Fig. 1: Manufacturer box art.

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:

Fig. 2: Example of completed carrier. Fig. 3: Close of example completed non-scale fighter.

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.

Fig. 4: Colour chart from mech9.com

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

The suggested paints for the 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 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:

Fig. 5: OEM paint set CS885 Fig. 6: OEM colours Fig. 7: OEM colours

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