1/350 RICHELIEU Dakar 1940-41

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LE BOSCO
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Re: 1/350 RICHELIEU Dakar 1940-41

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Christian M. wrote: I suppose it was in French Navy the same situation too... :wave_1:

Hello
thanks Peter and Arizona :wave_1:
Christian ,it is not cognize the French! we are able to do complicated,when have can to do simple :lol_3:
Indeed, I understand what I meant Sirmaumau,The highlighted portion of the photo

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correspond indeed to the catapult of dunkerque and others cruisers! For my Richelieu ,I am obliged to modified the solid parts,and put a metal trelli,like on this photo

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otherwise, aside from that they are almost identical :-D
cheers
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sharp sharp work

in fact its a sharp as your razorblade!!!

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HI folks

thank you Jim :thumbs_up_1:

I Just finished a 96% the assembly of "module" composed the chimney and the roof of the 380 telepointer (so the project advance;)
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everything is assembled to white, which may cause an aspect "crooked" of some parts :smallsmile:
and to compare the same "module" in 52

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Otherwise, I have received of Arsenal, my guns 380 mm in brass turned and I have re-molded 2 turrets that will be my master for the version 41

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Indeed, the turrets will not be equipped with blast bags,and will look like this

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that'll force me to detail the mantlets of each barrel
see you soon for further progress
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I envy your level of skill. Wonderful work, very inspiring stuff!!
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Superb!!!! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:





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Very nice dude!
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This really is great stuff. Just to know all off the corrections made is a massive amount of research. :thumbs_up_1:
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Absolutely beautiful work Nicolas! :thumbs_up_1:
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Man, LE BOSCO you do great work. Looks really good. After seeing what you and others have done for their builds makes me feel like retiring my X-acto knife. Maybe I should stop trying to be a third rate model builder and work on becoming a first rate bird watcher. Never mind I like building models to much. Enjoy your build, because I am.
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Stunning as ever Nicolas.
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thanks a lot :thumbs_up_1:

Today, I attack the "chunk" :smallsmile: I work on the basis of "castle",and for match the 41version ,must immediately make cosmetic surgery .I get out the saw

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have "recorks" with the plastic card

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and we get a good working basis

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as you can see in the picture,all molded details are deleted,because it is false :-D
see you soon
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Looks like she is coming along beautifully. Cant wait to see what you do next with this section. Im sure it will look great seeing how you do great work. The view is good from my seat.
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thanks Plastic Habit,but :Oops_1: !apparently the ventilation blocks, was present after the overhaul to the U.S. :doh_1:
I try to be sure at 100% and I modify (again :whistle: )
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Re: 1/350 RICHELIEU Dakar 1940-41

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Hi Nicolas,

I admire every step of your lovely model. There is not much taken originaly from the kit :big_grin:

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Amazing work as always Nicolas... Your work is inspirational to me!
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magnifique! :worship_1:
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HI folks :wave_1:

thanks for your kind comments :thumbs_up_1:
As you have seen, I start work on the castle, with finishes, well; there was something that bothered me. And after reviewing my documentation, I noticed that the "trumpet" was again tripped over the carpet.... In fact the castle is composed of two separate parties, namely on the front a kind of tube which forms the bunker, and the rear, another tube forming the nerve center of ship .these two tubes, in the reality are connected by two bulkheads and that is where "Trumpy" is mistaken
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At the blue arrow, the part that I stuck thinking does well: no: and the red part or it must be ....... a small difference that does not see on the 43 version, seen that these areas are hidden by the bathtubs of 40 mm quad
So the result after of the "surgery�
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The hatched area, corresponds to the space there was between the two "tubes"
By searching I also found that the two blocks behind the castle was a modernization posed to the U.S. in 43, so I removed
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but I made a "plan B" if I ever find a photo that proves me the opposite

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another challenge waiting for me, I try to redo the bulwarks ..... the workpiece with the bulwark of origin
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and now the same with the base of the new platform

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otherwise, small views of the chimney "primed"

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it looks better like that, right?

Cheers
Nicolas
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wow! yes it does!

Evergreen rules huh? :cool_1:

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Re: 1/350 RICHELIEU Dakar 1940-41

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HI Rob
thanks
Evergreen for all !!!! :smallsmile:
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Re: 1/350 RICHELIEU Dakar 1940-41

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That is some wonderful work you are doing on her.....Cheers mark
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