Hataka Polish Air Force Paint Review

By Michael Benolkin

Review

Here is a new paint company that recently opened their doors. Hataka from Poland has released five new paint sets, each with a different theme. In this release, we have the four standard colors used by the Polish Air Force between 1919 and 1939. If you've been wondering how to get the right color on your PZL project, this paint set eliminates that guesswork.

This set contains four 17ml bottles of paint with a set of colors that cover the majority of Polish Air Force subjects. The colors in this set include:

• A003 Silver (Metallic) (cockpit interior and lower surfaces of reconnaissance aircraft)
• A011 Light Polish Khaki (upper surfaces of fighter and reconnaissance aircraft)
• A010 Dark Polish Khaki (upper surfaces of bomber aircraft)
• A036 Light Blue-Grey (lower surfaces of fighter and bomber aircraft)

I selected the A011 color and gave it a sniff. These acrylics do not have the same smell as Vallejo, Italeri, AKAN and others so I wondered how they would perform. I pulled out a spare part that had been cleaned, shook the bottle (it is so nice to have the mixing ball inside) and stirred the paint. First I put a few drops into the cup of my airbrush and shot it at 10 psi without thinning. The paint went on smoothly and without any problem. I thinned another few drops of paint with the homemade thinner which is similar to Tamiya acrylic thinner and stirred. This batch went on even smoother but with consistent coverage. The Hataka acrylics respond just as the other brands above with the Tamiya thinner and even using Windex to clean the airbrush. When the paint had dried on the rotor blade, I burnished down some Tamiya masking tape and then pulled - none of the paint pulled up.

My sincere thanks to Hataka Hobby for this review sample!