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by **DanCinSD** » Tue Oct 28, 2025 12:37 am

I have read here that for Lexingtons first strike on Shoho the aircraft spotted on deck included 4 F4Fs as a reserve cap forward of the island Starboard side.
Can anyone elaborate on the location? Did Lex have outrigger for them or did the strike aircraft launch with them sitting there?
I am planning to put the first strike, as listed here a few pages back, on my build

by **Dick J** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 7:09 pm

Unfortunately, many of us are getting the same "service unavailable" warning. Another thread talks about these "503" messages.

by **TZoli** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 12:13 am

Thanks! And of course the twelve single 5"/25 guns in groups of three.

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by **TZoli** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 12:12 am

Thanks.

by **Dick J** » Tue Sep 23, 2025 2:12 pm

The last summary I saw is as follows:
12 quad 1.1" mounts: 1 at each of the 4 flightdeck corner galleries, 1 forward of the stack, 2 each replacing 8" turrets 1,2 & 4, and 1 replacing 8" turret 3.
22 20MM: 4 on folding gallery in port boat pocket #1, 3 on folding gallery in port boat pocket #3, 5 on folding gallery in starboard boat pocket, 6 on former boat stowage outboard of stack, 2 on back of stack replacing 8" gun director, and 1 each on either side of aft flightdeck rounddown.
20 .50 cal mg's: 2 each on the 4 flightdeck corner galleries, adjacent to the quad 1.1's, and 12 on the upper stack gallery, 6 per side.

by **TZoli** » Tue Sep 23, 2025 5:09 am

What is the current most agreed consensus about the AA guns number of the USS Lexington when she sunk in 1942?

Also for quite some time I receive the error 502 when trying to visit this forum!

by **FFG-7** » Sat Aug 23, 2025 11:37 am

are you looking for the docking keels layout, docking plan or both?

by **DanCinSD** » Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:09 am

Martin, thank you for the reply. I have the cables on and we will see what the judges think in the future.

by **DanCinSD** » Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:07 am

Where can I find the docking plan for the Lexington class carriers?

by **MartinJQuinn** » Sun Jun 22, 2025 3:21 pm

DanCinSD wrote:This is the Trumpeter, 1/350, USS Lexington kit.
I am trying to replicate the degaussing cables on Lex. There are not a lot of pictures to go by. And they are of the Starboard side. Was the port side a mirror image? I hope so.
I am using the pictures of Enterprise to guesstimate a layout for Lex.
Looks ok to me, so far.

Your guess is as good as anyone else's There are some picture in Stern's Lexington Class book, which seem to show the number of cables varied, depending where on the hull they were.

Chris Smithers built a 1/350 Lex and made an educated guess on the degaussing cable here: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html

His cables terminate at some point, though photos seem to show (IMO) that these angle up near the bow, under the forward 5 inch gun platforms.

There are wreck photos too, but they only show snippets of the cable.

by **cfrobel** » Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:20 pm

Has anyone successfully used the Nautilus wood deck with the 1/350 Lexington? The top of the hull seems like it really needs the stability provided by a properly attached plastic deck, but the Nautilus deck is far to thick to go on top of the kit deck. It almost seems as if I would need to first create a thin deck out of styrene, attach it to the hull and then put the Nautilus deck on top. The deck looks great just not sure if it is ultimately worth the effort.

by **DanCinSD** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:42 pm

This is the Trumpeter, 1/350, USS Lexington kit.
I am trying to replicate the degaussing cables on Lex. There are not a lot of pictures to go by. And they are of the Starboard side. Was the port side a mirror image? I hope so.
I am using the pictures of Enterprise to guesstimate a layout for Lex.
Looks ok to me, so far.

by **DanCinSD** » Wed Mar 05, 2025 10:20 pm

Tracy, thank you for the cleaned up BOGP for Lex. Very interesting, I have spent a few hours going over them!

But they bring questions:
The profiles show a "stern light" mounted on the bow. Was that there after the 1942 refit?
It also shows port or starboard running lights on the hull just above the last boat pockets. seems like a strange place for them, but I did not see anyone the island.

The openings Trumpeter has in the hull, 9 to port and 26 to starboard, the plans only list 6 of them on the port side as "vent door". As a modeler, how are they handled? Should they be backed by plastic sheet, have doors added to them, if they are open on the stb side are there rails inside the larger openings?

Flight deck lights and stern deadlights. were these plated or painted over or left operational? if operational, any ideas for depicting that in 1/350 scale?

Last question, I have done google searches (frustrating) for pictures and videos of Paul Allens exploration of her wreck, all I get are about 15 or so different pictures. Considering how long they spent over the wreck there must be more than that.
Any pointers as where to look?

Thanks!
Daniel

by **DanCinSD** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:51 am

Tracy, Oops. I'm doing the Coral Sea configuration. Fingers crossed she will go in a case with the 3d wild Shoho and 1/72 builds of the 6 carrier aircraft used by them.

I did answer the prop blade count, the photo is on the back of warship pictorial #33.
I have model monkeys island and will order the funnel and rudder when I get back from vacation.

by **Tracy White** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:27 am

Hey Dan - you didn't say if there is a certain time period you are aiming for. Do you have your ModelMonnkey island yet?

I also posted a June of 1941 set of Booklet of general plans that has the white balance set and has been leveled for better printability. You want Sheet six of either set, which has the island platforms and will show the locations of alidades, pelorous, and, uh... a urinal.

No Tilly's - they didn't start until 1943. Any tractors would have been more conventional farm equipment and I can't recall ever seeing a photo of one as early as the Battle of the Coral Sea, but I'm not going to say they weren't used.

by **FFG-7** » Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:21 pm

CV-2 USS Lexington Booklet of General Plans (1941) (version 1) https://archive.org/details/cv2bogp1941
CV-2 USS Lexington Booklet of General Plans (1941) (version 2) https://archive.org/details/cv2bogp1941v2
CV-2 USS Lexington Booklet of General Plans (1941) (version 3) https://archive.org/details/cv2bogp1941v3

by **DanCinSD** » Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:55 pm

Hello All,
I have a few questions about Lex. I have the Trumpeter 1/350 kit as my base, I will use Model Monkeys Island, funnel, boat pockets and rudder to help the trumpeter kit. for references I have Warship Pictorial 33, Navsourse, and here.
I am an above average builder but far from a master.
As I start my prep for the kit these questions have come up.

1. Did Lex have three bladed propellers at Coral Sea? If so, is there a place to buy them?

2.Is there any pe degaussing cable and diagram of the installation on Lex?

3. Did Lex have a "Tilly" on board?

4. Did Lex have any aircraft handling vehicles on board?

5. Any pictures that would show deck equipment on the island levels? pelorus, voice tubes, search/signal lamps, chairs, etc.

Now to start reading thru the 50 pages of data here!

Thank you for any insight,
Dan

by **FFG-7** » Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:55 am

the 40mm's were probably installed during repairs in fall of 42 due to 2nd torpedo in August. https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/03a.htm

by **TZoli** » Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:39 am

Does anybody have a diagram or drawing of Saratoga's 1942/late 1942 state? I wish to know where were the 40mm Boforses and 20mm Oerlikons located at. The 9 Bofors mountings are of less importance than of the Oerlikons.

by **Tracy White** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:40 pm

It would have to be done with the express consent of the Navy, who would still retain ownership.

They'd better double their budget at a minimum.

I'd say there would be a lot of value to leaving the aircraft in their present state as recovered as it's part of their history.

I'm more in support of leaving them where they are at.

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