BRITISH DARK OLIVE GREEN PFI – AFV

British Dark Olive Green PFI - AK interactive 3rd Generation acrylic

A bottled acrylic paint from the 3rd Generation Acrylic range of the Spanish brand AK interactive. It is a true water-thinnable acrylic: it is thinned with clean water or with the acrylic thinner of the same brand, and the cups and brushes are washed in water right after work, while the paint is still wet. The AFV designation at the end of the name is only the mark of a subrange intended for vehicles and armor; chemically it is the same paint as the rest of the range.

The shade and where it comes into its own

A dark olive green shifted toward gray, that is, a muted tone with no green shouting. It suits a base coat on the large surfaces of the hull and the turret, over which modulation, filters and flowing washes are then built. The paint is opaque, but in a thin coat it stays slightly translucent: over a dark base it keeps depth and looks more mature, over a light primer it needs a coat or two extra. It mixes well with the lighter greens and the beige tones of the same range when you want lightened centers of panels or sun-bleached upper surfaces.

Airbrush: start with the pressure

For a continuous base coat on a large hull set the compressor to roughly 1 to 1.5 bar and thin the paint to the consistency of very thin cream. Too high a pressure dries the paint before it reaches the surface and the area then goes grainy; too low a pressure does not atomize it and leaves droplets on the model. Spray in overlapping passes from a constant distance and let the surface flash off between coats. Acrylic dries quickly, so corrections are easy, but do not paint over a coat that has not dried, as it will dissolve.

Who the paint is for

• modelers of British armor who want the shade straight from the bottle
• users of an airbrush and of a classic brush alike
• those who build a color progression from a base coat to modulation and weathering
• beginners who prefer cleaning with water and no smell of thinners

Keep out of the reach of children, work in a ventilated area and shake the bottle thoroughly before use.