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AFV Club 1/35 British Small Box Girder Bridge Plastic Model Kit
$79.99
AFV Club 1/35 British Small Box Girder Bridge Plastic Model Kit
1 in stock
Description
The AFV Club 1/35 British Small Box Girder (SBG) Bridge Plastic Model Kit is a specialized military accessory kit released in 2022. It replicates the iconic 34-foot assault bridge famously deployed by British Royal Engineers during the 1944 Normandy Landings.
Kit Overview & Engineering
Historically, the SBG bridge weighed 4 tons and could handle a 40-ton vehicle capacity across a 30-foot gap. It was most notably carried and deployed by Churchill Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) tanks.
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- Standalone Utility: While AFV Club previously released this bridge as a bundled package with their Churchill tank kits, AF35341 is a standalone release. It includes all the structural bridge parts alongside a completely new-tooled sprue.
- Intricate Wood Grain Texture: The injection-moulded bridge deck sections feature an incredibly realistic, deeply stamped wood grain texture across the panels.
- Clean Moulds: The sprues are engineered with defensive gate placements, ensuring that no ugly circular ejector pin marks are stamped onto visible structural details.
Builder & Diorama Insights
Reviews from the scale-modelling community highlighted on forums like Missing-Lynx note that the kit requires a steady hand during final rigging:
- The Pros: The structural beams, brackets, and structural framing sections have exceptional alignment and crisp, true-to-scale edges.
- The Challenges: The instruction sheet requires careful attention when rigging the functional pulley systems and cable lines. The rigging process can get complex if you choose to build it as a workable, pivoting bridge.
- Diorama Value: Because the design was so successful, pre-war blueprints were copied internationally. It can accurately be featured in dioramas alongside WWII British, American (H-20 variant), or captured German (Kastenträgergerät) engineering scenes.
