For Iowa class battleship fans, here's the as-built USS New Jersey BB-62 "open bridge" as it appeared in 1943, in 1/350 scale. Like the 1944 "round bridge" (photos in an earlier post above), it features a scale thickness armored conning tower with open armored doors and door hinges. It is also available in 1/700 scale.
The model is followed by a 1/144 scale "square-back" Mk.37 director for Mk.4 radar for your Revell Fletcher kit, etc. Other available Mk.37 directors include an "angle-back", a "square-back" for the Mk.12/22 radars, a "square-back" with commander's cockpit, one for HMS
Vanguard with Type 275 radar antennas, and one in its boxy-shaped Cold War configuration for modernized Iowa and Essex class ships. All of these directors are available in several popular scales.
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