Dragon 7041 1/700 Scale, USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (1944) Battleship Plastic Model Kit (DG7041)

Contents

• Plastic parts
• Decal
• Construction guide
• Photo Etching

Features

• The parts are produced by remaining faithful to one -to -one scale details of real tools and figures.
• Thanks to versatile molding technology, it offers more details with less parts.
• Due to the number of parts and detail levels, it usually appeals to all level models.

The USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was an American warship built in 1913, launched in March 1915 and put into service in the US Navy in June 1916. The ship was 185 m long, 32.4 m wide, and its full displacement was 36,500 tons. The maximum speed of the USS Pennsylvania warship could rise up to 21 knots. The main arms were 12 356 mm balls in four tars, each of which were three, and secondary arms were mostly 22 127 mm balls.

USS Pennsylvania was the first of two warships of the same type. Pennsylvania type units belonged to the so-called standard warships with similar combat values, dimensions and abilities, but were ships divided into different classes, and in the US Navy during the 1916-1923 period. The Pennsylvania class warships were actually a slightly enlarged Nevada class warship. The main differences were the insertion of stronger main weapons (12 356 mm balls instead of 10 balls in the same caliber), and auxiliary weapons, armor supplements and the size of warships. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) took a very limited role in World War I. During the inter-wars, the warship underwent a great restructuring in 1929-1931. As a result, first of all, secondary weapons were dropped to 127 mm ball and aircraft weapons were strengthened. In the Pacific II. When World War II broke out, the USS Pennsylvania was on the Pearl Harbor base, where it was slightly damaged in the Japanese attack. At the beginning of 1942, he returned to the front. A year later - in May and August - he helped American operations on Aleut Islands. In 1944, the USS Pennsylvania took part in the American amphibian operations in the South Pacific and joined the first stage of the Gulf Battle of Leyte. The ships were excluded in 1946 and two years later, as part of a nuclear test, it was dipped as a target ship.

Recommendations

• Use a frame scissors to remove the parts.
• Use a model knife and sanding to clean the burr in the parts.
• Fill the gaps between the parts with filling material and sanding.
• There is no adhesive and paint in the box.
• You can make the necessary jerking with the assembly guide in it.
• It is recommended to paint it with the colors specified in the guide.