Now This is Interesting

Modeling Subjects Ships
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A 1/72 Yamato turret

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/04/it-is-officially-2nd-of-arpil-takoms.html?m=1#more

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That would be awesome! I’ll be looking for this. And wouldn’t be nice to have an Iowa-Class turret to display next to it?

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Ha ha, I guess they wanted to one-up Fujimi, who have issued 1/200 kits ot the turrets, bridge, main AA belt, and the funnel area.

Now when will we see some ambitious fellow scratch a hull section with all the traverse mechanisms, elevators, ammo lockers, etc?

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Any idea what that beast is going to cost?

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Does it fire?

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Now that would be REALLY intereseting [6]

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That’s really cool, but I want the whole ship in 1/200. That would go nicely with my Missouri and Yorktown! Maybe Trumpter will grace me with one before I get to old to build anymore. One can only hope……. And a Ford Class carrier in 1/200.! Happy modeling everyone!

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There is.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/nichimo-050515-ijn-battleship-yamato--1135985

I can’t speak to it’s detail or accuracy but there are a ton of AM for it. Like you said though, Trumpy will come out with one soon enough.

Now that turret is COOL!! I want it, I want it now.

Dang 500mm, that’s almost 20 inches!!