"Strength For Freedom"
Attention on deck, this is going to be fun! Introducing the Bancroft 1/200 scale Battle Missouri, a Ready-to-Run (RTR) elite series warship that combines hyperscale realism with super-convenient RC boating! For scale pilots and tankers, we're excited to expand our world to include hyper scale RC Warships! Sail the Bancroft 1/200 scale Missouri within 15 minutes of unboxing it --the model arrives 98% complete and requires just a few minutes of placing the pre-painted turrets into their various holes, adding AA batteries to the included 2.5Ghz radio transmitter, plugging in the included 2s 2800mAh battery after charging it with the included charger, then setting sail!
The real Battleship Missouri (BB-63) is hallowed ground, where the Imperial Japanese formally surrendered in 1945 to bring an end to World War 2. Today, the Missouri stands guard as a museum ship overlooking the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I encourage everyone to visit these memorials at least once in their life!
Like all Elite series warships from Bancroft, the 1/200 scale Missouri is a stunning marriage of scale fidelity and RC functionality. Its one piece molded fiberglass hull and deck, molded as one continuous piece, forms the basis around which hundreds of photo-etched ("PE") parts are then painstakingly shaped, painted, and installed. This process takes over a hundred hours and involves hundreds of pieces. Having watched the factory work, it is remarkable to me the level of detail achievable with these models. It is clearly beyond anything we've done so far in terms of Scale Fidelity.
Representing the USS Missouri as she would have appeared during WW2, the vessel is covered with anti-aircraft stations. Caliber .50, Oerlikons, Bofors, and larger guns dot the Missouri from bow to stern.
On the foredeck, metal anchor chains and railings thinner than a pin line the hull. The genuine wood deck, laser-cut as a single piece and then laser-etched to simulate the real Missouri's planking, is treated for waterfastness, and can also be stained if the user chooses to show the eventual blue/gray deck paint.
As a battleship, the main turrets are standouts on the Bancroft 1/200 scale Missouri. The turrets rotate freely by hand, and I imagine it would take a good modeler less than an hour to connect them to servos so they can be actuated remotely.
The bridge and surrounding superstructure is meticulously detailed beyond words. I have stared at mine for an hour in silence before, in awe. As detailed as it is, intrepid modelers will see opportunities to elevate the detail and accuracy even further. This 1/200 scale at 1350mm hull length is an ideal size for rendering detail.
The Bancroft 1/200 scale Battleship Missouri's 1350mm hull length is perfect for fitting in a car's back seat, sideways. Save the trunk space for an airplane or tank. It's too large for a conventional shelf, and too large for a desktop display, so I have mine mounted on my mantle which is about 6 feet long and 1 foot wide. This is perfect for displaying the model in a safe environment when I'm not cruising the marina.
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