HATAKA AS80 Royal Netherlands AF Paint Set Vol 1

HATAKA AS80 Royal Netherlands AF Paint Set Vol 1

Standard colours of Dutch helicopters since 1970s

For a long time the Royal Netherlands AF helicopters (Alouette IIIs and Bo-105s) used a single-colour RAL6014 scheme (in early 1980s black paint was added in order to improve scheme effectiveness).

In mid-1990s Bo-105s moved to tri-colour “NATO scheme” of RAL6031, RAL8027 and RAL9021. The same colours were adopted for AS532U2 Cougar Mk2s.

CH-47D Chinooks used overall FS34094 green, while AH-64D Apaches wore standard FS34031 “Helicopter Drab”.

Only recently overhauled AS532U2 Cougar Mk2s and newly delivered CH-47F Chinooks presented a new colour of FS36118.

Apart from the above mentioned colours the set also includes FS36440 – overall colour of the Dutch NH90 NFHs, and RAL5013 – the famous blue colour of “Royal Flight” Alouette IIIs.