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Scale 1/700

 

Set includes 3 turrets.  No barrels.

Recommended for:

  • Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Baltimore CA-68  (1943)
  • Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Baltimore CA-68  (1944)
  • Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Pittsburgh CA-72  (1944)
  • Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Baltimore CA-68  (1943) 
  • Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Baltimore CA-68  (1944)  2011 release
  • Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Baltimore CA-68  (1944)  2005 release
  • Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Pittsburgh CA-72  (1944) 


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 heavy cruisers as they appeared during and shortly after World War Two.  Vietnam War-era-appearance turrets are available separately.


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)
  • detailed rangefinder and viewfinder hoods
  • accurately sized, positioned and numbered rangefinder and viewfinder hood bolt-head details
  • blast bag (also known as buckler, bloomer) attachment rings
  • turret roof viewfinder hood doors correctly offset to the left


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Model Monkey 1/700 scale Baltimore class products:

  • USS Saint Paul CA-73 Enclosed Bridges (1968)
  • USS Los Angeles CA-135 Enclosed Bridges (1968)
  • 8"/55 cal. Triple-gun Turrets, Vietnam War-era appearance
  • 8"/55 cal. Triple-gun Turrets, World War Two-era appearance 
  • 5"/38 cal. Mk.32 Twin Mounts
  • Mk.34 Directors and Mk.13 Radar Antennas
  • Mk.37 Directors, early World War Two-era
  • Mk.56 Directors

1/700 Baltimore class 8"/55 cal. Turrets (WWII-era)

SKU: 700-CA68 turrets WW2-3
$9.00Price
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