Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hey guys,

I just got my Yamato from Gavman, and WOW! What a ship! Check out photos of it here:

http://community.webshots.com/album/477352207MBMFrV

The model came in it's 7 components, each box had a picture on it corresponding to the section. I don't know if they are originally randomized in the different boxes, but mine all matched. In each box, you had the plastic tray inserts with a full colored foldout and some other paperwork. Unfortunately, the whole thing is in Japanese, of course, and I missed out on a lot of really good info on the ship's compartments. Oh well.

What hit me as I opened the boxes was just how well detailed the model is. The plastic castings are incredibly detailed and the paint job was top notch. As I pulled out each turret, I was amazed at how good looking the internal details were.

You can see in the pictures how tiny a lot of the parts were!!! Thank god the quality of the model was excellent, or there would of been no way to add the miniscule parts to it. I was on the floor on at LEAST 6 occasions looking for AA guns that popped off the spar. I am so thankful that I found them all. Whew!!!

It took me a solid 2 hours to build up all of the sections. Of course, no glue is needed, but you better have a razor blade! Included are rubber "connectors" that can hold the ship together, but I opted to to keep them off since I am displaying the ship opened up.

I am really impressed with this model. You can take off different sections of the superstructure to see inside, but it takes a lot of time (for this lazy boy) to take of stuff to get to them. For $35, I consider it a steal. So, for you ship fans out there, this is definately worth the price of admission!

-Ski

that's way cool..

Someone on the 1/18 board was talking about making 1/18 scale ships and selling them in sections. I scoffed at the idea but after seeing that, it would be truly astonishing.

It will never happen of course, but it's fun to dream. Maybe in heaven...

I'd LOVE to have one, But it would have to be the Space Cruiser Yamato, off Starblazers...

Thanks Ski. Just what I wanted to hear. Now, to work out some deal with gavman on the Starblazer Yamato.

Thanks...... I added a couple photos of the cross sections themselves. Note the tiny sailor silouettes in the casting. Nice touch!

-Ski

The model indeed detailed and nicely painted. I had all the 3 different ship - Early Yamato, Late Yamato and the sister ship Musashi. They were packed in a box of 2 models and complete with all the 7 sections not random. You will get 1 Yamato (either early or late) and 1 Musashi if you buy a box of 14pcs. The pictures our friend posted was the late Yamato.