1/72 Yamato - or a steep learning curve!

[herbieham]

Thanks for the encoragement guys

transport -mmmmmmmmmm, not the first to ask, a few beers have been consumed as friends have discussed this (one must have beers when discussing building such a project, Im not one for squirriling myself away in the shed forever)
Several options

rent a truck - seroiusly - for the cost of a days rental equals about a day out in the fishing boat -so, a day sailing in the future is a day out, is a day out -they all cost - I will build a cradle

option 2 - build a cradle for my fishing tinnie trailer - launch tinny onto lawn ( viable) replace with yamato

I own a ute -might be able to build a box for her that goes on it.

But this is so far in the future its scary.........
At the moment Im terrified about the motor bits -and thats ages away yet too!

But ..............I keep finding myself in the shed.....

I have hit first snag of project -I cannot obtain 3mm balsa in my area for love or money!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave Wooley]

One way to transport a 1:72 Bismarck for the Glasgow Navy Day

And another way of transporting a 1:72nd Yamato at the same event.

Dave Wooley

[herbieham]

I like the above method -i see the word rental

[ozpirate]

Or if your eager to try this one, the Admiral Kuznetsov 1/72. But if you do put it in a box. The bugs are murder here. I drove through a swarm of bugs and boy there was sanding to get them off.

I plan to put a bar across the bonnet of my car to support the weight more evenly. One thing I like for the moment is the rubber necks of drivers that pass me on the road.
No mater how you do it, Good Luck
Mick

[herbieham]

the easy bits

[herbieham]

the very tricky(for me) bits
This is going to take A LOT of time

[Guest]

My dream was to built a 1/100 Yamato. Your work exceed my dream!

[herbieham]

Well progress has been slow and steady - but Im hiting a bit of a snag. My budget only stretches at the moment to 30 dollars or so here, 20 there -you know , the perenial problem - especially as i try to save for the big ticket items -the props, motors and RC ect

Thats ok, skinning the beast with strips is a really slow process, so no problem.
Except actually getting hold of balsa -3mm thick balsa -of any description -is proving a nightmare here where I live. I have visited every hardware store, every hobby shop in a 30 kilometer radius from home -and its been a struggle.

spent 3 hours on the road to get just 6 sheets today -and they were crud quality to boot.

Soooooo.... Now Im making my own strips -which is pretty painful.

Oh well.
had some great contacts from some people -this is a really, really friendly mob here! -and each day the problems I foresee seem to have solutions. maybe the curve aint that steep!

Spent some time today skinning -and began to shape the foam bow and stern bits.
I understand fibreglass melts foam - so what do you guys protect it with - I hear gladwrap
plastic wrap works???

[herbieham]

[herbieham]

[Dave Wooley]

Just a thought but with the difficulties you are having sourcing balsa, as an alternative you could have used 1.5mm marine ply . I have used this material for planking; it's relatively inexpensive, very strong and readily available.
Dave Wooley

[Jose Chaica]

Foam is melted by polyurethane resin. If you use Epoxi Resin, that won�t happen. Don�t ask me why, I�m not a chemist...

[TommyL]

I can't believe how fast this is coming together. It also looks nice.

TommyL.

[johnny canuck]

Hello,

As a barrier between the foam and the resin, I used plain old paper mache on my Assiniboine plug build. I just used old newspaper cut into strips and diluted white glue. I applied two layers just to be sure that I didn't miss any spots. There was no problem glassing the hull after that.

[herbieham]

Thankyou Jonny -Ill do that!
Still slowing planking the hull at the moment -its a slow process........

[herbieham]

Slow progress planking

[herbieham]

but progress is satisfactory -its been limited now less by lack of timber than by lack of budget! -Christmas and all...........

[Richard OMalley]

What's it going to be when it grows up ?Gool work
Richare

[aleccap]

That's going to be simply incredible when its finished, I wish you all the luck in the world, and for the small builder guy like myself (1-350) I dare say we'd all want the info when complete, such as length, hight, weight, time of construction etc etc, this is going to be great, please keep everyone posted on your progress. Good luck

[herbieham]

Looking forward to the week end -just stocked up on balsa again.
This is getting serious -I just bought a 8 foot by 4 foot sheet of styrene direct from the manufactures -and took away a great handful of free samples!-will be going away for the holidays to fathers in law -and intend to do a little construction of the superstructure there.
Woooot!