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Mirage: M/S Batory - "Operation Husky"
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Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 06:28 PM UTC


Built in Italy during the mid 30's for the Polish Ocean Lines and named after Stefan Batory, the famous sixteenth-Century king of Poland, the luxury liner Batory was pressed into wartime service during the Second World War as an attack-transport. She subsequently became the pride of the Polish Ocean Lines merchant fleet and the entire Polish navy.

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Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 07:30 PM UTC
Strange scale. How big is the model?



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Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 07:40 PM UTC

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Strange scale.




Just to be different and difficult. Now who's going to make a PE set for it?
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Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 08:54 PM UTC
In 1/500 scale, her length should be just over 12.5 inches (31.75 centimeters).
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Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 08:57 PM UTC

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Strange scale.


Just to be different and difficult. Now who's going to make a PE set for it?


There's already some generic sets in that scale.
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