The island is pretty much a WW2 configuration with a few upgrades. Since I'm building the 1953 configuration the only difference is the upgraded bridge. This didn't fit very well and even after removing material from the bottom of G1, the fit was still not quite right. The extra length of the bridge interferes with the gun director between the 5in gun and the bridge. The PE radar, part # MB1 is great and goes on good with superglue. Same for MB2 but MB3 is not clear at all on the instruction sheet, had to guess at that one. Photos of the Antietam from this period show a yardarm on the tripod mast, but none is included in the kit. I used one from a GMM 1/700 PE fret. I assembled the whole thing on a holder as a sub assembly. The holder makes it easy to position the island at different angles for easier PE attachment. Assembled the 5in. guns and other flight deck items and glued them down with liquid cement. The raised place for the island to glue onto looked pretty shallow and I was concerned the island could get knocked off easily (this has happened on other models). So I cemented a .080x.080 piece of styrene onto it for reinforcement. After cementing the island structure onto the flight deck, I mounted the model onto its faux ocean stand. There is a section under Modeling Tips on how to build a fake ocean.
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