Camo Paint Pics

[guido666]

If you want to be original, I have the instruction pamphlets for painting military camo patterns for the CUCVs (1008 & 1009) on PDF somewhere. Let me know if they'd be helpful.

Me too! Please share.

 

[SoldierFixer]

Errr, um...

OK, so sometimes having a huge hard drive can cause problems. Like now. I seem to have lost the CUCV PDFs somewhere on the hard drive. That's the bad news. The good news is that the Army TB that I took them from is easy to get. I'm in Iraq at the moment and don't have the bandwidth to upload something this big, but if you go to

http://brochures.slosh.com/cucv/

and download TB43-0209: "Color, marking and camouflage painting of military vehicles, construction equipment and materials handling equipment", you'll find the correct camo scheme for the CUCV along with just about everything else you never needed to know about the Army's vehicle markings, from M60 tanks to the Army's boats. You'll also understand why I chopped the file down to just the CUCV information.

 

[mikey_d05]

James, you've seen my paint job. It fits in during deer season around here.

 

[readymix]

Oh i sent you my pics readymix! (sorry off topic)

What pics. They might have been snagged by my span filter.
Refresh my memory.

 

[readymix]

Here is the pattern i have. It is also from the Army Manuals. I just modified it in PhotoShop to make it easier ot use.

 

[dremu]

I should have all the CUCV patterns in JPG format in my gallery here ... umm, yep, look on page 2.

-- A

 

[dremu]

Been thinking of doing a rattle can camo paint job when I ever address all the rust issues I have.. I would love to see some pics of camo paint... What colors do I need? any advise?
Thanks
James

Any colors will do. I very carefully prepped, taped and painted my six pack, in the 'desert tan' 3-color scheme, using a modified M1008 (military CUCV pickemup) pattern.

I very carefully prepped and painted, without tape, my M1009 CUCV in the proper pattern, in three color 'forest' green.

And I not very carefully did my wheeling rig up in shades of blue, kinda like an '09, just so that the really bad bodywork I did didn't show.

The pattern thing has been covered pretty well; they're in this thread for the '08 pickups and in my gallery for all the trucks. "Camo" colors can be had at Wal-Mart, in Krylon's Ultra-Flat line. I used these for my pickemup, and honestly, I hated them. Hard to work with, weird coverage, particularly in the tan, and the surface is gritty and picks up dust and bird-doo and whatever too easily. (The brown actually a Rustoleum color, as the local Wally Worlds didn't have the brown Krylon at the time.) Autozone also carries these.

The CUCV I did up with a real paint gun and had the colors mixed at a local autobody place. The results are better, but I'm not convinced they were worth the effort. I still touch it up with rattle cans -- it's just easier

The blue I just grabbed three shades of gloss at the local hardware place. I was gonna do a clear coat of matte, but it got to be too much hassle as the damn thing is just my wheeler anyway.

Anyway, for you, I would say pick a style, i.e. the forest green, the desert tan, or maybe a winter gray/tan/brown sort of thing, chalk up your truck by eye from the patterns, and go to town.

Prep work is everything, so washing, primering, and sanding will drive you nuts.

-- A

 

[81jimmyslt]

dont use tape, it doesn't look right.

 

[CaveBlazin]

I cant believe no one has mentioned 79Stompers(James) rig its a whole different kind of Camo he used the Digital pattern and it looked good do some searching and Im sure you'll find it. Good Luck!!

 

[steve_kibbe]

I never knew there was a proper way to camo

Those military sheets are cool

 

[dremu]

dont use tape, it doesn't look right.

I know, I know. I gotta wait till the weather is good and then I'm gonna feather the edges. Along with the other 5002 projects around here

-- A

 

[SoldierFixer]

I never knew there was a proper way to camo

Man, in the Army, there is a "proper" way to do everything and a manual to explain how....

 

[gotchevys?]

camo

Those patterns are cool. Does the military spec any specific panit color or code?

 

[86Cucvbeater]

If you wanted to be excruciatingly high speed you could try tiger stripe camo. I've been thinking about doing tiger stripes in 3-color desert, but living on an Army post you get some funny looks for painting a truck camo ("Dude, don't you see enough of that at work all day?"). Of course, you get some funny looks anyway driving around in an M1008 that looks completely stock except for the lift and 44s.
One of my friends (pre-Army) painted his pickup camo, and we used a computer presentation projector to shoot the pattern on the side of the truck. The computer version was especially cool because we could resize and adjust the position of the pattern to line up exactly the way he wanted it. Outlined with chalk, masked, sprayed. Turned out pretty well. If you want to be original, I have the instruction pamphlets for painting military camo patterns for the CUCVs (1008 & 1009) on PDF somewhere. Let me know if they'd be helpful.

Yeah, people said the same thing about my M1008 when I was in the army. Anyways Lets see some pics of your M1008 on 44's! I'd like to see that. In the meantime, here's my pic of the best camo of all. lol

 

[dremu]

Those patterns are cool. Does the military spec any specific panit color or code?

Yeeees, sort of. Again, go to the Brochures link mentioned above for the specifics.

However, I *strongly* advise not going through the hassle. I spent a week tryign to get my green right at the autobody place and still botched it Next time, I'm using the rattlecans from Wal-Mart, period.

-- A

 

[therobzilla]

This is a Desert Camo job I did a good long ago. 15 dollars worth of Home Depot Rustolimun (SP).

 

[78Suburban]

All of this is awsome... especially those pattern templates........ keep those pics coming

a quick question for those of you with rattle can paint...... wonder how well it will hold up to Georgia red clay? its kinda acidic... and I thinK recall it staning some rattle can paint I had in the past.... is there some sort of flat topcoat that would work and be cheap?
thanks

 

[CB77GMC]

Tiger Camo

Build Pics


CB

 

[guido666]

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CB

Very nice.

 

[78Suburban]

So does anyone have experience with rattle can paint and mud??????? will the paint fall off as soon as a clod of mud hits it?
thanks,
James