Hello Michael
i am also looking forward to these wonderful upgrade sets!
Burkhardt has sent me a sample (the 1/700 IJN deck Equipment Set). What can i say, the quality is outstanding!
I plan to crowd the deck of my Amagi battlecruiser from Fujimi with those parts. The kit´s deck is quite empty and since my plan
is to build the ship as it might have looked at the outbreak of the war, it should look as busy as the Nagato class.
I have also preordered several of the 1/350 sets from Burkhardt, in order to upgrade my Aoshima Maya.
Deck Equipment set, Ventilator Set IJN Cruiser, General Sandbag Set, all in 1/350.
I followed your thread of upgrading the Tamiya Yamato, and i must say, that this is a fantastic project!
To be honest, by following your build up blog, i fell tempted to do a Yamato on my own.
Well, all the needed stuff is avaiable. The kit (Tamiya Yamato) is quite cheap, the aftermarket parts are also there. Be it
Lionroar (Upgrade Set, resin and photoetch), Veteran Models (open 12.7cm guns, open 25mm guns), Master Barrel (turned
barrels for 46cm, 15.5cm, 12.7cm, 25mm guns), KA Models (wood deck) and of course the wonderful sets from Ishida-san!
By the way, is the Yamato set that is shown in the pictures (resin parts) the actual set, and is it already available?
Or will this set be reworked, as you mentioned?
Greetings from the North Sea Coast,
Jan Schulz, SIG-Waterline, Germany