===== Pormelia Class Astro Assault Carrier 1/1000 kit =====

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  * Manufacturer: Bandai
  * Part number: BAN982326
  * Year of production: 2013
  * Scale: 1/1000
  * Series: [[:blog:models:yamato:index|Space Battleship Yamato]]
  * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft - //one model included + one bonus fighter kit//
  * In-universe role: Garmillas Empire assault carrier
  * Purchase date: October 2025 from https://buyee.jp - //just// £12 (!!!) + £14 Buyee fees / shipping
  * Build date: ????
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<imgcaption mfr_box|Manufacturer box art.>{{:blog:models:yamato:pormelia:pormelia_box.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>

One of the first Garmillas capital ships shown in the Yamato 2199 reboot TV show. It is shown in the first episode launching strike fighters towards the UN base on earth, but it ultimately shot down by the (still hidden) Yamato.

This is a really substantial kit when complete.

The kit includes the Pormelia carrier, plus 2 to-scale DWG-229 //Melanca// strike fighters as shown in the TV show. Also included is a larger, non-scale version of a single //Melanca// fighter (example seen in the images below).

Close up images of the completed models:

<imgcaption completed_b|Example of completed carrier.>{{:blog:models:yamato:pormelia:712t77qylul._uf894_1000_ql80_.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption completed_c|Close of example completed non-scale fighter.>{{:blog:models:yamato:pormelia:s-l1200.jpg?600|}}</imgcaption>

Sorry, I don't have any example images of the completed 1/1000 fighters. We will have to wait until I've built and painted my own kit.

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==== Paints ====

=== Colour Chart ===

<imgcaption chart|Colour chart from mech9.com>{{:blog:models:yamato:pormelia:pormelia_colour_chart.png?700|}}</imgcaption> 

   * Sourced from: https://www.mech9.com/2024/01/bandai-11000-pormelia-class-astro.html

=== Paints Used ===

The suggested paints 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. For the Pormelia, the recommended paints are YC13, YC14 and YC15 from set CS885:

<imgcaption oem_parts1|OEM paint set CS885>{{:blog:models:yamato:cs885_box.jpg?350|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption oem_parts2|OEM colours>{{:blog:models:yamato:cs885.jpg?250|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption oem_parts3|OEM colours>{{:blog:models:yamato:cs885_sample.jpg?350|}}</imgcaption>

^ Section                                                    ^ Recommended Colour                                                                                                       ^ Selected Colour                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ^ Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ^
==== Box Contents ====

=== Box ===

=== Instructions / assembly information ===

=== Parts ===

=== Decals ===

==== In Progress Images ====

==== Finished Images ====

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