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--- blog:models:yamato:sby_2202 [2025/04/21 10:24] – [Paints Used] john
+++ blog:models:yamato:sby_2202 [2025/09/27 12:53] (current) – john
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 ===== Space Battleship Yamato 2202 1/1000 kit =====
+<WRAP box half round>
   * Manufacturer: Bandai
   * Part number: 0219552
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   * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft
   * In-universe role: Space battleship
-  * Purchase date: N/A - Backordered with https://www.hlj.com in March 2025.
+  * Purchase date: Was backordered with https://www.hlj.com in March 2025 but cancelled in October 2025 as no further stock was being made available.
   * Build date: ????
+</WRAP>
 <imgcaption mfr_box_art|Manufacturer box art.>{{:blog:models:yamato:sby_2202:yamato_2202_box.png?630|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption mfr_completed|Completed model showing the included extra ship and fighters.>{{:blog:models:yamato:sby_2202:yamato_2202_complete.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
 Also included in the set is a non-scale-matching UN fleet **Yuunagi**, and four in-scale Cosmo Tiger II fighters for display next to the Yamato.
+Backorder cancelled. I purchased the [[:blog:models:yamato:sby_3199|Yamato 3199]] set instead, which was a more recent model from the third season of the rebooted TV series.
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 == Paints Used ==
-Most of the paint colours reccomended for the [[:blog:models:yamato:index|Space Battleship Yamato 2199 / 2202]] series of kits are from Gunze / GSI Creos / Mr Color range, which are hard to source in the UK. In addition, most of the [[blog:models:yamato:index#paint_list|original colours]] are bespoke to the line and are hard to find.
+Most of the paint colours reccomended for the [[:blog:models:yamato:index|Space Battleship Yamato 2199 / 2202]] series of kits are from Gunze / GSI Creos / Mr Color range, which are hard to source in the UK. In addition, most of the [[blog:models:yamato:index#paint_list|original paint sets]] are bespoke to the line and are out of production:
-^ Section     ^ Recommended Colour                                                    ^ Selected Colour                            ^
+<imgcaption oem_parts|OEM paint set>{{:blog:models:yamato:cs881_box.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption oem_colours|OEM colours>{{:blog:models:yamato:cs881.jpg?350|}}</imgcaption>
-| Lower hull  | YC02 or the below mix:\\ Red H3 +\\ Russet H33 (60:40)                | AK 3rd Gen Acrylics Carmine Red (AK11091)  |
-| Upper hull  | YC01 or the below mix:\\ Blue Gray H42 +\\ Lime Green H50 (90:10)     | Vallejo Model Air Ocean Gray (71.273)      |
+^ Section     ^ Recommended Colour                                                     ^ Selected Colour                            ^ Notes                                                       ^
-| Deck        | Gray H22 +\\ Cocoa Brown H17 +\\ Black H2 +\\ Green H6 (50:30:10:10)  | Vallejo Model Air Light Brown (71.027)     |
+| Lower hull  | **YC02** or the below mix:\\ Red H3 +\\ Russet H33 (60:40)             | AK 3rd Gen Acrylics Carmine Red (AK11091)  | Almost a perfect match by itself - a red with brown tones.  |
+| Upper hull  | **YC01** or the below mix:\\ Blue Gray H42 +\\ Lime Green H50 (90:10)  | Vallejo Model Air Ocean Gray (71.273)      | Dark blue/grey.                                             |
+| Deck        | Gray H22 +\\ Cocoa Brown H17 +\\ Black H2 +\\ Green H6 (50:30:10:10)   | Vallejo Model Air Brown Grey (71.248)      | Dark grey with brown tones for the deck colour.             |
 I've not included the colours of the Cosmo Fighter figures, as they are so small.
-==== Box Contents ====
-=== Box ===
-=== Instructions ===
-=== Parts Frames ===
-=== Decals ===
-==== In Progress Images ====
-==== Finished Images ====
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