Hi Jacques,

Thanks for that. From you post it is unfortunate that Bearn sounded like a problem you wish you had not started. I think it is both an interesting and important ship in the development of carrier aviation and for what you've achieved, a good kit.

I have it but it is unbuilt because of the omission of the forward suspended section and finding any accurate plans or even images to attempt a scratchbuild has left it languishing in the stash. I would say if you are not in France it is a difficult subject to research.

On the market it is not particularly rare and comes up from time to time at affordable prices and this may reflect the problem, people would like to build it but after the '36 refit only and are unable to scratchbuild what's missing, so they lose interest and pass it on.

Perhaps Blackcat would be able to revisit the 1/400 Bearn, having all those details at hand now, and supply in a limited edition what's needed for the 1936 modernisation with printed parts? You would have at least two buyers but I dare say most likely quite a few more.