Thanks guys! Those little tins do work great for keeping paints viable for long term. Too bad even Testors square bottles don’t last that long.
And now…
Base color of the MASSTER scheme, Humbrol enamel Sand FS 30277, airbrushed onto the topside.
More coming soon…
Looking good Stik!
Thank you Grey. I’ll be working on some camo pattern colors here later on… kinda chilly out for airbrushing right now.
Today’s progress update… I spent way more time masking with Silly Putty than I did airbrushing paint, stirring and thinning paint, and cleaning my airbrush… Man is that a task to use Silly Putty on such a pattern, I think that I need to buy another egg or two of the stuff…
Humbrol enamels:
First color, Matt Brown 186, which is supposed to be a good match for Earth Red FS 30117
Second Color, Matt Forest Green 150, which is supposed the match Forest Green FS 34127
I already know I’m gonna have to go back and do touch ups…
It’s clearly been too long. And I’m likely reemembering A2s, but I’m remember the engines as a darker green (if not quite shwartzgrun) with a bunch of black accessories on the engines.
Love the paint scheme, Carlos need to be i nthe Majors for how easy he makes it look to hit clean out of the park.
Thanks Capn. 151s delivered to the Marine Corps pre MERDC were likely bronze green. During the MERDC years they would likely be Dark Green FS 34079
The camouflage turned out great.
It’s been interesting trying to airbrush now with the weather changing. During summer I’ll airbrush very early in the morning before it starts cooking outside now I have to wait till the afternoon to do anything.
Yes, the weather here in AZ has presented new ranges and challenges to meet for airbrushing. Live and learn.
I definitely understand the problems with painting at various times of the year. I have two projects waiting for paint that are on hold till next year some time. I can get away with brush painting in the house, but the garage right now is 48 degrees headed for a balmy 52 later today.
Nice looking little vehicle you got going there. Likeing the paint scheme.
The camo masking came out perfect! Yeah, masking with Silly Putty is a pain but it’s more of a paint trying to use masking tape.
Thanks guys!
M1,it’s a bit warmer here today, but I hardly needed to do much airbrushing.
Gamera, Masking with tape would be a bigger pain on this scheme and subject… but maybe some liquid masking stuff might work…
I finished up the camo today. Then went back with a brush and hit the few areas where the masked areas didn’t quite meet up properly and the base color came thru where it should not.
Behold the MASSTER (camo)! I really do like this scheme!
Next up all the detail painting before weathering and decals…
Stik, I’m not familiar with that camo pattern. Where was it used?
That scheme was only used by the US 7th Army units in West Germany during the 70s before the MERDC scheme was developed and fielded. Perhaps 1972 thru 1978 or so.
Stik, thanks for the clarification.
The camouflage is spot on.
M1 and Grey, thank you. This is my first attempt at doing a MASSTER scheme, so I’m happy with the results.
Today was detail painting: seat cushions, shovel & axe, radios, etc… mostly using different ODs for some tonal variety.
That looks really nice. Good job
The 35th AD used the MASTER scheme on their M-60’s during that same period. Ask M60_Tanker. He was there.
Eventually I’m going to make another one in that scheme.
Nice work on the Jeep! Just a touch of weathering and you’ll have another amazing build.
The jeeps were fun to drive although they could be a bit hazardous if you weren’t careful in turns,we had a few flip over that way or if they ran over a rock.
From what we heard, the Army jeep was stolen when our town patrol found it unmanned with the key in it. We used it because it was working better than any of ours. They found out and demaned it back. I caught some of our guys swapping the ID plates and markings with one of our jeeps so we could keep theirs. Very few of our jeeps had tops and some didn’t even have a windshield.