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Progress shots on Yamato. Here is the weathered port side lower hull. Still more to do but I want to give it a day so I won't go too far and over do it....gives me some perspective ;)

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Here are som pictures of my modified Cosmo Zero Hangar. I add the folded external doors that are just under the upper deck. They actually have the correct dog tooth pattern on their under side but it is really hard to see due to how the doors fold. I tried to follow how the work as shown in the "EARTH" art book. I also added the slanted hull section next to the turret as that was missing in the upgrade sets and just had the bulkhead sticking out from the turret. I also did the best I could with partition wall the separates Alpha 1 and 2 but do to the nature of how these parts go together it was quite difficult to get in there and fix the seem.

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Chris

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Thanks guys, I did the starboard side today, I'll take a few pictures later this evening. :)

Chris

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I'm in the middle of watching "The Comet Empire" and going around the house and office whistling the "Star Blazers" theme...YOU sir! are not helping things! :lol:. Amazing work!

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Wow that Yamato is spectacular so far. Very fine work!

A hand-made articulating figure is quite the daunting project. I think you're pretty brave and motivated to get that far along with it. I will be checking back to see more for sure! that is a cool project.

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I joked about something missing... and this happens. :lol:

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When the time comes, I hope I can pull of a paint job at least half as good as that Yamato.

Come to think of it... I've never done any weathering on my projects. Looks like this will be the test subject.

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Been steadily working on Yamato. Just about ready for the wash. Here are the shock cannons. Need to fix some things here and there, particularly on the "smoke-stack" and conning tower.

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The fins, tower, ect are just dry fit on to see what it looks like. ;)

Chris

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Wow, the detail on this 1/500 is amazing! I wished my old 1/350 was as detailed as this.

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So what's the consensus on the deck colour, I didn't know it was "wood" planks in space?!

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Perhaps this can be a bit of inspiration for you:

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/jp/

Its basically people submitting scratch built "stuff" to Hasegawa to display. Its pretty awesome actually!

Wow that is cool. I don't think I'm on the same level as those guys but I could use the inspiration. I put like an hour or so of work into it since then and you can't even tell. It's all just structural.

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So what's the consensus on the deck colour, I didn't know it was "wood" planks in space?!

After watching the anime again along with the painting guid that came with the kit, the deck is definitely a darker grayish color. The color I went with was a custom mix of earth and German grey.....gives it a brownish dark grey color.

Chris

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After watching the anime again along with the painting guid that came with the kit, the deck is definitely a darker grayish color. The color I went with was a custom mix of earth and German grey.....gives it a brownish dark grey color.

Chris

Ah, I never noticed, but now that you mention it, I can see that difference. Very cool, now I gotta get back to my GX-64 toy and see if I can easily paint that in - argh.

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Ah, I never noticed, but now that you mention it, I can see that difference. Very cool, now I gotta get back to my GX-64 toy and see if I can easily paint that in - argh.

You know what they say about a project never being finished, only put away until the next modification.. :)

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Where did you buy it so that the box says "Starblazers 2199" Is it a sticker over the Yamato 2199 logo or did they actually print a different box for the NA export?

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