Scale: 1/200
 
Set includes 5 mounts (turrets) in two different confugurations, all with barrels:
2 "double knuckle" mounts.
3 "single knuckle" mounts.

Recommended for:
Digital Navy 1/200 scale USS Black DD-666
Digital Navy 1/200 scale USS Caperton DD-650
Halinski 1/200 scale USS Heerman DD-532
Modelik 1/200 scale USS Leutze DD-481
Progresswerk Nürnberg 1/200 scale Z1 Zerstörer (Fletcher klasse / klasse 119)
Trumpeter 1/200 scale USS The Sullivans DD-537
and more!
 
Among naval historians, the US Navy 5"/38 caliber cannon is considered the best intermediate-caliber, dual purpose naval gun of World War II.  These models represent the 5"/38 cal. Mk.30 single gun mount fit to several classes of warships and Coast Guard cutters.
 
This set includes two different configurations:
Two "Heavyweight" or "Double Knuckle" type mounts were positioned on the main deck. These two mounts had a reinforced roof with two "bumps", called "knuckles", that resisted blast from another 5-inch turret firing overhead.
Three "Lightweight" or "Single Knuckle" type mounts were normally placed in superfiring positions on top of deckhouses therefore roof reinforcement was not required.
 
The late version of these mounts, reproduced here, appeared sometime after 1942, and was fit to "square bridge" Fletchers such as USS Kidd DD-661 now preserved as a museum ship.

Features:
overall dimensions and details scaled from official US Navy O.P. 1112 drawings dated March, 1945 and measurements taken from surviving Mod. 60 and Mod.41 mounts aboard the museum ship USS Kidd DD-661
details were confirmed by careful study of photographs of late Fletcher-class destroyers
mount can be made rotatable and the gun can be positioned at any realistic elevation
an accurately shaped asymmetrical gunhouse (turret)
accurate, offset gun opening
forward face stiffeners
detailed turret bottom supporting structure with accurately placed bolt-head detail
rear vent
detailed gun captain blast hood, fit to the right side of the roof of "Double Knuckle" mounts as they were during World War Two
 
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