TAMXF58 - Tamiya - Flat Olive Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

TAMXF58 - Tamiya - Flat Olive Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-58 Flat Olive Green carries three distinct designations in Tamiya's original colour guide: "US tanks," "US Army infantry," and it is also a critical component in the RAF Dark Green formula (1 part XF-58 + 5 parts XF-62) called out in Tamiya's own Spitfire kit instructions. It sits as a warm, medium-bright olive green — lighter and more chromatic than XF-62 Olive Drab, and darker and warmer than XF-5 Flat Green — making it an effective brightening and warming agent for Olive Drab mixes, a direct base for US Army vehicle and infantry work, and the green increment in Soviet 4BO Armour Green approximations. The 1:1 mix of XF-58 with XF-49 Khaki is one of the most widely cited Tamiya formulas for Soviet 4BO Zashchitnyi Zelony (Protective Green) — the standard Red Army vehicle colour used throughout WWII.

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 AFV Olive Green — Tamiya designates XF-58 as "US tanks" in the original colour guide; used as a greener, brighter variant of standard Olive Drab on WWII US Army M4 Sherman, M10 Wolverine, M7 Priest, and DUKW subjects where a fresher, less faded factory paint appearance is required; also appropriate for US vehicles in the Pacific theatre (Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Philippines) where the more humid, vegetated environment produced less UV fading than the European theatre
• US Army infantry uniforms — Tamiya's original designation "US Army infantry" covers the OD green M-1943 HBT field jacket and combat uniform worn by WWII US Army troops; XF-58 provides a slightly greener, fresher reading than XF-51 Khaki Drab and is appropriate for newly issued uniforms on WWII infantry figures from the Italian campaign (1943–44) through the Rhineland and beyond
• Soviet 4BO Zashchitnyi Zelony — a 1:1 mix of XF-58 Olive Green + XF-49 Khaki produces a widely used approximation of Soviet 4BO Protective Green, the standard factory paint applied to all Red Army AFVs throughout WWII; applied to T-34/76, T-34/85, KV-1, IS-2, ISU-122, ISU-152, and the full range of Soviet armour from Operation Barbarossa (June 1941) to Berlin (May 1945)
• RAF Dark Green base — the primary green component in the Tamiya Spitfire kit-sourced RAF Dark Green formula (1 part XF-58 + 5 parts XF-62 Olive Drab), producing the standard upper surface dark green applied to Spitfire Mk.I/II/V, Hurricane Mk.I/IIb, Typhoon Mk.Ib, and Mosquito FB.VI in the Dark Green / Dark Earth / Sky three-colour camouflage scheme, 1940–43
• British SCC 15 Olive Drab — XF-58 mixed with XF-62 Olive Drab and adjusted with XF-26 Deep Green provides a workable starting point for British SCC 15 (Service Colour Camouflage 15) Olive Drab introduced for British Army vehicles from D-Day onward; applied to Churchill Mk.VII, Cromwell Mk.IV, and Sherman Firefly of the 21st Army Group in Normandy and Northwest Europe, 1944–45
• Soviet modern Olive Green — mixed with XF-2 Flat White (10:2) and a small amount of XF-3 Flat Yellow (1 drop) to produce the Soviet post-war green approximation for Cold War T-54/55, T-62, and BMP-1 subjects in 1950s–70s Soviet Army green schemes
• General vegetation and foliage — used as a mid-tone olive green for scale hedgerow, tropical jungle, and temperate forest vegetation in diorama work; darker and more olive than XF-5 Flat Green, it provides a convincing naturalistic green for scale bushes, shrubs, and ground cover before lighter highlight greens are dry-brushed over the top
• RLM 80 Olivgrün — XF-58 provides a workable direct approximation of RLM 80 Olivgrün, the olive-brown green used as a tropical and southern front aircraft colour on some Junkers Ju 88 and Heinkel He 111 variants operating in the Mediterranean and North African theatres, 1941–43

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