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Posted by Robert Apfelzweig on November 4, 2026, 12:31, in reply to "would ALGERIE 1935 plans from the French naval site"
Many thanks (and merci beaucoup) to all of you for your advice and suggestions. I will build my Algerie as the kit intended, for the summer of 1942. Base on the image Jacques sent me of the bridge after her scuttling, I can use the British radars that I have in my spare parts stash to make a facsimile of the radars on the yardarms, though I don't know whether or not the same devices would also be located on the rear bridge (Google AI states that both bridges had the radars as strictly air-search structures). Now all I need to know is where all those light AA guns and a pair of small T-shaped rangefinders (I think) should be located. 
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Merci, Jacques! The radar antennae on the bridge yardarms superficially resemble British radar systems. Also, I see what appear to be light twin AA guns (37 mm?) on the bridge platform beneath the blackened range clock. I would prefer to build my Algerie model as it appeared at the start of the war, which means scratch-building a tripod mainmast. Historical inaccuracies are common in many warship models, and many of the Chinese 3D-printed kits seem to be based on the ships' appearance in online video games (such as War Thunder), whose own imagery often is incorrect in the details. Previous Message
Hello,
Seems that Gaga has to do some more serious research on Algérie, as the cruiseur was equiped in mid-1942 with a Détecteur électro Magnétique (DEM) on top of the tower, an early radar set in a certain manner. Its four antennas were installed on yardarms at each corner of the tower and were more of a tubular square frame box than a circular dish.
Also please note that general appearance of the ship was different when compared to the early war years, with addition of some light AA guns.
Best regards from Normandie,
Jacques
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