Thank you to all who helped.
Lighting sucks, sorry for that.
You did very well for a first kit. Most of us did not have as nice of a finished build on our first kit. Well done. Have you decided on what your second build will be?
Thank you, it would have not been possible without the many people who helped me while I built this kit.
I have a M151A2 to be painted right now, but there’s camouflage involved, so a little worried on how I might need to do that.
show a photo of what camo you are trying to make.
This was my first armor model as well. Great choice and it looks good.
Here, it’s in the pictures. I’m building the Marine Corps variant.
Outstanding choice. You can paint the camo with either airbrush or brush. The good news is that is a generic template on the don’t have to super specific on the paint location as the non rate troops weren’t either.
The camo system was called MERDC. It was used in the mid '70s to mid '80s and was replaced by the 3-color NATO camo.
MERDC info:
https://gurth.home.xs4all.nl/afv/merdc.html
The pattern on the M151A2 1/4 ton is Winter, US & Europe, Verdant. It was the most common patter. Here is a good pattern for it.
Usually, when doing MERDC, I paint the green and dark tan w/an airbrush, then paint the sand and black squiggles with a brush. You can also do the dark tan w/a brush since it is a small subject.
I sprayed the green and hand painted the rest on my recent M818 5-ton tractor.
How do I go about doing the camo? Is there a template I can make and use or something?
Very nice build, the only concern I have is that I’m not skilled enough to hand brush camo…
You can make templates from the drawings and/or use silly putty to mask them off as well.
Practice on something else first. I find acrylics don’t brush well for me - I prefer enamel. Your biggest concern is your paint consistency. Patterns varied sometimes. Usually they stayed within fairly standard patterns. The biggest thing is the percentages:
Colours 1 and 2 each cover about 45% of the vehicle, colours 3 and 4 cover 5% each
I’m using Vallejo…
So it’s ok if I deviate a little from the actual camo…
In this case the kit is not following the scheme 100% either. They are using three colors for the jeep scheme, the tow is a fourth solid color, for lack of probably the proper names they are basically a light green, dark green and black.
I would paint the overall dark green, then add random blobs of light green (1 and half to two coats, I wouldn’t worry if the dark bleeds through a little in places cause I am sure it did on the real vehicle as well as it was troop not factory painted) then smaller random black blobs.
You can use approximate Vallejo colors and I would go the lighter side if planning to use washes and filters as they will darken the color.
HTH
Thanks!
My Sgt. gave me 3 cans of paint, a field manual and a paint brush and told me to paint our jeep in the MERDC camo pattern. I had two companions and let me tell you it didn’t turn out like the FM. It resembled a Picasso more than US Camouflage. True story. It all depended on the personnel painting it.
I already have black, would purchasing Vallejo US Dark Green and US Tan Earth work? I already have Vallejo’s Skin Tone and Buff, could I use those to somehow get a Sand color?
The Buff should be light enough straight from the bottle, but if it’s too close to the tan earth, add some white to it until it’s noticeably lighter.
Ok, so white+buff, black, and I’ll go ahead and purchase the US Dark Green and US Tan Earth.
As you can see, I have not quite started the model.
Is it necessary to purchase Micro Sol and Micro Set? I heard it makes applying decals much more convenient, but I feel like I did an already good job with just water…
I’ll also be purchasing some Vallejo Putty, as you suggested.
