The lower surfaces of American wartime aircraft were meant to disappear against the sky, and the acrylic paint US Neutral Grey FS36173 from Lifecolor serves exactly that.
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The neutral light gray US Neutral Grey FS36173 is the direct counterpart of the olive green from the same palette. American aircraft of the Second World War carried it on the underside of the fuselage, the wings and the tail surfaces so that they would be lost against the sky when seen from below. The pairing of olive above and neutral gray below is the most typical American aircraft combination of the whole period.
The shade is deliberately without a pronounced color cast toward blue or green. Its neutrality is exactly what gave it sense: an observer on the ground and in the air always sees the lower surface of an aircraft against a different color of sky, and a gray without a tone works across the widest range of light conditions. On a model it has the same advantage: it can be darkened and lightened without veering into violet or green. When American aviation abandoned camouflage in the later phase of the war and the machines began to fly in bare duralumin, it was the gray positions that stayed on the undersides and in the areas where a shiny metal did not suit.
It will be appreciated by modelers of American fighters and bombers who want both halves of the period scheme from the same range and with uniform paint behavior. It will also be used by anyone looking for a clean neutral gray without a color cast as a starting tone for their own mixing.
Keep the container well closed and out of the reach of children, and ventilate the room during longer work.
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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