WWII Luftwaffe Fighter Colors 1941-1944 (4x 17ml)

WWII Luftwaffe Fighter Colors 1941-1944, a set of 4x 17 ml

This is a set of modeling paints, not a kit. It belongs to the Real Colors range, which AK Interactive builds as a lacquer line rather than as a water-thinnable acrylic, and that is the single most important fact about this set. The lacquer is thinned with the manufacturer's own thinner, not with water; it dries quickly and leaves a thin, hard and well-adhering film on the surface. The set contains four 17 ml bottles and covers the finishes of fighter aircraft of the years 1941 to 1944.

Use

• Airbrushing: a lacquer paint breaks up into a fine mist and forms soft transitions well.
• Camouflage areas on the upper and side surfaces of the airframe, where the schemes blend into one another.
• Thin covering coats wherever a heavy paint would flood the engraved panel lines.
• A base for decals and for later weathering: a hard lacquer film will take further coats.

What to watch out for

Thinning is the key: use the thinner the manufacturer recommends for this range and do not mix it with acrylics or enamels, because every chemistry has its own binder and mixed together they curdle or never cure properly. Work in a well-ventilated area, ideally with extraction, and use a respirator; lacquer paints are flammable and their fumes are not harmless. Shake the bottle thoroughly before use, as the pigment settles to the bottom. The particular shades in the set, their names and their equivalents in period codes are given on the bottle labels and in the manufacturer's own documentation, and those are what to go by.

Who it is for

For aircraft modelers who build fighters of this period and want the shades together instead of assembling the palette one bottle at a time. The description is strictly technical and concerns modeling work with paint only.

Flammable liquid. Spray only in a well-ventilated area, use respiratory protection and keep away from children and sources of ignition.