Late Luftwaffe Set (Blue Line Acrylic) Hataka BS-03

Late Luftwaffe Set (Blue Line Acrylic) Hataka BS03

DESCRIPTION
BLUE LINE – OPTIMISED FOR BRUSH

The early war overall Dunkelgrau livery of German AFVs was officially changed in February 1943, when the Dunkelgelb (dark yellow) base paint was introduced (at that point without an assigned RAL number), which was to be camouflaged in field units using Olivegrün (from RLM register, later registered as RAL 6003) and Rotbraun (RAL 8017) paints. The Dunkelgelb itself was soon registered as RAL 7028. It is believed that its tone was changed at least twice – with assignment of RAL 7028 number (in March 1943 – previously it was knows as „Dunkelgelb nach Muster”) and later in 1944 („Ausgabe 1944”). Alternative camouflage colours of RAL 6007 and RAL 8012 were also used. In January 1945 base colour was changed for the last time to RAL 6003 Olivegrün.

Contains the following colours (acrylic paints, water-based, optimised for use with brush):

• HTK-B007 – Grey-Violet – RLM75 – Used from early 1941 for upper surfaces in 74/75/76 scheme. Later with RLM 83 and eventually with RLM 81 or 82
• HTK-B008 – Brown-Violet – RLM81 – Used from August 1944 for upper surfaces in late-war camouflage schemes of all types of Luftwaffe aircraft
• HTK-B020 – Light Green – RLM82 – Used from August 1944 for upper surfaces in late-war camouflage schemes of all types of Luftwaffe aircraft
• HTK-B022 – Dark Green – RLM83 – Introduced in the first half of 1944 as a replacement of RLM 74. Later used for mottling over 81/82/76 schemes
• HTK-B038 – Light Blue – RLM76 – Used from early 1941 for lower surfaces and fuselage sides first in 74/75/76 and after mid-1944 in 81/82/76 schemes
• HTK-B040 – Black-Grey – RLM66 – Standard colour of instrument panels and cockpit areas visible from outside (anti-glare function) throughout the war