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While browsing through my photo library, I came upon some photos I took of my Yamato battleship. It’s of 1/700 scale from Tamiya’s waterline series. Waterline models have a flat base. I like the waterline series. Very easy to display the ships because of it’s flat hull. If you’re into ships, you would know that the waterline refers to where the hull meets the water surface.

There’s something about Yamato that mesmerizes me. I even visited the drydock in Kure where she was constructed.

It was my first attempt at building a ship model. I got all the necessary paint when I bought the model. The colors you’ll need are usually listed outside on the box. I didn’t want a simple gray ship, so I spent the extra time in adding color to it.

Can’t remember how long it took me to put it all together. I think it was somewhere between a few days to a week. I remember most of the time was spent waiting for the paint to dry. Putting all the small parts together also proved to be quite a challenge. Had to use tweezers to pick up most of the small pieces.

I had a dream of making specific ship models at this 1/700 scale and reenacting a past battle. Building all those ships and having them all laid out on a blue tabletop reminiscent of the Pacific ocean. Alas, I do not have the space for it right now. Have to shelf this dream until I have enough space to spare my own display room. ^^. I hope Tamiya will still be producing waterline series models then.

My Yamato came out pretty ok. Not too happy about the paint job. ^^. I think I’ll try again with a larger scaled model. There are only 2 other Tamiya models I’m looking forward to build at this time. Both are of 1/350 scale. Twice as big as this Yamato. They are the Battleship Yamato (again) and the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise. Did you know that the Enterprise has been in commission for almost half a century now!

How do you like building ship models?

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