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New, from Model Monkey, a 3D Printing designer selling his designs through a Shapeways store, a set of Mk 56 Gun Fire Control System (GFCS) Directors.

The US Navy Mk.56 Director was intended to direct the fire of 3"/50 caliber dual purpose guns but was also coupled to 5"/38 mounts and 40mm Bofors mounts, from the 1950s through the Vietnam War. It was designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It had an effective range of 30,000 yards and could track bombers at speeds up to 630 miles per hour. Among the many warships it was fitted to were battleship USS New Jersey BB-62, aircraft carriers USS Yorktown CV-10, USS Intrepid CV-11, USS USS Hornet CV-12, USS Lexington CV-16, heavy cruiser USS Salem CA-139, and destroyer USS Turner Joy DD-951, now preserved as museum ships.

Recommended kits for this set are:

Gallery Models 1/350 USS Intrepid
Tamiya 1/350 USS New Jersey
Tamiya 1/350 USS Fletcher converted to any German Destroyer Class 119
Revell 1/320 USS Forrest Sherman (# H352-169 and H-463)
Revell 1/320 USS Decatur (# H430-169)
Revell 1/320 USS John Paul Jones (# H-309)


Features Include:

-Fully assembled parts
-Accurately scaled director mount with bolt-head and access panel clasp details
-Detailed base stand

2 directors come with each set and each set is listed for $8.00 (US) plus shipping at the Model Monkey Shapeways store.