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Scale: 1/96 (1/8 inch = 1 foot)
Includes 1 fighting top.
Recommended for: This model represents the fire control director stations known as "fighting tops" of the Tennessee-class battleships USS Tennessee BB-43 and USS California BB-44 as they appeared from 1921 through 1934. The model features open shutters all around and complete rivet detail.
These fighting tops are specific to USS Tennessee and USS California. Other fighting tops for similar US Navy battleships are differently shaped.
Notice: this model is available in either "Fine Detail Plastic", an acrylic plastic, or "White Natural Versatile Plastic", a kind of nylon. White Natural Versatile Plastic is waterproof and strong, a good choice for Radio Control models and Combat RC models where durability is important.
Modelers find White Natural Versatile Plastic (nylon) unsatisfactory for static display models where surface smoothness and fine detail are important.
Sharp edges of models printed in white strong and versatile plastic appear less defined and more rounded than those of models printed in Smooth Fine Detail acrylic plastic. 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" 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.
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