| Both sides previous revision Previous revision Next revision | Previous revision |
| blog:models:yamato:balgray [2025/10/05 14:05] – [In Progress Images] john | blog:models:yamato:balgray [2025/10/10 18:42] (current) – john |
|---|
| * Scale: 1/1000 | * Scale: 1/1000 |
| * Series: [[:blog:models:yamato:index|Space Battleship Yamato]] | * Series: [[:blog:models:yamato:index|Space Battleship Yamato]] |
| * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft | * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft - //one model included + one bonus fighter// |
| * In-universe role: Garmillas Empire space carrier | * In-universe role: Garmillas Empire space carrier |
| * Purchase date: September 2025 from https://buyee.jp - £27 + £30 Buyee fees / shipping (ouch!) | * Purchase date: September 2025 from https://buyee.jp - £27 + £30 Buyee fees / shipping (ouch!) |
| The difference between the carriers are: | 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 | * 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. | * Schderg - blue colour; carries the FWG-97 //Doshira// torpedo bombers. The 'earliest' design in the series, and without the angled flight deck. |
| This is a __big__ kit when complete - almost //16 inches// long! | 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> | <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> |
| {{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251005121147.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251005121155.jpg?500|}} | {{: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 mount it in the display cabinet when finished! | 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: | Upper deck partially complete: |
| |
| {{:blog:models:yamato:balgray:img20251005140028.jpg?500|}} | {{: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 ==== | ==== Finished Images ==== |
| |