1937-1944 Panzer Colors (6x 17ml)

1937-1944 Panzer Colors - an AK Real Colors set (6x 17 ml)

The set holds six lacquer paints of the Real Colors range in 17 ml bottles, put together for modeling the colors of German tanks and armored vehicles faithfully from the prewar period through to 1944. It covers the key shades to the RAL standard: dark gray, dark brown, dark yellow, olive green and red-brown.

About the paints

These are lacquer-based paints, not a water-borne acrylic. They are thinned with the thinner meant for Real Colors, or with another lacquer thinner, and never with water. The shades come from the period camouflage schemes: the single-color dark gray of the early war and the later three-color camouflage with a dark yellow base and olive green and red-brown fields.

Use

• Ideal for an airbrush; for fine work with a brush we recommend thinning the paint suitably.
• Shake the bottle thoroughly before use, as the pigment settles to the bottom.
• Lay it on in thin coats over a primer, for the best adhesion and fidelity of shade.
• For transitions and shading it can be combined with further shades of the range.

Who the set is for

For modelers of military vehicles who want accurate colors for German armor of the Second World War and prefer a tough lacquer coat.

Lacquer-based paints are flammable and their fumes are irritant: work in a well-ventilated space, away from open flame. They are thinned with a lacquer thinner, not with water.