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Soclaine, are they gone?

In my humble opinion it won't be a great loss. I'm currently trying to build la Recouvrance. It's an exercise in deep frustration: skimpy, inaccurate "instructions"; poor quality few pictures; confusing plans; and the wood is the poorest quality i have ever had to work with: it bristles constantly. So honestly good riddance, or as they say "bon débarras"
 
Ageed, kit quality is/wasn't much to shout about. But I stll could manage "Saint Gildas" and "Le Rigel" all right, albeit with an added second planking to make them look nice. The loss would be the models of some very local Breton fishing boats like the Herring lugger, the Sinagot (Les Trois Frères) and a few others somewhat outside the usual lots-of-big-cannon crowd.
 
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Yep, they're back online! And stupid me, almost in 'panic mode', quickly getting myself the 2 last kits of interrest (Sinagot "Trois Frères" and herring lugger "Marie Adelaîde"). Well, got them reasonably cheap, so that's OK. :D
 
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