{"product_id":"uss-benton-1-200-orel-364","title":"USS Benton 1:200 Orel (364)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCSS Albemarle 1864 – 1:200 Card Model Kit | Orel 340\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScale - \u003cstrong\u003e1:200\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModel Sheets - \u003cstrong\u003eA4\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAssembly Instruction Language - \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish, Polish, Russian, German\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuild a detailed scale replica of the historic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSS Benton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an American river gunboat that served with Union forces during the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican Civil War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1:200 scale card model kit from Orel (No. 364)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSS Benton began life as a centre-wheel catamaran before being converted into an armoured river gunboat by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames B. Eads in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1861\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She entered service in February 1862 and became part of the Union's river forces operating on the strategically important inland waterways of the American Civil War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Orel card model recreates the distinctive appearance of this unusual 19th-century warship in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1:200 scale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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