Resurrected WIP.... M60A1 w/M9 Dozer....Call'n it DONE

Hello,

for OD I matched a paint using an old ammo can, and what I use since then is Humbrol 66 with a coat of future on top of that. The result looks like that:

By the way, it's unbelievable how different the color looks before the future coat, it's very close to gray.

I also heard stories about the soldiers washing their vehicles with diesel fuel (this is actually forbidden by the TM's). After that the color gets rich and shiny, but fades quite fast after several repetitions. That could be an excuse for a not-very-exact matchwhen it happens

Have a nice day

Pawel

Mike, Steve, Billy/1SG, Stikpusher,

Great information guys,  especially with my paint question.  I made a trip back to my LHS this afternoon to get some of the above mentioned paint and a set of the AFV chevron tracks (I figured I'd go old school) I plan on doing a few test mixes with all the suggestions to see what looks best. 

BTW, I do remember 25 years ago or so using that Pactra Dark Olive Drab.  I'm sure if I dusted off some old boxes in the back of my closet I find a dried up bottle or two.  Too bad Pactra paints seem to have disappeared.

Thanks again for the advice, I'll be sure & post my progress.

Gary/1SG

I ike using MM Green Drab w/some Black added for the 60s/70s dark OD. The old Pactra Dark Olive Drab was a great match for that color.

Model Master acryl line has two viable start points for the dark OD. One is called US Army Helo Drab and the other is called Green Drab. You may need to mix some black in to get exactly what you're looking for. The solid rubber chevron track would be more appropriate for an early M60A1, but both would be acceptable if the vehicle being modelled is an old girl still hanging around. AFV club makes decent sets of both tracks as AM parts. I think the M9 blade is okay on an early, but if my memory serves me the old ones had an armored oil tank on the port side replacing the rear sponson box. There were also hydraullic lines (big armored ones) running from the rear of the tank along the bottom of the hull. I haven't been able to find any photos of these features online and didn't take any when I was in the service. Then again my memory may be fooling me, it was a long time ago. M60A1's have been heavily photographed over the years and there are many on the web. Try a google or ask search, something will most likely turn up.

In the 1971 to 1973 timeframe I worked at a Army NG Consite with numerous M60 and M48 tanks.  These tanks were painted in OD (sorry, dont know the shade) with white stars and USA numbers.  Sometime during that period we started to replace directional tracks (chevron) with the new non-directional (block).  I beleive either tracks will work for the paint scheme you desire.

Billy/1SG

Top - For that VN and post VN all green I use XF 13 JA Green, it is closed to what was used then. You can also lighten up the XF62 OD wit about 15 - 20% XF 60 Dark Yellow though that will be closer to early OD.

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