380 Medium Sea Grey

Medium Sea Grey

A high-quality semi-gloss RAF medium sea grey gray acrylic or enamel paint for scale models and historical miniatures.

MAP Medium Sea Grey Color Guide:

• MAP Medium Sea Grey was introduced as a paint finish for the undersides of RAF aircraft in 1941 under the Day Fighter Scheme. This scheme involved using a camouflage consisting of Dark Green and Ocean Grey for the upper surfaces.
• MAP Medium Sea Grey was used as the color of the upper surfaces of the WWII RAF high-altitude fighters. The undersides of such aircraft were to be painted P.R.U. Blue.
• Medium Sea Grey was also used to camouflage the WWII RAF night fighters from 1944-1945. Unlike the day fighters, the night planes had a lighter camouflage of the upper surfaces, consisting of Dark Green patches over Medium Sea Grey. Intruder aircraft in addition to this camouflage had the undersides painted Special Night.
• British-built aircraft, such as the Spitfire or Hurricane, painted in the Day Fighter scheme and delivered by lend-lease to the USSR, usually retained the original color of the under surfaces painted Medium Sea Grey. The roundels on the undersides were usually repainted light blue ÀМТ-7 or A-28g.
• It is worth noting that US-built aircraft painted in the RAF Day Fighter style and delivered under the Lend-Lease program were never actually painted Medium Sea Grey. The underside colors of such aircraft were ANA 602 Light Gull Gray or ANA 621 Dark Gull Grey.
• Post-war RAF bombers in the Pacific had the upper surfaces painted white and the lower surfaces painted BS 642 Night. Later, in 1947, the upper surfaces of the aircraft were repainted BS 637 Medium Sea Grey.
• BS 637 Medium Sea Grey continued to be used after World War II as the lower surface color of RAF night fighters. However, as the upper surface color, it was replaced by BS 638 Dark Sea Grey in 1965. The BS 641 Dark Green patches in this camouflage remain unchanged.
• BS 637 Medium Sea Grey was also used in camouflage for aircraft overseas from 1951-1965. Short-range high-altitude fighters and jet bombers were painted in camouflage BS 637 Medium Sea Grey and BS 639 Light Slate Grey over BS 636 PRU Blue.
• BS 637 Medium Sea Grey was also used for RAF bomber camouflage in the 1960s-1990s, which included BS 641 Dark Green and BS 637 Medium Sea Grey for the upper surfaces and BS 627 Light Aircraft Grey for the undersides.
• Post-war photo reconnaissance aircraft continued to use wartime high-altitude camouflage, which involved the use of BS 637 Medium Sea Grey for the upper surfaces and BS 636 PRU Blue for the underneath respectively.
• After World War II, RAF Maritime Patrol aircraft, such as the early Shackleton variants, had their upper surfaces painted BS 637 Medium Sea Grey with white lower surfaces. This scheme did not last long, and in 1955 the Maritime Patrol aircraft were completely repainted in the darker BS 638 Dark Sea Grey.
• BS 637 found its way into the Air Defense gray scheme as well. This aircraft camouflage was first introduced for the F-4 Phantoms in 1978 and included BS 626 Camouflage Grey for the upper surfaces, BS 637 Medium Sea Grey for the inside of the wing upper surfaces, and BS 627 Light Aircraft Grey for the lower surfaces.
• FAA Harriers from 809 NAS during the Falklands War also used gray camouflage, which included BS 637 Medium Sea Grey for painting the upper surfaces and BS 626 Camouflage Grey for the undersides. Later, after the war, all FAA Sea Harriers were given a standardized camouflage scheme consisting of the unified color BS 637 Medium Sea Grey with some elements retained in BS 538 Dark Sea Grey. This scheme lasted until the retirement of Sea Harriers from the FAA in 2006.
• BS 637 Medium Sea Grey was also used in the modern RAF Tactical Grey scheme of 2007. This scheme involved uniformly painting aircraft in BS 637 Medium Sea Grey and was used for such aircraft as the Tornado, Jaguar, Harrier, and others.
• Modern FAA helicopters also actively use BS 637 in their camouflage. From 1982 to the present FAA helicopters can be fully painted in BS 637 Medium Sea Grey or have a disruptive wraparound camouflage of BS 638 Dark Sea Grey patches over BS 637 Medium Sea Grey.

Collection:

• WW2 RAF Aircraft
• WW2 Red Army Aircraft
• Modern RAF
• Modern FAA

Paint Type:

• Acrylic A380s
• Enamel E380s

Paint Finish:

• Semi-gloss

Capacity:

• 10ml. (0.33oz)