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The SBG Bridge and Churchill AVRE is ready for a primer coat.
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Nice work on this. Trabi built this for the D-Day GB last year and was nice to see this kit. Good to see another one.
Thanks! and I’m going to look that up. I tried searching here before I started to see any heads up and tips for building mine but I didn’t find any. Maybe I need to improve my search skills.
Despite the problems she’s coming right along. I can see now why you needed the weight in the tail!
1/76 scale was the most common small armor scale for decades. Airfix, Fujimi, Nitto and Matchbox were some of the premier brands of the day. It’s mainly used for wargaming now with resin kits being the norm made by Cromwell, Millicast, Matador and the like.
huh, I didn’t know that. Thanks Rob.
Gamera, Hah, yup. And after I glue the bridge section onto f=the front and add rigging, I won’t need the angle for bridge support.
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This is the base color as it looks today. Too ‘blue’ green? The aerosol cap under the bridge and turret is spray painted MM, FS-34087 Olive Drab.
I tried to photo color edit to match reality the best I could. it’s still off though.
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Thanks for looking …
color looks fine to me
In case you couldn’t find it, it is in the middle of a long GB, this is the page with his final pics, so you can go back from here.
cs.finescale.com/…/1733455.aspx
He did build the Revell boxing, so that might have thrown your search.
She is looking really nice.
Oh yeah, I forgot to get back to you on that. Yes, I found the pages with Trabi’s build and followed it to the photo bucket file of images. Thanks
Do they make armor models in different scales than 1/72-76 nowdays? [:P]
SprueOne: Nice to see someone making these vintage models still. Coming nice!
Have to say, that I like these old ones more than those new “shake ´n bake” models. With these you still can feel, that you are really building it. Fitting problems, lack of details, bad details, inaccuracies etc.
However with all weird problems this kit is nice one after all. I can remember that big WOW! when it came out first time. Something else, than Tiger, Me 109 or Spitfire.
Oh! You already found my wip photos. I tryed to point in those, those things which I wanted to correct.
Waiting to see your ready!
Hi Trabi, yes this subject model is what got me to buy it right away. I refer to your photos of this build from time to time for ref.
Thanks
Yes, 1/100 scale Flame of War table top wargaming is a popular small scale now. Small figure scale is 15mm. Zvezda has entered the 1/100 modeling market. Roco minitanks, while not true kits, is a popular 1/87 HO scale compatible with railroading.
Rob, Thanks for the info on the small scales.
Well, I’m going with this color green for the base coat. Then Old School with dark washes and dry brushing lighter shades of green
However, I need advice from builder who have built this or another ‘rigged’ model in this scale before.
How do I do this?
I see the i-sheet directions but where do I start and how do I keep it all taut?
Wow, that’s a bit confusing. I think it says you mount one end of the cable to the block and then loop it thought those tackle blocks Three times(?) before you attach it to the hand crank.
If you use the block (where the hand crank is mounted) as a starting point, it goes to (53), then to (59), back to (53), and then to the crank.
I recommend a high polymer sewing thread (should take acrylics well) in a dark grey or black. Wal Mart has a good selection.
If anyone has a better suggestion, ignore me. 
“Thank you, M. Brindos, your comments will not be ignored” (said in a robot voice)
Robot voice? Like 3PO? lol
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Haha, thanks again, Mike. I’ve copied and pasted your rigging suggestion to a text doc and is saved in this build ref file [I]
Paint will be simple wash and dry brush. This needs to be done before rigging. The wash color is a black/brown tint.
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All WIP and finished pictures for this BLOG is here: https://imgur.com/a/T9zbg
Dry brushing started with an olive drab color then lightened slightly for a second pass. One more pass with a lighter shade then decals. The bridge boards got my attempt at looking like the green paint wore off the wood in the middle of each section. Aluminum wear will follow on the aluminum parts where appropriate.
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Looking good