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The downside to the CARC like sandpaper texture is washing it. It will just about shred any cloth. If using cotton, it holds so much lint it looks like a fuzz ball after washing. I've tried a siphon gun thinning with 10% water and the paint will dry on contact with the CARC texture. The color...

See post 36 for details and a photo. The paint was thinned with 10% water. Sprayed through an auto paint gun. Here is the HD formula for the 8 oz. sample.

I'll head back to HD and get a sample of 383 as per Mike's recipe. Thanks for the photos.

The truck is a 1985 vintage Air Force vehicle. Would this be Forest Green?

I've played with this a bit more. I went to Hobby Lobby and found Testors model paint in dark green 34079. Forest green, 34127, wasn't there. From the 34079 sample, Home Depot matched and mixed an 8 oz. sample. I sprayed half of the passenger door access panel and it's no where close to the...

The camo or Strata Blue would both make a great looking truck. I'm kind of fond of the all green version. Friends in during that era tell me most of the AF Deuces they remember were OD, not camo. Forest green seems like it would work well but I'd really like to know what it was originally...

After reading many different posts on the subject, I'm still trying to determine the correct green for a 1985 Air Force M35A2. Some seem to think 34127 Forest Green. others 34079 Dark Green, and others 383 CARC. Any Air Foce guys with memories of the era? Thanks, Dave