Notice: this model has been updated to include more detail and integrated exterior doors (no photo-etch doors needed).  Photos and renderings 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 convert your Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Lexington CV-2 kit or USS Saratoga CV-3 kit to Saratoga's 1942 appearance.

This model represents the bridge tower of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 as she appeared during the critical early months of World War II in the Pacific, May through October, 1942, during the Battles of the Eastern Solomons and Guadalcanal.

The major differences of this 1942 version and the earlier 1941 version are:
no Spotting Tops, no Range Finder Station nor heavy tripod
addition of the Air Defense Station
 
Features:
accurately dimensioned from US Navy Booklet of General Plans drawings
detail locations confirmed by careful study of photographs of the actual ship
bulkhead and Mk. 37 Director stand details properly sized and located
proper venturi for 1942
open pilot house windows
open doors
portholes (airports) properly sized and located
detailed interior barbette and associated bulkheads with open scuttles
raised 2-1/2 meter rangefinder tub
 
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