U.S.S. Buchanan DD-484 - 1942

The USS Buchanan (DD-484) had an eventful career during World War II.
This Gleaves-class destroyer, named after a Confederate Navy admiral, was commissioned on March 21, 1942.
The ship served in the Pacific and took part in battles such as Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
This destroyer is credited with carrying General MacArthur to and from the USS Missouri to accept the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on August 30, 1945.

Plastic model kit
 

• One-piece, slip-molded upper hull with realistic undercuts
• Waterline or full hull version
• Rudder is movable
• Ultra-thin propellers reproduced true to scale
• Extra thin shield walls on the superstructure for a true-to-scale look
• Particularly fine details on the walls of the structure such as hoses and conductor patterns are finely reproduced
• Extremely finely detailed parts such as davits
• Chimneys with the option of cast ladders or attached photo-etched parts
• 12 inch, 24 inch and 36 inch searchlights available
• 36-inch searchlight platform, finely rendered
• Movable structure for 36" searchlight with clear part included
• Special device for bending certain photo-etched parts
• Realistically drilled gun barrels
• Turret with realistic details
• Optional turret barrels included
• The upper and lower mounts for 5-inch guns are realistically reproduced
• Five-port torpedo launcher in fine detail
• 1.1 inch AA gun recreated with fine detail
• Smoke generator with fine detailing
• Depth charges and K-cannon recreated with extra fine details
• Platforms on the chimneys, finely reproduced by photo-etched parts
• Photo-etched propeller guards, finely reproduced
• Sky-lookout sign finely depicted with photo-etched parts
• Bridge supports finely depicted with photo-etched parts
• Finely reproduced photo-etched parts for radar and antennas
• Side doors (with optional photo-etched parts) can be mounted open or closed
• 6 realistic figures
• New decals from Cartograf - including the deck's catwalk texture

Scale 1:350

unbuilt / unpainted