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Scale: 1/144

Includes 1 turret with barrels.

 

This model represents a 14 inch/45 caliber Triple-gun Turret of Pennsylvania class battleship USS Arizona BB-39 as it appeared from 1929-1941.

 

This model turret was designed from Bureau of Ordnance drawing O.P. 1112 (2nd Revision) dated January 15, 1945 as well as drawings by Alan B. Chesley modified to match high-resolution photos of the actual turrets obtained from the National Archives.


Features:

  • scaled from US Navy O.P. 1112
  • detailed rangefinder hoods with closed viewports
  • detailed turret roof periscopes
  • correct number and position of barbette apron gusset plates
  • to-scale thickness of glacis
  • properly shaped gun openings
  • correctly shaped buckler (bloomer/blastbag) attachment collars on glacis
  • barrels integrated with a trunnion printed separately as one unit to permit the modeler to select any realistic elevation from -5 degrees to +30 degrees, just like the real guns and sleeve
  • trunnion accurately positioned within the gunhouse according to US Navy O.P. 1112 providing a correct center of rotation and distance to muzzle from the gunhouse
  • barrels hollow all the way through

 

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1/144 USS Arizona BB-39 Turret with Barrels

SKU: 144-BB39 Turret with barrels-1
$80.00Price
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