Scale: 1/350

Recommended to help build USS Lexington CV-2 as she appeared from 1936-1940 from:
	
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Lexington CV-2
	
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Saratoga CV-3

This model represents the massive funnel of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 as she appeared in the late 1930s during which she and her crew participated in extensive training activities laying the foundation for modern carrier warfare.

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
	
properly sized and accurately shaped secondary conning station/aviation control station with open windows
	
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)
	
ammunition 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 splinter shield shapes with ribs properly numbered, sized and located
	
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, directors and 20mm Oerlikons
	
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 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
	
USS Lexington Funnel 1928-1935
	
USS Lexington Funnel 1936-1940
	
USS Lexington Funnel 1941
	
USS Lexington Funnel 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
	
USS Lexington 1942 Alternative Splinter Shields (Round-ended – Battle of the Coral Sea)
	
USS Lexington and USS Saratoga 8"/55 Turrets 1928-1941
	
USS Lexington and USS Saratoga rudder
	
Anchors for USS Lexington CV-2 and USS Saratoga CV-3 (set of 3)
USS Saratoga CV-3
	
USS Saratoga Island 1931-1932
	
USS Saratoga Island 1933-1935
	
USS Saratoga Island 1936-1940
	
USS Saratoga Island 1941 (flight deck widened forward and 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 USS Saratoga 8"/55 Turrets 1928-1941
	
USS Lexington and USS Saratoga rudder
	
USS 5"/38 Mk.32 Twin Mounts (turrets) - for Saratoga 1942-1946
	
Anchors for USS Lexington CV-2 and USS Saratoga CV-3 (set of 3)