FAMO, Sd.Kfz. 9, ANGRAF , 5/2005, 1:25

**john** · #1 03-15-2015, 07:35 AM

FAMO, Sd.Kfz. 9, ANGRAF , 5/2005, 1:25. One of my oldest plan was to build the german half-truck, the sd.kfz. 9 "FAMO". This whole vehicle, and the booklet are legendary. It is full of faulty parts and mismatching. It contains polish descriptions only. The drawings are hard to understand and they are not in the correct order. It is amazingly detailed although there aren't any laser cut parts(except the tracks). Despite the problems, it will be fun to build. It's a must to re-paint the modell because of the inaccuracies it will contain several white area.

First steps, the chassis:

**enrico63** · #2 03-15-2015, 08:43 AM

Beautiful model and good start john!
I will follow with interest because it is a model that I would like to achieve.

**KCStephens** · #3 03-15-2015, 08:53 AM

Best of luck to you John. This certainly is a challenging model that I understand has many problems to overcome. However given your model building skills I have no doubt that the end result won't be outstanding. I look forward to following along.

**romanmodels** · #4 03-15-2015, 04:51 PM

Snake over on kartonbau has conpleted the famo. you have made a good start . i have the famo in the to do pile.

**john** · #5 03-16-2015, 01:04 AM

Thanks Enrico and Kevin.
@David, I know work of Snake. It is very precise and nice model, out of booklet style. I would like to correct any mistake.

**john** · #6 03-18-2015, 12:29 AM

Gear shift in colour.

**rockpaperscissor** · #7 03-18-2015, 05:10 AM

Outstanding! Really precise beautiful work. Your model is off to a great start.

**romanmodels** · #8 03-18-2015, 04:29 PM

good work on the gear box John

**dje** · #9 03-18-2015, 05:52 PM

nice work john.
really impress by the realism of your work; seeing that engine I'm curious about your technique, aero-graph ?

**john** · #10 03-19-2015, 01:16 AM

Don, David , thanks.
@dje: no, i use just simple brush to small parts.

"Start" the engine (without glue)