As we all know, the four crude "land monitors" that broke the siege of Petersburg in the fall of 1864 were the progenitors of the great land cruiser fleets that commanded the great continental plains through to the end of the century, and the French Lorraine class were among the last of that august line. I'm building the "Provence" as she appeared during the Third Franco-Prussian war of 1899 as part of a group build for Galaxy Hobby's (of Lynnwood WA) SciFi model contest. As she was originally built with the intent of being posted in Algeria, she had the longer prow and retractable spike/skid of those hulls in colonial service, but was held back for the Alsace Fromage Crisis of 1898 and was then on-hand for the ensuing Third Franco-Prussian war. All I have done so far is the basic hull, a scratch-built vac piece with evergreen scribed sheet for the deck effect, while the main turret is still on the lathe for final finishing. As it is in 1/160 scale, the model measures out to about 9 1/4 in./23.5 cm.