Thank you so much.... well, it did come together very quickly at the end. Once the aircraft were done, the build was done. As I look at the completed model and compare her to the Lexi, that island is rather dinky and as I understand it, the island was added later, after launch. Having the smoke stacks on the sides and aft, reduces the shape of the island. They tied the exhaust with the island design on later carriers as a cleaner way to go... up high and to the side. The Langley, Lexington were "one-offs". The Ranger was the first purpose built carrier from keel up... strange they didn't get it with the stack design until the offical "class" carriers began, with the Yorktown. Evolution can be strange sometimes. Regards, Dennis