Et sæt af mærket Dragemodeller sættet : U.S.S. Fort Worth LCS-3 – DML 7129
US Navy (USN) skabte et revolutionerende koncept, da det opregnede kravene til sine nye Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), flådefartøjer designet til at operere i kystfarvande mod både undervands- og overfladetrusler. To forskellige designs blev skabt af konkurrerende amerikanske konsortier, hvor USS Freedom (LCS-1) var det førende skib designet af Lockheed Martin. Den anden i klassen er USS Fort Worth (LCS-3), er planlagt til idriftsættelse i september 2012. Hun er 118,6 m lang og fortrænger 3.200 tons. Forskelle i forhold til det forreste skib omfatter et forlænget skrog for at forbedre hastigheden og reducere brændstofforbruget samt forbedrede stabilitetsforanstaltninger. State-of-the-art systemer betyder, at en besætning på mindre end 50 søfolk er påkrævet for at betjene USS Fort Worth.
Dragon has created a fine 1/700 scale plastic model of this ship, accurately capturing the angular lines of the sleek Freedom-class vessel. It’s based on the Cyber-Hobby kit of LCS-1, a model that was widely acclaimed. However, this new item required a completely new slide-molded hull and deck because of Fort Worth’s increased length. Modelers will find that the well-engineered parts precisely fit together, and as is expected, they can choose to put together either a waterline or full-hull version. With Cyber-Hobby having already produced identically scaled models of LCS-1, LCS-2 and LCS-4, modelers will be able to assemble a small armada consisting of the first four LCS ships ever built!
Kilde: U.S.S. Fort Worth on Dragon Models