Tamiya 1/350 IJN Battleship Yamato (大和)

named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, she was lead ship of the Yamato class. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the largest and heaviest battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load, and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) main guns.

Constructed from 1937 1940 and formally commissioned in late 1941, Yamato served as the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto throughout 1942, first sailing as part of the Combined Fleet during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Throughout 1943, Yamato continually transferred between Truk, Kure and Brunei in response to American airstrikes on Japanese island bases. The only time Yamato fired her main guns at enemy surface targets was in October 1944, but was ordered to turn back after attacks by destroyers and aircraft of the "Taffy" light escort carrier task groups managed to sink three heavy cruisers during the Battle off Samar. Yamato was sunk in April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go.

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@asiafelix I'm building a 1:450 musashi by Hasegawa! Got it on ebay the seller had painted the hull and deck then gave it up! I had to repaint the deck and hull as the colors the seller used were suck! Coming out good so far I've repainted the upper hull and deck, and puttied in the canvas covers on the main guns (not sure I'm happy with the result of that paint will tell!)

[andreweng666]

lucky u

[AlanMartinNala]

Magnificent battleship model both in shape and size! I hope to see it built soon. It looks really interesting!

I won´t be around here till next year, so merry Christmas and happy new year!

[asiafelix]

The Yamato class battleships (大和型戦艦, Yamato-gata senkan)

田宮1/350大日本帝國海軍の「戦艦大和」

（やまと）。

But where is Musashi 「武蔵」,her IJN sister battleship?

[gangstazsqueeze]

IJN foreva

[HAYUPAKARINGID]

very nice :) thank you for sharing...so do we have a deal on Lt. Sakae ?