Five shades for American wartime aircraft: a pair of green-brown tones for the camouflaged period and three aluminum lacquers for the machines that left the factories in bare metal from the spring of 1944.
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The set brings together five shades with which a US Army Air Forces machine can be painted at any stage of the war. Two tones are aimed at the camouflaged period, three metallics at what came after it.
Until the beginning of 1944 aircraft left the production lines in a green-brown finish with light undersides. The tone Dark Olive Drab 41 matches the older American standard, whereas ANA 613 Olive Drab came in during 1943 as an inter-Allied unified specification and is noticeably warmer. In period photographs the difference shows mainly on surfaces that were long in the sun.
In the spring of 1944 factory camouflage faded away. Air superiority over Europe was such that the weight saved and the painting hours dropped counted for more than concealment, and new Mustangs and Flying Fortresses arrived at their squadrons unpainted. The tones Aluminium, Dark Aluminium and Matte Aluminium from the Xtreme Metal range are meant for exactly that: they differ in brightness enough to let the individual skin panels be played off against each other, so the surface does not read as one continuous silver area.
The metallic tones belong in an airbrush and want a smooth, glossy base; the care taken over the preparation decides the final sheen more than the paint itself. The olive pair can also be applied with a brush and takes drybrushing of edges and rivets well.
The change from the camouflaged to the unpainted form happened gradually, so in the spring of 1944 machines of both kinds could stand side by side in one squadron. Before choosing a shade it therefore pays to find a photograph of the particular machine and not to go by the date alone; the difference between a factory finish and a repainted patch is usually clearly visible in photographs.
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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