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battleship USS North Carolina, BB 55, 1/350 scale
$ 792
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Description
battleship USS North Carolina, BB 55, 1/350 scale , 24 inch L x 9 inch H x 4 inch W,approx time to build, paint,weather, photoetch,rigging: 265 hrs
cranes, radars,stairways, rails are Photoetch plus small PE...please note the strakes or hull plating...very few modelers do this as it is very time consuming...plus it adds greatly to realism
namesake for North Carolina Class of 2 . second ship was USS Washington.. first BB built in 16 years to be followed by 9 other " fast battleships" ending with the 4 Iowa Class BBs..was also nicknamed "Showboat
the paint/camo is its military combat camo designated as MEASURE 32, STYLE 18d
comes with display stand
From Wikipedia:
When the keel of NORTH CAROLINA was laid in October of 1937 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, she was the first battleship to be constructed in sixteen years. She became the first of ten fast battleships to join American fleet in World War II. NORTH CAROLINA (BB 55) and her sister ship, WASHINGTON (BB 56), comprised the NORTH CAROLINA Class. Following them were the SOUTH DAKOTA Class – SOUTH DAKOTA (BB 57), INDIANA (BB 58), MASSACHUSETTS (BB 59), and ALABAMA (BB 60) – and the IOWA Class – IOWA (BB 61), NEW JERSEY (BB 62), MISSOURI (BB 63), and WISCONSIN (BB 64).
During World War II, NORTH CAROLINA participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific area of operations and earned 15 battle stars.
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