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Scale: 1/96
 

Recommended for:

  • Deans Marine 1/96 scale USS Kidd DD-661
  • Scale Shipyard 1/96 scale USS Fletcher DD-445
  • Scale Shipyard 1/96 scale USS Kidd DD-661
  • Scale Shipyard 1/96 scale USS Pritchett DD-561

 

The 2,050-ton Fletcher class was one of the most successful wartime and post-war destroyer classes of the US Navy and arguably the most significant class in the Pacific war.  175 ships of the class were produced over a 32-month period during World War II.  They were produced in two groups:  58 were built with a high, "Round Bridge" and 117 (two-thirds of the class) were completed with a low, "Square Bridge" which afforded better visibility for anti-aircraft defense.  Several Fletchers served in foreign navies, the last, Mexico's Cuitláhuac, the former USS John Rodgers, retired in 2001.

This model kit is designed for Fletchers with the Bath Iron Works-type square bridge having an "A/T" door to the captain's sea cabin aft on the starboard side, and NO door on the aft bulkhead.  Consult your resources to be sure which type you need.

 

Our references indicate that the following ships were built with a pilot house that had what we are calling the "Bath Iron Works door configuration".  Check your own references to be sure this pilot house is correct for your model.

 

  • DD-527 Ammen
  • DD-534 McCord
  • DD-541 Yarnall
  • DD-557 Johnston
  • DD-561 Prichett
  • DD-565 Smalley
  • DD-581 Charrette (?)
  • DD-582 Connor
  • DD-583 Hall
  • DD-584 Halligan (?)
  • DD-585 Haraden (?)
  • DD-586 Newcomb (?)
  • DD-587 Bell
  • DD-588 Burns
  • DD-589 Izard
  • DD-590 Paul Hamilton
  • DD-591 Twiggs
  • DD-594 Hart
  • DD-595 Metcalf
  • DD-596 Shields (WWII)
  • DD-629 Abbott
  • DD-630 Braine (WWII)
  • DD-642 Hale (post war)
  • DD-643 Sigourney
  • DD-644 Stembel (WWII- Korea)
  • DD-660 Bullard
  • DD-662 Bennion
  • DD-663 Heywood L. Edwards
  • DD-664 Richard P. Leary
  • DD-655 Bryant
  • DD-666 Black
  • DD-667 Chauncey
  • DD-668 Clarence K. Bronson
  • DD-669 Cotten
  • DD-670 Dortch
  • DD-671 Gatling
  • DD-672 Healy
  • DD-673 Hickox
  • DD-678 McGowan
  • DD-679 McNair
  • DD-684 Wedderburn
  • DD-685 Picking
  • DD-690 Norman Scott
  • DD-691 Mertz (?)
  • DD-800 Porter
  • DD-801 Colhoun
  • DD-802 Gregory
  • DD-803 Little
  • DD-804 Rooks


Features:

  • accurately scaled from Bath Iron Works builder's plans
  • open, exterior 5'-6" "A/T" door locations per Bath drawings and photos of actual Fletchers 
  • open, interior "M/J" door frames 
  • interior bulkheads with accurately positioned structural framing for the pilot house forward, the starboard side light locker and the cabin's sea cabin
  • interior radio, compass and electrical component replicas positioned on bulkheads as found on the museum ship USS Kidd DD-661
  • scale, open, exterior 16" diameter airports (portholes) in proper locations
  • scale, open, interior 10" diameter airport (porthole) on bulkhead between the Pilot House and the Fire Control Station
  • integrated Mk.37 Director tower (Mk.37 available separately)
  • exterior airport (porthole) wiper motor locations per Bath Iron Works drawings
  • mast support frame
  • ship's bell suspended from mast frame
  • integrated loudspeaker (aka "reproducer")
  • standard antenna lead-in insulators in proper locations
  • doors are available separately

 

This 3D-printed model is designed to match the overall dimensions of features of the real ship as recorded in official Navy blueprints.  It is not a copy 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.

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1/96 Fletcher class "Square-bridge" Pilot House, Bath Iron Works-type

SKU: 96-Fletcher Bath Iron Works
$48.00Price
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