WBlakeny

That's right. It sure is worth the discount    

And Bob, you may make all the noise you want.... all help is appreciated.

Hello everyone

I'd like to start a new log for the Yamato.

This kit is the one DeAgostini brought out a couple of years ago here in Belgium.

I was able to buy this kit from anoter shipmodeller who had lost intrest in building her.  He let her go for only 50 € so this was really a bargain 

This is what i got :

I must admit i'm a little terrified of the adventure ahead of me,  after watching the the superb logs and builds of Greg's Yamato and Carl's Musashi. The latter being the Yamato's sister ship.

I hope i can do her credit by building a nice model of the greatest warship of her time.

You're builidng a superb President!

Amazing

Wow... beautiful!

A nice model. Well done!

What an enormous amount of details!

I've started a Yamato by Deagostini and will be looking at your model a lot. It's so inspiring.

I'm a huge fan of your work, superbly done!

Good luck with your build, i've had lots of fun building mine.

A stunning result! 

That nameplate really puts the cherry on the cake.

Hope you don't mind having me along. Interesting project!

The Revell "Golden Hind"  was one of the first models i've built as well, about 25 years ago. 

What a nice result for that carronade. Great work!!!

Thank you Ray for the compliment!!

And BIG thanks to you all for the likes and following my little boat.

I progressed on the cabin.

I made the hatches. They were used to store the cooking gear and other stuff.

First i had to make some dummy beams to provide some support for the hatches. I made those from some scrap plywood on which i matched the curve of the cabin walls. 

I glued them in place and let them dry overnight.

After marking the middle of the cabin with the laser i placed some cherry planks.  

Then i filled the open spaces with the maple planks.  I had to to taper 5 planks on each side in order to fill it up nicely.

Then using a scraper, and sanding with different grits, I obtained a smooth result.

Thanks Christian

It is appeasing indeed, although i have to do things a couple of times sometimes before i get it right.

No, here it comes out in 130 issues, i've been saving them up now. 

Wow. Superbly done. Beautiful...

Hi Dominic and welcome back.

I'll be following your build as I'am also on the verge of starting mine.

I've continued working on the cabin.

I measured the place where the crossbeam must fit in the planks.

Afterwards after sawing i glued both planks in place and let try dry overnight.

I then made the tree pieces to cross the cabin.

And glued them in place.

Thank you Bob.

She's certainly starting to look like a boat 

Thank you Christian

I also would definitely join a group build on making figures. 

Then i used a scraper on the deck to get it smooth.