France Marine Nationale to WW2

A 1/1250 scale second-hand model of La Tour D'Auvergne by Argonaut A416 in light grey. This model is in excellent original condition, see photograph.

Dunkerque was the first of a pair ofsmall fast battleships built by the French to counter the threat of the German pocket battleships. John's Model Shipyard has made a 3D printed kit to make into a 1/1200 scale model of Dunkerque. The kit is of Dunkerque at the outbreak of WW2 when the taller, curved funnel cap had been fitted to the ship.

A 1/1250 scale metal model of Presee, a French Redoutable-class first-class submarine in 1932 when she carried a two-tone grey paint scheme. Persee is also available from Antics in camouflage green. Persee was sunk in late 1940 during Allied attacks on French colonial posessions.

A 1/1250 scale metal model , painted green (a WW2 camouflage scheme) of the French submarine, Persee in 1939-40. Persee was in French Colonial Service when she was sunk by the Allies in 1940.

French WW1 & WW2 Touch up Paint Pot
 
There is a brush in the bottle cap and a ball agitator in the glass bottle.

A 1/1250 scale metal model of the French submarine, Pegase, of the first batch of Redoutable-class from 1930. Pegasse was in the far east during WW2 and paid off in Saigon in 1941 and was scrapped there. Pegase is modelled in green camouflage. Pascal & Persee of this class are also available from Antics.