VLJ71323 - Vallejo - Model Air: BS Dark Earth - 17mL Bottle - Acrylic / Water Based - Flat

VLJ71323 - Vallejo - Model Air: BS Dark Earth - 17mL Bottle - Acrylic / Water Based - Flat

Vallejo Model Air — BS Dark Earth

Subject: Aircraft

British Standard BS 381C:450 Dark Earth — primary RAF and Commonwealth camouflage brown, approx. 1938–1945 (with postwar limited use). Paired with BS Dark Green in Temperate Land Scheme. Applied to: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I, Mk.II, Mk.V; Hawker Hurricane Mk.I/II; Boulton Paul Defiant; Bristol Blenheim Mk.I/IV; Vickers Wellington Mk.I–III; Armstrong Whitworth Whitley; Fairey Battle; Douglas Boston III (RAF service); Curtiss Tomahawk IIA/IIB; North American Mustang Mk.I/II (RAF); Bristol Beaufighter Mk.I/VI; de Havilland Mosquito B.IV. Ground vehicles include early-war British Army finishes on: Matilda II, Valentine Mk.I–III, Crusader Mk.I/II, early Churchill Mk.I–II. Used in Battle of France (1940), Battle of Britain (1940), North Africa (1940–1942), Greece and Crete (1941).

Used in:

Battle of Britain — July to October 1940
RAF Fighter Command — Upper surface Dark Earth BS 381C:450
RAF Fighter Command — Upper surface Dark Earth

North Africa & Mediterranean 1940–1943
Desert Air Force Aircraft — Upper surface Dark Earth
Commonwealth Armour — Dark Earth patches — some Matilda and Valentine

Complete this scheme with:

BS Dark Green — Upper surface Dark Green partner
Sky Type S — Underside from mid-1940
Brown Sand — Dark Earth highlight
Beige Brown — Pale highlight for sun-faded Earth

Weathering & modulation: Highlight Dark Earth with VLJ70875 Beige Brown on raised panel edges.

Scale colour note: Lighten 10–15% at 1:48, 15–20% at 1:72.

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