Navis Neptun 1/1250 1316 USS Lexington, a Fleet Carrier on a Battlecruiser Hull, 1940
A 1/1250 scale secondhand metal model of Lexington in 1940 by Neptun 1316. The model has 5 painted aircraft on deck but is otherwise in perfect original condition at a significant saving compared with a brand new model, see photograph.
Overall length of model is 22.5cm.
With her sister, Saratoga, she was the largest aircraft carrier in the world at that time. She was sunk at the battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
This model represents the class before the start of WW2 with 8" guns for surface defence, whereas Saratoga (Neptun 1317) is a late war model and Neptun 1316A is Lexington at the Battle of Coral Sea.