Scale: 1/700

Recommended to help build the Korean War-era SCB-27, straight-deck, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge CV-33 from any "long-hull" Essex-class kit, including:
Dragon 1/700 scale USS Hancock CV-19
Dragon 1/700 scale USS Antietam CV-36
Dragon 1/700 scale USS Boxer LPH-4
Dragon 1/700 scale USS Princeton CVS-37
Hasegawa 1/700 scale USS Ticonderoga CV-14
Hasegawa 1/700 scale USS Hancock CV-19
Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Ticonderoga CV-14
Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Hancock CV-19
​Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Ticonderoga CV-14
​Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Hancock CV-19
and more!
 
This model represents the SCB-27 modernized island of Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge CV-33 as it appeared circa 1952-1955. She had this newly modified island but retained her straight flight deck during this time. With minor modifications, it can be adapted to represent other Korean War-era straight-deck Essex-class carriers.
 
Features:
Open bridge and PriFly windows with delicate framing.
Details consistent with photos of the actual ship.
Properly shaped decks and deck features.
Battle lookout details.
Deckhouses, flag lockers, radar platforms and splinter shielding shape specific to Kearsarge.
Deck supporting structure details accurately positioned as confirmed by photos of the real ship.
Delicate exterior piping detail and routing specific for Kearsarge.
Porthole rigols ("eyebrows").
Closed A/T doors of the proper type.
Door overhead chevron-shaped rain deflectors.
Convex funnel cap grille.
 
This 3D-printed acrylic part is designed to accurately represent features of the actual ship.  This model is not a 3D-printed copy of any plastic kit's parts.  Modernized SCB-27 islands were shorter at the aft end than they were during World War II. Some adjustment to your plastic kit's flight deck parts or other aftermarket parts such as photoetch or wood decks may be necessary for best fit.  
 
To fit this island to your plastic kit's flight deck, please remove the raised locator strips on the plastic kit's flight deck part.  A simple cuticle cutter can cleanly and easily remove these raised locator features.
 
In 1952, USS Kearsarge CV-33 embarked Carrier Air Group 101 (CVG-101), later redesignated as CVG-14 in February, 1953.  CVG-101 was composed of:
Fighter Squadron 11 (VF-11) "Red Rippers" - tail code "A": McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
Fighter Squadron 721 (VF-721) "Starbusters"- tail code "A": Grumman F9F-2 Panther
Fighter Squadron 884 (VF-884) "Bitter Birds" - tail code "A": Vought F4U-4 Corsair
Attack Squadron 702 (VA-702) "Rustlers" - tail code "A": Douglas AD-4 / AD-4L Skyraider
Composite Squadron 61 (VC-61), Detachment F (photo-recon) - tail code "PP": McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee
Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3), Detachment F (night fighting) - tail code "NP": Vought F4U-5N Corsair
Composite Squadron 11 (VC-11), Detachment F (airborne early warning) - tail code "ND": Douglas AD-4W Skyraider
Composite Squadron 35 (VC-35), Detachment F (all-weather attack) - tail code "NR": Douglas AD-4N (A-1D) Skyraider
Helicopter Squadron 1 (HU-1), Detachment 15 - tail code "UP": Sikorsky HO3S-1 (H-5)
 
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