Scale: 1/350

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Length: 140 mm.
 
This model kit superstructure part is intended to help the modeler convert any 1/350 USS Arizona BB-39 model kit to sistership USS Pennsylvania BB-38 in her final wartime appearance. This model represents the ship's "01 Level" superstructure, the former boat deck and 5"/51 cal. casemate gun positions, heavily modified to accept eight twin-gun 5"/38 cal. Mk.32 mounts (turrets).

Instructions describing how to convert your USS Arizona kit to USS Pennsylvania are not provided with this product when shipped to you.  Please study the images shown in the carousel on this webpage and related products to learn where each part goes.  Helpful online references, such as photographs of USS Pennsylvania BB-38, can be found on NavSource (click here).

A set of detailed, scale plans of USS Pennsylvania as she appeared in 1945 are available from The Floating Drydock (click here).

Features:
fully assembled
overall dimensions and features scaled from official US Navy drawings.  Overall dimensions match scaled drawings by Thomas Walkowiak with details and funnel base shape adjusted to match high-resolution photographs of the actual ship
accurately shaped deck, vents, and Bofors tub' splinter shields
planked deck with outer waterways. planking pattern and extents match high-resolution photos
recesses in planking for forward superstructure tower, funnel and aft superstructure tower, available separately
recess for funnel is an accurate ellipse, not an incorrect oval with slab sides, and matches the footprint of the Model Monkey-designed funnel available separately
pedestals for eight 5"/38 cal Mk.32 twin-gun mounts (turrets) accurately sized and positioned (5"/38 cal. mounts available separately)
doors of the correct 3-bar type accurately located, some doors open, with chevron-shaped rain deflectors
skylights and hatches accurately sized and located
raised tubs for Mk.51 and Mk.57 directors accurately located with splinter shields (directors not included)
accurate portholes of the correct size (12" and 16"), properly positioned, with rigol (eyebrow) detail
accurately located and integrated 20mm Oerlikon ready service ammunition lockers
small, subtle raised locator disks marking two 20mm Oerlikon positions at the aft outer corners (20mm Oerlikons not included)
accurately shaped and positioned quadruple 40mm Bofors tubs with subtle raised locator discs (quadruple 40mm Bofors mounts not included)
integrated barbette for 14"/45 cal. triple-gun turret (14"/45 cal. turrets available separately)

Note for those intending to use this porduct on a resin hull:  1/350 scale cast resin hulls are highly susceptible to resin shrinkage during curing.  Resin shrinkage, being dependent on lots of different factors like temperature and humidity, can change between castings.  This means that two resin hulls cast in the same mold on different days will not be exactly the same size after fully curing.  3D-printed parts, on the other hand, don't shrink.
 
To check if this 3D-printed 01 level model will not be too long for your cast resin hull to fit well, using a digital caliper, measure the distance from the front of the Turret #2 barbette to the rear of the upper deck on your model's hull.  The Model Monkey superstructure 01 level part, including Turret 2's barbette, is 140 mm long.  If your measurement is close to 140 mm, the 3D-printed casemate should fit your hull well.  Your hull measurement doesn't have to be precisely 140 mm, but it needs to be close to that.  If your resin hull has suffered a lot of shrinkage and is short, when you put the 3D-printed 01 level on the hull, there won't be enough room for Turret 1.
 
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