USS Lexington Database

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Sunk F4F Wildcat "Felix the Cat" from USS Lexington CV-2

by Alfredo Cofré on December 31, 2024 · in Diorama · 8 ≡

Disclaimer: I really struggled if I would publish this yet or not. In March 4th 2018 the oceanographic ship RV Petrel found the old wreck of the carrier CV-2 USS Lexington, sunk in the Coral Sea battle. Among the items scattered on the [...]

Jim Sullivan GB: 1/48 Otaki F6F-3 Hellcat

by Eric Berg on August 15, 2023 · in Aviation · 44 ≡

Jim Sullivan’s “F6F Hellcat in Action” Squadron book features a Don Greer profile of Hellcat F6F-3 “white 13” of VF-16 that flew from the USS Lexington CV-16 in December of 1943. I chose to model this particular aircraft for the [...]

F4F-3 Wildcat 1/48 Eduard

by David Odenwald on July 15, 2023 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Ever since RV Petral found the wreck of USS Lexington along with the TBDs and that one Wildcat I have been wanting to model those planes who's crews made history. Using the Fundekals on the Eduard -3 Wildcat built Lt. Gayler's plane. To [...]

Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk - US Navy VT-7 – USS Lexington

by Stéphane Bredel on May 18, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Bonjour chers iModelers, This is my rendition of the colourful TA-4J Skyhawk of the VT-7. This version is quite known, but I wanted to have it in my showcase ! The Hasegawa kits comes with some issues, as often with this brand. But the [...]

Taking a Break: Building Meng's Warship Builder Series USS Lexington

by George R Blair Jr on September 22, 2018 · in Reviews · 10 ≡

I was in the mood to take a break from the more complex models I was building, so I was trolling through the hobby shop and saw Meng’s USS Lexington in their Warship Builder series. If you aren’t familiar with these kits, they are [...]

Meng Warship Builder Lexington

by Michael Smith on August 4, 2018 · in Ships · 8 ≡

I enjoyed taking a break from serious warship modeling with this adorable little anime-ish Lexington (CV-2) by Meng. The kit is well-designed and not a quick build by any means. I have always liked the Lexingtons in prewar colors, so I [...]

USS Lexington found by Paul Allen

by Rob Anderson on March 5, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 39 ≡

Amazing! The fact that I am building a Coral Sea Devastator makes it all even better! (link)

75th Anniversary – Battle of the Coral Sea: 1/700 U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) & 1/72 Leppla/Liska VS-2 SBD

by Michael Smith on August 23, 2017 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

I finished two models to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, which concluded with the sinking of the U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) on May 8, 1942. The ship is a 1/700 scale U.S.S. Lexington(CV-2) by Trumpeter. The [...]