As the little MUTT comes together I'm faced with the next hurdle- a paint job!

Since I haven't found my old compressor (and haven't airbrushed in 15-20 years anyhow) I am planning on taking the wimps way out- spray cans! This limits my options pretty seriously regarding Camo Patterns.

So...In the 2nd ID, Korea, from late 1970s to 1990 was there ever a time when US Forces in Korea used a single color camo pattern on the M151A2?? (fingers crossed).

Thanks in advance.

Jim

Unsure of a single camo pattern, but for a kit done in a MERDC scheme (4 color pattern shown on the box art), hand painting is more correct. Many of the vehicles were issued in either OD green with white stars (M151A1) or overall forest green (M151A2). The patterns were often hand painted with the type of paint brushes you'd use to paint your house. The soldier doing the painting was the driver (or crew) and the looks of the scheme depended on his skills. A lot of times the secondary color (the next largest used color) was done with a paint gun and compressor. The black and sand squiggles were usually done by hand.

WHile Rob has seen this stuff on a regular basis, up close and personal, the stuff I've seen onthe roads concurs with this. You could lightly mask the secondary color using tape or paper. Then hand paint the squigles. Both soft and hard edged squiggles were common and apparently acceptable in the field.

Thanks for the input...I now have a plan to paint this thing.

Jim