Scale: 1/700

Recommended to help build USS Lexington CV-2 as she appeared in 1941 from:
Fujimi 1/700 scale USS Lexington CV-2
Meng Model 1/700 scale USS Lexington CV-2
Pit-Road 1/700 scale USS Lexington CV-2
Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Lexington CV-2
 
This model represents the island of celebrated aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 as she appeared from 1941 into early 1942 during which she conducted raids on New Guinea following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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 Lexington (Saratoga's were shaped differently)
accurate splinter shield shapes with forward cutout (Saratoga'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 wing-shaped platform on top of 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 Saratoga's
lowered shutters on the Upper Fire Control Station
doors of the correct type, most in the open position
open portholes (airports) properly sized and located
detailed interior barbette and associated bulkheads with open scuttles
heavy structural supports included
light structural supports, ladders and railings omitted, ready for your favorite photoetch
 
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Model Monkey Lexington class products:
​USS Lexington CV-2​
USS Lexington Island 1936-1940
USS Lexington Island 1941 (Raids on New Guinea)
USS Lexington Island 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
USS Lexington Funnel 1928-1935
USS Lexington Funnel 1936-1940
USS Lexington Funnel 1941 (Raids on New Guinea)
USS Lexington Funnel 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)
USS Lexington 1942 Rounded Splinter Shields (Battle of the Coral Sea)
8"/55 cal. Turrets, 1928-1941
USS Saratoga CV-3
USS Saratoga Island 1931-1932
USS Saratoga Island 1933-1935
USS Saratoga Island 1936-1940
USS Saratoga Island 1941 (widened flight deck, lengthened aft)
USS Saratoga Island 1942 (Battles of the Eastern Solomons and Guadalcanal)
USS Saratoga Island 1943 (Raids on Bouganville, Rabaul, and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign)
USS Saratoga Island 1944-1945 (Battle for Okinawa)
USS Saratoga Funnel 1928-1940
USS Saratoga Funnel 1941-1942
USS Saratoga Funnel 1942-1943
USS Saratoga Funnel 1944-1945
8"/55 cal. Turrets, 1928-1941
5"/38 cal. Mk.32 Twin-gun Mounts - for Saratoga, 1942-1946