IJN Yamato- RC 1:144 Giant Scale Model Museum Ship RTR

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IJN YAMATO - 1:144 Scale

RC Model Ship – Museum Quality

Ship Size:                 72” x 16” x 14 (Yes, it’s 6 feet long )

Package Wt:             88 lbs

Package size:          80” x 20” x 18”

Specifications: RTR NO assembly required

Motors:                4 x 540

Power:                 4 x 6v/10Ah (battery not included due to security reasons, inexpensive at local hobby store)

RC System:        2 ch. Digital scale RC

2 servo, Electronic Speed Controller (smooth speed control)

Delivery Time:    14-28 days average

About the Model

This is not a cheap plastic toy. Hull is fiberglass, and wood, copper, resin and other standard shipbuilding materials are used to make this model.  It’s good enough to sit in a museum and solid enough to actually run in your local pond.

Please visit out website for more info:

www.royalrcshipyard.com

About the Ship’s History

IJN Yamato, named after the ancient Japanese
Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial
Japanese Navy during World War II, and flagship of
the Japanese Combined Fleet. She was lead ship of
her class. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the
largest and heaviest battleships ever constructed,
displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load, and armed with
nine 18.1 inch main guns.
     Constructed from 1937 – 1940 and formally
commissioned in late 1941, Yamato served as the
flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto throughout
1942, first sailing as part of the Combined Fleet
during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Throughout
1943, Yamato continually transferred between Truk,
Kure and Brunei in response to American airstrikes on
Japanese island bases. The only time Yamato fired
her main guns at enemy targets was in October 1944,
but was ordered to turn back after attacks by
destroyers and aircraft of the "Taffy" light escort
carrier task groups managed to sink three heavy
cruisers during the Battle off Samar.
     Yamato was sunk in April 1945 during Operation
Ten-Go. Yamato was the lead ship of her class of
"heavy-battleships", designed by the Imperial
Japanese Navy in 1937. The class of battleship was
designed to be capable of engaging multiple enemy
targets, as a method of compensating for Japan's
incapability to industrially compete with the United
States Navy. With the vessels of the Yamato class
displacing over 70,000 tons each, it was hoped that
the firepower of the constructed battleships could
offset American industrial power.
     The keel of Yamato was laid down at Kure Naval
Arsenal on 4 November 1937, in a specially designed
dockyard. Throughout construction, large canvases
prevented observation of the construction from
elsewhere in the Kure Dockyards. Due to the size of
the vessel, upgraded gantry cranes, each capable of
lifting 150 and 350 tonnes, had to be designed and
built for use during construction. Yamato was
launched 8 August 1940, with Captain, later Vice
Admiral Miyazato Shutoku in command.
     The Yamato has been immortalized in Japanese
movies and has become a symbol of the resilience
and struggle of Japan during WWII. To the Japanese
it was more than a battleship, it represented the
Japan's ancient cultural province of Yamato.