BANCROFT 1/200 scale Battleship Yamato
More than just a meme on World of Warships video games, the Imperial Japanese superbattleship “Yamato” and her sister ship “Musashi” were the largest floating weapons deployed in World War 2. Built under intense secrecy, as it subverted the international treaties restricting ships of its immense size, the Yamato became a symbol of defiance as the Allies closed in around the island country that had once threatened Pacific domination. Bancroft’s Elite Series of 1/200 scale warships continues with the Battleship Yamato. Display this museum piece on your mantle or stun your RC boat club with this functional RTR (Ready to Run) RC battleship. Over 600 total parts and 250 man-hours of work is already completed for you –just 15 minutes of your time is required to prepare the boat for service out of the box.
More than just a meme on World of Warships video games, the Imperial Japanese superbattleship “Yamato” and her sister ship “Musashi” were the largest floating weapons deployed in World War 2. Built under intense secrecy, as it subverted the international treaties restricting ships of its immense size, the Yamato became a symbol of defiance as the Allies closed in around the island country that had once threatened Pacific domination. Bancroft’s Elite Series of 1/200 scale warships continues with the Battleship Yamato. Display this museum piece on your mantle or stun your RC boat club with this functional RTR (Ready to Run) RC battleship. Over 600 total parts and 250 man-hours of work is already completed for you –just 15 minutes of your time is required to prepare the boat for service out of the box.
Ready to Run (RTR), the vessel can be sailing within minutes of being unboxed, using the included 2.4Ghz radio transmitter and 2s Li-Ion battery.
The Yamato arrives fully painted and detailed with over 400 brass photo-etched parts including antennas, railings, launch ramps and AA guns, many of which are the thickness of a needle! The Bancroft Yamato also features a genuine one-piece wood deck that is laser cut and pre-installed onto the one-piece molded hull. The laser etched pattern simulates the individual deck timbers used to cover the massive battleship.
Starting from the front, the emperor’s golden mon (family crest) is emblazoned onto the bow. The entire foredeck seen in gray is a painted brass Photo-Etched (PE) part, textured and further detailed with metal PE parts and metal chain.
Moving aft of the foredeck, the genuine wood deck can be seen, as well as the positionable main turrets. Each turret is painstakingly molded, painted, then detailed. Each main barrel can be positioned up and down, and even the mantlets are depicted in cloth like the real Yamato.
The main turrets attach to the hull with a simple centered post. This allows them to be positioned with your finger in any direction. It would be very simple for modelers to install a servo of their own to traverse (rotate) the turret remotely, although elevating and depressing the barrels remotely would be a bigger DIY challenge.
In a word, the Bancroft 1/200 scale Yamato is “Stunning”.
The Yamato arrives fully painted and detailed with over 400 brass photo-etched parts including antennas, railings, launch ramps and AA guns, many of which are the thickness of a needle! The Bancroft Yamato also features a genuine one-piece wood deck that is laser cut and pre-installed onto the one-piece molded hull. The laser etched pattern simulates the individual deck timbers used to cover the massive battleship.
Starting from the front, the emperor’s golden mon (family crest) is emblazoned onto the bow. The entire foredeck seen in gray is a painted brass Photo-Etched (PE) part, textured and further detailed with metal PE parts and metal chain.
Moving aft of the foredeck, the genuine wood deck can be seen, as well as the positionable main turrets. Each turret is painstakingly molded, painted, then detailed. Each main barrel can be positioned up and down, and even the mantlets are depicted in cloth like the real Yamato.
The main turrets attach to the hull with a simple centered post. This allows them to be positioned with your finger in any direction. It would be very simple for modelers to install a servo of their own to traverse (rotate) the turret remotely, although elevating and depressing the barrels remotely would be a bigger DIY challenge.
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