(HTK-AS97) Hataka acrylic paints release the Modern Royal Air Force paint set vol.5 in the red box this set is for the famous RAF V-Force which inclued the Avro Vulcan, HP Victor and the Valiant. Since the early 1950s until the end of the Cold War the RAF operated a fleet of "nuclear delivery aircraft" - high altitude, high speed bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons deep into enemy territory. Commonly known as the "V-bombers" they included the Vickers Valiant (introduced in 1954, the first to drop a nuclear bomb), the Handley Page Victor (introduced in 1957) and the Avro Vulcan (introduced in the same year).

Box contains:-

• HTK-A003 – Silver - Overall colour of the RAF "nuclear delivery fleet" in the early / testing period. Also used on Vickers Valiants during Suez Crisis in 1956

• HTK-A322 – RAF Anti-Flash White – Since 1957 the overall colour of the nuclear delivery fleet (also of the TSR2 prototypes). Later on lower sufraces of camouflaged planes

• HTK-A141 – BS Medium Sea Grey – BS381C:637, used since the mid-1960s on upper surfaces in low level strike scheme of the V-bombers and in wraparound camo of Vulcan

• HTK-A143 – BS Dark Green – BS381C:641, used since the mid-1960s on upper surfaces in low level strike scheme of the V-bombers and in wraparound camo of Vulcan

• HTK-A217 – BS Light Aircraft Grey - BS381C:627, used since mid-1960s on the lower surfaces in low level strike scheme of the V-bombers and of the Victor tankers (in Hemp)

• HTK-A144 – BS Dark Sea Grey - BS381C:638, used on the lower surfaces of RAF Avro Vulcan during Operation "Black Buck" (during the Falklands / Malvinas conflict)

• HTK-A262 – BS Camouflage Beige - BS381C:389, also known as "Hemp", used in the 1980s/90s on upper surfaces of air-to-air refuelling Handley Page Victors (over LAG)

• HTK-A100 – Jet Black / Night - Exact match with BS381C:642, standard colour of anti-glare panels on various aircraft, including the RAF V-bombers fleet