Six lacquer shades to the British standard, aimed at the striking coats of British aerobatic teams and test aircraft. From an all-black finish through two reds to white and dark blue.
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The Royal Air Force developed a tradition of public displays earlier than most European armed forces, and with it a tradition of eye-catching coats. The Hawker Hunters of No. 111 Squadron flew as the Black Arrows in an all-black finish, the Yellowjacks formation was given a rich lemon yellow for its Folland Gnat machines, and when the world-famous red nine grew out of it, the Gnats were repainted in a darker cherry shade. That lasted until the late 1970s, when it was replaced by a brighter signal red, which the team uses to this day. A chapter of its own is the white, red and blue coat of British test aircraft, which was nicknamed raspberry ripple for its striping.
A saturated black and both reds are among the most demanding shades there are. Black allows no unevenness of the surface, because every scratch shows through it as a light streak. Red, in turn, needs a neutral base, ideally a light gray one, otherwise it pulls toward orange or brown.
A lacquer base suits these colors, because it dries into an even coat without graininess and takes polishing.
With the display teams it also pays to apply the paint only over a polished base, because gloss is as much a part of the look of these machines as the shade itself.
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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