After finishing the Walrus, I was looking at some of rework I'd already done, and decided that the 5.25" secondary turrets just weren't good enough. So I started them over, and rebuilt them to be as accurate as I could make them. It helped that I'd come across some plans for the turret!
I've done a brief comparison with the old turret on my website,
http://www.prdobson.com/2023/08/16/qf-5 ... ts-take-3/ - extra renders there too.
Otherwise, here's the new turret, now with correct form and proportions!
There seems to be a fold-down table/platform attached to the inside of the rear access hatch. I guess this allows use of the periscope. This feature only shows in a couple of the photos I've found via IWM and elsewhere, so the details are somewhat speculative! The same goes for the insides of the front sight hatches.
I finished the remodelling back in January. But with some other projects out of the way in the meantime, I came back to this to unwrap the turret ready for texturing. I've made a pair of presentation turrets, one from HMS Prince of Wales, in December 1941, and the other from HMS King George V, late 1945/early 46.