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Author:  bucketfoot-al [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:05 am ]
Post subject:  The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

...and has just been completed by yours truly. The link is below. Let me know what you think after perusing it - which will take you awhile....

http://ultimatebattleshipyamatosite.tri ... ibrary?i=0

Author:  rtheriaque [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

I like the fact I can go here to find virtually any picture. That's a fantastic resource- you're to be commended!

The navigation needs work. Scrolling to the bottom of the page for an enlarged thumbnail is tedious, at best. Folks aren't going to read your blurb with viewing instructions (indeed, you probably shouldn't need instructions). With some shuffling of the layout, getting everything within a standard viewable window should be doable. This will make the site intuitive enough to use, will eliminate a rather baffling page load (when you click a thumbnail at the top, the page reloads, and you see no difference until you scroll down), and make the pictures more directly viewable.

Author:  bucketfoot-al [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

Thanks. Unfortunately, I am not quite that computer savvy. The Tripod site is free, which was one of the reasons I went with it. I tried a few other formats and was instantly lost. (Hey this is the first time I actually figured out how to insert links to other pages).

For now, it will have to stay as it is, I'm afraid. Unless I can figure out how to put the long introduction somewhere else. In any event, if someone is crazed enough about the Yamato, they'll figure it out. :>)

rtheriaque wrote:
I like the fact I can go here to find virtually any picture. That's a fantastic resource- you're to be commended!

The navigation needs work. Scrolling to the bottom of the page for an enlarged thumbnail is tedious, at best. Folks aren't going to read your blurb with viewing instructions (indeed, you probably shouldn't need instructions). With some shuffling of the layout, getting everything within a standard viewable window should be doable. This will make the site intuitive enough to use, will eliminate a rather baffling page load (when you click a thumbnail at the top, the page reloads, and you see no difference until you scroll down), and make the pictures more directly viewable.

Author:  J. Soca [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

I like it Vlad !! looks to me like a fine website tributing a fabulous battleship.


Jose

Author:  bucketfoot-al [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

Hi folks - I have added a couple of really nice colorized photos of the Yamato created by that IJN in Color blogger in Jpan - his work is truly awesome and his site is linked on my index page.

Anyhow, here are the links to the 2 new color photos - one of the Ten'ichi-go operation:

http://ultimatebattleshipyamatosite.tri ... 41?i=8&s=1

http://ultimatebattleshipyamatosite.tri ... 5?i=85&s=1

Author:  J. Soca [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:02 pm ]
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The Tenichigo picture is simply stunning you can clearly see how bad she was smoking , thanks Vlad!


Jose

Author:  bucketfoot-al [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:43 am ]
Post subject:  New Domain Address for Yamato Photo Library

http://www.battleshipyamato.com/

Easier to remember, I am sure y'all will agree.

The old link is still good and will continue to work.

Author:  bucketfoot-al [ Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

*Shameless BUMP*

The gallery is add-free and has more photos (and LARGER photos) than the last time I chimed in on this thread, 8 years ago.

Author:  ModelMonkey [ Sat Dec 29, 2018 6:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

:big_grin:

Author:  bucketfoot-al [ Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Web's First Battleship Yamato Photo Library is UP!!!

Hi Y'all.

Boy how time flies - 16 years since the Yamato Web Archive was created! Hope many of you have found it a useful and interesting resource in the interim!

I made major updates to the gallery in 2019, and - just this weekend, as follows:

Major update made to the Yamato & Musashi web gallery over this weekend, adding about 35 photos and diagrams.

This brings me "up to date". You may have seen some of these "new" photos as they have popped up online the past few years, some photos are higher resolution versions of existing photos, and there are about 15 diagrams showing the changing superstructure and decks of Yamato and Musashi over the course of their lives.

These additions to the Gallery are all (for now) on the last three pages of the archive, for easier locating.

Enjoy! :thumbs_up_1:

THE YAMATO/MUSASHI WEB GALLERY IS HERE: http://www.battleshipyamato.com


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