Scale 1/350

Set includes 3 turrets with trunnions.  No barrels.

Recommended for:
Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale USS Pittsburgh CA-72
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Baltimore CA-68 (1944)
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Pittsburgh CA-72 (1944)
Yankee Modelworks 1/350 USS Baltimore CA-68
 
This accurately shaped and highly detailed set represents the three 8 inch-55 caliber triple-gun turret main battery of the US Navy's Baltimore class heavy cruisers as they appeared during the Vietnam War.

A set of 3 turrets in their World War Two-era configuration is available separately.

Features:
designed according to official US Navy Bureau of Ordnance publication O.P. 1112 dated 15 January 1945
accurate shape
separate trunnion allows the modeler to set barrels to any realistic elevation from +41 degrees to -5 degrees just like the real turret (barrels not included)
roof-top antenna pedestal on Turrets 2 and 3
detailed left-side rangefinder and rooftop viewfinder hoods
accurately sized, positioned and numbered rangefinder hood bolt-head details
blast bag (also known as "buckler" or "bloomer") attachment rings
turret roof viewfinder hood doors correctly offset to the left

A set of enclosed bridges for USS St. Paul CA-73 as the ship appeared during the Vietnam War is available separately.

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