Rapid Fire! Market Garden in 20mm - Oddities and such (part 7) - The Airfix Pontoon Bridge turns into a Bailey Bridge

 

Recently on a talk on one of the RF! Facebook pages I noticed that the Airfix bridge used as a decoration for some of my marvellous conversions of the Sdkfz 251/21 Drillings attracted more attention than the converted Drillings themselves (well done João, for you not to think too highly of yourself)! On the conversation the issue of the Bailey Bridge surfaced and Don McHugh posted the very nice Empress Bailey Bridge as the best option for the one over the Son river. In fact its a beauty but at 50 euros I decided to convert the old Airfix pontoon bridge. 

And this is what I got. A few major changes on the Airfix model are necessary to make the conversion:

1- You need to strip one of the decks from its panels and glue them two milimeters from the others on the final deck;

2- Glue small squares of EverGreen to the X central parts of the frames

3- Make 13 drills on each side for small poles and rope on the foot paths;

4- Build 10 bracing frames to unite the frames.

5- (The trickiest one) build four ends for the inclined frames and make them square (black parts on the above picture).

After painting, it looks like a Bailey Bridge. The deck is the worst part as it should be wood and looks clearly metal even if painted in wood colours. 

The metal deck can be recognized here clearly but I hope to have plenty of Shermans (or Panthers) crossing it so that flaw will not be seen.

Next: Maybe moderns.