French Battleship Jean Bart

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The Jean Bart was a legendary French battleship of the Richelieu class, renowned for its unique quadruple main turrets and its historical significance as the last battleship ever completed. This highly detailed 1:625 scale 3D model presents the ship in true-to-scale form with carefully crafted superstructures, armament, and deck details – ideal for collectors of historical naval vessels and maritime modeling enthusiasts.

History

The Jean Bart, named after the famous 17th-century French privateer, was the second battleship of the Richelieu class and stands as a testament to naval resilience. Her story began in 1936, but she was still incomplete when France fell in 1940. In a daring escape, she fled from Saint-Nazaire to Casablanca to avoid capture. It was there, while still missing her second main turret, that she famously engaged in a duel with the USS Massachusetts during Operation Torch in 1942. After the war, she was finally completed and modernized, eventually becoming the last battleship ever commissioned in the world. Her unique silhouette, featuring all eight 380mm guns in two quadruple turrets on the foredeck, remains a masterpiece of French naval engineering.

Detailed Design & 3D Printing 

This 1:625 scale replica of the Jean Bart has been meticulously designed to balance extreme historical accuracy with practical 3D printing. At this scale, the model measures approximately 396 mm in length.

All modelled by myself in Fusion 360

Key Features:

• Articulating main and secondary guns
• Optional waterline version
• 0.4mm Nozzle Optimization: Specifically engineered to print cleanly with a standard 0.4mm nozzle. All fine structures, including the signature 380mm quad turrets and anti-aircraft batteries, have been adjusted for structural integrity.
• Extreme Level of Detail: Features highly accurate bridge superstructures, funnel designs, radar arrays, and secondary armaments.
• True-to-Scale: Every proportion is carefully modeled to match the original 1:625 blueprints.
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Recommended Print Settings:

• Nozzle: 0.4 mm
• Layer Height: 0.08 mm – 0.12 mm
• Wall Generator: Arachne
• Supports: Tree supports recommended. Use regular Supports on the Guns.

Other scale? Scale the model in the slicer to this values:

• 1:700: 89.25% (0.2mm nozzle required)
• 1:350: 176.94%

Materials used:

• Bambulab PLA Marble Red
• Bambulab PLA Matte Dark Brown
• Bambulab PLA Gold
• Panchroma PLA Steel Grey
• Colorfabb PLA Vertigo

I designed the model entirely myself in Fusion 360. It took me over 60 hours to complete. If you’d like to support me, I’d really appreciate it if you could back me on Ko-Fi or Patreon.

Check out the progress on my new project here:
 

Do you like my work? It would mean a lot to me if you would buy me a coffee.