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Steven Van Dyck
For a review on the aftermarket products shown see shipmodels.info/mws_..p;p=1027734#p1027734

Matti Thomaes
Wauw Steven, already a new mahousive project , looking forward to the build, 👍

Ingmar Stöhr
Oh wow! Following!

Gary Victory
Enjoy the Build Steven.

Treehugger
What is the significance, or the meaning of the name 'Jacobsen' on that coin in photo 13? Anyone know? 'Jacobsen' is a more or less common surname.

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks for the interest. For Jacobsen see fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_Jacobsen , it's apparently a family of infamous corsairs also related to Jean Bart. It even mentions the medal at the end.

Steven Van Dyck
Both medals have now arrived. These will be useful as nameplates on the base. One had the description "paquebot Strasbourg", translated as cargo ship, and would be cast in 1950. I started with sanding the hulls to remove the casting traces, these are apparently broken off the sprue leaving two scabs. I noticed one difference, Strasbourg got a degaussing cable. I removed one breakwater from the front deck, taking care not to remove the detail around it. The drilling locations are not very clear, indicator lines passing multiple holes. I started removing Dunkerques sloop rails as I noticed that in the Strasbourg Woodhunter deck there are some PE ones, but now I notice that Shipyard wasn't planning on replacing the plastic rails in their wooden deck. And these rails are lying on the wooden deck, so they're very thin. I'll have to compare very well.

Steven Van Dyck
I wanted to fix Dunkerque's deck. The hull is a bit narrow so I introduced a fitting piece of sprue before I glued the deck in. So there are no unnecessary tensions on the deck. The Shipyard watertight doors are replacing the kit ones, that are actually as detailed as the PE but I saw on pictures that these doors are all placed open. Some drilling is done to open up the doorways. The front of the conning tower should not have much of armour contrary to the rest of it, because only the internal communication channel is armoured. I therefore did not simply glue the PE plating on it, but removed the thick plastic first.

Robert Podkoński
Wow!

Dave Burgess
Yeah, it turned out pretty nice!

Dave
Really nice work. Looks amazing.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work on this iconic subject.

Ben M
I like your sci-fi models.

Dave Burgess
Thx, Ben. They're labours of love for me. I have a passion for aircraft and Formula One, but the models I have the most fun with, are the SF models. The lighting projects are always a challenge. I'm just finishing up my aircraft stash, and then there's a whole BUNCH of SF kits still to build!

Vincent
Very nice. Great work on the lights!

Mr James
Very impressive

Mojo DeVirus
Wow !!!

Doubtingmango
Nice background on the vehicle. Watching…

J D
Nice Hello Kitty on mug 😂

Doubtingmango
Nice finish! Looks like a nice kit

J D
Thx for your feedback, Doubtingmango.

Guy Rump
Very nice build. 👍

J D
🙏 Thx, Guy Rump.

Mr James
Lovely job

Mathias Decommere
Clean job!

J D
🤝🤝 Thanks for your feedback, James and Mathias Decommere.