Notice: this model has been updated to include more detail and integrated exterior doors (no photo-etch doors needed).  Photos in the carousel show the older, less detailed design.  If you order this model, you will receive the updated, more detailed model.
 
Scale: 1/350

Recommended to help build your Trumpeter 1/350 USS Saratoga CV-3 model kit to better represent the ship's 1933-1935 appearance.

This model represents the bridge tower of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 as she appeared during extensive pre-war training exercises including mock attacks on Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  In doing so, she and her crew helped lay the foundation for modern carrier warfare.  

The ship does not yet have the widened flight deck forward with this tower configuration and unlike the 1936 version available separately, does not have a venturi (wind deflector) forward of the Pilot House.

Features:
fully assembled
accurately dimensioned from US Navy Booklet of General Plans drawings
detail locations confirmed by careful study of photographs of the actual ship
proper asymmetrical deck shapes for Saratoga (Lexington's were shaped differently)
accurate splinter shield shapes for 1933-1935 (Lexington's were shaped differently)
enlarged Flag Plotting Station (above Pilot House), unique to Saratoga
accurate fighting top with open windows
upper top Fire Control Station (the large uppermost platform on top the tripod) includes supporting structural framing with lightening holes, subtle locator disks for rangefinders (not included) and splinter shielding of a slightly different shape than Lexington's​
open doors
open portholes (airports) properly sized and located
detailed interior barbette and associated bulkheads with open scuttles
heavy structural supports included
light structural supports, railings and ladders omitted, ready for your favorite photoetch
 
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