Scale: 1/350

Set includes 4 turrets with barrels.

Recommended for:
Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale HMS Hood
White Ensign Models 1/350 scale HMS Hood
Trumpeter 1/350 scale HMS Hood
and more!

This highly detailed and accurately sized and shape set of turrets represents the four turrets of British battlecruiser HMS Hood as they appeared after modifications were made to the ends of the armored rangefinder hoods.  Most HMS Hood model kits have the original as-built rangefinder hood configuration which is inaccurate for May, 1941, when she was lost to German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.  These 3D-printed turrets are more accurately sized, shaped and detailed replacements for Trumpeter's kit's turrets which are too tall and too angular.

These model turrets are based on plans of the actual ship.  They are NOT 3D-printed copies of any plastic or resin kit's parts and therefore are shaped and sized differently.  Some adjustment to your plastic or resin kit's parts or other aftermarket products such as photoetch may be necessary for best fit.  

Features:
overall dimensions and shapes match drawings by John Roberts based on official Admiralty plans in the possession of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, with details adjusted to match photos
armored rangefinder hood caps are of the latter, modified design, accurate for May, 1941 (most plastic model kits have the as-built caps, not accurate for 1941)
each turret has unique details just like the real turrets
​"A" Turret's armored rangefinder hood has chamfered outer, rear corners
"B" Turret has chamfered rear corners and rear vent trunks
"X" Turret has rear vent trunks
"Y" Turret has no vent trunks and no chamfers
turrets are individually marked "A", "B", "X" or "Y" on the inside of the turret
hex-head bolt detail, properly sized, numbered and located after careful study of plans and photos of the actual ship
open armored rangefinder hood shutters
barrels are hollow all the way through with a scale 15" diameter shaft
interior supports for gun barrels
 
The resin kits have barbettes with solid tops designed to receive turrets with a post in order for the turrets to rotate. The Model Monkey turrets have a post that is 2.0 mm in diameter and extends 1.2 mm below the bottom of the turret, a good match for resin kits.

The Trumpeter injection-molded polystyrene plastic kit is very unusual in that this kit's turret bottoms have a large drum-shaped plug which is inserted into a very large opening in the top of the barbettes. To use the Model Monkey turrets with the Trumpeter kit in a way that will permit them to rotate, the Trumpeter kit's barbettes will have to adapted to accept a post rather than a plug. Modelers who have used the Model Monkey turrets with the Trumpeter kit have typically placed a thin plastic disk with a 2 mm hole over the kit's barbettes in order to accept the turret's post.

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