I had built, painted and decaled the FAMO when I had to let it rest for a while, I just was bored to death...did some KT work and started my Dragon Leopold =)......Then I got back and did this..

Mud made of acrylic resin, tamiya colours, some dirt from my potted flowers,
model railroad grass and some small dust from the garage floor.
Then some oil color wash (Winston and Newton and terpentine), then som heavely thinned Tamiya buff, some small chipping with Vallejo and a fine brush, then some more buff, then some thinned black and German grey both Tamiya. I'm gonna finish with some MIg pigments in the cargo bed and on the tracks and front wheels. Phew!!! I have the trailer left to do =).... it's gonna be fun....
Comments and critics are welcome....









PS. Kit is almost straight from the box eccept for the dash/dials wich are PE.
Some brake lines and air cleaner hose are made from electrical wire, the torpedo wall braces are from plastic card.

Pic are taken with a Minolta G500 and a tripod and at night under my desktop lamp.


Cheers
Fredrik Lundbeck
IPMS Stockholm
SWEDEN

it looks real nice , a clean build and nice paint job

i think it nees more weathering, a bit too clean right now. and backspace is too empty... some ammo boxes or something similar would be nice

Welcome to Armorama. Very good FAMO. If you are planning a used FAMO, the engine needs to be "gunked" up. Oil smugges, rust stains. Everything else looks great. What do you intend to put in the pack, if anything?

Jeff

Hi Frippe, welcome to Armorama! And straight in with a model on the Rivet counters forum. You are a brave man. .
It's looking fine but there is one thing I think should be improved and that is the wheels. I think your 'mud' has gone on a bit to smooth and the effect is not of mud but smooth wheel surface. Mud on wheels is best applied as clumps. Also the color looks a bit odd to me, but that may be the photo. If you use textured mud I think you should add some more round the bottom of the wheel arches and mudguards. With textured mud it looks better if you use a bit more. If you are after a subtle effect it's better to use just paint (drybrushing). But credit where credits due, I think the detail in the cab is very nice, especially the dashboard.

Just put some more mud on the wheels to break the smooth shape and you'll be fine. Maybe it's the resin, I use white glue for my mud, which doesn't dry smooth, but just glues my ingredients toghether.

Cheers
Henk

I was thinking of buying one of those,are thay any good to put together.i think you need some colour contrast on your famo,it seems to be all one colour.the mud should stand out a lot more.good work other wise

Hey, its good. Nice to see that rare vehicle from time to time

Thanks for all the critiigue, I will get back with more updated pictures as soon as I have some more.
I have listened and have added more weathering to the wheels and I think that you will agree that it's better now.

Se ya soon

//Fredrik Lundbeck