Notice: support removal is very difficult.  Therefore, this model is intended only for expert modelers with previous 3D-printed product experience.  Beginners and novices are unlikely to be able to remove supports without damaging the model.
 
Scale: 1/350

Recommended to help improve your Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Lexington CV-2 kit to better represent the ship as she appeared on May 8, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

This model represents the funnel of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 as she appeared on the day of her sinking, 8 May 1942.  On this day, Lexington's aircraft, together with those of USS Yorktown CV-5, sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho and the crippled the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku during the first carrier vs. carrier battle in history. 
 
This model captures features, such as rounded-end splinter shielding, confirmed by photos of the wreck published by Paul Allen.
 
When using this funnel with USS Lexington kits made by Trumpeter, use only 6 of the Trumpeter kit's 20mm Oerlikon cannons (parts F2 and F3) on the starboard side Oerlikon platform, not 9.  The real ship was only fit with 6 guns at that location.  Also, omit parts C5 - C10, they were not present on the actual ship.

Features:
fully assembled
accurately dimensioned from US Navy Booklet of General Plans drawings
1942 features designed from official Navy Yard Pearl Harbor "General Arrangement, New Anti-aircraft Battery & Fire Control" drawings dated 15 April 1942 
accurate elliptical shape, not slab-sided a some plastic kits are
integrated starboard side 20mm Oerlikon platform (corresponds to Trumpeter kit parts C3, F31 and F32)
fittings confirmed by careful study of photographs of the actual ship during her Pearl Harbor refit, the Batte of the Coral Sea, and the wreck
open smoke pipes, accurately sized and properly sloped and compartmented, passing all the way through
raised and angled forward smoke pipe exhaust
open drying room vents just below the funnel cap
funnel cap roof has the correct curvature - plastic kit manufacturers often erroneously depict the cap flat
funnel cap roof access hatches and vent pipe
ammunition "dumb-waiter" hoists on the starboard side of the AA platform with delicate guide rails extending to the flight deck level
access hatches on the roof of the fresh water tank (the boxy structure on the 01 level forward of the stack)
CXAM-1 radar platform accurately sized and located with structural supports
accurate splinter shield shapes with ribs properly numbered, sized and located
1.1" quadruple "Chicago Piano" tubs, one forward on the 01 level, and two aft with correct rounded ends as confirmed by wreck photos
20mm Oerlikon position with splinter shielding on the former 8" Fire Control platform
20mm Oerlikon clipping rooms on the former 8" Fire Control platform and on the 01 level aft
detailed, internal, twin 8" Mount #3 barbette and associated bulkheads with open scuttles which will be visible through:
open doors of the correct type and configuration
open portholes (airports) properly sized and located
delicate exterior electrical cabling, properly positioned and routed
subtle, raised locators for searchlights, directors and 20mm Oerlikons
integrated, stowed boat booms (3), starboard side aft
heavy structural supports included
 
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