Camo Paint

It has taken me longer than I wanted but I am finally getting my truck back together. I am going to paint it in Camo. What I need to know is what is the base color that is used and also is the frame painted camo or is it just black? Also are there any tips you can tell me? This is not the first truck I have painted but this is the first truck that I am painting in Camo.

Thanks

This might help some: http://www.m715zone.com/vb/view.php?pg=cammo

That's in the Manuals section here.

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Originally Posted by carmen

is the frame painted camo or is it just black?

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There's been some discussion over this in the past, and of the few trucks I have seen, and the other I have talked to, there isn't a clear picture of what is correct.

My '67 715 was pretty original, albeit painted a funky camo pattern on the body, but not underneath. The frame was black with OD on the outside of the rails and overspray on the inside of the rails, leading me to believe it was black on asssembly, then the whole truck was sprayed OD afterward. The diffs were partially painted OD and left bare in other places.

What cammo pattern are you going to use. The four color MERC pattern used in the 70s or the three color NATO pattern used mid 80s to present? The MERC 4 color would be correct for the M715 while the NATO would not be. Then you need to figure out are you going with the pattern for Germany or the pattern for say Panama? It makes a difference. But to answer your question the base color is Forest Green 34079.

I want to go with the 4 color camo. I remember seeing and reading about how to go about doing this but I just can't remmenber where it was. Also there was a color chart showing which colors to use if you went green, brown or white. I have a MB Jeep and a M37 already OD and just want to have something different.

Thanks


Carmen

Forest Green, Field Drab (brown), Sand and Black. That will give you the most common 4 color cammo job and will look really cool!

this is not official, i made this so i could see what the different colors would look like

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7...atternsfg8.png

1]Summer US & Europe
2]Winter US & Europe
3]Snow - temprate w/trees
4]Snow - temperate w/open terrain
5]Gray desert
6]Red desert
7]Tropics
8]Winter Arctic

I'm thinking of painting my m715 the snow-temprate w/trees colors

Now that is what I was looking for. I like them all. The summer in US or grey desert is pretty cool. Now is there a site or information on 'How to Paint' those colors on. What I mean to say is there a base coat followed by ? then followed by ? and finially by the last coat?

Since I have a new cargo and cap canvas top which is OD and will not be painted I am leaning to the green.


Please keep me posted.

Thanks

Carmen

a member here had one painted camo that is nice ,hopefully he will post up a pics of his.

I have never painted a truck camo... don't know the official procedure... and i'm sure theres more than one way to do it...

anyway if i ever get around to painting my m715 camo i'm going to follow what Sarge did over on steel soldiers...

http://steelsoldiers.com/index.php?n...576&highlight=

#1 and #2 were the most popular way the army painted M715s with #2 being more so and the one I was refering to.

There is a Technical Bulliten that was written in the 70s to tell you how to paint it, but here is my take on having done a few jeeps and a duce.

I'm going to use #2 for my example.

Since the #1 color on the vehicle is the 34079 forest green I would paint the truck that color. The whole truck as the base color.

Now the manual says to take chalk and using an projector put the pattern on the truck, but chalk is a PITA to clean off before you paint the next color. So I just eyeball the pattern and get is as close as possible.

What I will do is after the truck is now all color 1 I mix up a gun full of color #2 which in the example would be the field drab or brown. Using the pattern I eyeball the shape and basically paint the out-line of the blotch and then fill the middle in. Once I've gotten all of color #2 on I move to color #3 which in this example is the sand. I will then paint all the sand pattern on the truck. Don't worry about over spray as that gives it a real GI look to it and will basically fade off over time with weather and what not.

Lastly I'll put color #4 on which is the black...I generally use a can of flat black krylon or what ever I pick up at the home center. Oh yeah for the sand I get a can of Testors Master Modlers paint from the hobby shop...easy to use and matches great.

It is not hard to do, just time consuming and you need a bit of an artistic eye if you freehand paint like I do.

Let the paint dry between colors too.

Here is my take on it.

Steps: (I use paint from RAPCO, but there are lots of good companies.)
Hints, always use spray guns, low pressure and mix the paint well with a good thinner. Let dry between paints -- Never use spraycans unless to touch up an area.

#1 Paint the entire truck with red oxide primer and let dry. Important part as it will prevent peeling off years down the road.

#2 Paint the entire truck with your basecoat of forest green. (If you are going for a real effect or to be judged, then there is a single green from thosedays that is more accurate.

#3 Paint the brown next.

#4 Paint the sand and last the black.

Overspray is the norm, be sure to tape everything up prior to painting.

I rebuild MV and have sold several painted with just a single color, 4 color and the 3 color scheme..

Hope it helps.

Now it seems simpler to me. Also I see from the post above that the bench seats were painted in camo. All the while I was thinking that the canvas had to be painted. Makes sencs to me. I will let you all know how I make out.

Thanks


Carmen

anyone thought of the digital camo look?

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Originally Posted by OliveDrab

anyone thought of the digital camo look?

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THe "pixelized" camo would look pretty cool. Taping all those little tiny squares though......:D

they make digital camo stencils, and I would think it would still be cool if you enlarged the pattern size a bit as well. (make it easier) Digital Camo is going to be my paint project......(as soon as I get the M in the first place.:lol:)

They do make stencils for that? Hadn't looked actually.

Do you overlap in alternating colors for the effect then?

BTW if you're looking there is a 725 in Front Royal listed here in the For Sale section.....

Well, I'm almost caught up on my debt that swamped me all at once this year. I've been working fulltime at the bank then working all nights and sat/sun. doing electrical work on the side. I sold my motorcycle last night for 2500 so I'm on my way to owning after a couple more grand in bills...

http://www.camotruck.net/gallery2/ma...serialNumber=2

http://www.camotruck.net/gallery2/ma...serialNumber=2

there's actually a site called "camotruck.net" who would have though, found some examples of digital camo but not perfected yet...