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Tired of the old Tamiya Yamato in 1/350? Well, they have a 100% brand new kit coming our way!!!
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New Tool Yamato from Tamiya
goldenpony
Joined: July 03, 2007
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2011 - 02:09 AM UTC
bravozulu
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2011 - 02:48 AM UTC
I think this is great since its a new trend now with slide holding techniques and all. What I am totally on my knees waiting for is: CVAN 65 ENTERPRISE for retooling in 2010 rig. Then I can die happy....
Kitakami
Joined: February 23, 2009
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2011 - 08:45 AM UTC
And here I was thinking I could wait a bit before buying my next kit... how foolish of me!
Tojo72
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2011 - 09:32 AM UTC
Looks good,but probably gonna have to drop $250.00 or more .But I will have to think about it.
nolifoto
Joined: September 19, 2006
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Posted: Monday, October 10, 2011 - 10:45 AM UTC
Will a new USS Missouri not be far behind?
goldenpony
Joined: July 03, 2007
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Posted: Monday, October 10, 2011 - 03:44 PM UTC
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Will a new USS Missouri not be far behind?
There are some rumors, but nothing solid on it yet.
RedDuster
Joined: March 01, 2010
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Posted: Monday, October 10, 2011 - 09:12 PM UTC
Are we going to get a new KGV / POW as well??
About time these were brought up to date.
Si
About time these were brought up to date.
Si
blaster76
Joined: September 15, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 09:30 AM UTC
anybody know where there ae some pix of this kit. I have been contemplating buying that lionroar and other stuff to do a better one...now it looks like my delay paid off. Would like to see what all she 's got / looks like
HermannWMLi
Joined: August 12, 2010
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 12:16 AM UTC
Great news indeed,
but lets just hope that this is not going to be Tamiya's last Banzei in face of competitions from all directions !
just my 2c's,
Hermann
but lets just hope that this is not going to be Tamiya's last Banzei in face of competitions from all directions !
just my 2c's,
Hermann
HalseysBeard
Joined: March 17, 2011
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Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 01:41 AM UTC
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anybody know where there ae some pix of this kit. I have been contemplating buying that lionroar and other stuff to do a better one...now it looks like my delay paid off. Would like to see what all she 's got / looks like
blaster76
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Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 06:34 AM UTC
Thx so much for pix. The status has now been upgraded to:
"I GOTTA HAVE IT!!!!"
"I GOTTA HAVE IT!!!!"
nolifoto
Joined: September 19, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 10:55 AM UTC
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Thx so much for pix. The status has now been upgraded to:
"I GOTTA HAVE IT!!!!"
According to my LHS, it could be coming late November
blaster76
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Posted: Monday, October 17, 2011 - 08:26 AM UTC
I'm waiting for Freetime Hobbies to set up their pre-order
blaster76
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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 06:28 AM UTC
STICKER SHOCK !!!!!!!!!!!
Free Time hobbies just listed their retail price for her $417.00
Well its back to buying the Lionroar conversion set for me.
Hobby Link Japan had a fair deal....but they aren't taking any more pre-orders and I am having great difficulty getting into their site lately.
Free Time hobbies just listed their retail price for her $417.00
Well its back to buying the Lionroar conversion set for me.
Hobby Link Japan had a fair deal....but they aren't taking any more pre-orders and I am having great difficulty getting into their site lately.
Tojo72
Joined: June 06, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 06:33 AM UTC
Wow,that's sad,I just can't drop that much cash on a model.
blaster76
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Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 05:44 AM UTC
Now we are back on.... Lucky Model is showing it for around $250. Expensive yes,,,,but not outrageous
Gremlin56
Joined: October 30, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 06:57 AM UTC
$417,- for some sandbags on deck around the AAA sounds like a great deal 
Think I'll wait for the second coming a little longer until some reviews tell me what has been updated
Julian
Think I'll wait for the second coming a little longer until some reviews tell me what has been updated
Julian
blaster76
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Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 06:38 PM UTC
Well Hobby Link Japan re-opened preorders so i placed mine for $235.
As to what was updated
The bow was reshaped, the main gun turrets corrected. The AA mounts on the turret were reshaped to the hex. They added more of the shields around the smaller AA. They added the rear twin triple 25mm platform and as mentioned the sandbags. That is all I could spot from teh limited pix I've seen. I guess the alternative is get one of teh old ones for say $75 tehn jbuy the Lion raor superset for around $165. Then spend all those hours cutting away plastic and bending those 20 sheets of photo etch, to correct it.
Not trying to be insulting...but I love this ship. I have built it twice so far ...OOB with just some photo etch rails put on later. And I did a backdate conversion to original configuration.
As to what was updated
The bow was reshaped, the main gun turrets corrected. The AA mounts on the turret were reshaped to the hex. They added more of the shields around the smaller AA. They added the rear twin triple 25mm platform and as mentioned the sandbags. That is all I could spot from teh limited pix I've seen. I guess the alternative is get one of teh old ones for say $75 tehn jbuy the Lion raor superset for around $165. Then spend all those hours cutting away plastic and bending those 20 sheets of photo etch, to correct it.
Not trying to be insulting...but I love this ship. I have built it twice so far ...OOB with just some photo etch rails put on later. And I did a backdate conversion to original configuration.
warreni
Joined: August 14, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 09:57 PM UTC
Ii ordered mine from HLJ and got the three detail sets included for the $235 price,,
Removed by original poster on 10/21/11 - 12:03:22 (GMT).
Gremlin56
Joined: October 30, 2005
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Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 - 07:17 PM UTC
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As to what was updated
The bow was reshaped, the main gun turrets corrected. The AA mounts on the turret were reshaped to the hex. They added more of the shields around the smaller AA. They added the rear twin triple 25mm platform and as mentioned the sandbags. That is all I could spot from teh limited pix I've seen. I guess the alternative is get one of teh old ones for say $75 tehn jbuy the Lion raor superset for around $165. Then spend all those hours cutting away plastic and bending those 20 sheets of photo etch, to correct it.
Not trying to be insulting...but I love this ship. I have built it twice so far ...OOB with just some photo etch rails put on later. And I did a backdate conversion to original configuration.
Not problem mate, imho it is one of the most beautifully lined battleships ever built. I built the Nitchimo 1/200 scale Yamato about 20 years ago and I have the Tamiya 1/350th Yamato with Eduard PE set up in my stash, (old version now of course
). the price seems pretty hefty for some changes that will only be noticed by hard core Yamato fans though, just my 2 Euro cents.Cheers,
Julian
blaster76
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Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 06:35 AM UTC
Probably right about that Julien....unfortuneatly I fall into that category....LOL
warreni
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 03:05 PM UTC
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Ii ordered mine from HLJ and got the three detail sets included for the $235 price,,
Oh, and that was with three detail sets...
And I would not be worried about Tamiya, They have people lined up around the block for any of their releases and their RC stuff is the icing on the cake.
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