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French Battleship Jean Bart at Toulon, (1950's)

a photo feature by Scott Sim
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"MSW Crew-member Scot Sims (Brazen) shares a fine gallery of images of the French Battleship Jean Bart at port, Toulon Naval Base, in this MSW "On Display" Feature!"



Model Kit- Trumpeter Models, 1/700 scale Jean Bart, kit # 05752

This is the 1/700 scale Trumpeter model of the French Battleship Jean Bart, alongside at Toulon Naval Base sometime in the mid-1950s. The inspiration for the diorama came from a color photo of the ship in mothballs there.

The warehouses, crane and other vessels are by Tamiya Models, and the vehicles are by Pitroad, but the train and two of the buildings were scratchbuilt.
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About the Author

About Scott (Brazen)
FROM: , UNITED KINGDOM

I returned to modelling in 2003 after far too many years away. I've built tanks and planes, but I'm a battleship man at heart. The work published on this site has been an inspiration...


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gator
Excellent work Scott!
SEP 30, 2009 - 03:07 AM
ajkochev
One cool dio and excellent model ship. Turning a few of those photos to black and white and adding a bit of film grain and you'd think it was the real one! Very realistic!
SEP 30, 2009 - 03:10 AM
CaptSonghouse
This is truly wonderful work. The overhead shots remind me of the aerial photos of Jean Bart at Casablanca in 1942! I am especially impressed with the wake effects for the yard craft and the attention to the little things ashore like the gray navy scheme for the trucks and the red Mediterranean roofing on the warehouses. We need more scenes like these! --Karl
SEP 30, 2009 - 08:53 AM
loucar
Very nice Dio...awful lot of work involved.....a really nice build....my compliments, sir best regards louis malta
SEP 30, 2009 - 09:09 AM
Angeleyes
Indeed a very nice idea.These ships spend more time moored so it only seems a natural and fitting choice to depict them in that environment.One note is that J.Bart had additional bulges at the side of its hull still quite visible above water line and not the clean hull lines of her sister ship.One mistake that lies with the manufacturer of that kit (direct copy from the Richelieu kit) and rather annoying if you want to utilize the lower hull too.
SEP 30, 2009 - 07:47 PM
Brazen
Thanks very much guys! This was my first dockyard diorama and it was a real learning experience. I appreciate all feedback very much...I'm trying hard to improve my technique so that it's up to the high standard of the models on this site. Cheers!
SEP 30, 2009 - 11:15 PM
JMartine
Great work; the red enhances the whole dio composition. Thanks for sharing ! cheers
OCT 10, 2009 - 01:21 AM
Spiff
Very nice work, you totally captured the look and feel of the Jean Bart docked, very impressive!!
MAR 03, 2010 - 06:32 AM
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