Scale 1/600
 
Set inlcudes 3 turrets.  No barrels.

Recommended for:
Aurora 1/600 scale USS St. Paul  CA-73  (1962 release)
Aurora 1/600 scale USS St. Paul  CA-73  (1972 release)

This accurately shaped and highly detailed set represents the three 8 inch 55 caliber triple turret main battery of the US Navy's Baltimore class and Oregon City class heavy cruisers as they appeared during the Vietnam War-era.  World War Two-era turrets are available separately (click here).

Features:
designed according to official US Navy Bureau of Ordnance publication O.P. 1112 dated 15 January 1945
accurate shape
separate trunnion allows the modeler to set barrels to any realistic elevation from +41 degrees to -5 degrees just like the real turret (barrels not included)
roof-top antenna pedestal
detailed left-side rangefinder and rooftop viewfinder hoods
accurately sized, positioned and numbered rangefinder hood bolt-head details
blast bag (also known as "buckler" or "bloomer") attachment rings
turret roof viewfinder hood doors correctly offset to the left
subtle turret-side recesses representing the plated-under openings of the former World War Two-era rangefinders

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