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Scale 1/96     (1/8 inch  1 foot)

Includes 1 turret with trunnion.  No barrels.
 

This accurately shaped and highly detailed model represents the 8 inch-55 caliber triple-gun turret of the US Navy's Baltimore class and Oregon City class heavy cruisers as they appeared during the Vietnam War.


A turret in its World War Two-era configuration is available separately.

Features:

  • designed according to official US Navy Bureau of Ordnance publication O.P. 1112 dated 15 January 1945
  • accurate shape
  • separate trunnion allows the modeler to set barrels to any realistic elevation from +41 degrees to -5 degrees just like the real turret (barrels not included)
  • detailed left-side rangefinder and rooftop viewfinder hoods
  • accurately sized, positioned and numbered rangefinder hood bolt-head details
  • blast bag (also known as "buckler" or "bloomer") attachment rings
  • turret roof viewfinder hood doors correctly offset to the left
  • subtle turret-side recesses representing the plated-under openings of the former World War Two-era rangefinders

 

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1/96 Baltimore class and Oregon City class 8"/55 cal. Turret, Vietnam

SKU: 96-CA68-turret-trunnion-Vietnam-1
$86.00Price
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