LifeColor paints are water based acrylic colours for modelling and hobby painting. They are excellent for both paint brushing and airbrushing onto plastic, resin, metal, vinyl, wood, cloth and ceramic.
This wide range of paints includes basic gloss and matt colours and mimetic, based on the Federal Standard 595b correspondence and each label shows the equivalent FS number.
The range offers many paints grouped into convenient sets for specific subjects, including tanks, aircraft, uniforms/figures, ships, railways and weathering.
This set includes:
- UA 601 Hellgrau/Silbergrau DKM 50
- UA 602 Dunkelgrau Hull DKM 51
- UA 603 Hellgrau DKM 50 var
- UA 604 Mittelgrau DKM 51 var
- UA 605 Dunkelgrau
- UA 606 Schiffsbodenfarbe Rot 5
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This set is particularly useful for scale models of:
- Kriegsmarine World War II
- Atlantic and Baltic schemes
- Pre war and early war
- Superstructure and upper works
- Dunklegrau bow and stern panels
- Underwater red
- View LifeColor Nationality Reference for all LifeColor categories.
Using LifeColor:
- Clean surfaces before painting
- For airbrushing, dilute the colour to a milky consistency using water or LifeColor Thinner.
- Airbrush at low pressures between 10 – 20 psi. (Iwata airbrushes give the best performance and atomisation at low pressures.)
- Apply colour in thin coats with a brush or airbrush
- Allow to dry completely between coats
- Clean your airbrush with LifeColor Cleaner or Medea Airbrush Cleaner and flush through with water
For more information or advice on this product, please contact us.
