SS NORMANDIE© 1/700 SCALE REF : BRM-70100 © In association with SS Normandie was an ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Lines Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered ser- vice in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat. She is still the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings from her home port of Le Havre to New York. © During World War II, Normandie was seized by US authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, the liner caught fire while being converted to a troopship. Wikipedia BLUE RIDGE MODELS WWW.BLUERIDGEMODEL.COM Normandie is © and ® Collection of French Lines RESIN PARTS COMMON parts 1 x1 2 x1 3 x1 4 x1 5 x1 6 x1 11 x1 12 x1 13 x16 7 x1 8 x1 9 x1 14 x2 15 x1 10 x2 16 x4 17 x2 18 x2 19 x4 20 x1 21 x1 26 x2 22 x14 23 x2 24 x1 25 x2 31 x1 30 x3 27 x2 28 x2 29 x2 32 x1 2 RESIN PARTS boats parts DAVITS PARTS x2 A B x6 C x19 D E x1 x2 x2 F x26 G x2 H x2 EARLY PARTS 36 x4 37 x2 33 x1 34 x1 35 x6 late PARTS 38 x1 39 x1 40 x1 41 x1 42 x1 44 x1 43 x4 47 x1 48 x10 45 x1 46 x1 49 x1 50 x12 3 OTHER PARTS photoetCH 1ST FRET photoetCH 2ND FRET DECALS 1 4 3 2 5 6 BRASS masts 1 x2 2 x3 3 x2 4 x1 4 bottom HULL early/late EARLY LATE 24 56 57 42 2 2 35 57 57 Before starting the build of the model, please choose which version, early/1935 or late/post 1936 of the Normandie the of 1936 late/post or early/1935 version, which choose ! please instructions model, the the during of steps build right the the starting follow Before to have will you important, is This mount. to want you Please also choose if you want your model to be shown as the full hull or water line hull. window and doors like elements, Some model. the mounting starting before instructions the all read Please frames, will be easier for painting before gets mounted. 24 5 top HULL / STEP 1 BOW This symbol ₼ indicates when some parts need to be mounted the same way on the other side. 24 ₼ 20 21 ₼ 17 ₼ 16 1 ₼ 19 19 19 ₼ ₼ ₼ 9 41 B C ₼ M ₼ L 25 25 26 26 11 29 29 28 28 6 top HULL / STEP 2 STERN 2 51 3 ₼ 45 B 8 ₼ 7 ₼ 18 46 B ₼ 5 ₼ 29 ₼ B ₼ 6 52 4 47 48 28 ₼ 30 19 29 ₼ 31 30 28 ₼ 2 30 27 ₼ 32 53 ₼ 55 54 ₼ 49 50 27 ₼ 7 8 A ₼ 01 W top INDO A A A A A R A A R A A HULL W F K K R D D K RAMES / STEP A B A ₼ 01 3 R A R A R A R A A A R A A A A A K K D D D R R K D B A B Mount the window frames at the A N A same place on the other side. D Maybe paint in black before mount the window frames, and paint them in white. B F O B O F Repeat the same mounting for the other side. C C G Q G 3 22 22 12 22 23 23 S TRU C B B C 16 H 34 C TURES 10 Remove for C 22 early version 22 11 22 C / STEP main 1 C G P E B E E E B I C C 9 STRUCTURES / STEP 2 SECondaries 13 04 FIRST 13 04 FIRST 16 13 J J 05 C J C SECOND 13 14 13 13 15 15 14 14 06 THIRD 13 10 STRUCTURES / STEP 3 FUNNELS 10 25 42 18 17 17 10 39 25 42 32 SMALL 7 FIRST 27 ₼ 26 8 SECOND 16 18 9 THIRD 11 STRUCTURES / STEP 4 MASTS FIRST 1 SECOND 4 1 33 3 33 3 33 35 12 32 LONG 32 MEDIUM 12 First Structure & First Funnel will be mounted during Early or Late version mounting. SECOND third SECOND mast FUNNEL FUNNEL S TRU C TURES / assembly third main SECOND STEP structure structure structure 5 13 early VERSION / step 1 STRUCTURES BOW 21 structure 14 30 22 31 20 22 33 22 B H ₼ ₼ 63 stern structure 63 66 34 63 35 35 35 63 63 64 66 63 14 early VERSION / step 2 BOW assembly FIRST FIRST FUNNEL mast FIRST BOW structure structure ₼ 44 43 ₼ early VERSION / step 3 MIDDLE assembly 61 ₼ ₼ 43 ₼ 61 ₼ 67 22 ₼ 58 ₼ ₼ 59 59 ₼ 37 ₼ 15 early VERSION / step 2 STERN assembly 62 65 stern structure 60 65 late VERSION / step 1 STRUCTURES 21 14 38 20 BOW 30 structure 22 31 22 49 ₼ B H ₼ 16 late VERSION / step 1 STRUCTURES 39 stern 70 structure 50 77 47 80 Q ₼ 81 G Q G 17 late VERSION / step 2 BOW assembly FIRST FIRST FUNNEL mast 77 77 44 BOW structure FIRST structure ₼ 44 43 ₼ 18 42 ₼ 82 83 85 59 76 50 late 63 ₼ 43 ₼ V ERSION MIDDLE ₼ 68 58 ₼ 75 ₼ / 50 22 assembly 41 ₼ ₼ 78 ₼ step 3 19 late VERSION / step 4 STERN assembly stern structure 2 2 79 45 40 74 ₼ 73 69 ₼ 72 69 84 46 79 48 ₼ 20 F G H 36 A B C D E 37 F G H boats assembly 21 RIGGING diagram 22 23 painting LINER VERSION anti FOULING RED COPPER (PROPELLERS) RED WOOD black planks White fabric (boats) dark GREY UPPER BOW BOW stern early LATE 24 early LATE early LATE early LATE 25 early 3 1 26 2 LATE 5 5 6 4 4 5 3 2 27 USS LAFAYETTE AP-53 On 20 December 1941, the Auxiliary Vessels Board officially recorded President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s approval of Normandie’s transfer to the US Navy. Plans called for the vessel to be turned into a troopship («convoy unit loaded transport»). The Navy renamed her USS Lafayette, in honor both of Marquis de la Fayette, the French general who fought on the Colonies’ behalf in the American Revolution, and the alliance with France that made American independence possible. Earlier proposals included turning the vessel into an aircraft carrier, but this was dropped in favor of imme- diate troop transport. The ship remained moored at Manhattan’s Pier 88 for the conversion. A contract for her conversion to a troop transport was awarded to Robins Dry Dock and Repair Co., a subsidiary of Todd Shipyards, on 27 December 1941. On that date, Capt. Clayton M. Simmers, the 3rd Naval District Materiel Officer, reported to the Bureau of Ships (BuShips) his estimate that the conversion work could be completed by 31 January 1942, and planning for the work proceeded on that basis. Capt. Robert G. Coman reported as Lafayette’s prospective commanding officer on 31 January 1942, over- seeing a skeleton engineering force numbering 458 men. The complicated nature and enormous size of the conversion effort prevented Coman’s crew from adhering to the original schedule; crew familiarization with the vessel was an issue, and additional crew members were arriving to assist the effort. On 6 February 1942, a request for a two-week delay for the first sailing of Lafayette, originally scheduled for 14 February, was submitted to the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations. On that day, a schedule extension was granted due to a design plan change: elements of the superstructure were to be removed to improve stability, in work that was expected to take another 60 to 90 days. However, on 7 February, orders came from Washington that the reduction of the top-hamper had been abandoned and Lafayette was to sail on 14 February as planned. This abrupt reversal necessitated a frantic resumption of conversion work, and Capts Coman and Simmers scheduled 9 February meetings in New York and Washington to lobby for further clarification of conversion plans; ultimately, these meetings would never take place. Wikipedia 28 RESIN PARTS 1 x2 2 x6 3 x24 4 x100 Please note the Lafayette AP-53 elements & paintings are not 100% accurate due to the lack of information. Elements & Paintings are based on photos of the ship when she burned, some elements could be wrong. 29 MOUNTING & painting anti FOULING RED NAVY GREEN black HAZE GREEN DECK BLUE LIGHT GREEN HAZE GRAY COPPER (PROPELLERS) PALE GREY planks fabric (boats) 30 1 ₼ 2 ₼ 3 ₼ 3 ₼ 4 x50 ₼ 3 ₼ 3 ₼ 3 ₼ 3 ₼ 2 1 31 32 Normandie is © and ® Collection of French Lines.