"1/144 New Millennium M3 Camo Color Scheme" Topic
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| Lucius | 09 Jan 2018 9:33 a.m. PST |
I just bought a slew of New Millennium M3 halftracks, in a drab/green camo color scheme. auction I'm still relatively new to WW2 – how common was this paint scheme? Would you see this type of camo in Normandy or the Ardennes? If it was rare, I don't mind firing up the airbrush and making them all olive drab, but the beauty of this particular project is that I'm using mostly pre-painted vehicles. |
| Garand | 09 Jan 2018 3:53 p.m. PST |
I don't recall that exact shade of green, but some US equipment had similar camo schemes operating in Sicily and/or Italy for a time. In NW Europe camo schemes of black over the OD were far more common. Damon. |
| GGouveia | 18 Jan 2018 1:35 p.m. PST |
Not in Normandy or the Ardennes. Those would be for Afrika. |
Mark 1  | 18 Jan 2018 6:57 p.m. PST |
The basic color for US vehicles was olive green. In Tunisia crews took to camo'ing their vehicles with local mud, applied to the vehicle with either broom or mop. This is the most frequent source of US vehicles with green and tan / beige stripes. The tan / beige stripes were frequently quite erratic, starting and stopping at random points, in very different patterns as you looked from one vehicle to another. Also it was up to the individual crews, who applied the mud, as to whether it was applied covering up the national emblems and other markings, or if they were left in visible condition by clearing blocks of the mud off to let them be seen. There were no cases (that I am aware of) of anyone painting a national emblem OVER the beige/tan stripes. Always it was on the green. There may well have been painted (as opposed to slopped-on) beige or tan stripes in some other theater. I don't claim to know. But in Tunisia at least (the only place in North Africa that US forces fought the Germans), it was just mud. Hope that helps, -Mark
(aka: Mk 1) |
| Marc33594 | 19 Jan 2018 6:52 a.m. PST |
This site does show several schemes in their color profiles:
link I know New Millenium did the same with their deuce and a half which I ended up repainting as a result. I was lucky enough to get a stash of the World Tank Museum M3s from their series 8 set so didnt have a problem. |
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