Space Battleship Yamato

tc2kgt

have little time to make models, and my English is bad, why stay in the shadows
how long do wip for Battleship Yamato 1 / 700

P.S.

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tc2kgt:

My model in 1/700 Bandai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

looks brilliant but wuld you get weathering in space?

tc2kgt

My model in 1/700 Bandai

 

looks brilliant but wuld you get weathering in space?

have little time to make models, and my English is bad, why stay in the shadows
how long do wip for Battleship Yamato 1 / 700

P.S.

Wait a min??????   Joined 09-06-2008, heck you need to Welcome me.  Where U been, your skills are over the top and you sure have post shading down to a art.  tc2kgt, man lets see your work and come out of the shadows!!!!!!!!!

Holy Freaking Cow, you got these results from the 1/700 kit. 

The next time you build a Yamato, do us a favor and do a WIP post so we can learn from you tc2kgt.

IMPRESSIVE, period, nothing else to say. 

PS:  Glad to have you here.  Now post some more of your work for us to look @.  The GM

My model in 1/700 Bandai

Kugai

That will have to wait a while, but what the heck.  I'll take that challenge.  I have another project in mind ( to start once I get some others done, mentioned elsewhere ) that could be done at the same time as a Space Carrier Shinano.  I doubt my skills are up to getting it done up well enough to be side-by-side with a regular kit of Yamato from the anime, but I guess there'd be nothing wrong with a more "realistic" touch, right?

Now, to find a reasonably-priced, preferably full-hull Shinano in a decent scale...

I will watch for this one!  I think you have the ability and skills to pull it off.  Not sure about what scales available, I guess the easiest to find will be 1/700.  Either way will make for a very interesting build.  I again look forward to this, and yes I understand, we have way too many pokers in the fire.

Cosmic J, the Hull w/end engine bell is 20 1/4".  The box says 526mm.  The kit itself is very detailed, but does lend itself to be detailed further with a bit of work.  I have sense looked for another 1/500th and have not found, plenty of 1/700 and up.  I thought again I was going to follow thru on one of the Bandia 1/350th RC kits, but again the guy was greedy and I would not pay the ridiculous ship charge.  I understand it is a big box, but if I can ship a Pocher kit to Greece that weighed 20lbs for less than $60.00, then why do I have to pay over $280.00 for the shipping of this one?????????  This will not happen period.  Maybe someone in the good ole USA will put one on sell.  As far as I can tell, MSR for this kit is $475.00-$550.00, not $1000.00  I have a ole saying I do very much believe in:  a fool and his money are soon parted!

That will have to wait a while, but what the heck.  I'll take that challenge.  I have another project in mind ( to start once I get some others done, mentioned elsewhere ) that could be done at the same time as a Space Carrier Shinano.  I doubt my skills are up to getting it done up well enough to be side-by-side with a regular kit of Yamato from the anime, but I guess there'd be nothing wrong with a more "realistic" touch, right?

Now, to find a reasonably-priced, preferably full-hull Shinano in a decent scale...

Gunpla Master

Thanks for the links to the kits Cosmic J.  Here is the one I won off of eBay, gave a bit more than I wanted, but hey, this was the only 1/500th kit I could find and have found no more since.  There is a really great build tutorial on You Tube, 6 parts building this kit.  Will use alot of what I seen that guy do on this one.  But I do still want the 1/350th scale one I know the price is enough to gag a maggot. LOL

What's the hull length on that one, GM?

Kugai

TD4438:

The Musashi would definately qualify as a sister ship!

 

 

I've occasionally wondered how a spaceworthy redo of Shinano would look.

TD4438

The Musashi would definately qualify as a sister ship!

I've occasionally wondered how a spaceworthy redo of Shinano would look.

The Musashi would definately qualify as a sister ship!

p38jl

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Thanks for the links to the kits Cosmic J.  Here is the one I won off of eBay, gave a bit more than I wanted, but hey, this was the only 1/500th kit I could find and have found no more since.  There is a really great build tutorial on You Tube, 6 parts building this kit.  Will use alot of what I seen that guy do on this one.  But I do still want the 1/350th scale one I know the price is enough to gag a maggot. LOL

I assume you guys have seen these, but just in case - Bandai just repopped a couple of the old 1/700 Yamato kits. I have them both, and the quality on them is okay for 20 something year old molds. Some minor scratchbuilding would definitely improve their appearance.

Plus, at that price, they're hard to say no to.

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN42200

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN31264

Hope you get it ! Star Blazers is great

Oh Boy, found another 1/350th Bandia Starblazer Yamato, now if only the guy will come down some on the ship, it is mine.

Bandia makes a small kit.. 1/1200 ??.. [View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]

A German Mk VII or a US Gato class would work, I am just putting out suggestions to build a unique 'Spaceship Yamato' without laying down the expense of the kit you mentioned. Being Si-Fi it can turn out differently, perhaps a sister ship to the original. A aluminum tube down the middle could be lighted to simulate the afterburners and tinted blue in the front to simulate the super weapon. 

I never actually saw a 'Spaceship Yamato' until this thread, watching it I thought it could be scratch built  out of the three kits I listed.

Hello SuppresionFire, I must admit, I am in noway a scratch builder.  There are a couple of Ma.K vehicles I would love to build, but do so requires you to do as you have suggested and my skills are not that advanced.  But hey @ least I know what you need to build this puppy.  The reason I like the 1/350 Bandia version is all of the neat little sounds and special effects that it will do by command. I am curious though, what 1/144 sub does it take and is there a site or web location that demos this process of scratch building a Space Battleship Yamato.  I have watched the 6 part build on You Tube and learned a great deal of how to improve the already excellent 1/500 kit.  Again thanks for your help and I do so hope others will jump on board and maybe post some photos of their Space Yamato.

You could scratch build it out of the Yamato model in 1/350 scale, 1/144 scale sub and a 1/32 scale F-16 These 3 kits should have most of your parts.

I believe the Movie is already playing in Japan.  Has not hit the States yet.  As most already know Bandia has released the monster 1/350 multi-function, get this now $800.00 dollar, version of the Starblazer Yamato.  I had a chance to snag one off of eBay a month ago and let it pass because I thought the $450.00 Buy Now was too steep, boy what a mistake that was.  Then I started looking for the next largest one I could find, found 1, uno, one, on eBay of the 1/500 and have not seen anymore other than a double set for $250.00 I believe.  I was a young man in the early 70's and fascinated by Japanese Sci-Fi and always thought what a cool model, a WWII BB that was sunk, re-built and made able to travel under, over water, fly, and go into deep space.  Man you just gotta love that.  So I lost the BIG ONE, but did catch the next best and hope to post in the near future as a WIP.  I will also go see the Movie if we get it here, sub titles and all.

PS: Has anyone noticed how many hits this thread has had, just an indicator of the interest in this subject

cool.. anymore info this  ??.. movie wise I mean..

I'm not sure if this is a cut from the movie or an extended trailer.

OK, can't get a link to work, but here's one of the new movie's ads...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINpo3188yk

And something else I found while looking for more footage from the new movie....

a trailer for a live action Space Battleship Yamato movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONkh786EbSg

http://www.starblazers.com/home.php

Back in the 70s and 80s they came out with all kinds of animation, Dougram, Macross, Votoms, and others.

This is from area 88:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJlNhT8sHb4

If you weren't able to find the video mentioned at the start of the thread, here it is (probably a different upload but it's the same video)