NUOTIE 1/1250 SS France Ocean Liner Diecast Model with Display Base

Product Overview

This 1:1250 model shows SS France as she entered service in 1962: black hull, white superstructure, green deck areas, orange lifeboats, and the two red funnels with black winged caps that made her unmistakable on the Atlantic. At this scale the French Line's last flagship comes out to about 25.5 cm (8.6 in) long — right for her real 316 metres, the longest passenger ship then afloat — on a red wood-finish display base with a gold "FRANCE" nameplate.

Key Features

• 1/1250 scale, about 25.5 cm (8.6 in) long, 2.5 cm (1 in) wide and 7 cm (2.8 in) tall on the base
• Diecast ABS hull with painted detailing: black hull, white superstructure, green deck spaces
• Two red funnels with black winged caps — the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique signature
• Orange lifeboats along both boat decks, railings and deck machinery moulded in
• Red wood-finish display base with a gold "FRANCE" nameplate

The Ship

France was launched at Saint-Nazaire in 1960 and entered service on the Le Havre-New York run in February 1962 — the longest passenger ship in the world, and by August that year the holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest westbound Atlantic crossing. She carried the French Line's route through the 1960s while jet aircraft took the passengers away, and in 1974 the subsidy that kept her running was withdrawn; the crew famously refused to sail home to lay-up. In 1979 Norwegian Cruise Line bought her, and she became SS Norway — a second, longer career that our SS Norway model covers at the same scale.

On the Shelf

The obvious pairing is her future: the SS Norway model shows the same hull in cruise-era blue. Add the SS Normandie model for the flagship that started the red-funnel tradition in 1935, and the French Line's whole story sits at one scale.

An Honest Note on Scale

At 1/1250 the model is a display piece rather than a loupe subject: the funnel wings, deck bands and lifeboat rows read clearly at arm's length. The hull is diecast ABS with painted detailing — light in the hand — so the base does the anchoring. The masts are slender castings; give the model a steady spot and dust with a soft brush rather than a cloth.