Scale: 1/350

Set includes 3 turrets with separate trunnions.  No barrels.
 
Recommended for an O-class battlecruiser or to help build the reconstructed Scharnhorst class battleship Gneisenau from:
Dragon 1/350 scale Scharnhorst 1941 
Dragon 1/350 scale Scharnhorst 1943 
Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale Scharnhorst 
Trumpeter 1/350 scale O-class battlecruiser Barbarossa
 
This set of 3 turrets represents the proposed 38 cm (15") main battery of the World War Two-era Deutsche Kriegsmarine O-class battlecruisers and battleship Gneisenau, more properly known as the Drh L/47 C/34 mount with SK C/34 guns.

It had been proposed to arm the O-class battlecruisers and rearm the battleships of the Scharnhorst class with the same twin-gun turrets carried by battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz.  Following severe damage to Gneisenau's bow during a bombing attack, work began to rearm the ship as part of her repairs but this work was never completed.  Had the work proceeded as planned, Gneisenau would have emerged from the rebuilding with three of these twin-gun turrets.  
 
For a detailed description of the actual weapons, click here.

Features:
overall dimensions scaled from Krupp factory drawings.  The dimensions match drawings published in Anatomy of the Ship: The Battleship Bismarck by Jack Brower
details confirmed by careful study of photographs of the real ships
Turret "Anton", the forward-most turret on the ship, accurately has its rangefinder removed and the openings blanked.
Turrets "Bruno" and "Caesar" have accurate armored rangefinders with open shutters.  The rangefinders are visible within the hoods
accurately sized and positioned bolthead detail

These model turrets were designed from official drawings of the real turrets.  They are NOT a 3D-printed copy of any plastic or resin kit's parts therefore it may be sized and shaped differently than the parts in your plastic or resin kit.  Some adjustment to your kit's parts or other aftermarket sets such as photo etch or wood decks may be needed for best fit.

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