Modern Royal Air Force paint set vol. 5 Affare

Modern Royal Air Force paint set vol. 5

Standard colours of RAF V-bombers since the 1950s

Since the early 1950s until the end of the Cold War the RAF operated a fleet of nuclear delivery aircrafthigh altitude, high speed bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons deep into enemy territory. Commonly known as the V-bombers they included the Vickers Valiant (introduced in 1954, the first to drop a nuclear bomb), the Handley Page Victor (introduced in 1957) and the Avro Vulcan (introduced in the same year). Most of the early days service saw the Valiant wear an overall aluminium livery; soon (1957) it was replaced by a so-called anti-flash white paint (gloss bright white when freshly applied, weathering quickly towards a very light pearl grey). A change of tactics to low-level penetration in 1964, led to gradual application of camouflage to the whole V-bomber fleet.

Contains the following colours (lacquer based paints, optimised for use with airbrush):

HTK-C003SilverOverall colour of the RAF nuclear delivery fleet in the early / testing period. Also used on Vickers Valiants during Suez Crisis in 1956

HTK-C322RAF Anti-Flash WhiteSince 1957 the overall colour of the nuclear delivery fleet (also of the TSR2 prototypes). Later on lower sufraces of camouflaged planes

HTK-C141BS Medium Sea GreyBS381C:637, used since the mid-1960s on upper surfaces in low level strike scheme of the V-bombers and in wraparound camo of Vulcan

HTK-C143BS Dark GreenBS381C:641, used since the mid-1960s on upper surfaces in low level strike scheme of the V-bombers and in wraparound camo of Vulcan

HTK-C217BS Light Aircraft GreyBS381C:627, used since mid-1960s on the lower surfaces in low level strike scheme of the V-bombers and of the Victor tankers (in Hemp)

HTK-C144BS Dark Sea GreyBS381C:638, used on the lower surfaces of RAF Avro Vulcan during Operation Black Buck (during the Falklands / Malvinas conflict)

HTK-C262BS Camouflage BeigeBS381C:389, also known as Hemp, used in the 1980s/90s on upper surfaces of air-to-air refuelling Handley Page Victors (over LAG)

HTK-C100Jet Black / NightExact match with BS381C:642, standard colour of anti-glare panels on various aircraft, including the RAF V-bombers fleet.