Reviewed by Geoff Coughlin
Our thanks to The Airbrush Company Ltd for supplying the review sample. Get this good paint here now at: www.airbrushes.com
This is another excellent release from Lifecolor in their excellent themed paint sets series. Set 2 is also featured in Here Now, so do check that out as well as the colours are complimentary and will enable you to mix and match as you desire in order to achieve the finish you’re after. The German Luftwaffe in WWII has already been released in this series of very useful colours, and it was natural that Lifecolor would also look at the German Kriegsmarine.
The 6 bottles of acrylic paint included are an authentic match for the RLM camouflage colours applied to German Kriegsmarine vessels in WWII. The colour match looks very good and we know from using some of these paints in our reviews that opacity and ease of use are also impressive. Specifically the colours included are:
- UA 601 – Hellgrau Silbergrau – superstructure and upper works pre-war and early war
- UA 602 – Dunkelgrau – Hull, pre- war and early war
- UA 603 – Hellgrau var. – superstructure and upper works Baltic scheme
- UA 604 – Mittelgrau var. – Hull Baltic scheme
- UA 605 – Dunkelgrau – Bow and stern panels Baltic scheme
- UA 606 – Schiffbodenfarbe – underwater red
These colours are designed to be hand and airbrushed and have good opacity and durability. Lifecolor thinner is recommended.
The box back contains useful information on how to work with these good quality modelling paints, and that’s always useful.
Recommended
Geoff