THIS MODEL REPRESENTS THE ” LONG HULL” VERSIONS OF THE ESSEX CLASS. ONE DIFFERENCE IS TWIN QUAD 40 M/M MOUNTS ON THE BOW & STERN. THE EARLY ESSEX CLASS HAD SINGLE QUAD MOUNTS. MODEL IS ONE OF THE HARD TO FIND LARGER VERSIONS. AS MOST WERE 1/1200 SCALE THIS IS ROUGHLY 1/525 SCALE. NEEDS SOME MINOR REPAIR WORK. DECK EDGE ELEVATOR MISSING, GUN BARRELS ON FORWARD TWIN 5 38, & MAST. MADE BY FRAMBURG 4/45. The item “WW2 SHIP RECOGNITION MODEL ESSEX CLASS CARRIER 21 IN. O. A. L” is in sale since Tuesday, October 27, 2015. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Models”. The seller is “devil2u” and is located in Owings, Maryland. This item can be shipped worldwide.