Yamato monster ship

[Modler bob]

Monster ship with a monster price.
Has anyone here ever attempted to get/build this beauty?

 

[boatman]

NO BUT ID like to when ive finish my other models but whats the price ?
chrisb

 

[Modler bob]

I think it is £800
Like I said a monster price.
Where would you put it?

 

[BattleshipBob]

With 18 inch guns, anywhere it wants to go!! What a monster

 

[Modler bob]

With 18 inch guns, anywhere it wants to go!! What a monster

Ha ha.
Exactly

 

[Code no 10]

To build such a long and large model, I would have trouble looking for a good place to display it. Definitely can't display it vertically, can it?

 

[boatman]

To build such a long and large model, I would have trouble looking for a good place to display it. Definitely can't display it vertically, can it?

HI Hong well my hms tiger is a lot bigger an ive got a space earmarked for that but if i really wanted it id just put up another shelf to take as you say cant go vertical lol an i must admit its a lot of dosh to lay out in one go as as been said yes ive spent maybe 3 times as much on my tiger but in small amounts so that way it dont hit mr wallet to hard or SWMBO's opinion but i think its a fantastic model as i already have a yamato but in 1/1000 scale so not too big lol but if i ever decide to buy this model i would fit in R/C an have a cover over it to stop dust build up but i had a boaty freind called mike who had a yamato in 1/96 scale all full R/C everything worked on it all guns turned an fired an it was about 12 ft long if my memory sevrved me correct as he bought it to sail up our Norwich pond an it drawted every other model on the pond only trouble was it took 3 guys to lift it in an out of the water
chrisb

 

[boatman]

CAN anyone tell me how much the shells wheight in a 18 inch gun ? as the shells in my hms tiger were only 6 inch guns an they were pretty big
chrisb

 

[Modler bob]

1,460 kg

 

[boatman]

1,460 kg

HI Bob please could you covert that to imperial like a ton or so as im not up on metrick
cheers
chrisb

 

[Tim Marlow]

3218 lb Bob. Just under one and a half tons….

 

[Tim Marlow]

The British 15 inch gun (used on many British battleships) fired a shell of 1938 lb,…..and the 16 inch on Nelson and Rodney fired shells of 2048 lb, so you can see the increase.

 

[boatman]

3218 lb Bob. Just under one and a half tons….

WOW cheers Tim for your answer as i thought it would be in the tons range an im goin to whatch that vid again for the fith time as i really enjoy lookin at big battle ships an would scratch build one if they werent so big as my tiger is my limit
chrisb

 

[Tim Marlow]

Yep, big shells, though penetrative power also matters, not just weight…..
A member of the airborne forces was heard to say when he heard the battleship support fire going over during the D day operation to capture Pegasus bridge “crikey, they are firing jeeps at them sir”…..

 

[Modler bob]

1,460 kg

Yep, big shells, though penetrative power also matters, not just weight…..
A member of the airborne forces was heard to say when he heard the battleship support fire going over during the D day operation to capture Pegasus bridge “crikey, they are firing jeeps at them sir”…..

Yep 3,220 lb and can fire it 26 miles.
Good job it didn't servive long.
It went on a suicide mission (last resort)

 

[Modler bob]

Yep 3,220 lb and can fire it 26 miles.
Good job it didn't servive long.
It went on a suicide mission (last resort)

Class overview
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	2,767

 

[boatman]

Class overview
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	2,767

CHEERS Bob for the info makes my hms tiger look like a dinky toy lol even though she was a pretty huge ship in real
chrisb

 

[Modler bob]

CHEERS Bob for the info makes my hms tiger look like a dinky toy lol even though she was a pretty huge ship in real
chrisb

Still a worthy ship in its day Chris.
I built an airfix one and Warspite (I think).
Wasn't they instumentle in helping to get rid of Bismark?

 

[BattleshipBob]

A very interesting ship, sadly the Japanese destroyed a huge amount of info on the Yamato's at the end of the war, bits and bobs about the ships has surfaced over the years.

I think a full broadside ( no need for a alarm clock) weighed about 14 T!! Oh ere misses

 

[minitnkr]

That's durn fast. Wonder how the support ships kept up when it was in a hurry.