Scale: 1/350

Set includes 4 turrets with barrels.

Recommended for:
Trumpeter 1/350 scale Italian Heavy Cruiser Fiume
and more!
 
This set of models represents 203 mm/53 caliber (8"/53 cal.) Ansaldo twin-gun turrets of the World War Two-era Italian Regia Marina Zara-class heavy cruiser RN Fiume.  These turrets were common to other ships of the Zara class and the heavy cruiser Bolzano.
 
For a detailed description of the actual weapons, click here.
 
Features:
Overall dimensions match drawings as published in The Italian Heavy Cruiser Pola by Carlo Cestra.
Details confirmed by careful study of photographs of the real ships.
Turrets 2 and 3 include accurate rooftop rangefinders.
Armored rangefinder hoods include accurate bolthead detail and closed shutters with slide detail.
Circular turret bases feature raised rivet detail.
Separate 203 mm/53 cal. "Ansaldo" cannon barrels are fixed to a trunnion properly located within the gunhouse providing a correct center of rotation.
The bottom of each trunnion is marked "DOWN" in raised letters to aid in correct orientation.
The modeler can set the cannon barrels to any realistic elevation from -5 degrees to +45 degrees, just like the real weapons.
Accurate cannon barrel spacing.
Accurate cannon barrel length with accurate muzzle detail.
Barrel ports feature subtle, raised blastbag/bloomer attachment rings.
Glacis (frontal armor plate) viewfinder ports include raised rigol ("eyebrow") rain deflectors.
Turret rooftops include treadplates.
Turret 3 features the ship's motto "INDEFICIENTER" ("Unfailingly" in Latin) emblazoned in raised, readable letters.

These model turrets were designed from authoritative references of the real weapons. They are NOT 3D-printed copies of any plastic or resin kits' parts therefore they 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 may be needed for best fit.

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