British "High Speed" Silver

[Dekon]

Hello all,

 

What are people's recommendations for British HHS paint on a Spitfire?  Would prefer to stick with acrylics.

 

Thanks,

Richard

Edited August 4, 2025 by Dekon

[dmthamade]

I've used Tamiya spray can AS-12 Bare Metal silver for HSS, not acrylic though. For acrylic airbrush i used Vallejo Metal Air. Trying to remember which color i used, been a while, i think it was 77.701 aluminum. Did a build to experiment, will try and find it.

 

Don

[Dekon]

On 8/5/2025 at 8:55 AM, dmthamade said:

I've used Tamiya spray can AS-12 Bare Metal silver for HSS, not acrylic though. For acrylic airbrush i used Vallejo Metal Air. Trying to remember which color i used, been a while, i think it was 77.701 aluminum. Did a build to experiment, will try and find it.

 

Don

Thanks Don.  

[LSP_Kevin]

AS-12 is also my go-to solution for this, but it's not acrylic as Don has already mentioned.

 

Kev

[Dekon]

14 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said:

AS-12 is also my go-to solution for this, but it's not acrylic as Don has already mentioned.

 

Kev

Thanks Kevin, I think I am just going to decanted the AS-12 and use that.  Like I said, I prefer acrylics, but I do airbrush enamels when I need to.

 

Richard

[FalconFan24]

On 8/3/2025 at 3:08 PM, Dekon said:

Hello all,

 

What are people's recommendations for British HHS paint on a Spitfire?  Would prefer to stick with acrylics.

 

Thanks,

Richard

Richard,

 

In my opinion Vallejo Metal color (acrylic based metallic paint) white aluminum is very similar to "RAF high Speed Silver". Take a look at my video:

 

[Dekon]

12 hours ago, FalconFan24 said:

Richard,

 

In my opinion Vallejo Metal color (acrylic based metallic paint) white aluminum is very similar to "RAF high Speed Silver". Take a look at my video:

 

Thanks for the excellent video.  Going to give the Vallejo a try. The Vampire came out great BTW.

Edited August 11, 2025 by Dekon

[KUROK]

Mission Models MM-009 is "RAF High Speed Silver".

 

[Jager]

Alclad II Lacquer ALC 125, R.A.F. High Speed Silver. I have used it both over a black base and chrome base. The black is my preferred for a bit darker shade than over the chome base which lightens it some.  

 

Jager

[Bobster_]

On 8/13/2025 at 12:20 AM, Jager said:

Alclad II Lacquer ALC 125, R.A.F. High Speed Silver. I have used it both over a black base and chrome base. The black is my preferred for a bit darker shade than over the chome base which lightens it some.  

 

Jager

Would you happen to have some images of the finished results? And did you use a matt black base or a gloss one?

[dennismcc]

Xtracolor X038 RAF High Speed Silver, sprays beautifully and looks great.

I airbrush it straight onto the plastic.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis