Scale: 1/700
 
Set includes 4 turrets with barrels.

Recommended to help build an early Cleveland-class light cruiser from:
Blue Ridge Models 1/700 scale USS Cleveland CL-55
MidShip Models 1/700 scale USS Cleveland CL-55
Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Cleveland CL-55 US Navy Light Cruiser
 
These four accurate and highly detailed model turrets represent the four 6"/47 cal. Triple-gun Turrets mounted to early Cleveland-class light cruisers.  These ships’ turrets had bolt-on armored rangefinder hoods like the turrets of the preceding Brooklyn class.  Later Cleveland-class ships had turrets with integrated rangefinder hoods.  Late turrets are available separately.
 
Ships known to have these early turrets:
USS Cleveland CL-55
USS Columbia CL-56
USS Montpelier CL-57
USS Denver CL-58
USS Birmingham CL-62
USS Mobile CL-63

Features:
overall dimensions precisely scaled from scans of original builder's blueprints
accurately shaped complex curvature
open glacis gun ports
rooftop raised access plate, bolt-head and tiedown details
armored rangefinder hexhead bolt and domed screw details
detailed rooftop periscope
turret bottoms are numbered for easy identification
Turrets 1 and 4 located on the main deck have accurate access hatch and shell ejection ports on aft turret wall (superfiring Turrets 2 and 3 do not – access for Turrets 2 and 3 was made through the turret bottom overhang)
Turret 4 does not have an integrated rangefinder
 
These scale model turrets are designed from scans of original builder’s blueprints.  They are not 3D-printed copies of any resin or plastic model kit’s parts.

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