crobinsonh Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I am currently building the 1/32nd Trumpeter SU-27 and I am at the point of painting the Zactoman intakes before fitting. I have these photos from walk around from a Flanker Photo DVD I bought 15 years ago. Any clarification would be very useful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crobinsonh Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 ...and as it should have stated does anyone know if these are flat metal colour or gray? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaconRaygun Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 It's gray. May even be the same gray as the gearwells and gear. I know that's the way it is on the Su-33 and Su-35. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kasatka Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 9:16 PM, crobinsonh said: ...and as it should have stated does anyone know if these are flat metal colour or gray? Gosh.. it's been 15 years since I was selling that CD.. 😱 Glad it's of help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kasatka Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 The colour you need is FS 35526 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flybywire Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Sorry to steal your topic but could someone explain why it doesn't look like gray at all? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kasatka Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 52 minutes ago, flybywire said: Sorry to steal your topic but could someone explain why it doesn't look like gray at all? It doesn't, does it? 😃 According to the current official standards the paint used for the internal surfaces of the intakes is EP-140 of grey colour. But reality is different. The factories used to paint the intakes with lacquer duraluminium. One needs to study pictures of the chosen prototype for modelling. Most of the times if the plane is in original factory colours then the intakes will be duraluminium. If later the plane had a full maintenance the intakes would be grey. Hope this helps Sergey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flybywire Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 19 hours ago, Kasatka said: It doesn't, does it? 😃 According to the current official standards the paint used for the internal surfaces of the intakes is EP-140 of grey colour. But reality is different. The factories used to paint the intakes with lacquer duraluminium. One needs to study pictures of the chosen prototype for modelling. Most of the times if the plane is in original factory colours then the intakes will be duraluminium. If later the plane had a full maintenance the intakes would be grey. Hope this helps Sergey Thank you so very much for your response! Nobody has ever given me such a concise explanation, ever! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crobinsonh Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 9:58 PM, Kasatka said: It doesn't, does it? 😃 According to the current official standards the paint used for the internal surfaces of the intakes is EP-140 of grey colour. But reality is different. The factories used to paint the intakes with lacquer duraluminium. One needs to study pictures of the chosen prototype for modelling. Most of the times if the plane is in original factory colours then the intakes will be duraluminium. If later the plane had a full maintenance the intakes would be grey. Hope this helps Sergey Great explanation - thank you for taking the time to respond. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulsbrown Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Thank you Sergey, that was perfect. Here's a little info on the paint he mentioned: https://en.decorexpro.com/emali/ep-140/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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