Scale: 1/350

Recommended to help build your Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Saratoga CV-3 model kit to better represent the ship's 1931-1932 appearance.

This model represents the bridge tower of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 as she appeared in the 1932 Hollywood movie "Hell Divers" staring Clark Gable.  It was during this time that Saratoga played a key role 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 1931-1932 (Lexington's were shaped differently)
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 bulkhead and openings
heavy structural supports included
light structural supports omitted, ready for your favorite photoetch
 
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