Scale: 1/700

Recommended to help build your Trumpeter 1/700 scale 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 tops, including the aft top on the funnel, both 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 A/T doors, ready for your favorite photoetch
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​
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