VLJ71110 - Vallejo - Model Air: UK Extra Dark Sea Grey - 17mL Bottle - Acrylic / Water Based - Flat

VLJ71110 - Vallejo - Model Air: UK Extra Dark Sea Grey - 17mL Bottle - Acrylic / Water Based - Flat

Vallejo Model Air — UK Extra Dark Sea Grey

Subject: Aircraft

RAF/FAA Extra Dark Sea Grey (BS 381C:640; approx. FS 36118) — primary Fleet Air Arm upper surface color, approx. 1941–present (with postwar continuity). Applied to: Fairey Swordfish Mk.II/III (late), Fairey Barracuda Mk.II/III, Supermarine Seafire Mk.Ib/IIc/III/XV/XVII, Fairey Firefly Mk.I/IV, Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib/IIc, Blackburn Skua (late repaints), de Havilland Sea Mosquito; postwar aircraft including Sea Hawk, Sea Venom, Sea Vixen, Buccaneer S.2, early Sea Harrier FRS.1. Used in Mediterranean operations (1941–43), Normandy naval air cover (1944), Pacific Fleet operations (1945), and Cold War FAA deployments.

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