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Battleship Richelieu 1943 Version 1/100 scale

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Richelieu:
Hello all,
I'm a newcomer here, so pls give me a chance to introduce myself. My name is Serge, I'm 49, and I am a Frenchman. But, I lived for over 15 yrs in Scotland, working for the oil industry. I am not sure if any of you guys know Richelieu battleship, but it's got an interesting history. It fled Brest for Dakar in Senegal in June 1940 when the Germans invaded. While in Dakar, Churchill, in fear of it being given to the Kreigsmarine by Vichy government, launched operation "Menace". Degaule tried to disembark with some free French Marines, but the locals would have none of it. At the end, HMS Barham & HMS Resolution were ordered to sink Richelieu. But she fought back even though she was moored. She scored a hit on HMS Barham and HMS Resolution was torpedoed by our sub "Bévezier" and the Royal Navy left to leek its wounds. The funny thing is 2 years later, she was based in Triconmalee in Ceylon, fighting alongside the Brits...

Anyway, This is a ship I dreamed of for the past 30 years, ever since seeing a model in the Marine Museum in Paris. I started it 4 years ago and it is now nearing completion.

It features functional turrets as well as blank firing guns. Since a video is worth a 1000 words, here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7pjuD9dprw

cheers

Serge

Martin (Admin):

Welcome to the Mayhem Serge!

   Wonderful model.   O0

Geoff:
Very nice indeed - I always though this class were very fine looking battleships. How many shots do you get before you have to reload?


And to add, any pictures of her under construction?


Cheers


Geoff

Richelieu:
Hello Geoff,
well I get a single shot per tube before having to reload, so I get 8. On the video, I mis-wired the igniters somewhat and shot them two by twos... %%

Regarding the built, it is detailed on a French forum here: http://amis-model-naval-rc.forumactif.org/t37-construction-du-cuirasse-richelieu-automne-1943

but since I am way too lazy to detail it here (it's 14 forum pages long!) here are some pictures:

I did not get much help from the cat.... %)


















https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C73zXU5qeSU














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Light gray 5-O
Ocean Gray 5-L
Deck Blue 20-B



Cheers

Serge

Richelieu:
Another set of pictures of the build:































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Cheers

Serge

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