Eight shades covering the finishes of Marine Corps helicopters from the postwar dark blue through green and sand to today's pair of ghost grays.
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Over seven decades the helicopter squadrons of the Marine Corps have passed through four worlds. First the machines were entirely in the dark naval blue that was worn on carrier aircraft as well. Then came field green and with it the years of landing exercises, after them the desert campaigns, where sand came in useful, and finally the cold gray finishes divided into two tones that we see today on machines with tiltrotors as well as on attack types.
The eight shades cover that whole journey. In them you will find a dark blue with a reference to the older American standards, a light gull gray, field green, a medium gray and a pair of ghost grays, that is, the lighter and the darker tone of today's scheme. They are completed by black for non-skid areas and lettering and by a sand shade tied directly to the Marine Corps.
Practical notes. On helicopters the fuselage carries the largest part of the surface, so it pays to spray it in one go and to stir the shade beforehand, so that the second half is not a tone away. The rotor blades are painted separately and flatter than the fuselage, because in service they are scoured by the airflow. The black area around the doors and on the roof tends to be markedly worn, so once it has dried, go over it lightly with a dry brush in a lighter tone.
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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