595 FS 17038 Black

FS 17038 Black A high-quality semi-gloss US black acrylic or enamel paint for aircraft scale models and creative work. FS 17038 Black Color Guide: FS 17038 Black was widely used for insignia, markings, and stencils on U.S. arms from the mid-1950s. This color replaced ANA 604 Black, previously used for aircraft, and Black No.10 for ground vehicles. FS 37038 Black, a matt version of the FS 17038, along with Earth Red FS 30117 and Sand FS 30277 was widely used for non-standardized ad hoc camouflage of US Army equipment during the Vietnam War. FS 37038 Black was also used extensively in MERDC camouflages for US vehicles and was used in perhaps all schemes except Winter Arctic camouflage. FS 17038 Black was widely used to paint the anti-glare panels and radomes of U.S. aircraft beginning in the mid-1950s. During the Korean War, U.S. Air Force strategic aircraft such as the B-29 had the lower surfaces camouflaged in FS 17038 Black, retaining the upper surfaces in the natural metallic finish