Tamiya 1/350 premium yamato

[shovelhead 1977]

well its started ! hull and bracing bits, lots of poly caps , deadwood and rudder parts, screws and supports, shaft housings in place,photo etched parts to be fitted to the bottom of the hull , fitted in place . very little to clean up and parts fit is very good, wondering to go for a wooden deck or not , for or against

 

[Steven000]

Nice project Raymond! The Yamato is not an easy ship, will follow your build .
Steven

 

[spanner570]

Great kit, Raymond.

I don't like these so called 'Wooden decks' The planking is usually way off scale and the caulk lines the same.

The average real life deck planks are around 6" wide. Take a look at these stick-on decks.

Caulking, the filled gap between the planks is no more than half an inch wide. Again take a look at the decks. ( I've done miles of the stuff- When I could bend down!)

When stuck on the plastic decks, all the deck detail sinks in by the thickness of the applied 'wooden' deck.

Although thin, the outer edge of the stick-ons is clearly seen.

Most, not all of these decks clearly show just a huge grain which can run anywhere and certainly not in a straight line or to scale.

Otherwise the stick-on's are fine!

The above is simply my opinion based on what I've seen of these decks. I have no doubt other members will disagree. That's life......

Ron

 

[Tim Marlow]

I’ll follow as well if I may. Always wondered why the navy that proved the overwhelming effectiveness of the mass carrier tactic wasted resource building this white elephant.....
I agree with Ron about wooden decks by the way, planks would be about half a mil wide at this scale......about the size they make the caulk lines.....

 

[shovelhead 1977]

thanks chaps, painted decks it could be then !

 

[shovelhead 1977]

some more parts ready, some holes drilled , picture for screws for holding the decks down are actual size on the instructions which helps, don't know if camera picked it up or not but some holes to be drilled are marked with a ' y' or an 'm' for yamata or musashi ! all straight forward at the moment

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Great kit, Raymond.

I don't like these so called 'Wooden decks' The planking is usually way off scale and the caulk lines the same.

The average real life deck planks are around 6" wide. Take a look at these stick-on decks.

Caulking, the filled gap between the planks is no more than half an inch wide. Again take a look at the decks. ( I've done miles of the stuff- When I could bend down!)

When stuck on the plastic decks, all the deck detail sinks in by the thickness of the applied 'wooden' deck.

Although thin, the outer edge of the stick-ons is clearly seen.

Most, not all of these decks clearly show just a huge grain which can run anywhere and certainly not in a straight line or to scale.

Otherwise the stick-on's are fine!

The above is simply my opinion based on what I've seen of these decks. I have no doubt other members will disagree. That's life......

Ron

I love em Ron

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Have fun with this Raymond.
I personally love the wooden decks and have used a fair few over this last year.

 

[boatman]

some more parts ready, some holes drilled , picture for screws for holding the decks down are actual size on the instructions which helps, don't know if camera picked it up or not but some holes to be drilled are marked with a ' y' or an 'm' for yamata or musashi ! all straight forward at the moment

HI Raymond now could I ask if you would please fit on the fullsize pics as I don't get to see all the detail from these small pics even when I click on them as I would like to follow your build of the big y or m
chris

 

[shovelhead 1977]

HI Raymond now could I ask if you would please fit on the fullsize pics as I don't get to see all the detail from these small pics even when I click on them as I would like to follow your build of the big y or m
chris

hi not quite sure what you mean I cant get any closer with phone camera it goes all blurry

 

[Wouter]

Good to see a Yamato being built. I m building this kit on and off for years now. Although expensive this kit isn t perfect. Good start.

Cheers

 

[papa 695]

hi not quite sure what you mean I cant get any closer with phone camera it goes all blurry

Nice work so far Raymond.
What Christopher ( boatman ) means, is when you up load your pictures there's 2 tags Thumbnail or full image. If you press full image the picture show a lot larger than the ones you have already posted.

 

[boatman]

Nice work so far Raymond.
What Christopher ( boatman ) means, is when you up load your pictures there's 2 tags Thumbnail or full image. If you press full image the picture show a lot larger than the ones you have already posted.

THANK YOU Ian spot on yes Raymond please hit full image an then I can see what a good job you are doin on this ship as its one the battle ships id love to build but to late in my life by the time I finish my tiger but a friend bought one a few yrs back an he bought it up our pond an boy was that a model an a half it was 1/96 scale an about ten feet long an all the guns fired on it wow what a model an it took three people to lift it what a whopper an it looked fantastic on the water when sailin I might have some pics of it if you want to see it let me know an i'll try an find them up
chris

 

[shovelhead 1977]

Good to see a Yamato being built. I m building this kit on and off for years now. Although expensive this kit isn t perfect. Good start.

Cheers

THANK YOU Ian spot on yes Raymond please hit full image an then I can see what a good job you are doin on this ship as its one the battle ships id love to build but to late in my life by the time I finish my tiger but a friend bought one a few yrs back an he bought it up our pond an boy was that a model an a half it was 1/96 scale an about ten feet long an all the guns fired on it wow what a model an it took three people to lift it what a whopper an it looked fantastic on the water when sailin I might have some pics of it if you want to see it let me know an i'll try an find them up
chris

that would be brilliant thanks, where do I find the full image thing

 

[shovelhead 1977]

that would be brilliant thanks, where do I find the full image thingy

 

[shovelhead 1977]

its ok I found it !

 

[shovelhead 1977]

boatman is that ok

 

[boatman]

YES Raymond thats brilliant now i'll be able to follow your build properly as I love battle ships but to build them in the size I build well with the big Y OR M theyd be huge like my friends mick big Y LOOKIN FORWARD TO YOUR BUILD
CHRIS sorry about the caps sometime they stick on

 

[shovelhead 1977]

 

[shovelhead 1977]

those parts are dry fitted, probably paint the hull tomorrow