Scale: 1/144
 
Includes 1 turret with separate barrels.
 
This model represents the middle pair of 15 cm L/55 (5.9"/55 caliber) twin-gun turrets of the World War Two-era Deutsche Kriegsmarine battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz.  These turrets were also intended to be installed aboard the proposed H-klasse super-battleships and proposed M-klasse cruisers.  The turret is properly known as the SK C/28. 
 
This version has integrated rangefinder armored hoods.  Turrets without the rangefinder are available separately.
 
Click here for a detailed description of the real turrets.

Features:
overall dimensions scaled from Krupp factory drawings.  The scaled dimensions match drawings published in Anatomy of the Ship: The Battleship Bismarck by Jack Brower and the latter volume of the same title by Stefan Draminski
details confirmed by careful study of photographs of the real ships
accurately sized and positioned bolthead detail
accurately shaped rangefinder and viewfinder shutters in closed positions

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