1:144 CGD WWII British Churchill AVRE (Assault Vehicle Royal Engineer) 

1:144 British WWII
Churchill AVRE
(Assault Vehicle, Royal Engineers)
with Deep Wading Device

This is a new 1:144 WWII British Churchill AVRE from the new Wargame Armour series of CGD. This tank is fully painted in Olive Green Color scheme, weathered. No assembling required.

This is a two parts model. Turret can be rotated.

History:
Following the lesson learnt form the failed landing attempt at Dieppe, and in preparation for the major landing operation in Normandy, British standard Churcill tank was specially modified into the AVRE (Assault Vehicle, Royal Engineers).

The main gun was replaced by a 290mm muzzle loading mortar specially for clearing concrete obstacles. It fired a 40lb. spigot high explosive shell nicknamed the Flying Dustbin. The vehicle was also fitted with standard attachment points so that it could be modified into other special purpose vehicles such as the Churchill Bobbin and Fascine.

This tank formed the back bone of "Hobart's Funnies" which took part in the Normandy landing in 1944.

The model is fabricated with state of the art "3D Printing" technology. Highly detailed. Product of Hong Kong.

TRUE 1:144 SCALE
Not "N" scale or 1:160.

The model is made with a strong and flexible Nylon (Game Grade) material. It can withstand a considerable distortion without breaking, sort of like old Airfix plastic soldiers. An ideal material for wargaming vehicles. You don not have to worry about guns breaking up on your gaming table.
In case you want to do custom alteration for the vehicle, parts can be glued together with Cyanoacrylate based glue or Super Glue. The material can be painted using regular modelling acrylic paints. It is porous that means it actually absorbs paint into the material so under normal situations the paint do not crack even when parts are bend.

To learn more about the material or painting go here.