Heller 85604 1/200 Volontaire + Marie Jeanne Trawler Model Ship Kit Western Pacific - WP Its 180 MPH cruising speed

Its 180 MPH cruising speed made it the fastest of its day

and it’s from such a desperate period of winter fighting that this current figure set emanates

and ditch lights

if not the first in quantity production

Heller 85604 1/200 Volontaire + Marie Jeanne Trawler Model Ship Kit Western Pacific - WP Its 180 MPH cruising speedHeller 85604 1 200 Volontaire + Marie Jeanne Trawler Model Ship Kit A traditional trawler made by the Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon (ACD) in Nantes, the Volontaire (SM767) was launched in February 1950. It was armed by the Malo Trawler Association, and its home port was Saint Malo in Brittany. MARIE JEANNE was her sister ship whose home port was CONCARNEAU. Very modern for the time, it was equipped with a 1100 horsepower BW (Burmeister and Wain) diesel