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Normally I build exclusively 1/35 armour however I am a slow builder and struggle to finish a kit in a 3 month group build slot. I also love British armour and in particular any of the more unusual vehicles such as those of the 79th armoured division. With the hope of actually finishing this group build I have pulled from the stash two trenchworx resin 1/56 Churchill AVRE’s. One has a SBG and the other has a bobbin carpet layer. They have various 3D printed parts for the tank and accessories. One of them has wading stacks so I’m going to scratch build a set for the other tank. They are nicely cast and detailed kits and hopefully construction should be fairly swift allowing me to spend the majority of the time on the painting and weathering. Only thing I need to source is some decals for the markings in this scale. I don’t play the games but do have a couple of armies for bolt action and flames of war mostly because I like to collect the forces from a historical POV. The SBG kit contents. The grey is cast resin, some cast white metal and metal rod at the top and 3D printed parts in black in the box bottom right.

Hi All, just finished this, first effort with water, came out OK I think, went for a Green tinge, figuring vehicles coming ashore would churn up the sand and anything else. Trying to replicate shoreline seafoam was the hardest part. cheers Mark

Royal Engineers Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers, Pics thanks to Greg Buckley.

Centurion Mk5 AVRE 165 taken at Duxford.

The Flying Dustbin Some of you may recall my starting this during the Achtung Panzer group build back last year. Like so many of my projects, it stalled for reasons I can’t now remember. So I thought I might resurrect it here. First, a recap: The PSC Churchill AVRE PSC Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr PSC Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr The boxing enables a variety of versions to be built (with more or less accuracy) PSC Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr Less than fifteen minutes was all it took to get to this point. If you are a war gamer, I imagine these easy build kits are a godsend PSC Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr PSC Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr At this stage everything was only dry fitted, since I wanted to lift this from its slightly toy like origins. Changes I considered were: - replace co driver hatch with sliding mortar loading hatch - drill out mortar barrel and add lugs, or replace with tube - add avre fittings to side skirts If you have any other recommendations then let’s hear them! The tracks are poor, and I contemplated getting a Dragon boxing to use for detail spares, rather like the IBG carrier supplied detail parts for my PSC Universal Carriers. Since a full run of track is not needed, it might be possible to replace the more visible sections with Dragon track. However, in the end I decided to live with the kit parts. Mud and dirt can cover a multitude of sins! PS I know I fitted the commander's hatch the wrong way round! I believe they call this next bit “modelling”, but I prefer bodging! Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr Cameras are cruel, the added armour plate on the side hatch looked square in real life. Ended up cutting another. Basic plate work complete, the next task was to fabricate the brackets. Plates by jongwinnett, on Flickr Brackets by jongwinnett, on Flickr Brackets and sliding hatch finished Untitled by jongwinnett, on Flickr They look a bit messy, but a coat of paint will hide many sins... Untitled by jongwinnett, on Flickr The barrel of the mortar was opened up as much as I dared, the plastic is soft and will break apart if I go much further. A metal tube would be a good bet, but I think this looks acceptable (just). Dry run by jongwinnett, on Flickr This was where it stalled. It was fun, although the black brackets took several attempts! It’s pretty much finished in terms of additions. At the time I wrote that I want to open up the second hatch space in the turret, look again at the inside returns at the front of the track runs, and add some hatch handles and some stuff around the rear plate, and a few other wee bits like that. Let’s see if I can finish it this time!

My second offering, alongside the Loyd Carrier and 6 pounder, is the PSC Churchill AVRE PSC Churchill AVRE by jongwinnett, on Flickr

Hi all I'm planning a Churchill mkIV avre using the Tamiya mkVII and the Legend conversion kit. Now I also have a resin fascine carrier and deep wading kit, my question is, would and Avre have gone ashore with both fascine carrier and wading kit fitted? or should I save one for another build? TIA Pete