1:10 Battleship Yamato by Trumpeter

glweeks wrote:

Oh yeah, put in a coupla engines, you could sit inside the bridge tower, change the kit turret barrels out to semi-auto 12 guage, the 5.5in AA guns could be replaced by .308 winchester tubes. Launch that sucker in the city sailing pond!      G.L.

Well, to scale, those 18" rifles at 1/10 scale are a bit more than 40mm, and the 5.5's scale to about 20gauge at 0.55"

<sigh> Both of those dimensions get a person into NFA territory, which rather spoils the whole "let's trailer this to the pond" idea (unless we sleeve the tubes with something else--hmm .22LR for the AA mounts . . . <evil grin>)

Grr, that "boat trailer" is not so bad, the over-size permits to 90' some-odd long and 12' wide might be a pain (that, and finding a boat ramp to launch anything with about a 3' draft).

Hmm, wonder how large an engine an RC version of the floatplanes would be needed in 1/10 . . .

How many gallons of paint is it going to take to cover this model?

PVG

Chuck Fan wrote:

If the 1:10 scale Yamato is to draw the correct amount of water, it must weigh 64 tons, more than most large yachts, and the average tractor trailor can not haul it.

   I knew they'd sock you on the shipping, and they just increased postage too. I wonder how many 41 cent stamps it takes to ship 64 tons of ballast? And imagine the size of the padded envelope marked "fragile do not bend" for the photo etch set!

Chuck Fan wrote:

If the 1:10 scale Yamato is to draw the correct amount of water, it must weigh 64 tons, more than most large yachts, and the average tractor trailor can not haul it.

That's what the ballast tanks are for. They are filled to bring the model to the scale ship waterline once you have launched it.

But those are an aftermarket item....

If the 1:10 scale Yamato is to draw the correct amount of water, it must weigh 64 tons, more than most large yachts, and the average tractor trailor can not haul it.

The photos of this model are a great reference for superdetailing Yamato models, particularly if you are building the large (relatively speaking! they're minnows compared to the 1/10 museum Yamato) 1/200 or 1/250 kits. As far as I know this model was based on original shipbuilder's plans, so should be extremely accurate - though I'm not sure about the paint scheme (in particular, the grey looks too pale to me - though that could just be the lighting in the photos)

A minor point, but it's a shame there are no 1/10 reconnaisance seaplanes on the catapult deck - not sure why the builders left these off!

styrene wrote:

What a cool drydock design!  No dock cranes, though.... .  Wonder how it's flooded?

 When you take delivery you are going to need a crane...

What a cool drydock design!  No dock cranes, though.... .  Wonder how it's flooded?

My God where do you want to put that thing on display?

Convert it to an RC model and now you talkin

kapudan_emir_effendi wrote:

MonsterZero wrote: Trumpeter China pushes the bar in design of real big plastic kits. Operators are standing by. Just 4 easy payments of $39.99.  http://www.oshipee.com/omami/e-photo-yamatomuseum.htm      that news, it's a joke.. or..isn't it !!!???

 I hope not, I already preordered one!

MonsterZero wrote:

Trumpeter China pushes the bar in design of real big plastic kits. Operators are standing by. Just 4 easy payments of $39.99.  http://www.oshipee.com/omami/e-photo-yamatomuseum.htm

that news, it's a joke.. or..isn't it !!!???