Star Blazers 1/500 Space Ship YAMATO

and a quick update, i glued the back together:

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chris, can you please leave your F15 unfinished? if you finish yours i probably want to throw away mine cause yours will be better looking.. ;-P j/k..

Cpt.Sponder looking good. Can't wait to see more pics.

And Chris WOW the Star Blazers build looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And why can you finish your F-15E ?

Bud

Sweet.. I actually have a half built F-15E that is still waiting to be finished.. Seriously cant see it happening though...

Chris

thanks! and for the aircraft board: yup will do, got this baby signed up in groupbuild..:)

Cool.. Have built a few of them myself.. Might be best if you show all the guys over at the Aircraft board.. They'll love it!.. Great work so far!

Chris

as promised, a few crappy pics from my phone. Im not HALF as far as you chris, but i thought i'd share my progress anyway, i finished up the seams on the cockpit, glued the main body together, and last night i spend hours on sanding and putty-ing it, there were a few gaps, as you can see in the first pic, look at the wing.. since this is my first real model, i was kinda "scared" of these gaps and seams, but after hours of sanding im quite happy about the results (loads more to do though..)

with the wing fixed:

hope you like it thusfar...

sponder.

Thanks Bud.. Japan is a great place to visit, but after 5 years, even I need to get back to reality after a while...

Viperstar, thank you for your kind comments.. Its always nice when someone enjoy's your work.. As I do with many of the modelers on this site.. I can sit for hours and just look at what other people are doing!

As for your idea's of what you would like to see me do.. I have already built the TOS Galactica, but I sold it. But in saying that, I picked up another one to do for my own collection.. (So watch this space)...

I actually have recently built the Buck Rogers Starfighter.. I posted it over at this thread, with a few other ships in there as well..
http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/638264/ShowPost.aspx

I have also already built the Enterprise C as part of my 1/2500 Enterprise set.. I will show pictures one day... And an Eagle transporter has always been one that I have wanted to do. But I simple know zero about them.. I remember my brother did one when I was a kid..

The Battle of the Planets Pheonix?.. I didnt know they made a kit for that?  Interested in knowing more!.. That show is still very popular here in Japan.. I see alot of guys riding thier motorbikes, with the same helmets as in the show.. The clear front is even the same.. Very cool..

Chris

Chris, she's looking really good !  Where are you going to put her when you are done ?

And that's cool living there marryed and having a daughter. Always wanted to go here.

Well my friend, it's 8:45am and I have to get some COFFEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  hehhe

Looking good

Bud

Great work Chris!I have 2 of these ships in this scale and a few in the smaller scales.I always like to see your post of ships that you are working on because you do such awsome work and very quickly too(also  because you seem to build space ships that I really like)!

Other ships that I would love to see you build are:

TOS Battlestar,Enterprise C and E,Buck Rogers Starfighter,Space 1999 Eagle Transporter and a Battle of the Planets G5(Phoenix).These are some of the models that I have,but I just don't have the time and the skills to do as nice work as you do.

 

Jerry L.

 

 

Thanks Capt.. I still need to do the main canons, and the tail pipe...

Chris

wow chris! she turning out even better then i expected! very cool! how did you do that weathering on the grey?

and lol, my dads a teacher too!

Didn't have to wait long mate.. I masked her off and layed the red down...



ps: my wife is Japanese, and we have a daughter.. We have been here about 5 years.. My life before Japan, I was a business consultant.. But now, I am a (you guessed) english teacher.. Its a job and pays well, so no complaints..

Cheers Chris

Chris, you are killing me. This, so for is a GREAT Build. I wanted to build a F4U Corsair next but now I am thiking........

Can't wait to see more

Thanks and have a GREAT night

Bud

P.S. What are you doing in Japan ?

Thanks Bud.. I really cant remember the last time I had a kit that got me thinking so much.. Really has been fun..

As for the colours, I will stay with tradition and paint it with the red belly.. I have done the grey, and am happy with the effect I have created..

So I will give it a few hours, do some actual work around the house and keep the wife happy, and then I will lay down the red..... I also decided to put a decking on it to give it a more realistic look...





Chris

Dubau wrote:

On the box art, it's red and blue, but what I always say " You can always repaint it " hehe I think you should try what you wanted to do and if you don't like it change it

agreed! i would paint it according to your first ideas, hang on with the finishing gloss, eye-ball it a few days...

Or, if youre handy in photoshop, do quick color change.. (you have pics enough) roughly paint a pic in photoshop, make a few versions, then decide...

 

btw: i got some work done last night: glued the cockpit of my f15 together, went better then expected! this weekend: finish up the cockpit (bit of puttying, lotsa sanding..) and glue the main body.. hopefully i can find time to putty the main body as well, sand it, and give it it's first coat of paint.

for the main body, need some advice first, cause while the edges are all fine, the area with the air-intakes need to be squeezed into place a bit, any advice or methods to do this properly?

once i get there i will take some crappy nokia 6600 pics, and keep you guys posted.

On the box art, it's red and blue, but what I always say " You can always repaint it " hehe I think you should try what you wanted to do and if you don't like it change it

BUT whatever you do, it's looking GREAT !!!!!!!  Makes me want to bring my kit out  hehhe

Bud

If I remember right, the Yamoto of the animated series Starlblazers was the original ship resurrected from its original WWII demise, and converted to be a war spacecraft.  (Haven't seen it since its debut to the U.S. back in the late 1970s)  Therefore, if that's the case, it would follow that it had the red belly paint.

If you were to be technical in "modern trends," it would be neither black, nor red, nor painted gray at all, but rather white with aztecing as the Star Trek series, or the space shuttle, or other craft we send to space, right?

Thanks mate.. I am in a delema now.. I have done the mat black top to bottom, and I usually like to do ships canon.. But for some reason I am trying to think if I should do it in a more modern battleship grey with black undernieth.. Or should I do it with the red..

The extremist in me says, "like the Superman suit, it needs to be updated"... But the historian in me says that the Original Yamoto from the second world war had a red underbelly.. Really confused on this one????  I understand this isnt the real Yamato, but it is in fact designed to resemble it... Interested in some thoughts...



Chris

youre really flying through this one aint ya? youve been working on it everyday! when did you start? last week? bet you finish this baby up before the weekend ends!?!.. i dont mind though, since i cant wait to see her totally finished! nice job chris!

All cannons are on.. The decking is masked, and she is now all black.. The flash on the camera makes it look shiny... I will start the greys tomorrow..



Chris

Thanks Bud!... Dont worry, all Japanese Anime costs alot,,, Even here in Japan...

14 canons done.. And only 18 to go.. The little ones are always the hardest...



Chris

maybe it's there for stability, like the sword under a wind surfing board?!?..

I have been looking at getting the old show " Star Blazers " on DVD but WOW all most 200 bucks. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Your build it looking good keep it up

Bud

Im guessing a sensor rod of some sort, or even something that has to do with direction.. Not sure.. I guess its just put there for show?

Chris

very sweet chris! btw: what is that hook under the ship in front of the pod?

 

UPDATE:
Well it feels the more I do, the more I cant put this model down.. Its not an overly difficult kit, but I am really enjoying seeing the newer parts being put on.. It is really starting to look like a Battleship.. And as I have modeled the real Yamato from WWII, this is becomming a nice build for me...

Just two more pics to show the extra detal that has gone on.. ALl I need to do is place all the mini guns around the side, and then she will be ready for painting..





Chris

what do i see now chris? superman on youre desktop? shame on you!! ;-P go and update ure wallpaper with a pic of one of youre own models! that would be much better! just kiddin'...

the ship is commin together nicely chris! GJ!!!