Gray-violet RLM 75, the lighter upper tone of late German fighters. A lacquer paint, 10 ml.
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Shade number 75 is one of those that words describe badly. On its own it looks like an ordinary darker gray, and only next to the greenish counterpart from the same pair does its cool violet undertone show. It was exactly this contrast that made late German camouflage so inconspicuous above the clouds and at the same time so hard to imitate, because in a wartime photograph the two tones merge into a single gray.
It was carried by the upper surfaces of fighters and heavy twin-engined types from 1941 onwards, and on later production runs it held on in various guises until the end of the war. It also appeared as dense mottling on the sides of the fuselage and on the fin, where it faded into a very light blue-gray.
Mottling on a fuselage only looks convincing when it has a soft edge and an uneven size. Thin the paint more than usual, therefore, lower the pressure and work with short touches of the trigger from a short distance. It is worth trying the spray on a piece of plastic before the model.
The range is a lacquer, it is thinned with thinner from the same brand and it is intended for an airbrush only. The dried surface is hard and resistant to masking tape, which anyone who divides camouflage fields with a sharp edge will appreciate. The bottle holds 10 ml.
It also serves well as a starting tone for schemes from the end of the war, when finishes were mixed from whatever was at hand. Irregularity is in that case more of a merit than a fault, and a departure from the chart will offend nobody.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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