Modern Royal Air Force Vol3 Set (Red Line Acrylic) Hataka AS70
DESCRIPTION
Standard colours of RAF training aircraft since 1950s
In 1950s majority of RAF training aircraft wore overall silver livery with yellow high-visibility bands. In 1960s the yellow was replaced with much more effective (at least when new) day-glo orange. In 1967 the silver paint was dropped in favour of Light Aircraft Grey overall finish. This standard livery functioned for relatively short period and was replaced in early-1970s with the famous tricolor scheme of white (upper body and tail), LAG (wings) and Signal Red (lower body and wingtips). The scheme itself was modified in 1990 by adding Roundel Blue paint onto the spine and tail (narrowing white part to mid-fuselage stripe). The final change took place in 1998 when overall black livery was introduced, with Golden Yellow elements on helicopters and Tucanos (wing bands).
Contains the following colours (acrylic paints, water-based):
- HTK-A003 Silver Also known as High Speed Silver, overall colour of RAF trainers until 1966 (with yellow or day-glo orange elements)
- HTK-A194 Luminous Orange Also known as Day-Glo Orange, used on RAF trainers for high-visibility markings over Silver or LAG airframe colour
- HTK-A217 BS Light Aircraft Grey BS381C:627, overall colour of RAF trainers after 1966 (with day-glo parts). Later used for wings in tricolor scheme
- HTK-A101 Traffic White Used on RAF trainers in tricolor scheme for upper body and tail (early-1970s to 1990) and fuselage stripe (till 1998)
- HTK-A276 BS Signal Red BS381C:537, used for lower fuselage and wingtips of RAF training aircraft in tricolor scheme (early-1970s to 1998)
- HTK-A277 BS Roundel Blue BS381C:110, used for aircraft spine and tail of RAF training aircraft in modified tricolour scheme (from 1990 to 1998)
- HTK-A100 Jet Black / Night Exact match with BS381C:642, since 1998 overall colour of RAF trainers (BAe Hawk, Short Tucano and helicopters)
- HTK-A275 BS Golden Yellow BS381C:356, used in 1950s for training bands on RAF trainers. Engine cowling colour of training helis after 1998
