TAMXF51 - Tamiya - Flat Khaki Drab Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

TAMXF51 - Tamiya - Flat Khaki Drab Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-51 Flat Khaki Drab is a dark, olive-toned khaki-green designated in Tamiya's original colour guide for "US and Russian Army infantry" figure work — sitting tonally between the lighter XF-49 Khaki and the greener XF-62 Olive Drab. It is darker and more muted than XF-49, with a stronger olive component that makes it particularly well-suited to the worn, weathered appearance of field uniforms under operational conditions. Beyond its figure applications, XF-51 is widely used in the 1/35 scale Olive Drab formula (45 parts XF-51 + 45 parts XF-62 + 10 parts XF-2 Flat White), which pre-lightens and desaturates the straight olive drab for a more convincing scale-effect appearance. It also contributes to various RLM 81 Braunviolett approaches and British SCC uniform mixes.

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.

• US Army infantry uniforms — base coat for the M-1941 HBT (herringbone twill) field jacket and M-1943 field uniform worn by US Army and USMC infantry figures in the European Theatre of Operations (Normandy, Northern France, the Siegfried Line, the Bulge, and the Rhine crossing, 1944–45) and Pacific Theatre (Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, 1942–45); Tamiya designates XF-51 as "US and Russian Army infantry" in its original colour guide
• Soviet Red Army infantry uniforms — base for the gimnasterka field tunic and sharovari trousers of Red Army infantry figures in the khaki-brown field uniform worn across all Eastern Front theatres from Operation Barbarossa (June 1941) through the Berlin offensive (April–May 1945); lightened with XF-57 Buff for summer-faded field conditions, or darkened with XF-62 Olive Drab for newly issued kit
• Scale-effect 1/35 Olive Drab formula — a critical component in the widely used pre-lightened Olive Drab recipe (45 parts XF-51 + 45 parts XF-62 + 10 parts XF-2 Flat White) that compensates for scale compression and produces a more convincing faded Olive Drab on 1/35 AFV and figure subjects including the M4 Sherman, M10 Wolverine, M36 Jackson, M3 half-track, and the full range of WWII US Army armour
• US Army airborne uniforms — the M-1942 jump suit and M-1943 field uniform worn by 82nd and 101st Airborne Division figures at Normandy (June 1944), Operation Market Garden (September 1944), and the Ardennes (December 1944–January 1945); XF-51 provides the worn, field-condition khaki-drab appearance appropriate for paratroopers operating for extended periods without resupply
• USMC dungaree uniforms — the P-1941 HBT dungaree utility uniform worn by USMC figures in the Pacific island campaigns; appropriately dark and olive-toned for the rough field conditions of amphibious assault and jungle fighting from Guadalcanal (1942) through Okinawa (1945)
• Soviet winter uniform underlayers — the khaki-drab field uniform visible beneath white camouflage smocks on Eastern Front figures in winter diorama work; appropriate for the Stalingrad siege (November 1942–February 1943), Operation Bagration (June–August 1944), and the Vistula–Oder Offensive (January 1945)
• RLM 81 Braunviolett mixing component — XF-51 contributes to RLM 81 mixes (3 parts XF-51 + 2 parts XF-64 Red Brown) producing the late-war brown-violet Luftwaffe upper surface colour used on Fw 190 A-8/A-9 and Bf 109 G/K from July 1944 alongside RLM 82 Hellgrün
• General dark khaki-drab utility — suitable for British 1940 battledress before the shift to the brighter khaki, Commonwealth Army field uniforms in Burma and the Middle East, and French Army pre-war kaki réglementaire worn during the Battle of France (May–June 1940)

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