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Hello again
Hello Jabba

I do not intend to replace anything - the class had six ships, your Fantasque is one and my Indomptable is another. No reason why there should not be all six in the bucket.



Friendly coexistence?

Greetings
Garlicdesign

Indeed!

Nice drawing btw

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Peaceful coexistence is looking good from here. I don't see why there isn't room for both.

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I was working in some French Mogador Class destroyers, using Jabba's Le Fantasque design as a basis, when I found Garlicdesign new work. So I stopped my poor efforts immediately. Very beautiful drawings, but I have some remarks about the Hoche Class. All references I found established central triple torpedo mountings for them. Using Henri Le Masson "The French Navy at World War II" book we can found Hoche Class to be bigger than Mogador to carry two twin 100 mm anti aircraft mountings, but your art is superb. Please, keep your good work!

Great to see the French get such great representation

Hello!

Two triple torpedo tube sets along the centerline - that's precisely what I thought before I was supplied with a set of (admittedly very crude) drawings from a french magazine by colombamike which showed a variety of armament variations with or without 100mm flak, but all of them had the torpedoes arranged as on my drawing. Didn't like it - makes the ship less combat capable - but had to accept it. Maybe I try a batch 3 vessel (Bayard-class) one day, when I can dig out some sources about their precise size and armament.

Greetings
GD

Well, Henri le Masson is probably the best Marine Nationale historian and I got one crude design with both triple torpedo tubes at central position. Is there some info about the Hoche Class at the French Navy Archives? Can you do the version equipped with the anti aircraft 100 mm cannons?

Cheers

Pepe

Hello Pepe!

If you could scan and PM that drawing to me, I'll see what I can do.

Greetings
GD

Garlic: Have you given any thoughts about drawing some French passenger liners? I'd love to see what you could do with the France (1912), Paris, or especially Ile de France!

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I have plans to do those liners especially Ile de France, as well as some less known ships.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

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