trumpeter 1/200 yamato

Impressive.That might be taller then my wife!!!

4' 11"

not quite tojo , the h/ull is 52" . 

started on the stern .

Looks good,will check in when the site works.

that could take a while tojo 

quick catch up .

planes are together .

boats are done

steve5

that could take a while tojo

Yeah, I only check in about once a week, if the site lets me.  Mind there's only like six of us here in a given week.

I see you did not dive into the Pontos aftermarket set for this kit--which may be a better coice.  This as pontos appears to believe we all happen to have microscopes and micro-manipulators handy.

It's a great looking project. Inevitably you will be sick of the sight of it, so "side builds" will be essential.

This kit would take me about 4 years to build.

Watch the fit- little problems are showing up and it's not a race.

Watching with interest,

Bill

I've been down the pontos route capt.don't think i will do it again , mind there is 15 frets of Pe in the kit itself .

good to have you aboard bill , I'm planning on 6_12 months hopefully . the main problem I am having so far is incorrectly numbered parts , the boats , tops have the bottom numbers and vise versa .

well another lot of bending and folding .

the hull got a coat of primer

this is a 120 ml bottle , their was just over 100 ml in it , this is whats left .

it wouldn't let me post the pic , took 3 goes . I don't know how to delete the others , sorry . can someone help me with that please ,

got the wood deck painted , now for the decks and hull .

the hull painted .

whats happened to this site , 3-4years ago I would get 30-40 emails a day , now nothing , is tanker builder still around , I see he hasn't posted for over 2 months .

steve5

it wouldn't let me post the pic , took 3 goes . I don't know how to delete the others , sorry . can someone help me with that please ,

Bill

steve5

whats happened to this site , 3-4years ago I would get 30-40 emails a day , now nothing , is tanker builder still around , I see he hasn't posted for over 2 months .

That certainly looks like Yamato!

Yes traffic is way down. It's gotten hard to log on, and a lot of folks have tossed in the towel and gone elsewhere.

Bill

Making nice progress,looks great.

thats sad bill , it used to be a great site ,

thanks tojo .

got the reels chains and anchors done , the anchors aren't painted yet .

the superstructure going together .

Those clamps look a lot like ship yard cranes.

yeah I supposse they do john , but they work well .

there is 75 pieces in this little guy, how you blokes work in 1/700 is beyond me .