MERDC M109 SP Howitzer Proof of Concept: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Quick Friday night blog post for everyone with exciting news!  Finally cracked the code for MERDC!  MERDC, also known by its more formal name Mobility Equipment Research Design Command [CLICK] was a paint scheme common to US vehicles in the 1980s prior to adopting the NATO three color camouflage pattern.

For quite awhile I had a difficult time with finding the correct colors for MERDC, that is until I discovered AERVOE paints!  Where better to find US Field Drab than through a company who sells Federal Standard Patter 595 paints!  It's genius!  (and I didn't pay the standard Aervoe price, either.  I found 595 standard Field Drab and Forest Green for 9 bucks a can!)

So, armed with blue-tack, I started in on my self propelled, M109 howitzers from Zvezda.  Let me tell you, I couldn't be happier with the results!

Heavy khaki dry brush.  2 x cans will paint all of my microarmor and probably all of my 15mm stuff too!  they're big cans.

The other 2 guns from the platoon have been base-coated in field drab and are waiting for their blue tack!  Mission accomplished!  "Rounds Complete on One!"