Fig. 1: Manufacturer box art.

One four Garmillas space carrier models from the Yamato 2199 series. There are two other similar carriers; this one - the blue “Schderg”, the green “Balgray”, and the purple “Lambea”, all of which are more or less identical - other than the fighters they carry. There's also the combination battleship/carrier "Darold".

The difference between the carriers are:

• Balgray - green colour; carries the DWG-109 Debake air-to-air fighters
• Lambea - purple colour; carries the FWG-97 Doshira torpedo bombers
• Schderg - blue colour; carries the DMB-87 Snuka dive bombers

This is a big kit when complete - almost 16 inches long!

The kit includes the carrier, plus 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.

Fig. ##: Example of completed model set.

Close up images of the completed models:

Fig. ##: Example of completed carrier and to-scale fighters. Fig. ##: Example of completed non-scale fighter.

Fig. 9: Colour chart from mech9.com

• Sourced from:

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 Schderg, the main recommended colours is YC27 from set CS889:

Fig. 10: OEM paint set CS889 Fig. 11: OEM colours Fig. 12: OEM colours

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