TAMXF10 - Tamiya - Flat Brown Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

TAMXF10 - Tamiya - Flat Brown Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-10 Flat Brown is a warm, mid-tone brown with a dead-flat finish, well-suited to a wide range of modelling subjects across military, naval, and figure work. It sits comfortably between the reddish earth tones and the darker chocolate browns in the Tamiya range, making it particularly useful as a base for leather, wood, and earth-toned weathering, as well as a standalone colour for specific historical camouflage and interior applications.

Tamiya Acrylic paints are a hybrid acrylic formula built on water-soluble resin — they can be thinned with water, isopropyl alcohol, or lacquer thinner, and clean up easily with water before curing. When thinned with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner, the paint lays down faster, dries harder, and bonds more aggressively to the substrate. The hybrid resin chemistry means the paint film remains slightly soluble after initial drying — subsequent brush strokes can reactivate and lift the layer below if applied without restraint. For this reason, airbrushing is strongly recommended for large surface coverage. Brush painting is workable for detail and touch-up work, but requires a gentle, deliberate stroke and a fully cured base layer. See our Tamiya Acrylic vs. Enamel vs. Lacquer guide for a full breakdown of paint type differences.

• IJN warship wooden deck planking — standard base coat for 1/350 and 1/700 Imperial Japanese Navy vessel kits including Yamato, Musashi, and Shokaku-class carriers, where teak deck planking was a characteristic feature throughout the Pacific War, 1941–45
• Wood-stocked rifle and weapons painting on infantry figures — WWII bolt-action stocks including the Arisaka Type 99 (IJA), Lee-Enfield No.4 (British Commonwealth), and Karabiner 98k (Wehrmacht) across all theatres
• Leather equipment base coat — map cases, holsters, ammo pouches, and boot leather on 1/35 figures across all nationalities; darkened with washes or highlighted with XF-57 Buff for realistic wear
• Early war RAF Dark Earth camouflage partner — used alongside XF-58 Olive Green in the standard brown-and-green scheme applied to Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Battle of Britain, 1940, and in the Western Desert, 1940–42
• Earth and soil groundwork for dioramas — applied to base terrain before adding static grass, pigments, and texture paste to represent the mud of Normandy, the Philippines, or the Eastern Front
• Modulation mixing — used to darken mid-tone earth colours or as a shadow mix for sand and tan base coats on North Africa and Pacific theatre subjects

For full Tamiya paint colour references and modelling compatibility charts, visit our Tamiya Paint Colour Chart — Complete Guide for Scale Modellers.

Thin and airbrush with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner, Mr. Color Thinner, or Mr. Color Leveling Thinner.

• 10ml glass jar
• Part of the Tamiya Acrylic paint range