Scale: 1/350

Recommended to help build USS Lexington CVT-16 from Gallery Model's 1/350 scale USS Intrepid CVS-11.
 
This multi-part kit represents the modernized SCB-125 island of Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CVT-16, the "Blue Ghost", as it appeared about 1993.  With minor modifications, it can be adapted for other Vietnam-era angle-deck Essex-class carriers.  It is not suitable for USS Yorktown CVS-10 or USS Randolph CVS-15 because those ships' islands had different bridge window configurations.

Features:
open bridge and PriFly windows with delicate framing
decks properly offset to port
properly shaped decks and features specific to Lexington
wiper motor details on the navigating bridge
deck supporting structure details accurately positioned as confirmed by photos of the real ship
delicate exterior piping detail specifically for Lexington
porthole rigols ("eyebrows")
correct style A/T doors
door overhead rain deflectors
correct number and position of PriFly splinter shield ribs
antenna base outriggers
open funnel cap (grille not included), ready for your favorite photoetch set
Mk.37 director, boxy Cold War-era configuration
 
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