Davide Calzolari Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) "once upon a time there was the cold war..."" anyone has color pix where where shown the difference in the real thing between an M-60 in summer verdant and another one in tropical verdant?ive found something on google image but nuttin could work so properly for my m-60a3 tamya to paint in practice ive found only some in summer verdant(that with the thin dirt white stripes) not the else one that seems impossible to find any help appreciated Edited July 19, 2017 by Davide Calzolari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centaur95 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 The most common scheme used was the Winter Verdant. The Summer verdant was less common and the Tropical Verdant very rare - possibly only used by a few USMC units based in the Pacific. I seem to remember that the old Tamiya M151 MUTT with TOW Launcher included a Tropical Verdant scheme and it was credited to a USMC unit. Their LVTP7A1 kit also included the Tropical Verdant scheme which would tend to confirm a bias towards USMC units (possibly those based in Japan?). That would mean you couldn't paint an M60A3 in the scheme as the USMC only used the M60A1 and never upgraded to the A3. The original plan was that the major colours could be repainted during the year to match the terrain/vegetation, but most units didn't have the time or the inclination to do so. Cheers, Centaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 (edited) hi centaur, still thnx ive find something fo interesting even if not m-60 related enjoy tropicla verdant on the famous usmc little elefant Edited July 19, 2017 by Davide Calzolari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 centaur by the way ive enough pics of both m-60a1/A3a both in grey desert (more often) and some red desert(more rare) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 oh found some! here a summer verdant, i suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centaur95 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 On 19/07/2017 at 10:50 AM, italian intruder said: hi centaur, still thnx ive find something fo interesting even if not m-60 related enjoy tropicla verdant on the famous usmc little elefant That photo doesn't make sense. The USMC personnel are wearing modern MARPAT camouflage and it is a completely different timeframe to the MERDC scheme (about 20 years different). Those AAVP7s are not USMC vehicles. They are also original A1 variants and haven't been upgraded in any way. My guess is that they are modern Brazilian vehicles. The Grey and Red Desert schemes were used, as were the Winter options, but never as extensively as the Winter/Summer Verdant schemes - my personal favourite of all the MERDC options was the Grey Desert option. Cheers, Centaur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Centaur ... not an expert but i think the korean marines, indonesians, Thailand, and possibly the Phillipines use the Amphib's so its possible they are on an exercise with US Marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centaur95 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 On 20/07/2017 at 11:43 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Centaur ... not an expert but i think the korean marines, indonesians, Thailand, and possibly the Phillipines use the Amphib's so its possible they are on an exercise with US Marines. Yep - so do the Italians, Argentines and the Spanish. However, a lot of those countries have upgraded their Amtracs to a similar standard to the USMC so it becomes difficult to be certain. I went for Brazilian because they seem to have been slower to upgrade their 'tracs. Happy to be proved wrong though Cheers, Centaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) ive opted for summer verdant,rare but really exixted! Edited July 27, 2017 by Davide Calzolari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentG Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 In the early '90's my police department took possession of some surplus US Army trucks. They were actually painted in the Summer Verdant scheme as delivered. I am currently building a M60A1 in Gray Desert . The USMC used those at 29 Palms. G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 summer verdant even this one above ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentG Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Yes it is. G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 AgentG the lighter green above is not so much..punk & yellowish ?seems really the interior green WWII ..i've done my m-60A3 with a green defintaley more darker, like medium green of usaf in the SEa.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 what i'm building 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentG Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 The ones I remember were a really, really yellow green color. That said, like anything else in the military, go look and you won't find two that are painted the same. G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 thnx so much : further question:the black stripes were really so wide as the pic above?in the drawning are always been made more thin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentG Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 It looks to me as if the camo in that photo was sprayed on. See the soft edges? The size of black portions on that tank would be subject to the width of the spray pattern. Normally they wouldn't be so large, they would have been hand painted by whatever brush could be found. Always remember, we as modelers strive for perfection. Perfect fit perfect color, perfect camo when in real life it was anything but. G 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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