Vallejo Model Color Deck Tan (70986) is a versatile brown-beige acrylic paint ideal for painting vehicles, weathering effects, base terrain, and other miniature details. Its matte finish and warm grey-beige tone make it suitable for both historic and modern scale modeling.
Deck Tan closely matches standard references such as Federal Standard 36440, RAL 7038, Gunze H-315, Humbrol 129, and Testors Model Master 1730. These matches make it easy to integrate into existing paint schemes, especially for aircraft, armor, or naval projects.
The paint comes in an 18ml transparent bottle with an eyedropper cap for precise control and minimal waste. If the nozzle becomes clogged, it can be easily cleared with a needle or cocktail stick.
Deck Tan dries to a flat matte finish and features excellent coverage and a smooth flow that applies effortlessly with a brush. Its fine pigment texture ensures no visible brush strokes, making it perfect for working in multiple thin layers to achieve realistic color transitions.
This color can be thinned with water or acrylic mediums like matte medium, allowing for advanced techniques such as glazing, layering, or drybrushing. These methods are particularly useful for simulating dust, sand, sun-fade, or wear and tear on vehicles, terrain, and structures.
The paint is fully opaque and lightfast, ensuring long-term durability and color retention even under display lighting or natural sunlight. If mistakes occur, they can be easily corrected with water or alcohol while the paint is still wet, making it beginner-friendly and forgiving.
Vallejo Model Color Deck Tan works beautifully on scale miniatures in 1:35 or 1:72 and can be used as a highlight color on uniforms, a base tone for dry environments, or as part of a weathered vehicle palette. It pairs well with complementary shades like Buff, German Camouflage Beige, or Sand Yellow to create harmonious and natural finishes.
Whether you’re building a desert diorama, painting a dusty tank, or aging a weathered wall, Deck Tan is a dependable, multi-purpose tone that will elevate the realism and finish of your models.
