PC10 LATE – AIR

PC10 Late, an acrylic paint from the AK interactive aircraft range

A water-thinnable acrylic modeling paint from the aircraft range of AK interactive. The designation PC10 belongs to the British protective finish with which the fabric covering of aircraft was treated in the First World War; depending on the batch and its age, its tone ranged from brownish to greenish. The word Late in the name marks the late form of the shade, which the manufacturer distinguishes from the early variant. It is an acrylic, not a lacquer or an enamel. Period finishes differed from machine to machine and with exposure to the sun, so a small deviation from a period photograph is not a fault of the paint but a property of the subject.

Use

• The upper surfaces of the covering of British aircraft of the First World War
• Brush and airbrush; thin the paint for the airbrush
• Suited to gradual lightening of surfaces and to suggesting fading
• Shake the bottle thoroughly before use
• A gloss varnish compatible with acrylics before the decals, a flat one at the end

Who it is for

For modelers who build British machines of the First World War and want the shade of the covering ready to use, without mixing. The late tone comes in useful where you want to capture a machine later in service, or simply a different form of the finish than the early one. The paint also suits the fabric surfaces of interwar aircraft, where similar brown-green tones appeared.

Do not mix the paint with enamel or lacquer products, ventilate when spraying and wear a respirator.