Scale: 1/530
 
Note: photos in the carousel show the model in 1/500 scale.  This 1/530 scale model has identical features but is slightly smaller.  If you order this product, you will receive the 1/530 scale model.
 
Recommended to help build USS Intrepid CVS-11 from:
Revell 1/530 USS Essex CVA-9 and CVS-9 Angle-deck carrier  
Revell 1/530 USS Hornet (CVS-12) "Hornet +3" Apollo 11 Moon Mission Recovery Vessel 
Revell 1/530 USS Lexington (CVT-16) Sea Power Issue 
Revell 1/530 USS Wasp CVA-18 and CVS-18 Gemini Recovery Vessel 
Revell 1/530 USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 Picture Fleet Issue 
Revell 1/530 USS Oriskany CVA-34  
Revell 1/530 USS Shangri-La CVA-38  (not the 1/500 Renwal kit)
Revell/Lodella 1/530 USS Ticonderoga CVA-14  (not the Renwal 1/500 kit)
 
This multi-part kit represents the modernized SCB-125 island of Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CVS-11 as it appeared about 1966-1967 during combat operations off Vietnam. Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) was embarked aboard the ship during those years.

This model is intended as a more accurate, direct replacement for the kit parts found in any classic Revell Essex class carrier model.  With minor modifications, it can be adapted for other Vietnam-era angle-deck Essex class carriers.  It is not suitable for USS Yorktown CVS-10 or USS Randolph CVS-15 because those ships' islands had different bridge window configurations.

An island properly scaled specifically for the former Renwal 1/500 USS Shangri La CV-38 model kit (# RM7819) is available separately. This 1/530 scale design is too small for the Renwal model.

Features:
open bridge and PriFly windows with delicate framing
decks properly offset to port - Revell's kits' decks are positioned too far to starboard and should NOT be centered on the island
properly positioned deck features
wiper motor details on the navigating bridge
deck supporting structure details accurately positioned as confirmed by photos of the real ship
delicate exterior piping detail correct for Intrepid
porthole rigols ("eyebrows")
correct style A/T doors for Intrepid
door overhead rain deflectors
correct number and position of PriFly splinter shield ribs
properly slanted and positioned antenna base outriggers
open funnel cap and grille
 
During the 1966–1967 Vietnam War deployments, USS Intrepid CVS-11 operated as a special attack carrier with Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10), tailcode AK, embarked aboard. This was notable for being the Navy's first "all-attack" air wing, combining propeller-driven Skyraiders and jet-powered Skyhawks.
April 4 – November 21, 1966 Deployment. The 1966 air wing composition featured the following squadrons: 
- VA-165 "Boomers": A-1H/J Skyraider
- VA-15 "Valions": A-4B Skyhawk
- VA-176 "Thunderbolts": A-1H Skyraider
- VA-95 "Green Lizards": A-4B Skyhawk
- VAW-33 Det. 11 "Night Hawks": EA-1F Skyraider
- HC-2 Det. 11 "Fleet Angels": UH-2A Seasprite 

May 11 – December 30, 1967 Deployment. The 1967 air wing composition was expanded to include fighter, light-attack, and photo-reconnaissance units: 
- VSF-3 "Chessmen": A-4B Skyhawk
- VA-15 "Valions": A-4C Skyhawk
- VA-34 "Blue Blasters": A-4C Skyhawk
- VA-145 "Swordsmen": A-1H/J Skyraider
- VF-111 Det. 11 "Sundowners": F-8C Crusader
- VFP-63 Det. 11 "Eyes of the Fleet": RF-8G Crusader
- VAW-121 Det. 11 "Griffins": E-1B Tracer
- VAW-33 Det. 11 "Night Hawks": EA-1F Skyraider
- HC-2 Det. 11 "Fleet Angels": UH-2A/B Seasprite

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