"Yamato 2199: It's Getting Worse..." Topic

Much worse:

link

Looks like I'll be adding a half dozen new fleet carriers to my Imperial Terran Navy armada…

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
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Darnit Leland. There you go again making me spend money. Thanks for the heads up.

And here I thought it was a review of the anime…

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait – this mean spending money…

BOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Heh … it's the insane original triple flight deck configuration of the Akagi and Kaga.

What's the size of the model?

Heh … it's the insane original triple flight deck configuration of the Akagi and Kaga.

And this is bad because…?

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
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Lessee, my current six I've named Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku, so the next batch if I go with six will have to be Enterprise, Yorktown, Hornet, Wasp, Saratoga, and Lexington…

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
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1999.co.jp/eng/10267335 According to this link, it's about 6 inches long.

Or the size of the box. We shall see, and either way it'll be a win for my purposes… And if the finished model is 6 inches long, at the listed price point on HLJ, it'll be a steal…

Leland R. Ericsson
Metal Express
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Having observed carrier flight deck operations, I was always curious how one would actually coordinate launch and recovery. I guess you don't have turn into the wind, so that's a bonus. It actually has 4 flight decks, 3 off the bow and 1 straight/angled deck. Again, it's amazing to watch the coordination on a single flight deck, much less 4.
-ZG

Could this actually be 8 flight decks as both sides of a deck could be used in a zero G environment!

Wikipedia picture of Akagi, showing three flying – off decks: link

Ron

"It actually has 4 flight decks, 3 off the bow and 1 straight/angled deck."

5. Four off the bow (the top one is split with the angled deck).

"Could this actually be 8 flight decks as both sides of a deck could be used in a zero G environment!"

No, two of the decks don't run all the way through. So it's 6 or 7, depending on how you count the top deck (angled separate?).

No, only five. Note the roll-offs are only on one end.

Otherwise, gravity might cause you to drop off the end into…

Oh, wait…

Never mind.

Doug

Four decks for launching from catapults, two birds per deck. Lowest deck launches first, followed by each upper deck in succession with a six or eight second delay between each launch. As the last pair from the uppermost deck have cleared, the lowest deck is already up for launching the next pair, and the others are either ready or nearly so with the next birds queued up to go.

Within a 1 minute window you've eight two-ship tactical elements up and out, with the next set of four two-ship elements ready to roll. Within two minutes you've put 32 fighters in the "air," and depending upon your organization and carrying capacity, it wouldn't take long to get an entire carrier complement up and at 'em in short order.

The actual technology of a 1920s-30s aircraft carrier is not the same as a spacefaring FTL-capable star fighter carrier's speculative fiction technology. The bottom line is that while the IJN had to rebuild the Akagi with a single deck, the Gamillas can get away with murder:

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So. Now I think I need nine (9) of these on principle, so I can add the Ark Royal, Glorious, and Formidable to my Imperial Terran Navy armada… that'll give me fifteen fleet carriers… that's six stands of fighters per carrier, so I'm gonna have to paint up a whole bunch of fighters while I'm at it… and I'm gonna need more DDs and CLs… oh, boy!

Leland R. Ericsson
Metal Express
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Have gone to the HLJ link and am sorely tempted come payday, yet another project. Question guys are their in scale fighters to go with these?, what scale approx are the models 1/1000?. If not available by Bandai anybody know of good proxy substitutes.

Really liking the 80's retro styling and looking for something in that line….

Dam…….hooked again

Johny I'd go with any of the fleet scale fighters on the market. Here's a couple choices.

For the actual Yamato fighters:

link

If you prefer to "roll your own", check out Studio Bergstrom:

link

or Brigade Models.

link

or ADB

link

That's a lot of options covering the spectrum from realistic to fantastic. All are teeny tiny and look good with the smaller Bandai kits (even if not actually in scale). I can say from experience that the fighters from ADB and Studio Bergstrom are excellent.

I hope that helps.

Thanks for that looks like another full thrust project in the offing then, great models at a great price :-))

Dam…….hooked again

Thanks for that looks like another full thrust project in the offing then, great models at a great price :-))

Resistance is futile! Submit and be assimilated! C'mon now… you know you want to!

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
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Oh dear, there goes that comment to my Wife that my hlj private warehouse contents was 'only a tenners worth…'.

Sadly limited room (and limited cash *L*)is why i had to make my own smaller scale Yamato inspired ships. I would love to play with those. The Yamato/Harlock style is probably my favourite of all the space opera design aesthetics…with the exception of the bloody awful new Harlock cg film. The redesign of the Arcadia is truly foul

"No, two of the decks don't run all the way through. So it's 6 or 7, depending on how you count the top deck (angled separate?)."
It is in space so it can use the sides as well.

And another one has become available with more on the way:

link

hlj.com/product/MEG81683/Sci

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
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Now a photo of the Mecha Colle Yukikaze:

Looks vastly sharper in detailing than the original mini box scale kit.. gonna have to get me some!

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
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That Domerazu III is one sweet model, should be great for use as a CapShip in 5150:Fighter Command

The July release date gives me plenty of time to gather the funds to order two or three of them.

Maj. Diz Aster
STARFIGHTER COMMAND