Excellent! Now we know. And knowing is half the battle.  lol

Thanks for helping with research. I expanded my search to include the WWII Bailey Bridge and a site I found, not Wiki, describes:

" There were 5 basic considerations that informed the design;

1) ...

2) all parts were to be made from readily available materials and welded, certainly no aluminium alloys which were earmarked for Spitfires and the like!

3) . . . 

4) . . . 

5) . . . 

I'm going with steel 

I couldn't find anything either. I would guess Aluminium because of weight as well. But both were vital materials and I think Aluminium is harder to produce isn't it.

Damn good question.

Aluminum or steel? Good question. I would think it would be aluminum because of the weight, but aluminum was just as hard to get a hold of as steel at that time. So you have me thinking pretty hard on that question.

I doubt it was all steel, but maybe parts of it were. I'm going to look it up.

Edit: Nuthin' found about what the dang thing was made out of at all. Looks like you'll have to use creative licensing in this case.

Hi Mike, I'm still finishing the weathering that I need to do while handling the model first. Then rigging, then final weathering touches. 

Hey Karl, Thanks!

Guys, do you know if this SBG bridge is aluminum or steel? I want to scratch, chip and weather it appropriately. I found an informative site that describes this subject in all ways but what the thing is made out of. 

That's really looking nice, Sprue!

So how's the rigging?

RX7850, thanks 

Bish, thanks, I think that part is wooden and the green parts are aluminum 

Mike, Thanks, the rigging is next 

Rob, good idea because the fuzz is what I'm trying to avoid esp. at this scale

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I followed the i-sheet for decal markings option 1, 5th Assault Regiment. And started a little weathering too

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I think it looks good. For the rigging, you might want to try invisible thread used for sewing hems of pants. I think they make a brown color and  it won't have fuzz most thread has when you use it on the model.

That is looking great! Excellent dry brushing. I hope the rigging comes out good. :)

Nice work on the dry brushing, you can really see the wear in the bridge.

Looking good

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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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All WIP and finished pictures for this BLOG is here: https://imgur.com/a/T9zbg

Haha, thanks again, Mike. I've copied and pasted your rigging suggestion to a text doc and is saved in this build ref file 

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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Robot voice? Like 3PO? lol

"Thank you, M. Brindos, your comments will not be ignored" (said in a robot voice) 

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.  :)

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?

Trabi

Rob Gronovius

garzonh

Wow, 1/76, that's an unusual scale...too small for comfort.

Nice build and skills for such small size.

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.

 

Do they make armor models in different scales than 1/72-76 nowdays?

 

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.

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

Rob Gronovius

garzonh

Wow, 1/76, that's an unusual scale...too small for comfort.

Nice build and skills for such small size.

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.

Do they make armor models in different scales than 1/72-76 nowdays?

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!

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  

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.

color looks fine to me

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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 ...

Rob Gronovius

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.

garzonh

Wow, 1/76, that's an unusual scale...too small for comfort.

Nice build and skills for such small size.

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.

Despite the problems she's coming right along. I can see now why you needed the weight in the tail!

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.

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.