VLJ71324 - Vallejo - Model Air: BS Dark Green - 17mL Bottle - Acrylic / Water Based - Flat

VLJ71324 - Vallejo - Model Air: BS Dark Green - 17mL Bottle - Acrylic / Water Based - Flat

Vallejo Model Air — BS Dark Green

Subject: Armour

British Standard BS 381C:241 Dark Green — primary RAF and British Army camouflage green, approx. 1938–present. Used in WWII RAF Day Fighter Scheme and later NATO schemes. Applied to: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I, Mk.II, Mk.V, Mk.IX, Mk.XIV; Hawker Hurricane Mk.I/II; Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB; Hawker Tempest Mk.V; Avro Lancaster B.I/III; Handley Page Halifax B.I–III; de Havilland Mosquito B.IV/FB.VI; Bristol Beaufighter; Gloster Gladiator (late schemes); postwar Hawker Hunter F.1–F.6; English Electric Canberra; SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1/GR.3; Panavia Tornado GR.1/GR.4 (wraparound camo). Ground vehicles include: Churchill Mk.I–VII, Cromwell, Comet, Centurion. Used in Battle of Britain (1940), Normandy (1944), NW Europe campaign (1944–45), Cold War Germany deployments.

Used in:

Battle of Britain — July to October 1940
RAF Fighter Command — Upper surface Dark Green BS 381C:241
RAF Fighter Command — Upper surface Dark Green

Normandy & Northwest Europe 1944–1945
Allied Armour — British Dark Green disruptive patches
RAF Second Tactical Air Force — Upper surface Dark Green

Complete this scheme with:

BS Dark Earth — Upper surface Dark Earth partner
Sky Type S — Underside from mid-1940
Num.1 Sky Blue — Underside pre-mid-1940
Red — Roundel red inner ring
White — Roundel white middle ring
Blue — Roundel blue outer ring

Weathering & modulation: Highlight with VLJ70968 Flat Green lightened with VLJ70951 White. Exhaust staining with VLJ70980 Black thinned to near-transparency.

Scale colour note: At 1:72 lighten Dark Green 20%. Maintain contrast with Dark Earth.

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