Hi All,
I am currently involved in building the ProModel (Gremir Models) 1/200 Scale USS Selfridge, DD-357 as she would have appeared after her rebuild at Mare Island in 1944 after the Battle at Vela Lavella. Looking for any information as to where to place some of her compliment of 20MM Oerlikon Mk IIIA single mounts. I am aware of the two on either side of the Bridge Wings and the two on either side of the aft Stack on the raised decking above the level of the Engineering Deck House. My question comes from having read that she had 8 20MM Oerlikon Single mounts on a Wikipedia entry. I don't know if this is correct or not as other entries on other sites state that she had 8 40MM Bofors mounts and only 4 20MM Oerlikon singles. This jibes with the compliment of AA weapons as the ship is modeled by Maciej Poznanski, author of this card model kit.
Overall I am liking the larger scale of these card model kits as they provide better detailing options being in the larger scale. I am using RB Models 20MM Oerlikon Mk IIIA single mounts, a very nice set that builds into a pretty good copy of this weapon. So the opportunity to add an extra 4 mounts, if correct, is entirely within my wheel house as it were.
So if anyone has some good information as to exactly where on deck these extra 4 mounts were positioned, I would like to hear about it.