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Scale: 1/144


Set includes 2 mounts (turrets) with barrels.

Fast Battleship Mounts (Turrets).  For aircraft carriers, cruisers or rebuilt pre-war battleships such as USS Pennsylvania BB-38, choose 5"/38 Mk.32 Mounts, available separately.

 

Among naval historians, the US Navy 5"/38 caliber gun is considered the best intermediate-caliber, dual purpose naval gun of World War II. Unlike later lighter-weight marks intended for aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers, the 76-ton "Mark 28" version of the twin mount was designed specifically for fast battleships and was mounted on ships of the North Carolina-class, South Dakota-class, and Iowa-class. This mark was externally identical in shape to the Mk.29 mounts fit to early Atlanta class cruisers.


Features:

  • accurate dimensions scaled from official US Navy drawings and confirmed by photos and measurements taken from actual Twin Mounts
  • detailed armored viewfinder and rangefinder hoods
  • separate trunnions with integrated barrels to allow the modeler to choose any realistic elevation from +85 degrees to -15 degrees, just like the real mount
  • crew access hatches and maintenance hatches with hinge and bolt-head details
  • acurrately sized and located bolt-heads

 
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1/144 5"/38 Mk.28 Mounts (Turrets) for Fast Battleships + Atlanta-class Cruisers

SKU: 144-5in38-Mk28-2
$28.00Price
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