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Scale: 1/200

Set includes 2 mounts (turrets) with barrels.

 

Designed with upper, aft facet, specifically for some destroyer escorts and the New Mexico-class battleship USS Idaho BB-42.

Among naval historians, the US Navy 5"/38 caliber gun is considered the best intermediate-caliber, dual purpose naval gun of World War II.

Features: 

  • fully assembled
  • scaled from official US Navy drawings
  • accurate, asymmetrically-shaped gunhouse (turret)
  • separate barrel and trunnion to allow the modeler to set the gun at any realistic elevation
  • accurately offset gun opening
  • accurate glacis (forward face) stiffener detail
  • access hatches and viewports with hinge, clasp ("dog") and bolt detail
  • detailed turret bottom supporting structure with accurately placed bolt-head detail
  • rear vent and shell ejection chute
  • detailed gun captain's rooftop blast hood

 

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1/200 Destroyer Escort and USS Idaho BB-42 5"/38 cal. Mounts, double-knuckle

SKU: 200-DE 5in38 mounts 2-knuckle-2
$14.00Price
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