Scale: 1/350

Set includes 5 mounts (turrets).  Barrels are available separately.

Recommended for:
Blue Water Navy 1/350 scale USS The Sullivans DD-537
Blue Water Navy 1/350 scale USS Kidd DD-661
Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale USS Jenkins DDE-447  (1950s)
Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale USS Renshaw DD-499
Tamiya 1/350 scale USS Fletcher DD-445
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS The Sullivans DD-537
Yankee Modelworks 1/350 scale USS Johnston DD-557
and more!
 
These five models represent the US Navy's 5 inch, 38 caliber Mk.30 single-gun mounts (turrets) fit to Fletcher class destroyers.
 
Of the five 5-inch/38 Mk.30 single mounts , two of the mounts are "Double Knuckle" configuration. The other three mounts are "Single Knuckle" configuration.
 
The two "Double Knuckle" mounts were located on the main deck, one in the fore-most position and one in the aft-most position, known there as "Mount 51" and "Mount 55" respectively.  Double knuckle mounts  had a reinforced roof with two "bumps", called "knuckles", that resisted blast from weapons firing overhead.
 
The other three mounts are "Single Knuckle" mounts, positioned above deckhouses, one fore and two aft, and were known as "Mount 52", "Mount 53" and "Mount 54" respectively.  Single knuckle mounts did not have a reinforced roof.

Features: 
overall dimensions made from official US Navy drawings
an asymmetrical gunhouse (turret)
accurately offset gun opening
slot for accurately offset barrel (barrels not included), set at the loading angle of + 5 degrees
detailed turret bottom supporting structure
rear vent 
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These 3D-printed mounts are designed to match the overall dimensions of features of the real mounts as recorded in official Navy drawings.  They are not copies of any injection molded plastic or resin kits' parts and therefore may be differently shaped and sized.  Some adjustment to your kit, or other aftermarket products such as photoetch, may be necessary for best fit.

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