Hey Gator - Any further word on the 1/144 Yam? Can you email your contact at Soar Arts and probe him for more intel?

Thanks!

Hello Kenny, hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving.

Any word whether the Soar Arts folks are planning on giving us Yam fans a Christmas present (the one referenced above???)

Thanks for the update!

Nothing new from Soar Art. I checked their website this morning.

Kenny

Hey Kenny - Just doing my quarterly check here - anything on that 1/144 Yam from Soar Arts per chance???

Steve, you must have one heck of a bathtub! Al

Well, I hope this doesn't drive any of you GREEN with envy , but I got tired of waiting.

Abouta year ago one of the major toy warweapon companies (the ones that make the fine Ultimate Soldier line of figures, tankes, planes, etc that you can find at Toyrus) was closing its NoCal warehouse as part of downsizing.

Lo and behold, they put on ebay a finished Soar Arts Yamato - for a FRACTION of its price. Turns out that Soar Arts makes a lot of their toys, so they gave them this model some years back.

It had been damaged and I was the only bidder. After renting a LARGE van, I picked it (and the shipping crate that I am holding on to as the display stand) and brought it home.

Now it gets interesting. With MUCH effort, as its thick resin reinforced with wood slats inside, I managed to SAW the ship in half just at the waterline using an electric saw. I inhaled so much resin dust I am surprised I am still around (memo to self - get some breathing masks for the future!)

Then I secured the waterline ship to the display stand with gorilla glue on the inside and putty on the outside. Once the water is added, none of that will be visible.

I removed all of the guns except the 6" secondary guns (yes, all the machine guns as well), as I collected a complete set of 1/144 Pit-Road Main Guns, 5" guns and turrets, and .25 cal machine guns about 3 years ago.

Now, I haven't done any more work on it for about 7 months due to my work schedule, but I will eventually get back to it.

So when you see a WATERLINE display, upgraded Soar Arts Yamato on the web sometime later on this decade, you'll know who built it.

You've got that right.




Even that won't work. We've got a claw foot tub that is only 60 inces long.


Are we modelers obbessed with size or what? Or is it just because most of us are guys?

Al, could you post some pictures of this puppy. I know we are all dying to see this