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Tracy, thank you for the cleaned up BOGP for Lex. Very interesting, I have spent a few hours going over them!

But they bring questions:
The profiles show a "stern light" mounted on the bow. Was that there after the 1942 refit?
It also shows port or starboard running lights on the hull just above the last boat pockets. seems like a strange place for them, but I did not see anyone the island.

The openings Trumpeter has in the hull, 9 to port and 26 to starboard, the plans only list 6 of them on the port side as "vent door". As a modeler, how are they handled? Should they be backed by plastic sheet, have doors added to them, if they are open on the stb side are there rails inside the larger openings?

Flight deck lights and stern deadlights. were these plated or painted over or left operational? if operational, any ideas for depicting that in 1/350 scale?

Last question, I have done google searches (frustrating) for pictures and videos of Paul Allens exploration of her wreck, all I get are about 15 or so different pictures. Considering how long they spent over the wreck there must be more than that.
Any pointers as where to look?

Thanks!
Daniel

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This is the Trumpeter, 1/350, USS Lexington kit.
I am trying to replicate the degaussing cables on Lex. There are not a lot of pictures to go by. And they are of the Starboard side. Was the port side a mirror image? I hope so.
I am using the pictures of Enterprise to guesstimate a layout for Lex.
Looks ok to me, so far.

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