Andreas.R Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Giddey This Heller kit is the best tanker/oiler model ever produced. I bought it at ebay 15 years ago for 100€! It is sold now as package with a aircraft carrier and an escort vessel. i bought this one too - to build the civil version. regards Andreas Edited April 1, 2020 by Andreas.R missing pic 33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Gidday Andreas, you've done a fine looking model here. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Andreas. That is One good looking Oiler/Tanker. Sweet and SPLENDIDLY done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Bravo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hello Andreas, Excellent job on this old lady. This is a ship and model out of the old box. Tankers 1/350-1/400 are a forgotten range of ships. No supply, no continuation of the operation. The present oilers (old again) from the French Navy are also build in the old, but beautiful, style. I hope, someday Trumpeter or Airfix will bring these kind of ships on the market. Regards, Orion / The Netherlands. Did you find some official pictures from this ship somewhere ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.R Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hello Orion, thanks for Your message. As a child, i was starting to build ship models I saw this Heller kit in a department store. But as i wanted to buy it, it was sold. I am a fan of tankers and merchant ships - this is the best of all. I will search my computer to find pictures ii have downloaded from a home page of the Marine Nationale (F) Regards, Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.R Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Edited February 21, 2020 by Andreas.R misiing pic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 That's a great job on such an old kit. I wonder how much work would be required to convert one of those to the RFA's old (1960s/70s) Tide class as they look very similar but I can't find any details of La Seine to determine if the broad dimensions are about right. That said, even if I could find out, I doubt if its possible anymore to get the kit for anything other than really silly money 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sohoppy Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Really impressive model - of a rare and interesting subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 10:21 PM, Andreas.R said: Hello Orion, thanks for Your message. As a child, i was starting to build ship models I saw this Heller kit in a department store. But as i wanted to buy it, it was sold. I am a fan of tankers and merchant ships - this is the best of all. I will search my computer to find pictures ii have downloaded from a home page of the Marine Nationale (F) Regards, Andreas Hello Andreas, Thanks. Copy and paste for the "oiler"archief. Regards, Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.R Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 On 23/02/2020 at 09:57, Chewbacca said: That's a great job on such an old kit. I wonder how much work would be required to convert one of those to the RFA's old (1960s/70s) Tide class as they look very similar but I can't find any details of La Seine to determine if the broad dimensions are about right. That said, even if I could find out, I doubt if its possible anymore to get the kit for anything other than really silly money Hello Chewbacca here the data in french (i do not speak french - but i think they have some special terms) Dimensions :160 (154 pp) x 22 x 10 mètres Creux sous quille :12,2 mètres Tirant d'eau max :10 mètres (8,5 moyen) Déplacement Déplacement :7 350 tonnes (23 800 tpc) Port en lourd :15 200 tonnes Armement 3 canons AA de 40mm Bofors Equipage 11 officiers, 178 hommes d'équipage Energie - Propulsion Propulsion :3 chaudières Penhoët à vapeur surchauffée (27 kg/cm2 et 350°C) alimentant 2 groupes turbines à engrenages Parsons Puissance :15 800 ch. A noter que sous pavillon marchand, pour réduire la consommation, la puissance de l'appareil propulsif avait été limité à 7200 CV. Les hélices furent modifiées. Vitesse maximale :18 knots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Thanks Andreas. The Tide class is significantly longer so I'm not sure this would save any major time over a scratch build if ever I wanted to go down that route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.R Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Giddey to all! Due to the great interest (over 1000 views) here are some more pic`s of La Seine: Stay Healthy! Cheers Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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