Unimax Announces a 1:700 Scale USS Missouri and IJN Yamato

lightning2000 · Post by **lightning2000** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:50 am

Hello All,
In conjunction with the opening of the IHobby Expo, Unimax, the makers of the Forces of Valor range, have announced their intent to offer a 1:700 scale replica of the USN Missouri and IJN Yamato battlships. No word if these will be waterline or full draught replicas, material composition, etc. We should have imagery shortly and these ships are expected in November according to the sales sheet, so they should be pretty far along in the production process.

Lightning2000
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uksubs · Post by **uksubs** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:30 am

Any news on any new armour or repaints ?

lightning2000 · Post by **lightning2000** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:53 am

Hi,
Nothing new in the static vehicle range. The company is likely waiting until February, at Toy Fair, to announce their new FOV/Micro Military/Extreme Metal subjects.

As an aside, they are moving up the release of their 1:24 scale R/C King Tiger and MLRS. According to the sales sheet, both are now expected in November.

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

uksubs · Post by **uksubs** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:09 am

lightning2000 wrote:Hi,
Nothing new in the static vehicle range. The company is likely waiting until February, at Toy Fair, to announce their new FOV/Micro Military/Extreme Metal subjects.

As an aside, they are moving up the release of their 1:24 scale R/C King Tiger and MLRS. According to the sales sheet, both are now expected in November.

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

Thanks for the intell
I just hope they make some new 1/16 armour

Post by **aferguson** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:25 pm

didn't they make a bismarck last year, which was significantly smaller than 1/700?

lightning2000 · Post by **lightning2000** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:12 pm

Hi,
The Bismarck was 1:1000 scale. These are going to be the more standard 1:700 scale which is quite a bit larger.

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:33 pm

Their Bismarck was quite nice with good detail and paint, but again, did not go well with the rest of my 1:700 ships and submarines. I have the Gearbox Toys 1:700 USS Missouri. It is nice as well and nearly a foot long. I'm sure the Unimax version would have better paint application and detail. Nice to have a Yamato to oppose it

I will get these if they look good and are significantly better than the Gearbox ones.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:12 pm

i have some gearbox aswell. they do a nice job but i would hope FOV would be a step up!

lightning2000 · Post by **lightning2000** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:32 pm

Hello,
Unimax has now provided us with imagery for both the Missouri and Yamato battleships. I believe they may also be viewable on the Forces of Valor web site.

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:18 am

http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=318

http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=317

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:20 am

http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=318

http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=317

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:23 am

here they are!
http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=318

http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=317

Volksdeutsch · Post by **Volksdeutsch** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:23 pm

i would like to see the Bismark re done in this scale

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:36 pm

AMERICAN_GRENADIER:

Thanks for the link. They look pretty good. I saw the smaller-scale BISMARCK at Target and wasn't impressed. I hope the two new ships are better.

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:59 pm

wow, 1/72!.....they're going to be awesome.

i wonder if they'll float?...bath time fun

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:24 pm

aferguson wrote:wow, 1/72!.....they're going to be awesome.

i wonder if they'll float?...bath time fun

that thing would be huge, me thinks its a typo however.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:24 pm

1/72 thats funny

i wonder what the cost would be?

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:54 pm

do the fov 1/700 ships have a removable lower hull for waterline display?

oberstengel · Post by **oberstengel** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:10 am

The Missouri and the Yamato can be waterlined by unscrewing the lower hull. I don't know about the Bismarck.

oberstengel

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:20 am

oh, goody. Thanks.

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Unimax Announces a 1:700 Scale USS Missouri and IJN Yamato

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