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Another AFV Club model, this time it's a Churchill MkIV. Great kit and i 'm building this out of the box. excellent detail and a small PE fret adds to the detail. We start as usual with most armour models with the suspension. i have built a few Tamiya Churchill's before (there is one on this blog) and as they are rather old kits they go together rather quickly due to the simplicity of the parts, this kit however is state of the art. The suspension and sponson units are multiple parts and i found a bit tricky to assemble in places. Once built up they are robust and very well detailed. The springs and careful gluing enable a moving suspension and wheel arm for rough terrain. I may incorporate this into a base for the finished model. I'll look into this when base construction starts. Here is a photo build so far.

Side plates awaiting rivets.

Rivets added.

Springs and suspension arms.

Springs and arms added.

Side plates and suspension units mated and glued together.

The start of the wheel units.

I found this very tricky to assembly at this stage. Mud scrapers and side plates glued up.

Fiddly bits.

Coming together.

Wheels added.

x2 and finished.

Drive sprockets and track guides added.

The finished sponsons. Note small PE parts added, these are to hold the spare tracks on.