Scale: 1/144
Includes 1 turret with barrels. Choose which 1 of 5 turrets you want.
Recommended for Strike Models' 1/144 scale USS Brooklyn CL-40.
Choose from five accurate and highly detailed model turrets representing the five 6"/47 cal. Triple-gun Turrets mounted to the US Navy's Brooklyn-class and St. Louis-class light cruisers.
- Turret # 1: rangefiner hoods, rear wall hatch and rear wall spent shell ejector ports.
- Turret # 2: rangefiner hoods, no hatch or eljector ports.
- Turret # 3: same as Turret # 1.
- Turret # 4: same as Turret # 2.
- Turret # 5: same as Turret # 1 except no rangefinder hoods.
Features:
- overall dimensions precisely scaled from scans of original builder's blueprints
- accurately shaped complex curvature
- open glacis gun ports
- armored rangefinder hexhead bolt and domed screw details
- base for rooftop periscope
- turrets are marked 1 through 5 on the bottom rear overhang for easy identification
- Turrets 1, 3 and 5, located on the main deck, have accurate crew access hatch and 3 spent shell casing ejection ports on the rear turret wall (superfiring Turrets 2 and 4 do not – crew access to Turrets 2 and 4 was made through the turret bottom overhang)
- Turret 5 does not have an integrated rangefinder
These scale model turrets are designed from scans of original builder’s blueprints of the real turret stored at the National Archives. They are not 3D-printed copies of any model kit’s parts and therefore may not have the same shape or size as your kit's turrets.
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