During World War II the United States built three types of aircraft carriers: the Essex class heavy carriers, the Independence class light carriers, and ‘escort’ carriers. The 24 ships of the Essex class were not remarkable for any great design innovation, but essentially for being in the right place at the right time and for doing well the task history gave them. The Essex class carriers served in numbers too large and too late in the war to gain the fame of the pre-war carriers whose names they frequently bore, but they served longer than any other class and through wars never dreamed of by their builders. Those that survive as museum ships today are a fitting tribute to the class that ruled the Pacific fifty years ago.
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Product Details:
Scale: 1/700
Skill Level: 3
Length: 15”
Beam: 2.4”
Parts: 606
- Painting and assembly required
- 32 sprues
- Build waterline or full hull version
- One-piece hulls and waterline plate
- Two-piece hangar and flight decks
- Includes display stand and nameplate
- Ten 40mm guns and four 5”38 guns
- Onboard aircraft includes SBD, F6F, SB2-C and TBF
- Aircraft molded in clear plastic
- One decal sheet for 1943 Measure 21
- Illustrated instructions and paint guide
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Paint Guide:
Gold
Hull Red
Flat Black
Sea Blue
Ocean Grey
Light Grey
Deck Blue
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