“Make it functional man. Forget making it pretty. Big and Bold – let’s make sure these darned newfangled Aeroplanes have somewhere to land...and I want it called the Saratoga Class...” These are the worlds of Admiral Jonas Bartlett when he convened a meeting of naval designers to discuss the idea of a ‘floating airfield’. The Saratoga is all that Bartlett could have asked for. Its double deck provides pilots with plenty of space to land, it has the ability to get aircraft landed and refuelled efficiently and it is certainly Big and Bold.

Models supplied unpainted and unassembled.

Models made from resin with pewter components.