US Army Kaiser-Jeep M54A2 Standard 5ton Cargo Truck

Michi's time between Christmas and New Year's Eve was invested in building and painting a Rubicon 1/56th scale model of an M54 in post-Vietnam livery. Michi grew up with US Army vehicles from the local garrisons being painted in MERDC winter camouflage, that was in use for US vehicles deployed in Germany between the mid 1970s until mid 1980s. Michi wanted to attempt this camouflage for quite some time, but it was until now that there was a model vehicle in proper 28mm wargaming scale available. Best of it was that it's one of his most favoured vehicles ever - the US Army standard 5ton cargo truck for 3 decades. Bumper markings were left away to have it generic for second use by (imagi-)nations on the wargaming table.

Michi hat zwischen den Jahren einen langersehnten Wunsch wahr werden lassen und endlich ein Modell in MERDC-Tarnung gebaut und bemalt. Dieses Tarnschema hat die US Army von Mitte der 1970er bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre verwendet. Verschiedene Farbzusammenstellungen waren möglich, aber das hier gezeigte Wintertarnmuster war in Deutschland am häufigsten zu sehen. Das letzte Bild zeigt einen Größenvergleich mit einer 28mm-Figur.