Scale: 1/700

Recommended to help convert or accurize your Trumpeter or Fujimi 1/700 scale USS Saratoga CV-3 kit represent the ship's 1941-March, 1942 appearance.

This model represents the enormous funnel of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 as she appeared the year of the Pearl Harbor attack and the dangerous months immediately afterwards.  At this time, a very large multiple .50 cal. anti-aircraft weapon platform had been installed, her flight deck had been widened forward but her 8-inch guns had not yet been removed, the height of her funnel not yet been lowered, nor had a large stability blister yet been installed on her hull's starboard side.

Features:
fully assembled
accurately dimensioned from US Navy Booklet of General Plans drawings
accurate elliptical shape, not slab-sided a some plastic kits are, and the 01 level is wider aft
detail shapes and locations confirmed by careful study of photographs of the actual ship
open smoke pipes, accurately sized and properly sloped and compartmented, passing all the way through
open drying room vents just below the funnel cap
funnel cap roof has the correct complex curve - plastic kit manufacturers get this shape wrong
funnel cap roof access hatches (three)
detailed AA platform properly located for Saratoga (Lexington's AA platform was of a different shape and located higher) with underside supporting structure
accurate splinter shield shapes with ribs properly numbered, sized and located
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)
accurate aft 8" fire control station "fighting top" on the funnel with open windows
detailed, internal, twin 8" Mount #3 barbette and associated bulkheads with open scuttles which will be visible through:
open A/T doors, ready for your favorite photoetch
open portholes (airports) properly sized and located
delicate exterior electrical cabling, properly positioned and routed
subtle, raised locators for searchlights and directors
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​
1/700 Lexington Island 1936-1940
1/700 Lexington Island 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
1/700 Lexington Funnel 1928-1935
1/700 Lexington Funnel 1936-1940
1/700 Lexington Funnel 1941
1/700 Lexington Funnel 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
1/700 Lexington 1942 Alternative Splinter Shields (Round-ended – Battle of the Coral Sea)
1/700 Lexington and Saratoga 8"/55 Turrets 1928-1941
USS Saratoga CV-3
1/700 Saratoga Island 1931-1932
1/700 Saratoga Island 1933-1935
1/700 Saratoga Island 1936-1940
1/700 Saratoga Island 1941 (widened flight deck, lengthened aft)
1/700 Saratoga Island 1942 (Battles of the Eastern Solomons and Guadalcanal)
1/700 Saratoga Island 1943 (Raids on Bouganville, Rabaul, and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign)
1/700 Saratoga Island 1944-1945 (Battle for Okinawa)
1/700 Saratoga Funnel 1928-1940
1/700 Saratoga Funnel 1941-1942
1/700 Saratoga Funnel 1942-1943
1/700 Saratoga Funnel 1944-1945
1/700 Lexington and Saratoga 8"/55 Turrets 1928-1941
1/700 5"/38 Mk.32 Twin Mounts (set of 8) - for Saratoga 1942-1946