Matthew Lenton looks at Dragon’s Churchill Mk III AVRE with its 290mm demolition mortar. Is it all ready to go and bust some bunkers straight out of the box?

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About what was expected. Very detailed review and much appreciated ....

Excellant review with it's observations but sad to see Dragon continuing with what appears to be their "old, new standard". As Brent above has sadly commented "...what was expected."

good review. Nice to see someone have a really good look at a kit.

for me the existing issues were bad enough but the incorrect loaders hatch (and incidentally the ventilator in front of the front hatches that is also wrong) are a killer for me when taken with the other problems on the rear deck etc

Brent, Jan, Chris, thanks for the appreciative comments.

Chris, the ventilator you mention, I must admit I'm not sure what is wrong with it other than that it appeared to have been simplified into something like an inverted saucer - I think it is otherwise vaguely correct in its placement and size, is it?

The most stupid thing has happened actually; I bought your Modelling Churchills book to use as reference, before this kit arrived in the post, and while a Mk III AVRE doesn't specifically feature, there is some useful content, but I also obtained the Gun Power book and ended up using that while writing the text of the review because - almost unbelievably - I have managed to lose the Modelling Churchills book... I've looked everywhere I can think of about three times, and of course the family are like the US Govt in the X-Files, denying all knowledge of ever having seen it. I expect it will turn up eventually.