AKIRC874 - AK Interactive Real Colors S.C.C. No.2 Brown 17 ml.

AKIRC874 - AK Interactive Real Colors S.C.C. No.2 Brown 17 ml.

A medium warm brown corresponding to SCC No.2 (Special Camouflage Colour 2, also known as Khaki Brown or Earth Brown, BS.987C shade 2) — the standard base colour for British and Commonwealth military vehicles from mid-1942 through to the introduction of SCC 15 Olive Drab in April 1944. Part of the AK Interactive Real Colors Military range in the new 17ml plastic dropper bottle, RC874 is the most broadly applicable British vehicle base colour for the mid-to-late war period across the UK, European, and Commonwealth theatres.

From 1941–42, Standard Camouflage Colours from BS.987C came into use alongside and then supplanting the earlier green schemes. The basic shade became SCC 2 (Khaki Brown) with SCC 1A applied over it as a disruptive colour. These browns were introduced as a result of a severe shortage of a vital chemical agent used to produce strong greens. The two-browns camouflage scheme of SCC 1A over SCC 2 was most commonly used from 1941 to 1943 in the European theatre. In May 1942 (ACI 1160), the British Army formally switched to SCC 2 as the standard vehicle base colour. Many of the British Army's vehicles that landed in Normandy from June 1944 retained their SCC 2 Earth Brown base colour throughout the North West Europe campaign. It covers an exceptionally wide range of subjects including all British and Commonwealth AFVs and soft-skin vehicles from mid-1942 onward — Churchill, Valentine, Matilda II, Crusader, Cromwell, Comet, Bedford QL, AEC Matador, Universal Carrier, and all associated wheeled transport — across UK Home Forces, North West Europe, and Commonwealth formations.

• SCC No.2 Brown (Khaki Brown/Earth Brown BS.987C) — standard British vehicle base colour from mid-1942 to April 1944
• Introduced May 1942 (ACI 1160) to replace Khaki Green No.3; used with SCC 1A Very Dark Brown as the standard disruptive tone
• Covers all British/Commonwealth European theatre subjects from 1942 onward: Churchill, Valentine, Cromwell, Comet, Carrier, Bedford QL
• Many vehicles retained SCC 2 as base throughout the entire North West Europe campaign (D-Day through VE Day)
• Also used with SCC 14 Black in the October 1943 Mickey Mouse and Foliage disruptive schemes
• Lacquer-based, airbrush-optimized — smooth, opaque coverage
• Compatible with AK RC701 / RC702 High Compatibility Thinner, Tamiya Lacquer Thinner, Mr. Color Thinner, and Mr. Color Leveling Thinner
• New 17ml plastic dropper bottle — 70% more volume than the original 10ml glass bottle
• Part of the 180-colour AK Interactive Real Colors lacquer range