Re: De Grasse Heller 1/400
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 2:02 pm
and here with the german WWII minesweeper...also heller and scale 1/400 I did at same time and almost finished
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Triumph68 wrote:this picture made me think something not in kit....
So I went looking in the plans of "la marine National" send to me from David p
got confirmation there...so...modification
DavidP wrote:Guest, the date for the drawing showing that structure is 3.10 1956 Brest.
Also in the book French Cruisers 1922-1956 by John Jordan and Jean Moulin there is a photo on pg. 155 that clearly does not show this structure. That photo was taken just prior to commissioning in 1956. On pg. 156 there is a drawing based on DGA official plans dated 1957 Brest. That structure is also not in that plans drawing.Guest wrote:DavidP wrote:Guest, the date for the drawing showing that structure is 3.10 1956 Brest.
I�m wondering if the drawing is accurate. I say this because I have seen 1956 & 57� photographs that clearly do not show this structure.
The drawing is not correct. I have found several detailed up close photographs taken from a August 57� trip to Algiers. That structure is definitely not on De Grasse in this period. That was a modification done during her 1960 refit.DavidP wrote:the date is hand printed not stamped so presume it is correct.
Guest wrote:The drawing is not correct. I have found several detailed up close photographs taken from a March 57� trip to Algiers. That structure is definitely not on De Grasse in this period. That was a modification done during her 1960 refit.DavidP wrote:the date is hand printed not stamped so presume it is correct.