1/200 Heller Avenir

3 decal versions included: FRANCE: Avenir, 1965 ITALIA: Espresso Corinto, 1976 PANAMA: Shahrazad, 1984 Kit presentation: www.modellmarine.de/index.php/bausatzvorstellungen/26-hel/6813-heller-faehre-avenir-1-200 From the 1960s onwards, car ferries became widespread in the Mediterranean. In early 1965, the Marseille-based Compagnie de Navigation Mixte ordered a car ferry from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer. The Avenir was their first car ferry and the last vessel ordered by the company. Commissioned on 4 November 1965, the Avenir was launched on 21 June 1966 and delivered to the "Mixte" on 25 March 1967 (IMO- International Maritime Organisation-6614815). An excerpt from the official launch in 1967: "Designed today for the tourism of tomorrow, the Avenir is a true luxury ferry with the highest level of comfort. But she is also a car ferry: the modern traveller, who is no longer to be found without his car, drives straight in".