Scale: 1/700 

Set contains 5 turrets with barrels.

Recommended for:
Samek 1/700 scale USS Texas BB-35  (1914)
Samek 1/700 scale USS Texas BB-35  (1942)
Samek 1/700 scale USS Texas BB-35  (1945)
Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS New York BB-34 (1944)
Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Texas BB-35
and more!

This scale Twin 14 inch/45 caliber Gun Turret set of five twin-gun turrets is designed for models of New York class battleships USS New York BB-34 and USS Texas BB-35.  These ships had five twin turrets.  
 
There are two turret configurations.  The two turrets located in superfiring positions, Turret Numbers 2 and 4, have small asymmetrical rangefinders on each side near the fron of the turret.  The three turrets located on the main deck, Turret Numbers 1, 3 & 5, do not have rangefinders. 
 
Features:
scaled from actual builders blueprints of the turret, dated 1914, and US Navy Bureau of Ordnance pamphlet O.P. 1112, 2nd Revision, dated January, 1945
measurements and location of features confirmed from wartime photos of USS New York BB-34 and USS Texas BB-35 and present day photos of Texas preserved as a museum ship
integrated gun barrels with scale 14" muzzle opening
accurate turret side and glacis curvature
Turrets 2 and 4 have asymmetrical rangefinder hoods with telescope openings located on the turret sides to the rear of the glacis (the right-side hood is deeper than the left side hood)
properly raised turret roof panel
detailed turret roof access hatches with dog and hinge detail
turret roof rain gutter/deflector just aft of the glacis
subcaliber training device mounting plate located just aft of the glacis on the turret roof
roof-mounted periscope bases properly located off-center (persicopes not included - too fine to survive cleaning at the factory)
accurately positioned and shaped gun openings with buckler (bloomer/blast bag) attachment frames
crew access hatch (aka "Armored Grating Hatch") on turret bottom overhang, with hydraulic piston and hinge detail.  Turrets 1,3 and 5 are hinged to the front.  Turrets 2 and 4 are hinged to the rear.
  
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