Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 04:55 AM UTC
New from Fujimi, a "what if" 1/700 Super Yamato.
Just when you thought you had seen all the Yamato configurations, Fujimi digs deep into the history vault and pulls out the 1/700 Super Yamato.
"Apparently unsatisfied with the 18-inch (46cm) guns of the Yamato and Musashi, the largest ever installed on a warship, the IJN wanted to up the ante even further by installing monstrous 20-inch (51cm) guns in three two-gun turrets, rather than the original three-gun turrets, on two "Super Yamato"-class battleships, but those plans were abandoned in 1942.
Almost 65 years later, Fujimi has finally realized the dream of mounting those massive cannons on a Yamato hull with the release of their new "Super Yamato-Class Battleship" waterline kit in 1/700 scale. Sharply molded in gray styrene, the kit includes the new two-gun turrets and 20-inch guns of the Super Yamato as well as the normal three-gun turrets and 18-inch guns of the Yamato and Musashi, so it appears that the kit includes parts for any version. Add this interesting "what if" Super Yamato to your collection today!
This special version of the excellent Fujimi kit includes a great fret of photo-etched metal detail parts for the railings, catapults, cranes, radars, flagpoles, and more."


Available from HLJ for about $28.67 USD
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You can put this puppy right next to your Montanna class BB's. I see we are now getting into the never built era like what is presently happening in the Armor modelling field. I have seen drawings for upgraded Bismarks, Iowas and Yamato's in books. Now They might start making kits of these fantasy kits. That just goes to show that ships are stating to gain in popularity. That is a good thing, though frankly I would have rather seen the extended 4 turret Yamato.
JUN 03, 2007 - 06:39 AM
Hey all, It's great that companies come out with new kits, keeps peeps interested in the hobby, but I for one won't get the kit. For one thing 1/700 is just to small for this old gut, Iknow there are many fine kits in this scale but I'll stick to the larger ones as long as I can. Second I don't like the idea of the "what if" or "could have been" kits. I like the kits I do to have some history to it because I like reading about history and a kit made of a ship that never was doesn't hold much appeal to me. Sorry for the rant, thats my 2 coppers.
JUN 03, 2007 - 07:37 AM
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