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1/72 scale ships

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Post by herbieham » 21 Sep 2014, 12:49

I stumbled upon these forums, but cannot find the thread, there was an invite to post pictures of 1/72 Yamato
under construction

hopefully, here it is

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Re: 1/72 scale ships

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Post by KHeitmann » 21 Sep 2014, 21:39

Cool. Is this a scratch build or a kit? I'm guessing a kit, but if so, who makes it?

Check out these Yamato threads.....
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 8&t=138089
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 8&t=207218
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Re: 1/72 scale ships

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Post by herbieham » 22 Sep 2014, 10:01

Hi
Thanks for the comment
No, entirely scratchbuilt
The turrets turn, the gun directors turn, lights, sound effects, fully controlled 4 engines
7 years of love and dedication

Its also the first boat I have built.she's about 12 foot long...........
another view
hope to finish by this Christmas

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Post by KHeitmann » 23 Sep 2014, 01:27

Nice job on the scratch building. :thumbsup:

Do the turrets and guns, etc., et al, rotate by R/C? Sounds like they might be.

She's a big beast of a model at 12 feet. :D
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Re: 1/72 scale ships

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Post by herbieham » 23 Sep 2014, 12:21

yep, all r/c

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Post by KHeitmann » 24 Sep 2014, 12:23

How many servos?

It would be interesting to see a picture of the guts of your model showing the electronics.

I saw an article once on a large scale R/C model of the Missouri a long time ago. It weighed 800 lbs and was so big that the owner had to use a trailer to get it to the water. It fired .22 cal blanks from the main guns. Turrets all turned independently and guns elevated, etc. I forgot what else it did. I'd have to dig through a stack of 40 year old magazines to find the article again. There was some sort of rotating drum used to multiply the function of each servo. I'm not clear on how it all worked. It looked quite impressive.
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Re: 1/72 scale ships

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Post by herbieham » 25 Sep 2014, 09:34

Hi!
there is a complete build log if you are interested on modelwarships.com, under scratchbuilt, 1/72 yamato, or a steep learning curve!
Electrics need to be tidied up yet, thats actually for next week, they all work, but a heat sink and fan set up is yet to be completed.
thanks for the interest
herbie

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Post by Marcus » 22 Nov 2014, 15:45

Thanks for sharing, I hope you will post more photos here.

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