Notice: photos in the carousel show the models in 1/350 scale.  Models in 1/700 are identical, but half the size.
 
Scale: 1/700

Set includes 4 mounts (turrets).  No barrels.  
 
All mounts are "steel-top" type.

Recommended to help build an all "steel-topped" Benson-class or Gleaves-class destroyer from:
Dragon 1/700 scale USS Buchanan DD-484 & USS Lansdowne DD-486 1945
Dragon 1/700 scale USS Livermore & USS Monssen 1942
Dragon 1/700 scale USS Laffey DD-459 1942  
Jim Shirley Productions 1/700 scale USS Sims DD 409
Naval Works 1/700 scale USS Sims DD-409
Nico Model 1/700 scale USS Hughes DD-410 1942
Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Benson DD-421
Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Caldwell DD-605
Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Livermore DD-429
Pit-Raod 1/700 scale USS Monssen DD-436
Pit-Road 1/700 scale Asakaze I DD-181 with Photo Etched Parts 
Tamiya 1/700 scale USS Hammann DD-412 Waterline
and more!
 
This set of early-style, 5"/38 cal. Mk.30 single-gun mounts (turrets) represents the main battery of Benson-class and Gleaves-class US Navy destroyers of World War Two.  This set accurately includes 2 "double knuckle" mounts and two "single knuckle" mounts, which had differently shaped gunhouses.  These 3D-printed acrylic mounts are better detailed than the mounts found in plastic and resin kits.
 
This set of models has early-war shutter and shutter hinge features.

The "double knuckle" mounts were fit to the main deck fore and aft and had additional roof reinforcement to protect the mount from the blast of other mounts firing overhead.  The additional roof reinforcement gave the mount an additional "bump" on the turret roof, known as a "knuckle".  The "single knuckle" mounts did not have the additional "bump" and were fit in superfiring positions fore and aft on top of deckhouses.

A set of "canvas-topped" mounts is available separately (click here).

Features: 
fully assembled
features accurate for early Mk.30 mounts
overall dimensions scaled from official US Navy drawings
details confirmed from careful study of National Archives photographs provided by noted naval historian Rick E. Davis
accurately shaped asymmetrical gunhouse (turret)
slot for accurately offset gun barrel (barrels not included)
detailed turret bottom supporting structure with bolt detail
accurately sized and located, early-style access hatches and viewfinder ports with hinge, clasp ("dog") and bolt detail
accurately sized and located gunhouse bolt detail
accurately shaped shell casing ejection trunk on gunhouse rear
gunhouse vent detail

These 3D-printed mounts are designed to match the overall dimensions of features of the real mounts as recorded in official Navy drawings.  They are not copies of any injection molded plastic or resin kits' parts and therefore may be differently shaped and sized.  Some adjustment to your kit, or other aftermarket products such as photoetch, may be necessary for best fit.

© Model Monkey LLC.  This 3D-printed item may not be copied or recast.