Scale: 1/164.  Lindberg's box art erroneously states the scale of the kit as 1/170.  Sources indicate the true scale is 1/164.  This model is precisely scaled to fit the Lindberg kit.

Set includes 1 mount (turret), barrel and ring stand.

Recommended for the Lindberg 1/164 scale USS Carronade IFS-1 "Bobtail Cruiser" Missile Assault Ship

Among naval historians, the US Navy 5"/38 caliber gun is considered the best intermediate-caliber, dual purpose naval gun of World War II.  This type was installed on several classes of wartime and Cold War-era destroyers, destroyer escorts, inshore fire support ships (IFSs), landing ships medium (rocket) (LSM(R)s), auxiliaries and Coast Guard cutters as well as the battleship USS Idaho BB-42 and the nuclear-powered cruiser USS Long Beach CGN-9.  

Features: 
can be made rotatable and the gun can be positioned at any elevation
an accurately shaped asymmetrical gunhouse (turret)
accurate, offset gun opening
accurate, offset gun barrel (when facing the turret, the barrel is on the RIGHT side of the slot)
detailed turret bottom supporting structure with accurately placed bolt-head detail
rear vent
 
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