Scale: 1/700

Recommended to help improve your Fujimi or Trumpeter 1/700 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 bridge tower of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 as she appeared on the day of her sinking.  Lexington's aircraft, together with those of USS Yorktown CV-5, sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho and crippled the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku during the first carrier vs. carrier battle in history.

Features:
fully assembled
overall dimensions taken from US Navy Booklet of General Plans drawings
detail locations confirmed by careful study of photographs of the actual ship as it appeared in service and the wreck
proper asymmetrical deck shapes for Lexington (Saratoga's were shaped differently)
accurate Spotting Top with open windows and dropped director platform shutters just as they were on May 8, 1942
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 Saratoga's
doors of the correct type and configuration, most in the open position
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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Model Monkey Lexington class products:
​USS Lexington CV-2​
USS Lexington Island 1936-1940
USS Lexington Island 1941 (Raids on New Guinea)
USS Lexington Island 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
USS Lexington Funnel 1928-1935
USS Lexington Funnel 1936-1940
USS Lexington Funnel 1941 (Raids on New Guinea)
USS Lexington Funnel 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
USS Lexington 1942 Rounded Splinter Shields (Battle of the Coral Sea)
USS Lexington and Saratoga 8"/55 Turrets 1928-1941
USS Saratoga CV-3
USS Saratoga Island 1931-1932
USS Saratoga Island 1933-1935
USS Saratoga Island 1936-1940
USS Saratoga Island 1941 (widened flight deck, lengthened aft)
USS Saratoga Island 1942 (Battles of the Eastern Solomons and Guadalcanal)
USS Saratoga Island 1943 (Raids on Bouganville, Rabaul, and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign)
USS Saratoga Island 1944-1945 (Battle for Okinawa)
USS Saratoga Funnel 1928-1940
USS Saratoga Funnel 1941-1942
USS Saratoga Funnel 1942-1943
USS Saratoga Funnel 1944-1945
USS Lexington and Saratoga 8"/55 Turrets 1928-1941
USS 5"/38 Mk.32 Twin Mounts (set of 8) - for Saratoga 1942-1946