{"id":7982,"date":"2017-09-27T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=7982"},"modified":"2017-09-19T11:13:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T10:13:57","slug":"upgrading-the-les-arcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/09\/upgrading-the-les-arcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading the Les Arcs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The French battleship fleet has recently had an upgrade<\/a> with the arrival of the new Massena and Loire to go along with the Gloire and Charlemagne. This just left the carrier Les Arcs<\/a> to be brought up to the new design standards.<\/p>\n

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And here she is – I am particularly pleased with the way this has come out. This is just the resin hull with metal deck and bridge – I haven’t yet added the array of funnels, masts and gun turrets to the model. To give you an idea of the look of the final assembled model, here’s a CGI image. It’s a lot bigger than the older model, slightly longer and much wider.<\/p>\n

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The new Les Arcs should be on the website in a week or two – I obviously need to assemble, paint and photograph this one, but the production moulds are all ready to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The French battleship fleet has recently had an upgrade with the arrival of the new Massena and Loire to go along with the Gloire and Charlemagne. 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