Hi there, I built this model a good few years with the help of the late John Lambert and the Historian, James D Dorrian and it's coming up to the anniversary of the Raid on St Nazaire to which this Launch (which I built) was based on. It was ML268 and was classed as a free French Launch; so here is a build of mine in pictures.
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Hi there, I built this model a good few years with the help of the late John Lambert and the Historian, James D Dorrian and it's coming up to the anniversary of the Raid on St Nazaire to which this Launch (which I built) was based on. It was ML268 and was classed as a free French Launch; so here is a build of mine in pictures.
Lovely to see the mahogany double diagonal planking, just like the originals. Excellent model. A number were made into motor yacht post 1945, and very nice they were too, I remember seeing one in Dover fitted with eight tractor motors, four on each shaft. She belonged to a tractor manufacturer!
Cheers,
Nerys