MISTER KIT ACRYLIC COLORS BRITISH R.F.C. W.W. I

BRITISH W.W.I RFC/RAF
Series 1- WWI British colours

The most controversial British camouflage colors of WWI are probably Pigmented Cellulose PC10 (Top camouflage from 1916 on) and PC12 (RNAS top camouflage from 1916 on).  Several studies on this topic have been published over recent years and it seems certain that the former color had a greenish hue, while the latter dope shade was more brown.

For the convenience of all modeler's we opted for average shades, which can be applied directly to the majority of Royal Flying Corps models presently on the market.

The late war AMAPDT Reddish Brown was the camouflage color intended for aircraft to be flown in tropical areas.   Of course, that paint suffered from the weather elements, especially from hot temperatures, and tended to fade to a lighter tone.  Once again, we opted for an average shade.

Battleship Grey was extensively applied to metal areas (especially nose areas) of British combat and training aircraft of WWI.   Often, it was also applied to other parts of the airframe, such as cockpit decking, undercarriage legs and Scarf rings.

NIVO (Night Invisible Varnish Orfordness) Very dark grey-green was especially developed for the overall camouflage of night operating aircraft from 1917, especially bombers, although several of them retained the PC10/ Battleship grey standard daytime finish.

 
Linen undersurface areas of the airframe of day operating machines were usually left clear doped.

This kind of finish was also typical of the complete airframes of pre-war and 1915 military aeroplane's.