Scale: 1/96

Includes 1 turret with barrels.

Recommended to help build USS Tennessee BB-43 or USS California BB-44 from:
Fleetscale 1/96 USS Tennessee BB-43 hull, 1943-1945 (click here)
Scale Shipyard 1/96 scale USS Tennessee BB-43 hull (click here)

This three-gun turret (more properly called a "gunhouse") represents Turrets number 1, 2 and 4 of the enormous 14"/50 caliber main battery of battleships:
USS Tennessee BB-43 as she appeared throughout her service life
USS California BB-44 as she appeared from 1943-1945 
 
They are nearly identical to the gunhouses of the preceding New Mexico class battleships, differing only in the shape of the armored rangefinder hoods.  Turret #3 had no external ventilation trunks.  A turret with no external ventilation trunks is available separately.

These 3D-printed acrylic parts are designed to accurately represent features of the real turret based on official US Navy drawings.  These turrets are not 3D-printed copies of any plastic, paper card or resin kit's parts and therefore may be shaped and sized differently than those parts.  Some adjustment to your kit's parts or other aftermarket parts such as photoetch may be necessary for best fit. 

Features:
closed armored rangefinder viewport shutters
rooftop screwheads acurately sized, numbered and located
armored rangefinder hexhead bolt and screw details
bases for rooftop periscopes
accurately sized and shaped ventilation trunks for Turrets 1, 2 and 4.  Turret 3, the aft superfiring turret, did not have external vent trunks. For a turret with no external vent trunks, click here.
barrels are grouped on a trunnion matched to these turrets to allow the modeler to set the position of the barrels to any realistic elevation from +30 degrees to -5 degrees, just like the real turrets
 
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