Senkan wrote:
Usually after they do a dive on Yamato and get more info the layout of the ship changes. Compare the old tool Tamiya 1/350 Yamato to the new tool and you'll see. Also compare the Yamato 1/10 scale museum model.
In 2007 or 2009 more info was discovered on the ship and it changed the AA layout. The AA gun tub protection was discovered to be angular and not round. Unless this evidence has changed the cover art on this book is wrong. For all we know the cover art is different from the ship layout inside. But I don't want to fork out $30+ to find out.
I haven't looked inside another of the other Kagero books. What makes it special compared to the other books put out by Japanese companies?
The book obviously depicts one of the earlier modifications, so what's with the micro analyzing?
I originally posted this notice of a new book, so others can take a look. Maybe some will like it and buy it when it comes out.
Why are you going in a completely different direction and citing inaccuracies in a book that you haven't even looked at yet? Your analogy is useless in this case, as you could see from the cover photo, it's a different era then the last voyage. Somehow you must think all new books should be up to date.
Look at this Hiroba Photo!
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Glad you're not a book critic!!!
All I wanted was a "Thank You" for informing others on a new reference.
PS: Rivet counting is bad for your health!
Thank you for alerting us of this book coming out. I was wondering why they never released a book about Yamato.
Now if you want to buy a book for the pretty pictures go ahead. But for those who are using the book as a reference to build their models this is not your book.
Regarding "it's a different era then the last voyage" are you positive of this? Yamato in October 1944 had a different AA director than the one depicted in both the cover and the interior of the book. The AA layout is incorrect. Yamato never had round AA shields on the deck and turret tops as the book depicts. I'm not going to remain silent as model builders are misinformed.
So buy this book for your library but not for ship building. I'm not a book critic. I'm a Yamato critic.