The Hr.Ms. Mercuur was a torpedo tender built for the Dutch navy in the 1930's to replace an aging predecessor of the same name. Small, trawler-like and unarmed, she passed into German hands in may 1940 and was renamed Mercur. After the war, she was returned to Dutch service and served until 1966, replaced by, you guessed it, a new Mercuur. Apparently, she's still around somewhere in the Rotterdam docks in civilian livery.
The model is from German manufacturer HP, basically the only player in town when it comes to oddball ships like this and the Dutch navy of WWII in this scale. Nice little kit, although she fails to portray the elegant shear in the hull up front, a major feature. Improved with bits of PE and some awnings (some PE with white glue), she's a cute little thingy.
(sure, now I see the paint glitches too.
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