Acrylics for the finishes of carrier-borne and land-based aircraft of the US Navy and the Marine Corps in the Second World War.
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US naval aviation went through an unusually fast development of its finishes within a few years. At the start it flew in a simple two-color scheme with a blue-gray upper surface and a light gray underside, and later came the graded three-color solution, where the darkest blue covered the upper surface, the middle tone the sides and white stayed underneath. The transition between the bands was sprayed soft.
These colors were worn by Grumman Wildcat and Hellcat fighters, Douglas Dauntless dive bombers, Avenger torpedo aircraft and Corsairs in the hands of Marine Corps pilots operating from hastily built island airfields. That is exactly why the set covers machines from carrier decks as well as from dry land.
The shades have an acrylic binder and are ready for an airbrush. Work from the bottom up: white or light gray first, then, once dry, the middle tone on the sides and finally the darkest blue on the upper surface. A soft boundary is best drawn freehand from a short distance at low pressure, or over a raised paper mask, so that a gentle half shadow is created.
These are paints and nothing else. Salt deposits, faded areas over the fuel tanks and wear from boots at the wing root are handled with separate products. Do not forget that machines operating over salt water aged faster than aircraft over land, so restraint is out of place here. The non-slip walkways by the cockpit were usually worn down to bare metal.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
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