TAMXF67 - Tamiya - Flat NATO Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

TAMXF67 - Tamiya - Flat NATO Green Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-67 Flat NATO Green is a precise match for CARC (Chemical Agent Resistant Coating) Green 383, Federal Standard FS 34094 — the standard base colour of the NATO three-colour camouflage scheme introduced in 1984 for US Army and allied armoured vehicles operating in the Central European theatre. It is part of Tamiya's dedicated NATO colour family alongside XF-68 NATO Brown (FS 30051) and XF-69 NATO Black (FS 37030), and together these three colours cover the definitive US Army and Bundeswehr tactical camouflage scheme of the Cold War period. Tamiya's XF-67 is widely regarded by the modelling community as one of the most accurate out-of-the-bottle matches for FS 34094 in any acrylic paint range. It is a noticeably lighter, brighter, and more chromatic green than Olive Drab (XF-62), with more green saturation and less brown character. For scale-effect work, a small addition of XF-3 Flat Yellow (approximately 45 drops per 10ml pot) lightens and warms XF-67 toward the slightly more yellow-green appearance of aged and sun-faded CARC Green on operational vehicles.

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 NATO three-colour scheme (1984 onward) — CARC Green 383 FS 34094 base colour on all US Army armoured vehicles transitioning from the MERDC scheme; applied to M1 Abrams (1st Armored Division, 3rd Armored Division, V Corps, USAREUR, 1984–91), M2 Bradley IFV (6th Infantry Division, 3rd Mechanized Division), M109 Paladin, M113 APC, and the full range of US Army combat and support vehicles deployed to Central Europe during the Cold War
• Gulf War US Army armour (Operation Desert Storm, 1991) — many US Army vehicles deploying to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for Desert Storm arrived in NATO three-colour CARC green before receiving desert tan overpaint; some vehicles entered action in original NATO green or with partial repaints, making XF-67 essential for accurate Gulf War US Army armour modelling alongside desert-scheme subjects
• Bundeswehr NATO scheme — a workable base for German Bundeswehr vehicles in the NATO three-colour scheme alongside Bundeswehr-specific Bronzegrün (RAL 6031); while RAL 6031 is slightly more olive than FS 34094, XF-67 provides a workable approximation for Leopard 2, Marder IFV, Fuchs APC, and M48 Patton subjects in 1/35 scale Bundeswehr configurations
• USMC Cold War and post-Cold War vehicles — US Marine Corps M60A1 Patton, LAV-25, and AAV-7 subjects in CARC Green three-colour scheme applied in the 1980s and early 1990s; USMC camouflage colour allocation closely followed US Army CARC specifications making XF-67 the correct base
• Modern Soviet green approximation — XF-67 used as a starting point for modern Soviet/Russian AFV green on T-72, T-80, BMP-2, and BTR-80 subjects where the post-war darker Soviet green has aged and faded toward a similar green tone; for fresh Soviet green see XF-61 Dark Green approaches, but for field-worn and aged vehicles XF-67 provides a reasonable match at small scales
• US Army forest/woodland dioramas — XF-67 as a base for vegetation, ground cover, and foliage in 1/35 temperate European diorama settings; used as a saturated mid-tone green before lighter highlight greens are dry-brushed over scale foliage and ground textures
• Scale-effect NATO Green — Tamiya's own documented recipe adds approximately 45 drops of XF-3 Flat Yellow to one 10ml jar of XF-67 to produce a lighter, slightly warmer NATO Green appropriate for scale-effect representation of aged, sun-faded CARC Green on operational 1/35 vehicles; this lightened version is the standard Tamiya community recommendation for painted-and-weathered Cold War US Army and NATO armour

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