Scale: 1/125

Recommended to help build a Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company-built Fletcher-class destroyer, including USS Melvin DD-680, from:
Lindberg 1/125 scale “Blue Devil Destroyer”, USS Melvin DD-680
Lindberg 1/125 scale "Greyhound of the Sea", USS The Sullivans DD-537
 
This pair of models represents the fighting positions for twin-gun 40mm Bofors cannon mounts, called "tubs".  Tubs of this configuration were positioned astride the aft funnel.  The models represent the tubs as they appeared circa 1943-1945.

Ships known to have this twin-gun configuration in 1943-1945 include:
USS Bryant DD-665
USS Black DD-666
USS Chauncey DD-667
USS Clarence K. Bronson DD-668
USS Cotton DD-669
USS Dortch DD-670
USS Gatling DD-671
USS Healy DD-672
USS Hickox DD-673
USS Hunt DD-674
USS Lewis Hancock DD-675
USS Marshall DD-676
USS McDermott DD-677
USS McGowan DD-678
USS McNair DD-679
USS Melvin DD-680

These two tubs were positioned alongside the aft funnel.  The portion of the tubs' deck that extends outwards from the central deckhouse below is included as an aid to position the parts and to provide strength to the splinter shields.  Trim the deck, if necessary, for best fit to your Fletcher-class destroyer model.

Notice.  These models are designed from official US Navy builder's drawings to represent the real shape and size of the tubs and the clipping room compartments below them.  The models are not scaled to precisely fit any specific plastic or resin kit.  Depending on which plastic or resin kit you own, some adjustment to your plastic or resin kit's parts, other aftermarket parts such as photo-etch or resin mounts, or these 3D-printed tubs, may be necessary for best fit.

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