The monster is done! I finished it today. The only thing left to do is have a nameplate engraved for the base, and build a dust cover.
For a refresher for those that didn't follow the build. I took the Tamiya 1/350 Yamato kit, which comes as she looked when she was sunk in April 1945.
And backdated it to how she looked when commissioned in Dec 1941.
I replaced the deck with a scratchbuilt wooden deck. I replaced all the 18in main gun barrels with turned brass barrels from Lionroar. The PE is mostly Gold Medal Models with some Lionroar on the turrets. I had to buy a 2nd kit to use as a donor for some of the parts.
It's not 100% accurate. Some of the inaccuracies are due to kit molding that would have been too difficult to fix. And some due to my own mistakes. But I'm not gonna list them here. I fully documented the build with over 200 progress photos. I posted them all on another forum.
Tim H.
"If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942
Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy!
I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape!
Reality is a concept not yet proven.