TAMXF90 - Tamiya - Red Brown 2 Acrylic - 10mL Bottle

TAMXF90 - Tamiya - Red Brown 2 - 10mL Bottle

Tamiya XF-90 Flat Dark Red 2 is the Rotbraun (RAL 8017) component of Tamiya's pre-lightened, weathering-ready German three-colour AFV camouflage set — the third colour alongside XF-88 Dark Yellow 2 and XF-89 Dark Green 2. Like its matched companions, XF-90 is formulated as a slightly lighter, more chromatic shade than the standard XF-64 Red Brown approach for RAL 8017, providing a weathering-ready base coat that accepts subsequent washes, filters, and pigment effects without the final result becoming too dark. It is a warm, clearly reddish-brown tone — lighter and brighter than the darker, more chocolate-brown character of XF-64 — and produces a visually distinct Rotbraun camouflage patch against both the XF-88 Dunkelgelb base and the XF-89 Olivgrün patches that reads correctly as the three-colour scheme at normal 1/35 viewing distances. Purchasing all three colours together (XF-88, XF-89, XF-90) provides the complete pre-lightened palette for any WWII German AFV in the standard late-war Dunkelgelb / Olivgrün / Rotbraun scheme.

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.

• RAL 8017 Rotbraun German AFV camouflage patch — the standard dark red-brown applied as a crew-applied camouflage patch over Dunkelgelb base coats on Tiger I, Panther A/D/G, Panzer IV H/J, StuG III G, Jagdpanther, and Tiger II from February 1943 through May 1945; XF-90 provides the same historical application as the XF-64-based RAL 8017 formula but as a pre-lightened, weathering-ready alternative calibrated to the XF-88/89/90 matched set
• Eastern Front three-colour scheme — XF-90 Rotbraun patches applied in the Dunkelgelb / Olivgrün / Rotbraun three-colour scheme on German AFVs at the Battle of Kursk (July 1943), Kharkov (March 1943), and the full range of Eastern Front subjects through the defensive battles of 1944–45; the brown patches often appeared in irregular mottled or streaked patterns applied by unit crews with available brushes or brooms
• Normandy and Western Front subjects — Rotbraun patches on Tiger I (sPzAbt 101), Panther G (Panzerregiment 33, Falaise), and StuG III G subjects of the Normandy campaign (June–August 1944); the Western Front Dunkelgelb / Olivgrün / Rotbraun scheme seen in contemporary colour photographs shows the brown as a warm, reddish-brown that XF-90's pre-lightened character approximates well before weathering
• Pre-weathering modulation approach — XF-90's built-in pre-lightening makes it suitable for the systematic post-shading and multi-layer weathering workflow; subsequent brown enamel washes, rust and dust pigments, and filter applications will darken and desaturate the brighter XF-90 base toward the operational appearance without the final result going too dark or too flat
• Matched three-colour set usage — XF-90 is specifically designed to be used alongside XF-88 Dark Yellow 2 and XF-89 Dark Green 2; all three colours are formulated as a coherent, pre-lightened palette for German late-war three-colour subjects; the set eliminates the need for individual pre-lightening adjustments when building within a systematic modulation and weathering workflow
• XF-64 vs XF-90 choice guidance — use XF-64 (8:2 with XF-49) for a traditional Rotbraun approach or when no subsequent weathering will modify the base; use XF-90 when working within the XF-88/89/90 matched set and applying multi-step weathering that will darken and tone the brown toward the correct operational appearance of sun-faded, dust-covered late-war German AFVs

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