TAMXF13 - Tamiya - IJA Flat Dark Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottl e

TAMXF13 - Tamiya - IJA Flat Dark Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-13 Flat IJA Dark Green represents the standard upper-surface dark green of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force — officially designated Noh-ryoku-shoku (濃緑色, "deep green colour") in the Army Aircraft Material Standards, KôKaku 39. It is a rich, saturated dark green with more chromatic presence than the blackened IJN greens, and was the primary upper-surface camouflage colour applied to IJAAF fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft from the early 1940s onward. Factory application of dark green upper surfaces became increasingly standardised from 1942–43, with field-applied mottling over natural metal or grey-green undersurfaces also common throughout the early Pacific War. The colour was applied across a wide range of Nakajima, Kawasaki, and Mitsubishi-manufactured types and is the correct starting point for the majority of mid-to-late war IJAAF subjects before weathering and tonal adjustment.

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.

• Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) — upper-surface dark green on the Ki-43-II and Ki-43-III operating from bases at Wuchang and Hankow (China theatre, 1942–43), Lae and Wewak (New Guinea, 1943–44), and Rangoon and Mingaladon (Burma theatre, 1942–44) with the 33rd, 50th, 59th, and 64th Sentai; the Ki-43 remained the numerically dominant IJAAF fighter throughout the Pacific War
• Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (Tojo) — dark green upper surfaces applied from 1942 onward on the Ki-44-II interceptor defending the Home Islands and operating from Indochina and Singapore with the 47th Independent Chutai and later the 47th, 85th, and 87th Sentai; the 70th Sentai at Chofu AB is specifically documented with overall dark green camouflage from 1944
• Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) — Type B dark green mottling over natural metal applied at operational bases from 1944, and solid dark green factory finish on later production aircraft; the 22nd, 73rd, and 85th Sentai operated Ki-84s in defence of the Home Islands against B-29 raids and P-51 escorts, 1944–45; relic fragments attributed to Ki-84s have been matched to approximately FS 34094
• Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Nick) — dark green upper surfaces on the twin-engine heavy fighter and night interceptor operating from Matsuyama, Ozuki, and Itami air bases in Home Island air defence, 1944–45, and from Burma and New Guinea with the 4th, 13th, and 16th Sentai from 1942
• Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Tony) — dark green upper surfaces applied to the liquid-cooled fighter at 244th Sentai at Chofu AB (Tokyo air defence, 1944–45) and 68th and 78th Sentai in New Guinea and the Philippines, 1943–44; the Ki-61 is the only Japanese WWII fighter with a liquid-cooled in-line engine, giving it a distinctive profile popular in scale modelling
• Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu (Peggy) — dark green upper surfaces on the twin-engine heavy bomber operating from Formosa and Kyushu in torpedo and conventional bombing attacks against the US fleet at Leyte Gulf (October 1944) and during the Okinawa campaign (April–June 1945)
• Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah — dark green upper surfaces applied in a two-tone scheme over grey-green on the high-speed strategic reconnaissance aircraft operating from Saigon, Singapore, and Rabaul throughout the Pacific War, 1941–45; also used in the Home Island air defence role from 1944 as an interceptor variant
• Fuselage mottling and field camouflage — XF-13 applied as a dark green mottle over XF-14 IJA Grey base on natural metal or grey-green undersurface aircraft, replicating the common practice of field-applied camouflage blotches across a wide range of IJAAF types in the China, Burma, and Pacific theatres from 1941 onward

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