TAMXF62 - Tamiya - Flat Olive Drab Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

XF62 - Tamiya - Flat Olive Drab Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-62 Flat Olive Drab is the primary USAAF and US Army Olive Drab in Tamiya's acrylic range — designated in the original colour guide for "US tanks or other modern tanks" (AFVs) and "Upper side of Army plane" for USAAF aircraft. It provides a working approximation of ANA 613 Olive Drab / FS 34087, the standard dark olive-green applied to USAAF aircraft upper surfaces from late 1941 through to the end of WWII, and simultaneously the standard vehicle colour for all US Army wheeled and tracked equipment from the same period. It is called out in Tamiya kit instructions for the full range of USAAF aircraft and US Army AFV subjects. The community broadly notes that XF-62 leans slightly greener than the historic original; for a closer match or a scale-effect approach at 1/35, the standard formula is 45 parts XF-62 + 45 parts XF-51 Khaki Drab + 10 parts XF-2 Flat White. For aircraft at 1/48 and 1/72, lightening with XF-60 Dark Yellow progressively approaches the sun-bleached appearance seen on operational USAAF aircraft.

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.

• USAAF aircraft upper surfaces ANA 613 — the standard upper surface colour on USAAF fighters and bombers in the Olive Drab over Neutral Gray camouflage scheme; applied to P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt (early production), P-51B/C Mustang, P-38 Lightning, B-17E/F Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, A-20 Havoc, and all USAAF aircraft painted in factory camouflage from 1942 through mid-1944; Tamiya designates XF-62 as "Upper side of Army plane" in the original colour guide and it is called out in Tamiya's USAAF aircraft kit instructions throughout the range
• 8th Air Force heavy bombers — OD upper surfaces on B-17F and B-17G Flying Fortresses of the 91st, 303rd, 305th, and 306th Bomb Groups operating from bases in England over Germany from 1942–44; B-24 Liberators of the 44th, 93rd, and 389th Bomb Groups in the same theatre; and on the B-17s and B-24s that participated in the Ploesti low-level raid (August 1943) carrying theatre insignia on OD upper surfaces
• 12th and 15th Air Force Mediterranean theatre — OD upper surfaces on P-38 Lightnings of the 1st and 14th Fighter Groups in North Africa and Italy; P-40 Warhawks of the 57th Fighter Group operating from Egypt and Libya; and A-20 Havocs with the 47th Bomb Group in the Tunisia and Sicily campaigns, 1942–43
• US Army AFV — the standard US Army vehicle colour for all wheeled and tracked equipment under Army Regulation 850-5; applied to M4 Sherman (all variants including 75mm and 76mm armed), M3 Lee, M10 Wolverine, M36 Jackson, M7 Priest, M3 half-track, M8 armoured car, and the full range of US Army organic transport and combat vehicles in all theatres; Tamiya designates XF-62 as "US tanks" in the original guide
• USMC Pacific theatre AFVs and aircraft — OD upper surfaces on USMC F4U Corsairs (VMF-124, VMF-214 "Black Sheep") operating from Guadalcanal and the northern Solomons (1943); M4 Shermans of the 1st Marine Division at Peleliu (September 1944) and Iwo Jima (February–March 1945)
• Scale-effect 1/35 Olive Drab formula — the centrepiece of the standard pre-lightened Tamiya OD mix: 45 parts XF-62 + 45 parts XF-51 Khaki Drab + 10 parts XF-2 Flat White, producing a scale-appropriate tone that reads correctly at 1/35 viewing distances and compensates for the colour shift caused by scale compression
• Modern and post-war US AFV base — XF-62 used as the starting point for Korean War-era M4A3 Sherman and M26 Pershing subjects, and for Cold War M48 Patton and M60 subjects in the standard US Army olive drab before the transition to MERDC and NATO camouflage schemes in the 1970s
• Nakajima cockpit colour component — mixed with XF-4 Yellow Green (3:1 ratio) to produce the distinctive Nakajima factory cockpit interior green used in A6M Zero, Ki-43 Hayabusa, and Ki-84 Hayate cockpits; provides the dominant olive-drab character of the mix before XF-4 shifts it toward the warmer, more yellow-green Nakajima tone

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