Decals for Churchill Mk IV AVRE
Resicast Set No.35.609
Review by Peter Brown
It has markings for the two Assault Regiments who supported the D Day landings on Gold and Juno beaches.
Described as having enough items for three vehicles, it may have enough for more. The limiting factors will be the number of 79th Armoured Division signs and Arm of Service markings with only three pairs of each, otherwise there are four sets of serial numbers and vehicle names, five pairs of turret numbers plus four white stars in rings and four bridge class plates each in two different styles. Other useful items are two decals with markings for the Petard's "Flying Dustbin" demolition round, stencilled antifreeze details plus lettering for the first aid box and water cans.
Overall a very comprehensive set, the items are all printed flat matt and brief details of what each one is are given as well as the units using the Arm of Service markings in the set. Sadly the notes do not say what combination of decals to use nor where they actually go other than stating which vehicle serial number was seen on which D Day beach and tying one number to a name. So it is a case of "refer to photos" before applying, which I suppose is all part of the joy of modelling.
The set is available direct from Resicast in Belgium, website www.resicast.com or email resicast@resicast.com for details of stockists.
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