1:72 Purple jersey refueling team (modern) (scene 1) (2 pcs)

Purple jerseys of the deck fuel crew in 1:72

The set captures members of the refueling team on the deck of an aircraft carrier in the modern period. The designation scene 1 distinguishes one of the two arrangements of poses offered. The figures suit a model of a carrier aircraft as well as a section of deck, where they add action between the individual machines.

Purple jerseys

Work on the deck is divided by the color of the jerseys, and each shade means a different responsibility. Purple belongs to the fuel crew, the people who run the hoses and top the tanks up between launches. The color system came about so that a role could be recognized at a distance even in the noise and the crowding of a flight deck. For a modeler it is a gift, because a scene gets a rhythm of color without a single decal.

Painting the purple

Purple covers badly, so lay it over a light gray base and rather in several thin coats. The coverall then keeps its depth and no patches appear. Ear muffs, goggles and the helmet tend to be in another color, so use them to break the uniform area up. At this scale it is enough to suggest shadow and light; fine drawing will be lost anyway. Before you set the group down, think about the direction the hose runs, because that decides how the whole group is turned.

Suitable for

• flight deck dioramas in 1:72
• completing models of carrier aircraft
• scenes with an aircraft being prepared between flights
• modelers who build naval subjects
• compositions where contrast of color is to play a part

Neither an aircraft nor a deck goes with the figures.