{"id":7919,"date":"2017-08-25T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=7919"},"modified":"2017-08-24T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T10:30:21","slug":"vive-la-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/08\/vive-la-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Vive la France !"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Aeronef revolution continues, as this week we update the French fleet with new battleship models.<\/p>\n

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The Loire replaces the old model of the same name. In keeping with our other new models, it now has a resin hull with lots of metal fittings – turrets, tail, bridge, masts and funnels. The tail comes in three different variations so, in keeping with French naval practices of the time, no two ships are quite the same.<\/p>\n

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The new Mass\u00e9na model represents a family of related but not-quite-the-same battleships. It has a similar (but not identical) tumblehome hull to the Loire, but the top superstructure is a separate metal piece that comes in three different types. The tail comes in the same three variants as the Loire, giving a total of nine combinations on the basic hull. In addition, the main turrets can be single or twin mountings – altogether, we think this gives an impressive total of 48 slightly different variations from a single model. <\/p>\n