I saw this on ebay. Some shop in Hong Kong is selling prebuilt / superdetailed 1 / 144 scale (YOU READ THAT RIGHT !) Yamatos. They even have little people that come with it. Runs for $5500.00 but they also say make an offer. I don't know what shipping would be, but needless to say it is by slow boat.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-144-WWII-Japan-Battleship-Yamato-Battle-Ship-FUJIMI_W0QQitemZ200008365103QQihZ010QQcategoryZ2590QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That is the addy of it, but if it doesn't work, just go into ebay and work through the menu until you have military model kits and get a listing for Yamato. It is in the ebay stores area. LOts of neat detail pix of it.

Oh yeah... swmbo would LOVE that one!.............

Holy crap thats one big ship.

This is ONE BIG ....... ship!

Cool!

Mmmm now me thinks where can I store this at home so SWMBO wont find it.

Regards


Sean

Reading into it a bit, the price also includes shipping and packing. So what are we all waiting for??????????????????????



The tooth fairy to give me the $5500!! :-) :-)

I've ordered one in each color! #:-)

I did take advantage of some of those detail shots and print them up for my future build. I've aready got a real nice file folder full of reference pictures / diagrams

1:144 isn't too big We use that scale for model warship combat. Imagine picking that Yamato up after a sink, weighing in at 60 pounds, plus 12 gallons of water!!

Nowhere near too big. Now in 1/72 scale on the other hand...

You know what's sad. For $5500, you can get an aluminum bass boat and trailer. :-) :-) :-)

Kenny

But not quite so heavily armed I'd imagine...

I don't know....you are talking about Louisiana. :-) :-) :-) :-)

Yes I must admit I did wonder about that! :-)

Like the man said to his fishing partner after throwing a stick of dynamite in the water..You here to fish or talk". :-)

Hey how did you find out about that?
:-)