More MERDC M113!

Trying the MERDC experimentation again and while I am sure I have the pattern down, I want to decide now on painting the vehicles in a summer or a temperate winter European scheme. The last one, if you remember, was more of the summer MERDC variant based on the colors I had on hand.

The Field Drab, at least to me, has been hard to find in a spray can so I used dark tan thinking I could darken it up a little afterwards with a wash.

Colors used: Basecoat in Model Master Dark Tan, blue tac applied then sprayed in Krylon Dark Olive. Apple Barrel khaki and black used for the squiggles. Vallejo Germ Camo Black/Brown used for the tracks. Dry brushed with AB Khaki.

I'm pretty pleased with the result and short of painting by hand using the most accurate colors, I think I'll go with either of these 2 patterns for my fleet of M113s, M1s, and Bradleys as I can spray the lot of them in a day. Perfect is the enemy of good enough!

My question to you all is - summer (right) or winter (left)? Check out the pictures below and let me know in the comments section!

MERDC summer on the right and my first go at European winter on the left. (no washes or dry brushing applied yet).

More for comparison. No wash or dry brushing on the European Summer Verdant on the left yet.

This took me a few models to get the right amount of tan on and I'll have to re-do a few of them as they have way too much tan. I still feel like the green should be the most prominent.

A few shades of earthshade wash and finally I used a black (sorry David - in spite of your advice, I couldn't help myself!) wash to darken the tan down.

With the washes applied - starting to look better! Ignore the Royal Artillery Gunner laying there. He's still sleeping off the New Year's extra rum ration...