Trumpeter China pushes the bar in design of real big plastic kits. Operators are standing by. Just 4 easy payments of $39.99.
http://www.oshipee.com/omami/e-photo-yamatomuseum.htm
160 bucks total eh? I bet they sock you on the shipping though! Now I just need a shelf big enough.[:-^]
ha, thats a scratchbuilders dream…or nightmare…wonder if they’ll come out with PE or resin details [:D]
With scale this big you don’t have to make little scale figures for the diorama. Just hire your neighbors and dress them in Japanese period uniforms and make them stand in the diorama in appropriate poses Then you can take your pictures for posting online.
that news, it’s a joke… or…isn’t it ??? [D)]
At one tenth scale you need neighbors in the five to seven inch tall range, most of mine are a little bigger than that. Perhaps a crew of spider monkeys dressed in little Japanese naval uniforms?[(-D]
I hope not, I already preordered one![swg]
My God where do you want to put that thing on display?
Convert it to an RC model and now you talkin[4:-)]
I wonder, if this thing is seaworthy? I was thinking about a tiny yacht, but I’d rather add an engine to that baby… 
What a cool drydock design! No dock cranes, though… [swg]. Wonder how it’s flooded?
When you take delivery you are going to need a crane…[;)]
The photos of this model are a great reference for superdetailing Yamato models, particularly if you are building the large (relatively speaking! they’re minnows compared to the 1/10 museum Yamato) 1/200 or 1/250 kits. As far as I know this model was based on original shipbuilder’s plans, so should be extremely accurate - though I’m not sure about the paint scheme (in particular, the grey looks too pale to me - though that could just be the lighting in the photos)
A minor point, but it’s a shame there are no 1/10 reconnaisance seaplanes on the catapult deck - not sure why the builders left these off!
If the 1:10 scale Yamato is to draw the correct amount of water, it must weigh 64 tons, more than most large yachts, and the average tractor trailor can not haul it.
That’s what the ballast tanks are for. They are filled to bring the model to the scale ship waterline once you have launched it.
But those are an aftermarket item… [swg]
I knew they’d sock you on the shipping, and they just increased postage too. I wonder how many 41 cent stamps it takes to ship 64 tons of ballast? And imagine the size of the padded envelope marked “fragile do not bend” for the photo etch set!
Oh yeah, put in a coupla engines, you could sit inside the bridge tower, change the kit turret barrels out to semi-auto 12 guage, the 5.5in AA guns could be replaced by .308 winchester tubes. Launch that sucker in the city sailing pond! [8-] G.L.
How many gallons of paint is it going to take to cover this model?
PVG
Well, to scale, those 18" rifles at 1/10 scale are a bit more than 40mm, and the 5.5’s scale to about 20gauge at 0.55"
Both of those dimensions get a person into NFA territory, which rather spoils the whole “let’s trailer this to the pond” idea (unless we sleeve the tubes with something else–hmm .22LR for the AA mounts . . . )
Grr, that “boat trailer” is not so bad, the over-size permits to 90’ some-odd long and 12’ wide might be a pain (that, and finding a boat ramp to launch anything with about a 3’ draft).
Hmm, wonder how large an engine an RC version of the floatplanes would be needed in 1/10 . . .
With my luck, I’d have it half built and two payments made and Congress would cut the funds so I couldn’t finish.
HAH, you can’t fool me. My secret sources have proof its not a Trumpeter kit. After releasing 1/72 scale U-boats and Gato class subs Revel/Germany decided to go really big. They did contract Trumpeter to do some work. Its not ready for release yet (next year) but Tom’s model works and Gold Medal models are all ready trying to out do each other with PE sets.“Rick the ancient mariner”