MERDC 4 colour for a M1009

Hi all,anyone have a copy of the above? Front ,rear,side views and top.It's time for a camo change

Was there ever a 4-color pattern made for the CUCV? I think by the time they were issued to the troops, that the 3-color woodland had been used for a few years. The MERDC pattern was 1974 to about 1982 or so.

You'd probably have to modify the MERDC four color pattern for the M880, and/or the M886. I've got the M880 pattern if you decide you want to use it.

If however you mean the NATO 3 color pattern, then that's not a problem. That one is readily available, and you can obtain it from a variety of sources.

P.S. did you know there is an old and a new version of the NATO 3 color pattern for the M1008 CUCV? Subtle but noticable differences.

I have the NATO 3 colour on the vehicle now.I'm going for the MERDC 4 colour,just trying to work out which of the colour schemes to go for.I've seen the patterns some one has already put on steel soldiers for the M880 and was thinking of using that any way,but it only showed the L/H side,front and rear + top.No R/H side.Just wondered if someone had a pattern thingy for a M1009 that was all.

Hi all, how come the field drab FS 30118 looks hell of a lot darker on the FS colour chart than on the pics of vehicles with 4 colour MERDC??

They all look darker. Its partly because there isn't a true color representation on the computer (its hard to get a consistent color to display across all monitors ansd setups), and also because colors have a way of lightening up when spread over a large area and since you are looking at the color across a small patch on the computer screen, the color looks darker. Consider the color chart representations as approximates only.

Has anyone got the European RAL code for Field Drab FS 30118?

I may not have the MERDC diagram for the M1009, but I think I have photos of the truck in this scheme. Let me know if this well help.

Regards,
David

P.S. did you know there is an old and a new version of the NATO 3 color pattern for the M1008 CUCV? Subtle but noticable differences.

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I didn't know that. Only to the M1008? What are the differences? Is it a change to the pattern itself? When did the change take place? Is there a vin # cut-off?
I know.... questions, questions, questions.....

DDoyle said:

I may not have the MERDC diagram for the M1009, but I think I have photos of the truck in this scheme. Let me know if this well help.

Regards,
David

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I know this is a REALLLLY old thread, but I WOULD like to see a MERDC painted M1009, please Mr. Doyle

a little help,
look what i found on my hdd, a pic download from 1999:

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i am working on it...i hope some day my cucv will look like that:
thiese pics are show the classic merdec but the FS30277 sand is repaced by the actual FS33446 desert tan 686. the colors are harmonizing much better that way.

Here's a pic that I've been playing with. One of these days I'll give it a try! While I've never seen a good pic of a m1009 in MERDC, I have seen one of a HMMWV.