TAMXF80 - Tamiya - Flat RN Lt Gray Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

TAMXF80 - Tamiya - Flat RN Lt Gray Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-80 Flat Royal Light Gray (British Navy Gray) is described as accurately capturing "the shade of gray seen on WWII British vessels such as the Repulse." It represents Admiralty Pattern 507C Light Grey — the lightest of the Royal Navy's standard WWII warship hull colours, used as the overall finish on vessels operating in the Mediterranean, the South Atlantic, and foreign stations where a lighter, less conspicuous grey was appropriate. It is also the light-panel component in Royal Navy two-tone and disruptive Home Fleet camouflage schemes, providing the visual contrast against the darker Admiralty Pattern 507A Dark Grey (XF-54) and 507B Medium Grey (XF-75 or XF-66 approaches). XF-80 is a clean, cool light grey — distinctly lighter than XF-25 Light Sea Grey — and sits within Tamiya's dedicated warship colour family introduced for their expanding 1/350 and 1/700 Royal Navy kit range.

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.

• HMS Repulse — Tamiya specifically names HMS Repulse as the reference vessel for XF-80; the battlecruiser was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Malaya on December 10, 1941 in an overall light grey scheme; Repulse is one of the most modelled Royal Navy warships of the early Pacific War and XF-80 is the authoritative Tamiya colour call-out for her hull
• Admiralty Pattern 507C Light Grey overall scheme — the light grey used as an overall finish on Royal Navy warships operating in the Mediterranean (Force H, Gibraltar) and South Atlantic (hunting groups for the Graf Spee, 1939) where a lighter, less conspicuous appearance was preferred over the darker Home Fleet grey; applicable to destroyers, cruisers, and capital ships in overall AP 507C during 1939–42
• Home Fleet disruptive camouflage light panels — the light tone in Royal Navy two-tone disruptive schemes where AP 507C Light Grey contrasts against darker AP 507A Dark Grey (XF-54) panel sections; applied to Home Fleet cruisers and destroyers operating in the North Atlantic and Arctic convoys from 1940 onward; pairs with XF-54 Dark Sea Grey for the complete two-tone disruptive scheme
• Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet 1940–42 — overall AP 507C on Force H vessels including HMS Hood (before her loss to Bismarck, May 1941), HMS Renown, and Mediterranean Fleet cruisers and destroyers operating against the Regia Marina in the battles of Calabria (July 1940), Cape Matapan (March 1941), and the Malta convoy operations
• Royal Navy Far East Force vessels — HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse of Force Z operating from Singapore in November–December 1941 in the light grey appropriate for tropical station operations; both vessels were sunk by Japanese aircraft on December 10, 1941 in this colour scheme
• Royal Navy Light Grey / 507C reference — the modelling community widely uses XF-80 as a workable AP 507C approximation, noting it sits correctly between the lighter XF-2/XF-66 mixes and the darker XF-25 Light Sea Grey; for comprehensive two-tone Royal Navy schemes, XF-80 provides the 507C light tone while XF-54 provides the 507A dark tone
• Commonwealth and Allied navies — XF-80 is a useful light grey reference for Commonwealth and Allied navies that used similar light grey overall schemes; applicable to Royal Australian Navy and Royal Canadian Navy vessels in overall light grey configuration for Pacific and Atlantic theatre subjects through 1942–43

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