Paper Model Kit cruiser Lavoisier
Type: Pre-dreadnought protected cruiser
Country: the France, 1898
Scale: 1:200
Volume: 14 sheets A4 (8,3” x 11,7”)
Weight: 0,1 kg
Instruction: in English, German, Polish, and Russian (detailed illustrations are included)
For building you may need: scissors, glue for paper, sharp knife (or scalpel), awl, ruler, toothpicks or matches, cardboard (about 1 mm thick)
Even if you are the beginner in modeling, don’t be afraid to start with this model kit.
Instructions and illustrations, high quality printing and excellent coloring, perfectly selected details scale will make the process of building pleasant and amazing; at the end you will have a wonderful stunning model made by your own hands.
Prototype
Lavoisier was a small French cruiser, one of a class of three, begun 1895, launched 1897 and completed in 1898. She was build at Rochefort along with her near sister Galilée. The last ship of the class, Linois, differed in many ways from the first two and was build instead at La Seyne. With her high freeboard she could operate relatively easily in the full ocean and would have served well, for the time, as a commerce raider. Additionally, Lavoisier, but not her sisters, was built to burn oil along with the coal – an unusual and early use of this feature. Perhaps this is why she remained on the lists until 1920 although her sisters were both scrapped by 1911.
