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Last September, Jeremy Hengest announced the coming of Hobby Boss's USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6. Now we have images of this kit as it's made available for modelers.

This kit (No. 83407) has more than 610 parts on 36 sprues and 3 pieces of photo etch. Clear parts include some of the shipboard vehicles. The flight deck is molded in one piece and the extensive break down of included vehicles are:

2 LCAC assault hovercraft
2 M1114 Humvees
2 M1097 trucks
2 LCU landing craft
2 AAV7s
2 LAV-25s
2 M60A3 Pattons
2 M1A1 Abrams
2 MTVRs
2 M198 towed artillery
4 CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters
2 SH-60F Seahawk helicopters
4 MV-22 Ospreys
2 AH-1W Cobras
2 AV-8B Plus Harriers
deck tractors
crash truck
flight deck crane

The LHD-6 is available now at on-line retailers like Squadron Mail Order and Freetime Hobbies. The LHD-7 Iwo Jima (No. 83408) will probably follow soon.