Hi guys,
Ever since the Kamizukuri Yamato dock came out in 1/700 i just had to have it…. finaly they were no longer a Shizouka show special, and they are available to the gerneral public.
thanks to a friend in Japan I finaly got my hands on one, and am very pleased with it….
Here a picture of the set (in progress)
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Of course in researching the Yamato dock, i found this set in 1/3000 from Fujimi
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Allthough i love the set from Fujimi and i am going to finnish it, I also decided to try an make this portion (and more) in 1/700 scale.
So i did some searching on the net and found the Sculpfun S9 lasercutter… an affordable one and it looked very promising. So i finaly ordered one and it arrived a week ago….. with this lasercutter i can make my own buildings wanted to incorporate the Kamizukuri Yamato dock in the bigger diorama.
However i found that the Kamizukuri dock, although a great model, is pretty inaccurate, so i started to build my own Yamato dock, based on the areal pictures that exist on the Kure Dockyard….
I know, it’s a pretty big job, but i will show my progress regularly !
So , of any of you have more info / pictures on the Kure dockyards, I would be most thankfull !!
Soon some pictures of the first test builds in cardboard
Tom