[Lex]

Thanks Michael and Paperfan, I'm very interested to keep this discussion going. I am not pointing fingers to 3D printers in particular. (Later I will use 3D printed parts myself :P) The key part of my confusion was, why we make cardmodels at all, if all we are doing is mechanically carrying out work that could be done to more or less the same quality by machines. It is after the same kind of soul-search that plastic models have moved on to exploring weathering and diorama, things that truly make each model unique. I'm wondering whether that day is coming to cardmodels as well.

Back to the model itself. Ibuki retained the standard dual 127mm long-range AA gun on most Japanese ships. These are less than stellar anti-air weapons but Japan was more or less stuck with them. Ibuki had four of these, two on either side of the funnel. In World of Warships, these guns did receive a new type of semi-enclosed turret (barbette?). As to exactly how historical this is, is, well, subject to debate.

The guns are relatively simple. The breech section is simplified, but I added the baskets where the loaders stood. Other details inside the turret are left out - because they don't affect the overall silhouette of the turret. I will take a different approach to details on the smaller calibre weapons, as will be seen later. The barrels are simply 1:350 brass barrels, I'm too bad ad rolling them myself.