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No track tools. We were going to see about begging the local Marine AMTRAC guys to see if they would be able to loan us the right tools...Track jacks and such...The tracks are all worn down rubber wise and leave divits in the deck...
I used Behr ultra exterior flat in FS34094 aka to us, 383 green...shoot it out of a hlvp gun and you will be shocked how good it looks and lasts. Go a couple of coats on the initial base green... They have all the three nato camo colors on the paint computer.....just give them the FS numbers you...
You can see the tracks even look kinda loose in the pic of her returning back to the motor pool....I think from memory they are not supposed to touch the road wheels...Not looking forward to that job..both sides need it...
We ddont have the money yet for a M-2 for the roof...and we need to short track both sides due to stretch..Also we need periscopes pretty bad...We painted this with PPG and the interior with krylon "Celery"....Its all volunteer work and donation to keep this thing runable and displayable...If...
Go %60 paint and %40 percent water...Might lay nice. Youll see right away too...its forgiving paint...like REALLY forgiving...lol..I spray eveything in that crap now...lol....lockers, gear, you name it..lol...
Our stuff sits on a flightline...rarely goes into the brush...so the abrasion resist is not as hot with the Behr ultra...BUT...if your draggin a trailer? this stuff will last you three or four years.....without fading..just like your house..lol...and its easy to touch up. Got a run? big deal...
You guys are going to laugh, but the CARC green looks wicked perfect from Home defect...in fact you guys will trip out, They had the real FS numbers in thier computer at the Kapolei Home Depot here. I asked for FS 34094 (383 CARC green) and they had it!!!!!!!!!!!
They also had the brown and the...
Shot this in house paint...half a gallon of 686 tan called desert camel in flat exterior behr glidden waterbased house paint....ahahahahahaha...works fine...
I have a slant back trunk if you want it to start your slant back pile..also I have two rear doors (no glass though) as well...they are yours if you want em, just have to pay for shipping from Hawaii..(ouch) im up on freq at 808 673-NAVY or you can email me at brad@nambp.org Ill zap some pics...
Some shots of the interior of the USMC HMMWV here...ala coyote...The RT-1439/KY-57 crypto box and the LS-671 are on the radio rack...on the support beam above the driver is the smittybilt 5lb extinguisher holder used to hold a hydration bottle..next to it is a led flashlight holder-also by...
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