This set of three model cannon barrels represents the enormous main battery of Iowa-class battleships USS Iowa BB-61, USS New Jersey BB-62, USS Missouri BB-63 and USS Wisconsin BB-64. This model is also suitable for never completed ships USS Illinois BB-65, USS Kentucky BB-66, and Montana-class battleships.
This model was designed to accurately represent features of the real weapons based on original builder's blueprints. It is not a 3D-printed copy of any card, plastic or resin kit's parts and therefore may be shaped and sized differently than those parts.
Notice: this model is available in either "Fine Detail Plastic", an acrylic plastic, or "White Natural Versatile Plastic", a kind of nylon. White Natural Versatile Plastic is waterproof and strong, a good choice for Radio Control models and Combat RC models where durability is important.
Modelers find White Natural Versatile Plastic (nylon) unsatisfactory for static display models where surface smoothness and fine detail are important.
Sharp edges of models printed in white strong and versatile plastic appear less defined and more rounded than those of models printed in Smooth Fine Detail acrylic plastic. Being nylon, "White Natural Versatile Plastic" is generally not sandable and fewer types of paint and glue will adhere to it. Care is recommended in choosing a paint that will adhere to, and fully cure upon, nylon. Google "glue for nylon", "paint for nylon" and "primer for nylon" to find several good choices.
Customers report that "White Natural Versatile Plastic" will have noticeable striations (print lines). To help smooth "White Natural Versatile Plastic" surfaces, apply thin layers of primer meant specifically for nylon. Allow the primer to harden. Then smooth the hardened primer.