AMMO RAF Coastal Command Acrylic Paint Set (A.MIG-7248)

[Mike]

RAF Coastal Command Acrylic Paint Set (A.MIG-7248)

AMMO of Mig Jiménez

 

 

RAF Coastal Command worked by the side of the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm to protect the coast of the British Isles and take the fight to the enemy with strikes on their shipping, as well as hunting the dreaded U-Boats that were taking a toll on our Merchant Navy and warships, both essential to the survival of WWII Britain.  Dubbed the Cinderella Service by an Admiralty Lord, the service was always near the bottom of the list when it came to funding, and didn’t receive the adulation that others received, An example of which is that Coastal Command played an important part in the Battle of Britain, even recovering downed airmen so that they could go back into the fight.

 

This four-paint set arrives in a clear clamshell box that has a card header with some colour use suggestions on the rear in the form of side-view profiles of some example aircraft.  Inside are four bottles that are best described as murky and mostly grey, especially if they haven’t been shaken up recently.  Each bottle contains 17ml of paint that is dispensed by a dropper that is found under the yellow screw-top cap.  Inside each bottle is a little stirring ball that rattles when agitated.  AMMO paints separate quite readily as you can see when they’ve been still for long periods, so having a ball in the bottle makes mixing them a lot easier.  We’re all familiar with the quality of AMMO paints by now, and they have a pretty good reputation amongst us modellers, drying a little slower than some of the competition, which can be of benefit when hand painting details.  In the box you get the following shades:

 

 

• A.MIG-0250 Night Blue Grey
• A.MIG-0217 Dark Slate Grey
• A.MIG-0047 Satin White
• A.MIG-0243 Sky Type S (BS 210)

 

The bottles all look rather similar when they have been allowed to separate in their carton, but once agitated the differences become more apparent, although they’re all muted shades so the differences aren’t huge except for the white.  You may want to pick up or already have a bottle of dark grey or black to modulate the other shades to depict fading, or to create a darker shade to paint a base onto which the pure and/or lightened colours can be applied.  The profiles on the back of the box shows a Beaufighter, Beaufort, and a Wellington that is highly adapted to operation at sea, which is of course not an exhaustive list, but useful as examples.

 

 

 

Conclusion

If you want to model an RAF Coastal Command aircraft from the late 30s to the end of WWII, this set is going to be extremely useful to take away any guesswork when it comes time to paint your latest creation.

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

Review sample courtesy of

[dogsbody]

The colour profile isn't a Wellington. It's a Warwick.

 

 

 

Chris

[Julien]

Im more concerned about RLM call outs?