Description

USS Freedom (LCS-1), the lead ship of the Freedom class of Littoral combat ships (LCS), is the third vessel of the United States Navy to be so named. She is the design competitor produced by the Lockheed Martin consortium, in competition with the General Dynamics-designed USS Independence. She was officially accepted by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast on behalf of the US Navy from the Lockheed Martin/Marinette Marine/Gibbs and Cox team in Marinette, WI in September 2008. She is designed for a variety of missions in shallow waters, capable against submarines and ships, as well as minesweeping and humanitarian relief. The ship is a semi-planing monohull design capable of over 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph). Commissioned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in November 2008, USS Freedom is home-ported in San Diego, California.

Please see the paint guide below for Trumpeter’s suggested colors. 

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/350
Parts: 530+
Length: 13”
Width: 2”
- Requires paint and glue for assembly
- Illustrated instructions and paint profile
- 8 sprues
- Detailed upper and lower hulls
- Includes display stand
- Clear film parts
- One-piece hulls
- Includes two onboard MH-60 helicopters
- Engraved nameplate
- Photo-etched parts
- Clear plastic parts
- Decals

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Paint Guide:

A. Orange Yellow
Silver
Dark Sea Grey
Flat White
Flat Black
Grey
Light Grey
Light Grey Green
Hull Red
Neutral Grey
Sandy Brown

B. Orange Yellow
Silver
Dark Sea Grey
Flat White
Flat Black
Grey
Light Grey
Light Grey Green
Hull Red
Neutral Grey
Tan
Sandy Brown
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