Chinese PLAN Aircraft Carrier Liaoning CV-16 2017 1:700
Chinese People's Liberation Navy PLAN Aircraft Carrier Liaoning CV-16, Hong Kong Port of Call 2017 1:700 with stand
February 2020 release
Forces of Valor 1:700th Scale Naval Vessels
Forces of Valor was one of the first manufacturers to offer pre-assembled and hobby-grade warships that featured rigid die-cast metal hulls, rotating gun turrets, highly detailed superstructures, and meticulously researched paint schemes.
We have taken this concept one step further by enhancing their painting, incorporating golden chrome plated pillars that sit atop a wood-like display stand and finally including an etched metallic name plate. Moreover each warship now comes nestled in a unique sea wave blister that snugly holds each ship in place as well as handsome outer packaging that allows for easy access to the model.
Liaoning is a Chinese Type 001 aircraft carrier. The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force, she is classified as a training ship, intended to allow the Navy to experiment, train and gain familiarity with aircraft carrier operations. Originally laid down in 1985, she was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the sole manufacturer of Soviet aircraft carriers in Mykolaiv.
Soviet's plan was to build two aircraft carriers at the beginning; one is now the Admiral Kuznetsov, the sole Russian navy aircraft carrier, the other one was named Varyag, which had never been completed due to the dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991, the stripped hulk including drawings were eventually sold by Ukraine in 1998 and towed to the Dalian Naval Shipyard located in northeast China.
After a decade long of refitting and deploying latest technology into the ship, on 25th September 2012, the Liaoning CV-16 aircraft carrier was classified with designation of Type 001 in in the People’s liberation Army Navy, she was intended as a training ship, allowing navy to gain various knowledges towards aircraft carrier operations. The Liaoning aircraft carrier was finally announced to be combat ready in November 2016
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