WWII RAF Aircraft Desert Colors (3x 17ml)

Desert shades of British aircraft of the Second World War, three bottles of 17 ml

A set of three paints of 17 ml from the Real Colors line, put together for the desert camouflage scheme of British aircraft. Mind the chemistry: Real Colors is a lacquer-type line, not a water-thinnable acrylic. It is not thinned with water or with acrylic thinner, only with the thinner of the same line. Anyone who reaches for water will curdle the paint and ruin it.

Use

• The camouflage finish of aircraft used in North Africa and in the Mediterranean.
• Airbrush and brush alike, once thinned with the line's own thinner.
• A base for later weathering with sand, dust and fading.
• Mixing shades within the same line, where the binder is identical.

The base under light desert tones

Desert schemes stand or fall with light sandy tones, and it is exactly those that have the greatest trouble with the base. A light paint applied straight onto dark or multi-colored plastic needs more coats, and with each further one the engraved lines and the surface relief disappear. Here the primer is not only about adhesion but above all about brightness: under light desert tones belongs a light, neutral primer, ideally white or a very light gray. Over it, thin coats are enough, the shade stays lively and the surface legible. A unified base also evens out the areas where you have sanded or filled — without it, every such repaired area gives itself away with a different tone after spraying. Anyone who instead wants a weather-beaten, dried-out look can let a slightly darker base show through the light tone, but it has to be planned from the start, not after the first coat.

Who the set is for

For aircraft modelers building machines from the African and Mediterranean theaters, and for anyone who wants the paints for one scheme together.

Keep the paints out of the reach of children, use them in a well-ventilated area and wear a respirator when spraying.