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British AAC Helicopters paint set

Standard colours of Army Air Corps aircraft since 1970s

Since early 1970s the Army Air Corps (AAC) used several painting schemes on its helicopters fleet. Initial BS Olive Drab + Black scheme was used well into 1990s, when a new scheme of BS Olive Green + BS Medium Sea Grey was introduced. The latter is still in use on Lynx AH.7/9s and Bell 212s, parallel to US Army Helicopter Drab (FS34031) used on Apache AH.1 fleet. The new AW159 Wildcat (Lynx Wildcat) feature the scheme (shared with Royal Navy airframes) of BS Medium Sea Grey + BS Dark Sea Grey. This paint set also covers the Operation Granby (1991 Gulf War) period, in which several field-improvised camouflage schemes (with use of BS Light Stone and / or FS30279) were applied onto Lynx AH.7s and Gazelle AH.1s.

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

HTK-B146BS Olive DrabBS381C:298, used in 1970s-90s in standard camouflage scheme of AAC helicopters and fixed wing aircraft

HTK-B125NATO BlackUsed between 1970s and 1990s in standard camouflage scheme of AAC helicopters and fixed wing aircraft

HTK-B236BS Olive GreenBS381C:220, used since 1990s in standard camouflage scheme of AAC rotors (Scout, Gazelle, Bell 212, Lynx)

HTK-B141BS Medium Sea GreyBS381C:637, used since 1990s in standard camouflage scheme of AAC helicopters. Also on AW159 Wildcat

HTK-B144BS Dark Sea GreyBS381C:638, used in standard camouflage scheme of AAC and Royal Navy AW159 Wildcat (Lynx Wildcat)

HTK-B237BS Light StoneBS381C:361, used for field-improvised camouflage of AAC Lynx AH.7s and Gazelle AH.1s during Op Granby

HTK-B068US Army Desert SandFS30279, used for field-improvised camouflage of AAC Lynx AH.7s and Gazelle AH.1s during Op Granby (1991 Gulf War)

HTK-B067US Army Helicopter DrabFS34031, standard overall colour of US Army helicopters, also used on AAC Westland Longbow Apache AH.1 fleet.