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Oldmodelkits.com has been given exclusive license from French Lines/CGT to produce and sell this kit, which is a limited edition that took nine years to develop and is the only accurate, large-scale Normandie kit ever made. The model has won ‘Best Resin Ship’ at IPMS meets and maritime curators have declared it "Truly Museum Quality."
https://www.oldmodelkits.com/ss-normandie-ocean-liner-model-kit.php
She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat; she remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built.
During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings from her home port of Le Havre to New York. Normandie held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career, during which the RMS Queen Mary was her main rival.
During World War II, Normandie was seized by U.S. authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, the liner caught fire while being converted to a troopship, capsized onto her port side and came to rest on the mud of the Hudson River at Pier 88, the site of the current New York Passenger Ship Terminal. Although salvaged at great expense, restoration was deemed too costly and she was scrapped in October 1946.
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 The history of the SS Normandie on Wiki one of the more interesting liners confiscated by the US authoritys in the 2nd WW and renamed the Lafeyette she caught fire and was then scrapped but the scrappers auctioned off the art deco interiors many parts surviving to this day- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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The detail on this is just amazing and will, for the experienced modeller, turn out to be a stunning build...  .. Love everything about it.... Regards Alan
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A fascinating story that much of its Art Deco interior was given new life... and some amazing pic’s in this link...
https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/08/15/all-aboard-the-doomed-art-deco-floating-palace/
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