Dragon Model Ships 1/350 USS Frank Knox DD742 Gearing Class Destroyer Smart Kit
An accurate 1/350 scale rendition of USS Frank Knox (DD-742), a Gearing-class destroyer. This US Navy (USN) ship entered service in December 1944 during the closing months of WWII. At the start of her combat career, she was a picket destroyer during the invasion of Okinawa, plus the naval vessel was also present in Tokyo Bay at the formal surrender of Japan. With a standard displacement of 2,425 tons and a 119m length, the destroyer was armed with six 5-inch guns in three twin turrets. She was later to see service in both the Korean War and Vietnam War, so she was a regular in the Western Pacific. Eventually, USS Frank Knox was retired in 1971 and sold to the Greek Navy. FEATURES: - Newly tooled true-to-scale ultra-thin propellers - Newly tooled radar mounted on twin 40mm Mk4 guns - Newly designed quintuple torpedo launcher can be assembled in separate parts - Whalers w/photo-etched parts newly designed - 5 realistic 1/350 scale figures - Waterline or full-hull version can be assembled - Selected parts available in either plastic or photo-etched version - One-piece slide-molded upper hull w/undercut details - Deck has realistic camber - Rudder is movable - Bilge keels w/removable sonar dome on lower hull made with slide-mold technology - Fine photo-etched propeller guards - Extra-thin shield walls on superstructure reproduced for accurate 1/350 scale appearance - 3-directional slide-molded twin 5-inch gun turret - Every detail present, right down to access ladders and rivet heads - Realistically detailed slide-molded gun barrels w/hollow muzzles - Shield wall on superstructure and bonus captain's chain both w/full detail - Depth charges molded with extra-fine detail - Front and rear funnels w/DBM antennas - Funnels provided w/option of molded-on ladders or add-on photo-etched ladders - Platforms on funnels finely modeled by photo-etched parts - Extra-fine detailed superstructure - Passageway for crew access realistically presented with interior detail - Authentic radar tower reproduced - Mk37 gun director w/highly detailed Mk12 radar antenna assembly - Photo-etched parts finely reproduced for radar and antenna - Doors available in either plastic or photo-etched metal - Side doors can be assembled open/closed - Extremely fine parts like davits for whalers - Twin 40mm Mk4 guns reproduced w/delicate detail - Finely detailed quadruple 40mm Mk4 mount - Twin 20mm guns finely reproduced w/photo-etched shields - Finely represented Mk51 gun director - 5-inch practice loading machine has great detail - 12-inch and 36-inch searchlights provided - Movable mount for 36-inch searchlight w/clear part included - Oval- and square-shaped rafts look authentic - Bridge supports portrayed with photo-etched parts