1/32 su

I was only talking about the nose though, the canopy frame and intakes are still way better than theirs.

And Trumpeter didn't push me out of the market "by correcting their mistakes". I corrected the mistakes. They pushed me out of the market by copying my work...

As for the nosecone:

On the left is the original Trump Su-27B nosecone. Note how it swells outward toward the front. It's also short by approx. 3/16".

In the center is the new 'retooled' nosecone. It has been lengthened and is much more streamlined.

On the right is the Zactomodels nosecone. Note the subtle kink/swell about half way down the forward cone. Also note the difference in the panel lines. This becomes very obvious when the model is painted as the dielectric panel (the large squarish panel on the Zactopart vs. the more rectangular panel on the Trump part) is usually white or dark green and really stands out on the light blue camo. And then there's the pitot.

I can spot the Zactomodel from across the room...

Great Models has the UB on sale for $113.40........I had to jump on it for that price! That is CHEAP as in like a little over 40% off SRP cheap!

First thing I had to do was to compare the intakes with mine. Now I have no doubts...

First the outer sides:

The big difference is the surface detail. The most critical area to me is the louvered vent detail. Though Trump improved it from their original release it's still just straight scribe lines rather than angled louvers. Plus the mad-riveter struck again! The biggest problem with this is around those louvers as the rivets are a much bigger and more dominant feature than the louvers.

I'm surprised that they didn't add the hole and gear latching mechanism.

Next pic is the inner surface between the intakes:

Again the louvers are the dominant difference.

As noted in a previous thread, two of the rectangular access panels should have been rounded but I didn't have any clear photos when I made the patterns. I guess Trumpeter didn't have any clear photos either and just happened to fake the panels exactly like I did...

The underside of the intakes:

Here you can see how the contours match up. The Trump parts have a slightly bigger radius next to their narrower bypass doors. I'm guessing this was to make the part easier to mold since they are using a four part tool.

Also note that they didn't correct the shape of the triangular ECM blade antenna or add the mounting plate for the landing gear brace hump.

Here are some of the differences and extras included with the Zactomodels parts:

They didn't change the geometry or add the hole pattern on the splitter plates but did widen them. They also widened the FOD guards,,, by adding an extra row to the grid! Now their grid is nine squares wide which puts the latch in the center.

I'm really surprised that they didn't make these corrections since they had to retool the parts anyways. With the geometry of the FOD guards now, if they were to fold down they would stick out of the front of the intake by a quarter inch...

They still don't offer an option to display it with the FOD guard down, though they re-tooled the intake fan? (which didn't show before and still doesn't...).

Still no detail on the inside of the lower intake panel which does show...

I'd say Aires has a right to be upset as well.

Here are the exhausts:

On the left are the original Su-27B parts.

Center are the new tooled parts.

On the right are the Aires parts.

Though they made a bunch of corrections they left the big wart/rivets on them...

Next up, Trumpeter-bashing! :D

Not for the weak-of-heart!

Small children and anti-Trumpeter-bashers should immediately change the channel and leave the room!