Recommended island to build USS Hornet CV-8 (1942) from Tamiya 1/700 scale USS Hornet CV-8.
 
Scale: this island model is precisely scaled to fit Tamiya kits.  Although the boxes of the Tamiya kits are labeled as 1/700 scale, the true scale of the Tamiya model kits is 1/719 scale, confirmed from  official US Navy blueprints of the actual ship.  A true 1/700 scale USS Hornet CV-8 Island is available separately.

This accurately shaped and highly detailed model represents the 1942 appearance of the island of celebrated US Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-8, veteran of the Battles of Midway, Guadalcanal and Santa Cruz, and ship that launched the Doolittle Raiders to fame over Tokyo.  

Features:
fully assembled
overall dimensions accurately scaled from the official builder's plans drawn by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, dated April 5, 1940, adjusted for 1942
details specific to USS Hornet confirmed by careful study of builders plans and period photographs of the real ship
properly asymmetrical Pilot House, a feature every plastic kit manufacturer gets wrong
accurately sited Tripod and Fighting Top (Hornet's was further aft than the tripod of her elder sisters)
open Primary Flight Control "PriFly" windows
open Battle Lookouts, aka "Vision Slits"
doors of the correct type and configuration, most in the open position
accurately shaped decks
accurately shaped splinter shielding with interior rib detail
properly shaped funnel cap
properly sized and located, open, scale 16" and 12" diameter portholes
properly scaled smoke pipes passing through the entire island - forward smoke pipe at the correct slope
delicate exterior electrical cabling
heavy structural deck support details (light supports omitted, ready for your favorite photo-etch
aft cutout for crane
 
This island matches dimensions of the real ship, not any specific model kit.  To fit this island to your plastic kit's flight deck, you may need to remove the raised locator strips on the kit's flight deck part.  A simple cuticle cutter can cleanly and easily remove these raised locator features.

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From Wikipedia: "USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh ship to carry the name Hornet, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid. In the Solomon Islands campaign she was involved in the capture and defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands where she was irreparably damaged and sunk by enemy destroyers. Hornet was in service for a year and six days and was the last US fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire. For these actions, she was awarded four service stars, a citation for the Doolittle Raid in 1995, and her Torpedo Squadron 8 received a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism for the Battle of Midway."