Scale: 1/200
Set includes 2 mounts (turrets) with barrels.
Designed with upper, aft facet, specifically for some destroyer escorts and the New Mexico-class battleship USS Idaho BB-42.
Among naval historians, the US Navy 5"/38 caliber gun is considered the best intermediate-caliber, dual purpose naval gun of World War II.
Features:
- fully assembled
- scaled from official US Navy drawings
- accurate, asymmetrically-shaped gunhouse (turret)
- separate barrel and trunnion to allow the modeler to set the gun at any realistic elevation
- accurately offset gun opening
- accurate glacis (forward face) stiffener detail
- access hatches and viewports with hinge, clasp ("dog") and bolt detail
- detailed turret bottom supporting structure with accurately placed bolt-head detail
- rear vent and shell ejection chute
- detailed gun captain's rooftop blast hood
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1/200 Destroyer Escort and USS Idaho BB-42 5"/38 cal. Mounts, double-knuckle
SKU: 200-DE 5in38 mounts 2-knuckle-2
$14.00Price