Fans of US Navy battleships on "Battleship Row", Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941! We are pleased to announce an accurate and highly detailed superstructure for the 1/350 scale Blue Water Navy and 1/350 scale Yankee Modelworks USS West Virginia BB-48 kits has been added to the catalog.Link:
http://shpws.me/OpkIAttachment:
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Features:- dimensions scaled directly from official US Navy Booklet of General Plans (BoGP) drawings for USS West Virginia BB-48, revised 30 November 1939, adjusted to fit the Blue Water Navy and Yankee Modelworks 1/350 scale kits (lowest level slightly narrowed to match the width of the kits' hull)
- details and deck shapes benefit from study of high-resolution photos of USS
West Virginia released by the US Navy in 2016
- accurately shaped splinter shielding for December 7th, 1941
- accurately shaped gun tubs on the "emergency platform" level below the bridge
- fully planked boat deck with recessed grooves (boats not included)
- deck-edge waterway in proper locations
- open casemate 5"/51 gun positions (5"/51 casemate guns not included)
- interior bulkheads properly located and shaped, visible through the casemate gun openings
- communications room located at the base of the forward cage mast, missing from the BWN kit (cage mast not included)
- superstructure platforms (deckhouses supporting the bridge) shaped to better match BoGP drawings
- subtle, raised locator tabs to aid in part alignment during assembly (tabs will be hidden within deckhouses once assembled)
- raised locator discs perfectly sized to received a set of two Model Monkey-designed Mk.19 Directors available separately (Link:
http://shpws.me/Ohf5)
- open armored conning tower view slits, accurately sized and positioned
- open portholes, bridge windows and armored conning tower viewports
- portholes accurately sized and properly located, positioned at the correct height
- splinter shielding around the armored conning tower accurately and correctly slopes downward toward the front ( the deck itself, however, is accurately flat)
- heavy under-deck supports
- detailed doors with dogs, rub-plates and condition "Z" placards, correctly positioned
- accurately shaped, sized and detailed 5" ready service ammunition lockers properly positioned
- fresh water gravity tanks properly sized and located (missing from the BWN kit)
- accurately sized and shaped "mushroom" vents, of the correct height
- accurately shaped, sized, and detailed boat deck skylights properly positioned
- accurately positioned openings for funnel "smoke pipes" and boat cranes
- accurately sized, shaped and positioned deck openings for ladders to the main deck below (photoetch ladders not included)
- integrated barbette for 16" twin turret #2, interior diameter is 25.4mm, slightly larger than the casting plug of the kits' turrets, allowing the turret to rotate freely (turret not included)