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

Man, you are treading on hallowed ground here, for me, anyway, Sprue! These little Matchbox diorama-kits were hugely important to my modeling roots. I think I built maybe a dozen or more? My favorite was the Jagdpanther kit busting through the brick wall--probably unrealistic, but I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen! I actually bought one a few years ago and then replaced the old mold with a 1/72 DML-Revell kitbash and updated figure. I LOVE these kits, still!

Can't wait to see what you do with it!

If memory serves, the last four were Monty's caravan, the Char Bis and FT17, Challenger and Churchill AVRE.

Hi Robin, yes this is my one and only Matchbox kit of this era and I agree

Among the last of the 1/76 scale Matchbox kits produced along with the British Challenger tank. The subsequent Matchbox kits were made by Revell in 1/72 scale and were released under the Matchbox name. I have several of them, and they were pretty good for their time.

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

The Small Box Girder (S.B.G) Bridge assembly is done. The girders had some seam lines, ejector pin marks, and subtle flash but all in good places because after assembly, I couldn't see them anyway. The 'wooden' planks had sink areas at each end that needed attention, so I used putty and sanded flush.

The cross beams had sink marks too but were filled with putty and sanded smooth before assembly.

This Bridge sub-assembly is done and waiting for paint.

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

Yes, you are not alone.

Hey now! Some of us cavemen resemble that remark!

The tracks are great actually. Detail looks good BUT I screwed up by installing them on the wrong side. I put them on in the correct direction, but I put the Left tracks on the Right side and Right on the Left. 

Pictures later today will illustrate why this is an error… 

DM - yup that was then. I think I used to sand off seam lines and putty against the sidewalk back then 

Strange that it has the Petard Mortar on it as well. Interesting kit. What are the tracks like?

Wow.

1982...... I remember.

Modeling was just beginning to crawl out of the stone age.