Happy to announce sets of 1/350 scale 203 mm/53 cal. (8"/53 cal.) turrets are now available for the Italian Regia Marina Zara class heavy cruisers RN Zara, RN Pola, RN Fiume and RN Gorizia as well as the unique heavy cruiser RN Bolzano.Attachment:
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Features:- Turrets 2 and 3 include accurate rooftop rangefinders.
- Armored rangefinder hoods include accurate bolthead detail and closed shutters with slide detail.
- Circular turret bases feature raised rivet detail.
- Separate 203 mm/53 cal. "Ansaldo" cannon barrels are fixed to a trunnion properly located within the gunhouse providing a correct center of rotation. Plastic kits often have the center of rotation much too far to the rear of the gunhouse limiting barrel elevation.
- The modeler can set the cannon barrels to any realistic elevation from -5 degrees to +45 degrees, just like the real weapons.
- Accurate cannon barrel spacing.
- Accurate cannon barrel length with accurate muzzle detail.
- Barrel ports feature subtle, raised blastbag/bloomer attachment rings.
- Glacis (frontal armor plate) viewfinder ports include raised rain-deflecting rigols ("eyebrows"), curved for
Pola, angular for
Zara.
- Rooftop treadplates and bolts.
And best of all:
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Zara's turret 4 features the ship's motto "TENACEMENTE" ("Tenaciously") emblazoned in readable raised lettering on the sides.
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Pola's turret 3 features the ship's motto "ARDISCO AD OGNI IMPRESA" ("I dare to every undertaking", or "Courage in every undertaking") in readable raised lettering on the sides.
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Fiume's turret 3 features the ship's motto "INDEFICIENTER" ("Unfailingly") in readable raised lettering on the sides.