USS Yorktown (CV-5) Revell 85-3017 Review

RoR Review 20110705* – USS Yorktown Revell 85-3017 Review

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USS Yorktown (CV-5) was commissioned in the United States Navy from 1937 until she was sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. She was named after The Battle of Yorktown in 1781 and was the lead ship of the Yorktown class which was designed after lessons learned from operations with the large converted battle cruisers of the Lexington class. She represented the epitome of U.S. pre-war carrier design.

For the modeler – this 1:485 scale Revell kit provides an excellent representation of the USS Yorktown. It contains 114 pieces molded in gray, 1 sheet of ensigns to fly off the rigging, 20 Douglas Dive Bombers, and a few decals. The finished model is over 20 inches long and contains many details. The kit also contains 2 separate name plates, the Yorktown and the USS Hornet. But there are no design differences in the instruction sheet to accurately reproduce the Hornet. An altered construction sequence, some instruction error corrections and some scratch building are offered here to produce a great looking model of the USS Yorktown.

As a WWII buff, this was an exciting kit to build. For its scale it has many nice details and the finished product is a great addition to my collection. It is rated at level 2 and for the most part that may be a little high, but the rigging and the difficulty getting pieces off the sprues due to the thickness of the sprues compared to the pieces requires patience and a very sharp knife to remove them overall I too rate it at level 2.

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