Scale: 1/96    (1/8 inch = 1 foot)

Includes 1 turret with barrels.

This model represents the middle pair of 15 cm L/55 (5.9"/55 caliber) twin-gun turrets of the World War Two-era Deutsche Kriegsmarine battleships Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. These turrets were also intended to be installed aboard the proposed H-klasse super-battleships and proposed M-klasse cruisers. The turret is properly known as the SK C/28.
 
This version does not have rangefinders with armored hoods.
 
Click here for a detailed description of these turrets.

Features:
overall dimensions scaled from Krupp factory drawings.  The scaled dimensions match drawings published in Anatomy of the Ship: The Battleship Bismarck by Stefan Draminski
details confirmed by careful study of photographs of one of Gneisenau's surviving turrets, removed from the ship and used as a part of a coastal fortification during World War Two
separate barrels
accurately sized and positioned bolthead, viewfinder and rangefinder port shutters and shell ejection port details
 
Dimensions
Length with barrels = 111.98 mm
Length without barrels = 70.94 mm
Width = 55.21 mm

These parts are not 3D-printed copies of any plastic, wood, metal or resin model kit's parts.  They are original 3D designs based on factory drawings.
 
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