USS Princeton...

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Anyone make a good kit of this light carrier???

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Dragon makes a kit of the USS Independence (CVL) in both 1:700 & 1:350 scales

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Yeah but I need the Princeton…

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Like this one?

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/cv/cvl-23/350-dr/dragon-review.html

I wonder what the differences were if any between the two?

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Hi,

I hate to mention this but… I have the Independence and the box top appears to be identicle except for the name…

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A hot-link would be kinda nice…

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Dragon’s CVL-22 and CVL-23 kits are accurate to the details of the individual ships.

I.e. the PRinceton kit is not a re-pop with a different box top. I was the lead accuracy consultant on both. From memory, the differences between the kits were:

  • New flight deck to capture the port and starboard three-gun 20mm galleries forward that CVL-22 lacked.
  • New mast pieces to accurately depict the “pole mast” CVL-23 had over CVL-22’s “Sawhorse” style platform with legs.
  • different 20mm gallery pieces for the space between stacks #2 and 4.
  • Wildcats missing from the CVL-22 kit (oops)
  • aft bulkhead on the stern missing from the CVL-22 kit (oops)

I had hoped to get at least a third kit out with the twin catapult configuration but I think two is what we’re going to have for now.

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Good info…I bought the Prinecton kit over the Independence because of the more ‘colorful’ history of the Princeton.

Got the kit yesterday and all I can say is “WOW!!!”

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This kit is so good I purchased a second one…

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Feel free to ask any questions you have of the ship or model and I’ll try and answer. I got one kit in payment for a lot of work (not complaining, I got to make the corrections BEFORE they got committed to plastic!) and leant it to a website for a review and unfortunately don’t think I’ll ever get it back, so I haven’t actually built one, but I did assemble the test shot of Independence.

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Thanks…one thing I was wondering about is what measure the Princeton was in when she was sunk. And what color was the deck?

Also, what would a typical strike look like spotted on the deck of one of these carriers. I want mine modeled right at the moment a strike is about to be launched…

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Measure 33, Design 7a. The flight deck was 20-B Deck Blue stained wood.

http://www.shipcamouflage.com/DesignSheets/M33_7A_CVL-22.jpg

Yes, it’s Independence in the drawing, but that is Princeton’s paint job at the end.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/022302d.jpg

That’s an attractive ship. And USS Morrison was a part of the rescue.

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Good stuff…

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Mr White,

I’m building the USS Cabot (CVL-28) in the early 50’s when it was a training carrier.

I have a couple of questions about which funnels were removed and what color was the Flight Deck ?

Thank you