29, 2018 by Mstor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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