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 Thank you Yaturo-san now she looks right as they say  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi All now to reveal one of my major enhancments i will be adding to the Yamato its a 1/250 scale photo etch set by Gold Medal.I have to say i could only source this from the USA and you wont see much change out of £100 but its what you get that counts, railings chain and solid plus pre shaped sections and turret railings,radars type 13 and 21 ,cranes, catapults, aircraft handling trolleys,gun director details,RDF antenas,funnel cap grills,15.5 turret blast bag restrainers,water tight doors and wind direction indicators.I know that some of the etch is is already included in the build but this gives me the opportunity to pick and choose the better of the two where and when it arises. As always all comments and questions are welcome regards Andy arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Will certainly look the biz
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Thanks Mr T im quite excited about this one  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Andy one of the best just got better Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Hi Andy! You are verrrry lucky!  Because this item is very rare in Japan. Whenever I tried to buy it, they were sold out.  I wish I were able to use this.  I introduce additional two items for you. pic 1 shows plank deck kit for 1/250 Yamato. It can respond to the Yamato of every situation other than Okinawa version. Contact address is info@ms-plus.compic 2 shows the set of barrels kit for 1/250 Yamato. This is sold in Amazon.com The reason why these items have been sold in Japan is that a company that provided the model DeAGOSTINI Japan still sells the 1/250 model at this time in Japan. Best Regards, Yutaro Yutaro HONMA attached the following image(s): DeAGOSTINI 1/250 the YAMATO, 1/250 the AKAGI.
Hasegawa Co. 1/350 Battle ship NGATO, 1/350 Aircraft carrier Akagi, Battle ship MIKASA.
Water line series 1/700 Battle ship YAMATO, HIEI, YAMASHIRO, Aircraft carrier HIRYU,TAIHO, Heavy Cruiser Myoukou, Ashigara, Nachi, Haguro & others.
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Thanks for the nice comments MWG ,Harty and Yaturo-san it was not easy to source the photo etch here i had to import mine from the USA also i am quite intrested in the etch thats provided with the deck kit [ i wont be using the decking as in building the okinawa version] i surmise its the individual machine guns and some other deck fittings but unfortunatly my understanding of the japanese language is nil so its hard to navigate the site to find the correct item regards andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Today i recieved two parcels/packets from the good old USA containing the etch parts iv ordered,il add a few pics to show the quality of what iv got and also the size of it[the ruler is 30cm long].The other two sets are portholes and a super detail set that has the rails around the deck hangar/aircraft area,as ussual all comments questions are welcome regards Andy arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Andy the quality looks great I like your attention to detail Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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that is one cosmic set of brass
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Thanks Mike and Harty for your continuing support your comments are always apreciated regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi All finally finished adding all the portholes, degausing strip and brackets,iv also added a pic of the wire provided to make the degausing strip, glad i used the plastic strip just didnt fancy trying to straighten that lot out.Just a little filling to be done around the brackets.As usual all comments and questions are welcome regards Andy arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Rank: Vice-Master Groups: Registered
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Hi Andy! Thank you for sharing the photos. They look very great and beautiful! I am now thinking about my Yamato that has already been completed. It has only 0.5mm brass wire for the cable around the hull. I may be going to replace the wire of the Yamato for enhancement some day. Best Regards, Yutaro DeAGOSTINI 1/250 the YAMATO, 1/250 the AKAGI.
Hasegawa Co. 1/350 Battle ship NGATO, 1/350 Aircraft carrier Akagi, Battle ship MIKASA.
Water line series 1/700 Battle ship YAMATO, HIEI, YAMASHIRO, Aircraft carrier HIRYU,TAIHO, Heavy Cruiser Myoukou, Ashigara, Nachi, Haguro & others.
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Hi Yaturo Thank you for the kind words if u need to know what strip i used its posted in Mr T's Yamato build diary i think its 1mm by 0.5 mm as you have said the results are more realistic to the full size as its replicating the armoured box that covered the cable,Also from reading other build diarys when i started this build i never liked the wire that was going to be used so opted for Mr T's solution regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Thank you for your suggestion, Andy. I'll search the suggested articles and learn about the cable around the hull. Best Regards, Yutaro DeAGOSTINI 1/250 the YAMATO, 1/250 the AKAGI.
Hasegawa Co. 1/350 Battle ship NGATO, 1/350 Aircraft carrier Akagi, Battle ship MIKASA.
Water line series 1/700 Battle ship YAMATO, HIEI, YAMASHIRO, Aircraft carrier HIRYU,TAIHO, Heavy Cruiser Myoukou, Ashigara, Nachi, Haguro & others.
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Glad to help Yaturo-san Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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 recieved part 13 today and 2 parts missing namely the wire strip for the scuppers/eghausts.got onto deag immediatly but still means another months delay so all i have to do this month is the funnel base parts/decking regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Andy you are doing a great job of this build as I have said before it is not easy Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Thanks for the support Mike i guess you can understand my frustration when things are missing from deliverys regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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