Scale: 1/350

Recommended to help build USS Saratoga CV-3 as she appeared in 1941 from:
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Lexington CV-2
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Saratoga CV-3

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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