Trumpeter 04528 1/350 Scale, USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98 Destroyer, Plastic Model Kit (TP04528)

USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98 Model Contents

• Plastic injection parts
• Decal
• Assembly guide.
• Photo Etched

USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98 Model Features

• It consists of plastic parts.
• Use a frame scissors to remove the parts.
• Use a model knife and sanding to clean the burr in the parts.
• Fill the gaps between the parts with filling material and sanding.
• There is no adhesive and paint in the box.
• You can make the necessary jerking with the assembly guide in it.
• It is recommended to paint it with the colors specified in the guide.

You can find the ingredients you need to finish this product at the bottom of the page

USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) is a modern American missile destroyer, whose spine was laid in 2003, launched in October 2004 and put into service by the US navy in 2006. The total length of the ship is 155.3 meters and the width is 20 meters. The full displacement reaches 9,200 tons and the maximum speed exceeds 30 sea miles. Muhrip was armed with: 2 VLS MK. 41 - A 32 rail and a 64 rail, a single 127 mm ball, two triple torpedo hives or a 20 mm vulcan Phalanx CIWS set. The ship can work with two built-in helicopters such as Sikorsky MH-60R.

USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) is one of the 65 active service destroyer of the Arleight Burke class. Such units are designed, constructed and built as multiple -rolled resuce; However, special importance was given to resisting air targets. In the construction of these ships, the experiences of the British from the Falkland war were used and as a result, Kevlar armor was added to the most durable parts of the ships in this class. At the same time, Arleight Burke-class ships have a revolutionary AEGIS network war system, which cooperates with An / Spy-1 radar and provides them with unprecedented opportunities against control of the airspace and air targets. This is the same system used in Ticonderoga class cruisers. One of the units of this class is USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98). The ship was built in Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was built in accordance with the Flight IIA standard, ie larger VLS ramps than Flight I standard, the barrel of the 127 mm ball was extended, so that ballistic features have developed and have more weapons. Modern electronic equipment. In addition, the USS Momsen subtype has only one Vulcan Phalanx kit compared to two Kits mounted on standard ships: Flight I, Flight II and the first Flight IIA. USS Forrest Sherman was appointed to the Atlantic fleet shortly after he was put into service and made his first operational journey in the Ocean as well as in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. In 2007, the unit organized joint exercises with Ukrainian fleet. In the same year, the ship participated in joint exercises with Israel and Turkish troops. USS Forrest Sherman continues to stay in active service.