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                        USS SARATOGA CV-60 Question

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                        GRAUWOLF
                        • Member since
                          June 2011
                        USS SARATOGA CV-60 Question
                        Posted by GRAUWOLF on Friday, December 2, 2005 7:59 AM
                        Hello fellow ship modellers,
                        I am primarily a submarine modeller but I need to build the USS SARATOGA CV-60
                        as seen in the 70s as a gift for a good friend who was stationed on board.
                        Can anyone recommend a kit (any scale) that would be available to represent this ship.
                        I know that the SARA underwent many refits but what is the closest I can get to CV-60?

                        Thanks for your kind attention.
                        Joe

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                        EdGrune
                        • Member since
                          August 2005
                        • From: Mansfield, TX
                        Posted by EdGrune on Friday, December 2, 2005 8:22 AM
                        Italieri makes a 1:720 scale kit which they market as the Saratoga.    It is also sold as the Forestall (CV-59) and Ranger (CV-61).    It is not a definative Saratoga from one point in time, rather an amalgam of several ships at several periods.
                         
                        However, it should be fine for an out-of-the-box build for a friend.   Paint it haze gray and put the 60 on the deck and he'll be happy with it.
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                        seasick
                        • Member since
                          June 2004
                        • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
                        Posted by seasick on Friday, December 2, 2005 10:51 AM
                        I have an Italeri 1/720 USS Saratoga. I have the Gold Medal Moodels photoetch set for 1/720 carriers. I built it into a late 1980s appearance with the photoetch set and some minor scratch builds.

                        Chasing the ultimate build.

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                        Hippy-Ed
                        • Member since
                          December 2004
                        • From: Stockton,Ca
                        Posted by Hippy-Ed on Friday, December 2, 2005 11:00 AM
                        A historical note the CVs 59-62 are of the same class. 59-61 have websites. You'll get plenty of hits by running a google search. HTH  Keep the razors sharp!!Propeller [8-]
                        If you lose your sense of humor, you've lost everything
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                        glweeks
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by glweeks on Friday, December 2, 2005 9:33 PM

                        Nobody said anything about the 1/520???  Revell kit of Saratoga (cv60) and Forrestall (cv59) these kits are probably much older than the Italarie kits and I wouldn't be supprised if less acurate too.  Photoetch is made for them though so I'm sure a good job can be made of it.  Perhaps some of the other guys know of the pros & cons of the Revell kit.  Whatever kit you build do some rusting around the usuall areas (anchor, water drain areas etc.).  I served on Sara for 8 months while waiting to go to a navy school, 1/3 of a med. cruise and a yard refit in the 70's.  Aircraft carriers are dirteir than you might think.  I was launched in the 50's, so by the time I got on it the ship was 20 yrs. old.

                        take care............   g.l.

                        Seimper Fi "65"
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