TAMXF5 - Tamiya - Flat Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

TAMXF5 - Tamiya - Flat Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-5 Flat Green is a medium, neutral flat green — one of the most widely used mixing greens in the Tamiya acrylic range, appearing in kit instructions and community formulas across British, American, French, and Japanese subjects. It sits at a clean, mid-saturation green with no strong warm or cool bias, making it an ideal starting point for a wide range of mixed greens. Its most prominent documented use is as the green component in the Tamiya Spitfire kit-sourced RAF Interior Green formula (1 part XF-5 + 3 parts XF-21 Sky + 1 part XF-65 Field Grey), which produces the grey-green fuel-and-oil-proof paint applied to RAF cockpit interiors throughout WWII. It also appears in zinc chromate green mixes for USAAF aircraft, French Air Force khaki camouflage, P-39 Airacobra bronze-green interiors, and general vegetation and foliage work across diorama subjects.

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.

• RAF Interior Green cockpit formula — the primary component in the Tamiya kit-sourced RAF Interior Green mix (1 part XF-5 + 3 parts XF-21 Sky + 1 part XF-65 Field Grey), producing the grey-green fuel-and-oil-proof interior paint applied to all RAF cockpits throughout WWII; used on Spitfire Mk.I through Mk.XIV, Hurricane Mk.I/IIb, Lancaster B.I/III, Halifax B.III, Mosquito FB.VI, Typhoon Mk.Ib, and Tempest Mk.V cockpit interiors, instrument panels, and structural framing from 1939 to 1945
• Zinc Chromate Green (XF-5 + XF-4, 1:2) — mixed with XF-4 Yellow Green to produce the green-tinted zinc chromate anti-corrosion primer applied to USAAF aircraft wheel bays, structural ribs, and cockpit framing on P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, B-17 Flying Fortress, and B-24 Liberator from 1942 onward; also called out directly in Tamiya's F4U Corsair kit instructions
• Bell P-39/P-400 Airacobra bronze-green interior — mixed 1:1 with XF-4 Yellow Green to produce the unusual bronze-green cockpit finish used by Bell Aircraft on P-39 and P-63 interiors; operated by the 8th Pursuit Squadron and 35th Fighter Group in the Pacific (1942) and extensively by Soviet VVS regiments on the Eastern Front, where Lend-Lease P-39s were the most widely flown American fighter type
• French Armée de l'Air camouflage khaki — mixed 1:1 with XF-49 Khaki to produce the French Air Force khaki camouflage green applied to Dewoitine D.520, Bloch MB.152, and Morane-Saulnier MS.406 fighters during the Battle of France (May–June 1940); the mix approximates the warm, brown-green tone of the French vert armée camouflage colour
• British and Commonwealth AFV base green — a starting point for British Army SCC 15 Olive Drab and Jungle Green vehicle colours applied to Cromwell, Churchill, and Universal Carrier subjects in the Northwest European and Burma theatres; lightened with XF-57 Buff or deepened with XF-61 Dark Green to hit the appropriate shade for the subject and theatre
• US Army M4 Bradley and modern armour interior — mixed with XF-2 Flat White (4:1) to produce the light green used for US Army AFV interior surfaces as called out in Tamiya's M2 Bradley kit instructions; appropriate for all post-war US Army armoured vehicle interior work
• Diorama vegetation and foliage base — used as the saturated mid-tone green in multi-layer foliage painting, applied over a black or dark brown base before progressively lighter highlight layers; pairs naturally with XF-61 Dark Green for shadows and XF-3 Flat Yellow for sunlit highlights in scale hedgerow and jungle vegetation work
• General mixing green — a clean, unbiased green that mixes predictably with yellows, blues, browns, and whites across every colour family; used as the green increment when adjusting any mixed colour toward a greener result without introducing the warmth of XF-58 Olive Green or the darkness of XF-61 Dark Green

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