Intermediate Green 17ml

Intermediate Green - an AK interactive 3rd Generation acrylic paint

Intermediate Green is a bottled acrylic paint thinned with water from the 3rd Generation range. The shade is a medium-rich, slightly muted green. Its name refers to the aviation green used on period machines as an intermediate tone on leading edges and where the color of the upper and lower surfaces meets. Check the match with your own subject against the color scheme in the building instructions.

Where the shade fits

• leading edges of wings and tail surfaces, where the upper color passes into the lower
• an intermediate tone between dark and light green in two-tone schemes
• green areas of aircraft models that should be neither olive nor grassy
• ancillary equipment, crates and ground vehicles at an airfield

Soft transitions and thinning

A transition color makes sense only when the transition really softens, and with a brush that is mainly a question of thinning. Split the paint on the palette into two consistencies: thicker for full coverage and markedly thinner for blending. Work with the thinner mix at the meeting of the two areas, in many thin passes, until the boundary blurs. Let every coat dry at least briefly, otherwise the previous one tears. It also helps to hold the brush flatter and run the tip along the edge rather than at right angles across it. Thin with water or with acrylic thinner drop by drop, never with lacquer thinner.

Who the paint is for

For aircraft modelers and for anyone who builds multicolor schemes with a brush and needs an intermediate tone. It is a bottled acrylic of the 3rd Generation range, not an oil paint, a spray or a lacquer range of the same brand; those are sold separately under similar names.

Keep out of the reach of children. Ventilate while spraying and protect your airways. Wash brushes with water right after work.