Famotabulous...
Hi Ya’ll,
Well while still on a bit of high from actually finishing a model I figured I’d take advantage and get a few kits painted that have been patiently waiting. I built this Famo about 3 years ago while I was still in college. Since I barley had the room to build it at my somewhat paltry workbench (coffee table in the living room) I decide not to try and paint it until I had some more practice and room. Well three years later I dusted the big fella off puffed my chest up to try it. Now I wrestled with a paint scheme for quite some time. After this diorama idea came to me I made up my mind and busted out the Panzer Grau, some rubber cement a scotchbrite pad and a little Badger Model flex - reefer white. I’z be honest I was a little apprehensive about trying a new technique on a 70$ model but hey what’s life without living! It really wasn’t hard at all. So her it is at its current stage. Now comes a spritzing of semi gloss and the ubiquitous filters.
The diorama more or less came to me in a dream… not really but….well yeah kinda!! Have wanted to do a snow scene for a while so bam.. a snow scene. Then I though hey self how about another tank upside down in a river…. Hmmm But I didn’t want to build anything just to dunk it so after a little rummaging I found this DML Stug III D I built about 6 years ago that had been dropped. The bank is plant foam and the culvert is from the train dept in my second home……HOB-LOB!!! I am still debating the final details of the diorama but ya’ll get the idea… I hope…
I got some Verlinden German snow dudes that I have been wanting to use for a while.. now if only I can find’em…. Probably hanging out with Jimmy Hoffa and Larry_Dunn’s compressor… sorry Larry ….couldn ‘t resist!
Any ideas or comments are very welcome…