White Natural Versatile Plastic
1/144 Iowa class and Montana class 16"/50 Turret
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Product Description
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Scale: 1/144
Includes 1 turret with barrels.
This three-gun turret (more properly called a "gunhouse") represents the enormous main battery of the Iowa class battleships. This model is suitable for USS Iowa BB-61, USS New Jersey BB-62, USS Missouri BB-63, USS Wisconsin BB-64 and the incomplete USS Kentucky BB-65 and USS Illinois BB-66.
This model is also suitable for the proposed Montana class battleships which would have been fit with 4 of these enormous turrets.
Features:
Notice: this model is available in different materials including economical "White Natural Versatile Plastic", a kind of nylon. White Natural Versatile Plastic is waterproof and strong, a good choice for Radio Control models where durability is important. When compared to "Fine Detail" acrylic plastic, sharp edges appear less defined and more rounded when printed. Being nylon, "White Natural Versatile Plastic" is generally not sandable and fewer types of paint and glue will adhere to it. Care is recommended in choosing a paint that will adhere to, and fully cure upon, nylon. Google "glue for nylon", "paint for nylon" and "primer for nylon" to find several good choices.
Customers report that "White Natural Versatile Plastic", when compared to "Smooth Fine Detail" acrylic plastic, will have noticeable striations (print lines). To help smooth "White Natural Versatile Plastic" surfaces, apply thin layers of primer meant specifically for nylon. Allow the primer to harden. Then smooth the hardened primer.
For these reasons, modelers normally find "White Natural Versatile Plastic" unsuitable for static display models where surface smoothness and fine detail are important.
© Model Monkey LLC. This 3D-printed item may not be copied or recast.
This turret is suitable for:
Iowa class:
Montana Class:
Scale: 1/144
Includes 1 turret with barrels.
This three-gun turret (more properly called a "gunhouse") represents the enormous main battery of the Iowa class battleships. This model is suitable for USS Iowa BB-61, USS New Jersey BB-62, USS Missouri BB-63, USS Wisconsin BB-64 and the incomplete USS Kentucky BB-65 and USS Illinois BB-66.
This model is also suitable for the proposed Montana class battleships which would have been fit with 4 of these enormous turrets.
Features:
- dimensions scaled from scans of original builder's blueprints and confirmed by measurements taken from actual gunhouses on the real ships
- barrels integrated with a trunnion permitting the modeler to set the barrels to any realistic elevation from +45 degrees to -2 degrees, just like the real turrets
- open armored rangefinder viewport shutters
- rangefinders with telescopic sights visible through the open shutters of the armored covers
- armored rangefinder hexhead bolt and domed screw details
- detailed rooftop periscopes
- asymmetrical underside ventilation trunks (as-built 1943-1945 configuration)
- detailed turret-bottom crew access hatches
- turret roof plate screws, properly numbered, sized and located
Notice: this model is available in different materials including economical "White Natural Versatile Plastic", a kind of nylon. White Natural Versatile Plastic is waterproof and strong, a good choice for Radio Control models where durability is important. When compared to "Fine Detail" acrylic plastic, sharp edges appear less defined and more rounded when printed. Being nylon, "White Natural Versatile Plastic" is generally not sandable and fewer types of paint and glue will adhere to it. Care is recommended in choosing a paint that will adhere to, and fully cure upon, nylon. Google "glue for nylon", "paint for nylon" and "primer for nylon" to find several good choices.
Customers report that "White Natural Versatile Plastic", when compared to "Smooth Fine Detail" acrylic plastic, will have noticeable striations (print lines). To help smooth "White Natural Versatile Plastic" surfaces, apply thin layers of primer meant specifically for nylon. Allow the primer to harden. Then smooth the hardened primer.
For these reasons, modelers normally find "White Natural Versatile Plastic" unsuitable for static display models where surface smoothness and fine detail are important.
© Model Monkey LLC. This 3D-printed item may not be copied or recast.
This turret is suitable for:
Iowa class:
- BB-61 USS Iowa
- BB-62 USS New Jersey
- BB-63 USS Missouri
- BB-64 USS Wisconsin
- BB-65 USS Kentucky
- BB-66 USS Illinois
Montana Class:
- BB-67 USS Montana
- BB-68 USS Ohio
- BB-69 USS Louisiana
- BB-70 USS New Hampshire
- BB-71 USS Maine
Details
What's in the box:
1-144 Iowa and Montana class 16in50 Turret with Ba
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