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PRESS RELEASE: Name and complete address of firm: Flagship Models, 2204 Summer Way Ln., Edmond, OK 73013 Telephone number: (405) 330-6525 Website: www.flagshipmodels.com Phone # 405-330-6525 Description or name of product: USS Casco shallow draft Monitor Material from which product is made: Cast resin Is product a reissue? No Scale or size: 1/192 Catalogue or product number: FM 19211 Price: $85.00 If product is not yet available, when will it be released? available We do X do not _ sell directly to consumers. If you do sell directly to consumers, what is the postage/handling charge for this item? $9.95 For firms located outside the US, (1) who is your distributor(s) Ages of Sail (2) Do you accept US currency? Yes Additional info: The 1/192 scale USS Casco kit is easy to construct with few parts, making an excellent kit for a first time multi-media kit builder. It includes an extensive photo etched sheet to create every detail and allow anyone to create an exact replica of this historical ironclad. John Ericsson developed the original design for the Casco class monitors, but Chief Engineer Alben B. Stimers, the General Inspector for Ironclads, elaborated on Ericsson's design. When bids were requested for the ships, Assistant secretary of the Navy, Augustus Fox, wrote to Ericsson to confirm that Stimers had arranged the details with Ericsson's approval. Ericsson replied that he had been kept in the dark and that Stimers had "frittered away" Ericsson's principals, but in March, 1863 Fox had begun to award contracts anyway. $14 million US was allocated for the vessels. It was then discovered that the designers in charge failed to allow for the extra weight their revisions caused. Ericsson was finally put back in charge to fix the problems of the first eight vessels built. They had their turrets removed and a single pivot mounted an 11" (288mm) Dahlgren cannon as well as torpedo equipment added and they were used as torpedo boats. Name of person completing this form Rusty White, owner