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--- blog:models:yamato:balgray [2025/10/04 17:39] – [Guipellon Class Astro Carrier Balgray 1/1000 kit] john
+++ blog:models:yamato:balgray [2025/10/10 18:42] (current) – john
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   * Scale: 1/1000
   * Series: [[:blog:models:yamato:index|Space Battleship Yamato]]
-  * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft / robot / transforming mecha
+  * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft - //one model included + one bonus fighter//
   * In-universe role: Garmillas Empire space carrier
   * Purchase date: September 2025 from https://buyee.jp - £27 + £30 Buyee fees / shipping (ouch!)
-  * Build date: ????
+  * Build date: Started October 2025
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 The difference between the carriers are:
-   * Balgray - green colour; carries the DWG-109 //Debake// air-to-air fighters
+   * Balgray - green colour; carries DWG-109 //Debake// air-to-air fighters __and__ DMB-87 //Snuka// dive bombers
    * Lambea - purple colour; carries the DMB-87 //Snuka// dive bombers
    * Schderg - blue colour; carries the FWG-97 //Doshira// torpedo bombers. The 'earliest' design in the series, and without the angled flight deck.
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 This is a __big__ kit when complete - almost //16 inches// long!
-The kit includes the carrier, plus 20 to-scale fighters to arrange on the light deck(s) (though at 1/1000 scale they are tiny!). Also included is a larger, non-scale version of one of the fighters to display alongside.
+The kit includes:
+   * The //Balgray// carrier
+   * 21x //Dabake// 1/1000 scale fighters
+   * //and// 21x //Snuka// 1/1000 scale dive bombers
+Also included is a larger, non-scale version of one of the //Dabake// fighters to display alongside.
 <imgcaption completed_a|Example of completed model set.>{{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:71dtm3wfstl._ac_sl1500_.jpg?750|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption completed_b|Example of completed carrier and to-scale fighters.>{{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:71oxavg-ljl._ac_sl1284_.jpg?350|}}</imgcaption>
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 ==== In Progress Images ====
+**[5th October, 2025]**
+Like most of the other Yamato kits, I'm building these without the majority of the fine parts attached and quickly put together to get an idea for how I will paint the model. When I've assembled it I'll then take it apart and prime + paint in sub-assemblies.
+Here's the lower deck and hull built, and stand attached:
+{{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251005121131.jpg?500|}}
+Middle deck built:
+{{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251005121147.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251005121155.jpg?500|}}
+It's an //enormous// kit - easily 40cm bow to stern. Some ingenuity will be needed to fit it in the display cabinet when finished!
+Upper deck partially complete:
+{{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251005140028.jpg?500|}}
+**[9th October, 2025]**
+All major components added - some very small antenna parts left off in case of accidental damage while sanding/priming. This will next have to come back apart and have all the nub marks and other blemishes sanded ready to be primed. Some of the sub-sections I'll leave connected and just mask off, others I'll need to take apart to paint completely (engines / intakes, etc):
+{{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251009211504.jpg?500|}}
+Started on the //Dabake// fighter... it's actually a touch bigger than I expected, around 11-12cm in length. Nicely detailed:
+{{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251009213429.jpg?500|}}
 ==== Finished Images ====
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-[[:blog:models:yamato:index|Back to series index]]
+[[:blog:models:yamato:index|Back to Space Battleship Yamato series index]]