Lindberg Yorktown - Opinions wanted

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Unless you are really committed to this kit, I'd say forget it. Go with the Trumpeter Hornet and Nautilus Models Enterprise/Yorktown update instead. It is far more accurate and detailed. You can then also use the GMM or WEM brass sets. WEM also makes an interior set with all the flight deck girders if you want to open the hangar deck. A far pricier solution, but the Trumpeter kit with the brass sets will build to a fantastic model.

The Lindberg Yorktown is the Essex class carrier so all you have to do is get the Trumpeteer Yorktown (II). No conversion set necessary but you can go to town with PE addons.

Oh, I'm perfectly aware of that, and have the Trumpeter kits for myself already. :) It's a matter of someone else wanting me to build it for him, and I'm just trying to get a feel for what will be involved. (For instance, the Nichimo 1:500 Takao and Maya that I'm just about finished with were a whole lot worse than I thought they'd be.)

- Sean