1945 Panzer Colors (6x 17ml)

1945 Panzer Colors Set by AK Interactive

A set of six 17 ml bottles put together for painting German armored equipment from the closing stages of the Second World War, that is 1945 schemes. First, the essential point on the chemistry: the Real Colors range, to which this set belongs, is not a water-thinned acrylic paint. It is a lacquer-type paint — it is thinned with the thinner from the same range, dries quickly, and once cured gives a thin, hard, easily sandable coat that stands up to masking tape and subsequent polishing. Anyone who tries thinning it with water will end up with curdled, unusable paint.

Use

• The paint is made primarily for the airbrush; adjust the thinning to your pressure and nozzle diameter rather than a fixed ratio.
• Apply in thin coats. It covers well even thinned, so three thin passes give a better surface than one heavy coat.
• Degrease the surface and spray a primer; lacquer paints grip bare plastic less well and risk peeling under masking.
• A brush can handle small areas and touch-ups, but the fast drying time leaves brush strokes — do larger areas with an airbrush.
• You can mask shortly after it dries, since the coat is hard. Peel the tape slowly and at an angle.
• Layering: you can safely put acrylic and oil washes, filters and effects over a cured lacquer base. The reverse order does not work — lacquer thinner would attack the acrylic layer underneath it.

Who the set is for

For armor modelers building vehicles in late-war camouflage schemes, and for anyone who wants shades for one theme gathered together instead of assembling them from individual bottles. The set works in all common equipment scales.

A solvent-based paint: work in a ventilated room, use a respirator and eye protection when spraying. Flammable — keep out of reach of children and away from open flame. Shake the bottles thoroughly before use.