LHS Score, 1/200 Aoshima Yamato

I know the feeling. I bought the 1/200 Missouri, and seeing such a massive model is breathtaking. I need a bigger workspace when I start building the thing.

Theres a PE set with gun barrels you will need. Only about $ 300...

Yeah, the Pontos set looks really nice, and only costs as much as the model does itself. Nothing like sinking $ 700 into a model. I'm not quite ready to take that step yet.

Aoshima? Never heard they made a 1/200 Yamato. You sure?

Positive, I'll take a picture of it tonight to post tomorrow

I trust you. Is the hull black ABS plastic?

Still it would be nice to see an Aoshima 1/200 Yamato. Rare bird. Nothing comes up via google search. 

With Trumpeter coming out with so many 1/200 ships, I can't imagine Yamato will be far behind. I am really anxious to see the 1/200 Hood, my absolute favorite ship of all time.

Really really would like to see a 1:200 Ark Royal to go with the Hood and Bismark. I'd probably plan a retirement around that one.

How big is that thing? I know that Nichimo did a 1/200 Yamato. Perhaps those companies did some mold trading? And for $75, you have a real deal there. That is preactically the cost of shipping such a beast nowadays...

51 3/4" long by 7 3/4" at least "on paper".

Bismark: 49 3/8" long by 7".

Hood: 51 5/8" by 6 1/4"

Ark Royal: 48" by 5 3/4"

Arizona: 36 1/2" by 5 7/8"

Considering the current political situation between China and Japan, I would be absolutely stunned if Trumpeter did ANY IJN subject, especially their greatest battleship. Still, I hope somebody does a nice 1/200 Yamato someday, the Nichimo kit is seriously awful OOTB.

Ah, but does politics trump dollars? Of course, there are plenty of great subjects just begging for the 1/200 treatment. I would definitely run out and buy a 1/200 Titanic if Trumpeter would produce that. There are great ships to build that aren't warships. How about a 1/200 Lusitania, or Queen Mary?

I would do unholy things for a 1/200 RMS Queen Mary! I'd probably buy a 1/200 Titanic too, though it wouldn't be my first choice for a golden age liner.

@ Felix C, I apologize, I was wrong, its a Nichimo kit, guess in my excitement I saw one thing and read another.

Anyway here she is

That is one big ship in a box.  The model must be over 4' long, hope you have a place to display it.

I'll gladly take some of that ammo on the shelf to help create dispaly space ;-)

Nichimo uses an ABS plastic hull. Not styrene. Different glue is used.

I would love to see a big Normandie, one of the most beautiful ships ever built. It's nice to see a 1/700 resin version is on the way, but it deserves at least 1/350.

I have a 1/200 Titanic by Mantua.  It is wood but a beautiful kit that I am readying for radio control.  She's HUGE! and she's GORGEOUS!!!  Model Expo has it.