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battleship USS North Carolina, BB 55, 1/350 scale

$ 792

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Scale: 1:350
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Brand: Trumpeter

    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.
    NO RETURNS, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS, SHIP TO CONTINENTAL U.S. ONLY
    IJN Musashi will be available in about 5-6 weeks...half of my ships (about 8) were commissioned...I will build to your specifications