Churchill AVRE T69114/B “Minotaur”

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July 13, 2021
The real tank this is a model of, photographed in 1947. Real-world location: what3words.com/refusal.patted.acid
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July 12, 2021
Holes drilled in side plates for rods that carried spare track links.
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July 12, 2021
Assembled sponsons.
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July 12, 2021
Hull side.
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July 12, 2021
Turret with partial interior so there’s something to see through the open commander’s hatch.
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July 12, 2021
Engine deck with replacement stays for hatches, because the plastic parts are very hard to clean up.
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July 12, 2021
Plastic card lip on hull, because rear mudguard was missing on the real tank.
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July 12, 2021
Hull rear with scratchbuilt empty smoke dischargers.
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July 12, 2021
Model primed white.
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July 12, 2021
Model painted SCC 2 brown overall.
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July 12, 2021
Stencil applied to box on turret stowage bin for the vehicle’s number. Stencil was made by removing perspective from a real photo in Photoshop, printing it out and cutting out the numbers.
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July 12, 2021
Turret with spare track links and strips that hold them in place, still unpainted.
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July 12, 2021
Markings applied.
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July 12, 2021
Markings on rear, including turret number after stencil was removed.
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July 12, 2021
Track was not assembled to complete length, but only as long as needed outside the mudguards. Sewing thread pulls the ends tight …
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July 12, 2021
… and the thread disappears under the mudguard. Same method was used on the other side.
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July 12, 2021
Completed model from right front. Little girl is from MK35, with re-sculpted hair because Princess Leia wouldn’t have been standing on this tank ca. 1947.
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July 12, 2021
Completed model from right rear.
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July 12, 2021
Completed model from right.
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July 12, 2021
Completed model from front.
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July 12, 2021
Completed model from left.
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July 12, 2021
Completed model from rear.

Comments

12 12 July 2021, 18:00

Jakko ‌
The tank still needs to have the actual name applied, by the way. I had no good way to do that when I built the model, but Black Lion Decals has since released a set that includes it. All I need to do is apply it someday 🙂

12 July 2021, 20:18

Robert Podkoński
Looks really good, congrats! I like this threatening look of Churchill tank...

12 July 2021, 20:31

Jakko ‌
It's the little girl that gives it that look, isn't it? 🙂

13 July 2021, 09:01

Robert Podkoński
Indeed, smiling little girl standing on a tank always looks creepy... 😄

13 July 2021, 10:11

Jakko ‌
You'll probably find another of my upcoming models even more disconcerting, then — it'll have a cat on the tank 🙂

13 July 2021, 20:55

Mark K
Very nicely done!

13 July 2021, 22:07

Robert Podkoński
Cattus domesticus or some less aggresive species - Panthera tigris althaica, for example?...;)

14 July 2021, 05:53

Jakko ‌
Felis catus, I think you mean 🙂 But yes, that variety. Now to go and finish that model …

14 July 2021, 10:23

Robert Podkoński
Sure, Jakko - the most dangerous species of predator in the world...waiting with awe 😄

14 July 2021, 13:11

Rui S
Very good work 👍

25 July 2021, 13:04

Jakko ‌
Thanks.

25 July 2021, 17:02

Album info

A model of Churchill AVRE T69114/B “Minotaur” as it stood in the street in Westkapelle in the Netherlands after the war.

Churchill AVRE “Minotaur”, ca. 1944–’47

22 images

1:35

Completed

1:35 Churchill Mk.IV AVRE (AFV Club AF35288)

1:35 Churchill Heavy Cast Steel Box Section Spudded Tracks (AFV Club AF35183)

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