CHURCHILL A.V.RE / S.B.G Assault Bridge - 1/76 Matchbox WIP BLOG Finished

Thanks Doog!

Man, that came out SO GREAT!!! Amazing what you did to an old Matchbox kit!

DM, that's right  this little guy lays bridges, doesn't burn them.

Mike, RX7850, I appreciate your compliments 

Great finish to a great build.

No problem mate. You've earned it lol. Credit where credit is due.  ;)

Watch out ocean, here it comes......

               A great turn out here sprue.

Awesome, I'm glad you feel that way too.

And thanks for the compliment  

Break those rules Sprue! That looks cool as all get out! lol Awesome mate!!

DM, RX7850, Mike, thanks! 

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And thanks to everyone who commented with suggestions and assistance during this Blog. 

Yup, I'm calling this one, Done. I rode down to the beach this morning, after popping the turret on, to take these pictures. I know it breaks all the model photography rules but whatever, fun is fun  

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Steel cables do look like that even under weight. Unless you have tons of weight on them they still do their best to resist being straight lol.

That worked perfectly and it has a realistic appearance! Splendid!  :D

Looks perfect . Can't wait to see it done.

 Wow, such intricate meticulousness in such a small scale. 

  This could not only cause frayed cables but frayed nerves too.

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Thanks fellas.

Yes, I think it worked. I removed the cotton swab this morning and it stayed in position.

While not totally perfect, I'm satisfied with this look of 'weight'.

Next is final weathering, probably just some dusting with pastels. Thanks for looking.

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Aw man--that's just SO frickin cool!!!

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I have the day off today so I'm finally getting to this step of applying 'weight' to the rigging. This is what I did this morning.

The red ' ! 's  and dotted arrows illustrate the cotton swab applying tension to the monofilament rigging. The white arrows indicate points where I applied CA glue.

I hope this works . . . 

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no worries, not your fault. Thanks for the heads-up

Sorry Sprue. I should have thought of it sooner.  :(  My bad mate.

RX7850, Yes it looks unrealistic like that. Sort of like that way I used to install the vinyl tracks on my first model tanks 

Mike, I wish I knew about EZ Line before I installed the monofilament 

Raualduke, I web searched for ref pictures and I saw hand cranks on some 

Doog, Thanks for looking in 

I'm painting the 'cables' tonight and will work on glueing the bridge addressing the unrealistic tension tomorrow

WOW, man! That's really taking this build to the next degree!! Fantastic!!!

So that thing was actually raised  and lowered with a hand crank?

Oh man that looks cool lol! Don't get too carried away with extra weight when you could change the fishing line for EZ line or something that would not require any more weight added.

Looking really good . I have to agree with you with regard to the tension.  Looks like it requires a very delicate approach.

Thanks, Doog !

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Rigging is done before paint. I see there needs to be more tension (weight) on the lines. The Bridge Carrier Hinge points are not glued yet. I'll put weight on the bridge while I apply glue at these points later 

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Wow, great looking detail in this, SPrue!!

Mike, RX7850, Thanks for the comments. 

I actually didn't buy any of the invisible thread since I found the satisfactory gauge in monofilament. Heads-up on this stuff though, it doesn't play well with CA 

Coming along great so far.  Just wondering if you had looked into the invisible polyester sewing thread. I believe someone had mentioned it before. It's very thin gauge and would match up very well scale wise.

Nice!! Yeah that looks good!  :)

Mike, Yeah, true that!

Robin, Thanks for the suggestion for rigging material. 

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I started the rigging using 10-lb test fishing line. I couldn't work with the threads I have because of the stray fibers. The local marine/boat supplies store doesn't have the waxed rope fine enough for this scale either.

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A little more weathering on the lower hull and running gear. I'll fine tune this a bit more when the bridge is attached.

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thanks for looking . . .