Vallejo AFV Acrylic Painting System

[Mike]

AFV Acrylic Painting System
Vallejo

Vallejo are well known makers of top quality acrylic paints, and have been so for some considerable time now, with their characteristic dropper bottles that have been imitated by other manufacturers since. They have created a number of sets for the AFV modeller to ease the creation of the modern effects that AFV modellers use to make their models appear more life-like, such as colour modulation and weathering effects.

The modulation sets are supplied as Model Air paint, which is pre-thinned for airbrushing, because Modulation is only possible using an airbrush. The weathering sets vary from Model Colour to Model Wash and even Pigments and a binding agent. Each set contains six 8ml pain pots with droppers as a minimum, contained in a card box on a white plastic tray with two central sections, the most shallow of which looks to be a mixing palette, while the larger of the two is reserved for addition products such as Pigments.

Dunkelgelb - German Dark Yellow (78.401)
Containg five colours plus a satin varnish to prepare the model for weathering, as follows:

#604 Dark Yellow Primer, #025 Dark Yellow, #028 Sand Yellow, #027 Light Brown, #075 Sand (Ivory), #522 Satin Varnish.

US Army Olive Drab (78.402)
Containg five colours plus a satin varnish to prepare the model for weathering, as follows:

#608 Olive Drab Primer, #013 Yellow Olive, #016 US Dark Green, #043 Olive Drab, #044 Light Gren Green, #522 Satin Varnish.

Russian Green 4BO (78.403)
Containg five colours plus a satin varnish to prepare the model for weathering, as follows:

#609 Russian Green Primer, #018 Camouflage Black Green, #017 Russian Green, #223 Green, #225 Light Green, #522 Satin Varnish.

Weathering Set for Green Vehicles (78.406)
Containg five colours plus a bottle of Pigment and a Pigment Binder to weather a green vehicle, as follows:

#822 German Camo Black Brown, #976 Buff, #985 Hull Red for tracks and wheels.
#514 Dark Brown Wash for tracks and lower portions of the vehicle.
#512 Dark Green Wash for an overall coat of the vehicle.
#104 Light Sienna Pigment, #233 Pigment Fixer for dirt an mud.

Conclusion
A very nicely presented group of painting and weathering sets that are accompanied by captioned pictorial instructions that should give even the novice modeller enough information to begin using the technique. There is a lot of space around the individual bottles however, and I was expecting the usual 17ml dropper bottles, even though it was clearly stated that the bottles were of the smaller type. Great for experimenting with this relatively new style of painting, or for your first trip into AFV weathering techniques.

Highly recommended.

Distributed in the UK by Creative Models.

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[Breaker]

Do we know of any modern fast jet sets like these? USN, USAF, RAF etc? Acrylic for preference.

[Mike]

Not yet from Vallejo, but I'm guessing it's just a matter of time

[Shar2]

They look like they could be very useful set as a good way to get into modulation.