Need advise with camo colors

[latvius]

I read the TM and I have color #1 being black, but after I painted the tailgate I noticed the wheel rims are #1 and that does not sound right for the rims to be black. Could someone take a look at the pic of the tailgate and tell me if I have the black and green reversed?

Thanks in advance!

 

[hndrsonj]

If I remember correctly, the rims are black according to the TM.

 

[latvius]

Wow you're quick! Thanks!
Well I don't think I'll be painting them black, doesn't seem like it would look good to me. At least I know I did not reverse the colors which I want to get straight before I continue painting

If I remember correctly, the rims are black according to the TM.

 

[wsucougarx]

This should help

 

[latvius]

Yes it does, thanks! So I have the colors correctly placed, although I am using a rattle can brown and black that are not original. The brown is darker but I like the look and it costs less

This should help

 

[KansasBobcat]

All the rims on the m1101/02 trailers I have bought are black. Bought 5, 1 camo, the rest tan.

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

Mine are green, like the picture. I'm pretty sure the TM didn't get followed exactly when those things were painted in the motor pool by a bunch of GIs. I know our 113s sure didn't when we converted them from OD to camo back in the 70s.

 

[bikeman]

Mine are green, like the picture. I'm pretty sure the TM didn't get followed exactly when those things were painted in the motor pool by a bunch of GIs. I know our 113s sure didn't when we converted them from OD to camo back in the 70s.

Partially because MERDEC was a "unit/commander discretion" paint vs. NATO Standard for Woodland starting in the 80s.

 

[latvius]

I never heard of MERDEC before now, that explains why the old camo paint job was different than the TM

Partially because MERDEC was a "unit/commander discretion" paint vs. NATO Standard for Woodland starting in the 80s.

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

Partially because MERDEC was a "unit/commander discretion" paint vs. NATO Standard for Woodland starting in the 80s.

Well, we had a template we were told to follow, which wasn't produced locally. It was published with all of the officiamaleze of a TM. I don't recall the issuing authority, but I'm quite sure it wasn't something that we cooked up on Ft. Carson.

It sorta kinda got followed, mostly.

 

[bikeman]

Well, we had a template we were told to follow, which wasn't produced locally. It was published with all of the officiamaleze of a TM. I don't recall the issuing authority, but I'm quite sure it wasn't something that we cooked up on Ft. Carson.

It sorta kinda got followed, mostly.

Template, yes. Color Scheme... well, the decision on which one to use, (at least to my understanding) was a local commander. which actually makes sense. Alaska is much more likely to want/use a winter scheme than Hawaii or New Mexico...

 

[KansasBobcat]

Well, we had a template we were told to follow, which wasn't produced locally. It was published with all of the officiamaleze of a TM. I don't recall the issuing authority, but I'm quite sure it wasn't something that we cooked up on Ft. Carson.

It sorta kinda got followed, mostly.

In discussing the camo on my CUCVs and HMMWV with most people I find it interesting that everyone thinks the patterns are done randomly freehand. Of course most were never in the military or close to a motor pool.

 

[rustystud]

I was in the Marines at this time and all our trucks got painted freehand. We used the patterns as a guide. One guy would trace out to the best of his ability the lines and then the rest would paint their color in the proper space. We used regular paint brushes so there was a lot of "going over" the lines.