Fig. 1: Manufacturer box art.

One of the four Garmillas space carrier models from the Yamato 2199 series. There are two other similar carriers to this one - the green "Balgray", and the purple "Lambea", both 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 DWG-109 Debake air-to-air fighters and 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.

The kit includes:

• The Schderg carrier
• 21x Doshira 1/1000 scale torpedo bombers
• and 21x Dabake 1/1000 scale fighters
• and 36x Snuka 1/1000 scale dive bombers

With every variation of carrier-based fighter included, you could model the Schderg with any combination of aircraft loadout.

Also included is a larger, non-scale version of one of the Doshiba torpedo bombers to display alongside - it really is quite a large 'little' model. Whilst it is supposed to be around 30 metres in length in reality (compared to 18 metres for the others fighters) it's produced in a scale that actually makes it almost as big as the Garmillas Kelkapia-class high speed cruiser.

Fig. 2: Example of finished kit contents.

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

Fig. 3: Example of finished kit. Fig. 4: Example of finished kit. Fig. 5: Example of finished kit.

Close up images of the completed Doshira torpedo bomber:

Fig. 6: Example of finished Doshira torpedo bomber. Fig. 7: Example of finished Doshira torpedo bomber. Fig. 8: Example of finished Doshira torpedo bomber.

Fig. 9: Colour chart from mech9.com

• Sourced from: https://www.mech9.com/2016/10/11000-guipellon-class-schderg-english.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 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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