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Heller 1/400 Escorteur Forbin

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  • Member since
    February 2010
Heller 1/400 Escorteur Forbin
Posted by paulhelfrich on Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:16 AM

Here's my build up of the old Heller 1/400 scale kit of the Escorteur Forbin, a French T-53 class destroyer that entered service in 1958.   I like that these ships still show classic destroyer lines.  The turret configuration - a single turret forward/two turrets aft  - is like the US Forrest Shermans that were in service around the same time. 

The kit is typical old Heller - overall shape and outline OK, but not a great deal of detail.  I dressed it up with PE railings and various other odds and ends.







  • Member since
    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Friday, January 20, 2017 10:18 AM

Hi ;

 Many of the old Heller kits can be made to look very nice . Good job there ! T.B.

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Groton, CT
Posted by warshipguy on Saturday, January 21, 2017 8:36 AM

Great job!  I love the Heller kits. They are fun to build and are large enough to detail easily.

Bill Morrison

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