VLJ70994 - Vallejo Model Color Dark Grey - 17ml - Acrylic

Vallejo 70994 - Vallejo Model Color Dark Grey - 17ml - Acrylic

Vallejo Model Color — Dark Grey

Subject: Armour · Aircraft

Dark grey for Panzergrau base coats on WWII early-war German vehicles, Kriegsmarine hull paint, and shadow panel lines on any grey subject.

Used in:

WWI 1914–1918
German Luftstreitkräfte — Streaked grey component / underside
Royal Navy — Lower hull and shadow areas

Norwegian & Scandinavian Campaign — April to June 1940
Royal Navy — Hull shadow and lower waterline areas
Kriegsmarine — Dunkelgrau 51 dark grey

Kriegsmarine & Battle of the Atlantic 1939–1945
Bismarck, Tirpitz — Dunkelgrau 51 dark grey hull
Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau — Hull and shadow
U-Boats — Primary hull and conning tower grey

Pacific Theatre — Imperial Japanese Navy & Army Air Force 1941–1945
IJN Surface Combatants — IJN dark grey hull — Kure standard

Pacific Theatre — US Navy & USMC 1941–1945
USS Essex, Yorktown, and Fast Carrier Task Force Ships — Measure 22 dark hull grey

Modern Era — 2000s to Present
Modern Naval — Lower hull, shadow areas, and Royal Navy darker grey

Application: Water-based acrylic. Thin with water for brush painting, or Vallejo Acrylic Thinner for airbrushing. Add a few drops of Vallejo Flow Improver to cut surface tension, improve levelling, slow tip dry, and allow water-based acrylics to spray like a lacquer or solvent-based paint. Aim for a milk-like consistency.

See also: Vallejo Paint Colour Chart  |  Vehicle & Theatre Paint Guide