![]() ![]() This MOC is for experienced builders and ship enthusiasts who are looking for a highly detailed shelf model. The parts list supports both arbitrary or dedicated colors for internal parts.Ī set of nine graphics for prints / decals is also included. Some rare parts are included, but none out of the ordinary. The building instructions are provided as a 253-page, high quality PDF booklet, featuring detailed building instructions in 463 steps, additional background information about the ship's history and technical data, as well as notes about the parts list to help with the part sourcing. The model also comes with a display stand and nameplate as it is typical for model ships. ![]() The hull is designed from the ship's original body plans, and all important details like the rangefinders, lifeboats and anchorshave been included.Īll the gun turrets can be rotated and tilted (except the 20mm MGs)!Īnother highlight is the teak-planked deck from bow to stern. During their active service, American battleships took part in the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War.This is a scale model of the Iowa-Class Battleship USS Missouri in its 1945 configuration. Though of secondary importance, battleships remained in the inventory for another fifty years with the last leaving commission in the 1990s. Though the centerpiece of the fleet for decades, battleships were quickly eclipsed by the aircraft carrier during World War II and became supporting units. With the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922, battleship construction halted for over a decade.ĭeveloping new designs in the 1930s, the US Navy focused on building classes of "fast battleships" ( North Carolina to Iowa) that would be capable of operating with the fleet's new aircraft carriers. ![]() ![]() Refining these designs, the US Navy developed the Standard-type battleship which embraced five classes ( Nevada to Colorado) that possessed similar performance characteristics. Beginning with the South Carolina-class which entered service in 1910, the US Navy embraced the "all-big-gun" dreadnought concept which would govern battleship design moving forward. These were soon followed by seven classes of pre- dreadnoughts ( Indiana to Connecticut). In the late 1880s, the US Navy commenced building its first steel battleships, USS Texas and USS Maine. ![]()
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