Scale: 1/530
 
Recommended to help build USS Oriskany CVA-34 from:
Revell 1/530 USS Essex CVA-9 and CVS-9  
Revell 1/530 USS Hornet (CV-12) "Hornet +3" Apollo 11 Moon Mission Recovery Vessel  
Revell 1/530 USS Lexington (CVA-16) Sea Power Issue 
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)
Revell/Monogram 1/530 USS Oriskany CVA-34
 
This multi-part kit represents the modernized island of Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CVA-34 as it appeared circa 1968-1973. This design includes the large, boxy structure extending outwards from the starboard side at the 09 level added to the real island circa early 1968. This structure served as Electronic Countermeasures Room No. 1.
 
This 1/530 scale design is too small for the 1/500 scale Renwal Essex-class kits and will not fit them properly. An Oriskany island precisely scaled specifically for the Renwal 1/500 scale Essex-class model kits is available separately.

Features:
scaled from official US Navy Booklet of General Plans drawings specifically of USS Oriskany, details adjusted to match photos.
open bridge and PriFly windows with delicate framing.
navigating bridge correctly offset to port.
accurately shaped decks, catwalks and splinter shielding.
accurately positioned deck features.
deck supporting structure details accurately positioned as confirmed by photos of the real ship.
delicate exterior piping and electrical cabling and piping detail, properly routed specifically for Oriskany.
accurately oriented and positioned flag lockers, specific to Oriskany.
separate Mk.37 directors, Cold War configuration.
open portholes including those within the flag bridge and navigating bridge.
porthole rigols ("eyebrows") accurately positioned, only on those portholes that actually had them.
correct style doors, most in the open position with the door fixed to the bulkhead.
door overhead chevron-shaped rain deflectors.
correct number and position of PriFly splinter shield ribs.
open funnel cap with grille.
additional Phasor 90 Paired-cone Antennas for use around the ship.
 
During this period, Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19), tail code "NM", was embarked aboard ship.  During those years, CVW-19 was composed of  the following units and aircraft:
Fighter Squadron VF-191 "Satan's Kittens" - Vought F-8E/J Crusader
Fighter Squadron VF-194 "Red Lightnings" - Vought F-8E/J Crusader
Attack Squadron VA-153 "Blue Tail Flies" - Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Attack Squadron VA-155 "Uninvited" - Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Attack Squadron VA-215 "Barn Owls" - Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-63, Detachment 4 "Eyes of the Fleet" - Vought RF-8G Crusader
Electronic Warfare Squadron VAQ-130, Detachment 3 "Zappers" - Douglas EA-1F Skyraider
Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-111, Detachment 1 "Early Elevens" -  Grumman E-1B Tracer
Helicopter Combat Support Squadron HC-1, Detachment 5 "Pacific Fleet Angels" - Kaman UH-2C Seasprite
 
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