Academy 1/800 Kitty Hawk question.
Posted by Robert Smith on December 18, 2023, 13:23:45
I got this as an early Christmas present yesterday. Does anybody know what time frame this kit represents? It shows a SPS-43 radar on the island and a SPS-48 radar on the aft tower along with the two twin Terrier launchers on the port and starboard aft quarters. Going through Navsource, what I can find is that it appears that when the SPS-48 replaced the SPS-30, that the Terrier launchers were replace with the eight cell Sea Sparrow launchers. I believe this kit is originally from 1969 or a bit later and I assume that they wanted to depict it as then, but yet the SPS-48 would be out of place. When built, it won't be going to any shows, but I would like it to be semi correct for my own satisfaction. Thanks for any comment or ideas.
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