Summer merdc color

[Lindsay36551]

Does anyone have any photos of a properly painted 151 in summer merdc camo pattern.
Best regards
Lindsay
PS a new project coming my way!!

[svramselaar]

hi

below not a picture bud a drawing
http://www.panzerbaer.de/colours/pics/m151_merdc01.JPG
below the model site
https://www.cybermodeler.com/armor/m151 ... le01.shtml
https://www.cybermodeler.com/armor/m151/m151_all.shtml

the collars are
45 % forest green FS 34079 FS stands for federal standard ( the US RAL code )
45 % light green FS 34102
5 % sand FS 30277
5 % black FS 37038

for winter is only the light green to field drab FS 30118 ( no fresh leaflets at the tree bud old brown ones )

this is all i have

george

[Lindsay36551]

Thanks George,
What I'm looking for is an actual picture, this must be an unpopular camo pattern.
My client wants something different but an actual military pattern.

[Mark]

I have one I think but it's on photo bucket so that's a no go. But I have it on my apple pics, moved it to my email,so how to get it on this site I don't know how to

[SturmTyger380]

The idea behind MERDC was to allow a unit to move from one region to another and only have to paint over certain colors to match the new region.

The whole implementation of the schemes was a mess. Units were told to change to the new pattern without much guidance. Some of them did great jobs following the patterns and used air guns to apply. Others did not do so good with the patterns and handed troops brushes and said go to it. So the only pattern I have ever seen on MV's with them from the Army is the Winter US & Europe-Verdant. You can use the winter verdant pattern examples and just change out the Field Drab with Light Green.

https://sites.google.com/site/merdccamo/home/merdcpic

[svramselaar]

hi

it was not only a mess bud there was a other problem
every country had there own camo
the enemy see at the camo with country
if you only want to shoot the USA vehicle`s look at his camo
after this the 3 collar NATO camo was better

maybe a bit wrong written bud the idea is there

george

[muttguru]

I never came across a picture (or a real vehicle) that was painted Summer pattern. It seems that the army used the winter-US & Europe pattern and stuck with it throughout the year.

Here's a large-sized schematic of how the pattern should look. George has already listed the colors.



Ken

[Surveyor]

Is this it?
Matches close to
https://www.cybermodeler.com/armor/m151 ... le01.shtml

[Lindsay36551]

Thank you all!!!
I will be starting this project in October, should take a couple weeks to complete. I will send pics to MR. Guru for posting.
Again thanks for your input.
Best regards
Lindsay

[Lindsay36551]

I think that is the winter pattern

[Surveyor]

ahhhh... less "brown". What about this... that light green looks awfully bright.

[rickf]

YECK! I can't picture that blending in anywhere, Maybe a paintball range.

[Lindsay36551]

Rick, Ya know I gotta try it!!
Even if its long enough to take pics and roll her back into the paint booth!
It is god awful ugly!
At that point we will call it a primer coat!!!

[dauntless225]

The National Guard unit here in S. Illinois had their 151's painted that way in the late 70's. We nicknamed it the Nam job for it looked like it was patterned off the Vietnam ERDL jungle fatigues. If I remember right, none had stencils.

[rickf]

I NEVER saw anything in Vietnam THAT color! And it would have stood out since pretty much everything over there was a drab color.