Tamiya 1/350 Yamato Premium Edition Sprue Review 

I bought the 350th Tirpitz super cheap from a friend. Then found a 350th Yamato for a bargain price just a few weeks after. Not into ships really but it is a great way to learn stuff, both about history and building models going out of your comfort zone.

Thanks so much for your review! My next ship! I built the basic version of Tamiya 1:350 Yamota before(when I was in school). And now I am planing to pick up this hobby again.

I snagged this kit, after I saw your preview the first time. Nice kit, but, there are a lot of tiny parts!! Spent more than a few minutes retrieving parts from the carpet monster. It is a very impressive kit!!

I've been waiting to see you do a ship for a long time, love doing them myself. Great review, I'm sold on the Yamato when I'm finished my San Francisco project.

Great review Nigel of what appears to be a really well engineered kit. I’ve built a couple of large 1/350 scale ships in the past and as another person posted build them in subassemblies where possible, it helps keep the frustration level down and before you know it its complete and then you will be ready to build fully rigged plank on frame wooden kits. I have three in progress, two years on one, about 4 years on another and one more I keep looking at that is still in the box lol.

Amazing detail on the parts. Even the small pieces

Boatbuilder myself, I whole heatedly recommend you start with the hull, and screw that down on a sturdy wooden base. Then you build the rest in modules, divide it up in mini models. and place them om the hull for safe keeping. that way, when it gets to much, you can pause it and build a nice 1:72 airplane or something else that tickles your fancy. Im sure you've seen Stefan Carlssons builds on flory models. he has a good system down (and the patience) mind you thats a beast of a kit to start with...

I am very happy you have done this sprue review. As much as I love WW 2 aircraft ships are my second choice. I am love this review.

Pretty impressive kit . the small deck guns are amazing (look like 20mm oerliken (spelling?) Cannon copy ) they have zero mold shift and no flash ,very nice ! Imagine if revell made this kit .. Imagine the clean up lol ! Great review Nigel , I wouldn't buy this kit but I would be happy to build it if I had it ,and that's a first for a ship kit .

That is by far the greatest inbox review I’ve ever seen!

I Love tamiya ships kits there go together well like doing ships more then planes good vid nigel

looking foward to this one nigel

Nigel she was a great ship and the model does her justice. I like building ships myself and have two ships on the go, 1/350 Trumpeter Lexington, and 1/72 corvette HMS Compass Rose. I like wooden decks. I have another ship project HMS Nelson WW2 1/200 scale trumpeter kit, with all the extras lol happy moderling

You are right about soul sucking when it comes to these ships.....I am in the middle of a 1/350 Tirpitz. I wanted to super detail this boat. Bought the Veryfire super detail photoetch set comes with brass barrels wooden deck, railing etc. That photoetch set alone has over 800 pcs. Literally took 8 hrs just to do the life boats. Six months in and you tend to get tired of it more quickly. Best advise I 100% agree with you on is build something else smaller at the same time. This way you get to still enjoy your hobby and it doesn't feel like a job. KUTGW Nigel. Greetz from the great white north...AKA Canada

Great review Nigel. I love ships but like you have trouble staying focused on them. I just finished a 1/350 Dreadnought for a friend who did me a huge favor. I did it straight through and near the end I just wanted to get the darn thing finished. If it was for me it would not be finished yet. I would have done a couple of planes in between.

Hi Nigel This is a lovely model to make I have made some model warships in the past (Airfix make)good video thanks 👍🏻

I will definitely be following the build mate till next time have a good one

I've got the baseline version of this kit without the PE. One day, would like to get started with her.....

Hi Nigel happy New Year i just bought the Tamia 135th scale half-track 18-ton and trailer it's a nice kit with a 12 figures that come with it

Tamiya makes photo etch scissors. You can use them for the SS photoetch. I thought they were the same as all scissors until someone got me a pair as a gift...great tool.

Not sure if you know this but If you double tap the iPhone screen on the bit you want in focus it will do just that. If you press and hold you can adjust the lighting as well. Might help. Love the channel by the way

Been thinking of acquiring this kit and the wood deck addon.

I have wanted this for years......congrats on making the plunge. I know it is a beast, but I would follow this series to the end. If I can't buy the kit, why not follow a master model builder. I am sure your mojo would survive the challenge. What I would also love to see is you finish your Soar Art Dora. Again, it is a beast, but something that I was enjoying you build.

I have this kit and I find it very intimidating. I want to do my best and there is so much work with this kit. My other fear is where am I going to show the build . Such a great kit.

Hi Nigel, The holes you were wondering about are called "Hawse holes". I don't know how that name came about but I remember that from building the USS Constitution "Old Ironsides". The decking you keep wondering about is called "Diamond Plate" here in the states and comes in all kinds of sizes depending upon its intended use. It was hard to tell what the size of it is on this model as just as the camera focused on it you were on to something else. Anyway, great review. Bill G. Linwood Kansas USA

Hi Nigel that's a great kit that's my next kit to get

Nigel, A ship? A ship? No, you wont will you?Nigel, you had that hum back in this review BUT when you got to the etch the hum went and sound was perfect

Would love to work on one of the Iowa class Battleships... I would probly lose my attention after awhile??! Good luck on this one!!! Sure it will look great!!!

Nigel I am in the process of completing the 1/350 Scharnhorst by Dragon with MK detail set and wooden deck. I have been at it almost a year on and off. You really don't want to start this as a build along! Getting extra detail sets really make ship models stand out. The first thing one should do before the actual build begins is how is one going to display the model, water line or full hull? If full hull are you going to display it with pedestals or dry dock block or the kit supplied base. I for one like dry dock blocks along the keel. Plus it's wise to have the model displayed in a case. PS if you think this is a big model think of the 1/200 scale one. I have the USS Arizona build going on as well. Keep up the good work my friend.

Hi Nigel I just got this kid yesterday play the detail Parts it's going to take awhile to build I like your videos they are great it's probably going to take me a year to build this

Great review mate. 👍🏻

Glad your doing a ship, as you can tell by the name I'm a ship guy.

Nigel you have a good voice for these types of videos. The voice on any youtube video determines if i watch it or not and i've watched a few of your videos and really enjoyed them so thank you mate :) A quick example of good voice bad voice would be Jeremy Clarkson (good) dvd monday voice (bad) just so you get my drift and you are deffo in the Ckarkson section for me. I also appreciate your very descriptive explanations. On a side note, i dont have the patience to build any model that you build but still find your videos very entertaining. I wish i could build something like this. I buy diecast models for a quick collection. Thanks again :)

Nigel..build it!

Regarding the boats -- they were stored in a boat hanger aft below the flight deck, presumably because the muzzle blast from the main battery was too powerful to store them above deck amidships as on other warships.

최고의 리뷰네요 ^^리뷰는 이렇게 하는게 진리지!! 베리베리 굿 리뷰~

BTW Nigel, if I remember my history correctly only the A6M Zero had folding wings and that was just the tips. I may be wrong on this as I'm no expert but I seem to remember that just before the battle of Midway, the new Zero was sent to the fleet and they had folding wing tips. Bill G. Linwood Kansas USA

Fantastic review Nige, just hope my client (who I'm building HMCS Snowberry for) doesn't see it - he's a huge fan of Yamato :O

The Kure naval yard would have done most of the work on Yamato. This should be your base color.

I’ve never built a ship but of course looked at a couple through the years but never came around to it. But this one looks great. Maybe a future build along?...😱😃. Cheers

I hope to make one these someday 🔥🔥

Thank you for your assessment

Hi! I would like to know how many parts there are. Up to three years ago I enjoyed building the Trumpeter German locomotives, and with photo etch each kit got me close to the 700 piece range. This ship looks amazing, even in bits and sprues!

If you want a challenge try the Hasegawa 1/350 Akagi. I didn’t go with the photo etch. I have no issues bending but the glue is misery to work with. If you get the fast drying thin CR glue it runs every. If you get the thick glue it takes forever to dry. I wish there was something better. So no photo etch for Akagi.

Wow, this is like pawing through a toy box but, with scale modeling video's

Hi Nigel, I hope that, when your eyes get better, you will build that ship, it's not really a mojo sucker, because it's like building different kits (turrets, superstructure, funnel, etc..), and the big hull doesn't have to be around all the time. I'm not really a finisher myself, but I started to build the older one a year and a half ago, w/photo etch (95% finished), I build other kits on the side, so it doesn't become a job, Kure pronounces k-uu-R-EH, not cure, and the Tamiya paint seems really dark compared to the photos, I lightened it with a bit in places. Photo-etch is the BDSM of modelers, pain that leads to pleasure... I hope you get better soon.Regards,

The Mushashi was sunk in the Sulu sea before the main battles in the Philipines

Is super glue or a cyanocrylate glue neccesary to secure the hand rails and other photo etch parts?

Wait till you see the railings!!

i want this kit! too expensive for me though.

Has anyone here built the older 78030 model? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the differences.

Lion roar are decent quality etch sets too.Just gave a like to titanic 9/10?Looked pretty full on,if you have any 'mojo sucking' tiny repetetive parts or etch send them over.

As I recall the regular kit had a one piece hull?

Wait, does that means that the gun barrel is not included in the box? We need to buy it separately?

Was offered a pretty penny to do a commission build of this. I turned it down. PE madness

Nigel Another fabulous kit review. As a regular viewer I’m keen that you maintain some equilibrium so that we can all benefit from your excellent channel. This looks like it will be a long journey and with the Hellcats et al still out there and wowing me (and many more I suspect), it would be a shame if this project sunk you (please excuse the pun) and you moved off the channel as a consequence. Great work and I hope you keep finding the energy to continue. Best wishes. PS Did the box display any health warning to prospective builders?

May i know what diffence this yamato premium ver compare normal ver?

Hawse pipe might be what you're looking for

I think Hasegawa or Fujimi made a Shinano in 1/700 scale.

I wish other companies would give you jigs for pe parts, that tiny bit of aditional plastic cost few cents....

Hi Nigel how sprues in this kit

Hi Nigel. Did you build this?

If I may make a suggestion regarding the PE. Heat the whole fret as hot as you can get it,then allow to cool slowly. It takes the spring out of the metal. Believe me you don’t want spring!!

From my reading the 25mm AA guns were almost useless against aircraft

The separate bow is a catastrophy for what could have been a nice kit... The compound radiuses and fit don't match, across all the raised plating in two directions, horizontally and vertically. You can muddle the joint, but it will never disappear under even quick shaving light scrutiny: It can look ok in some photos, that's it... It will never have a sound hull surface unless you entirely redo the entire plating across the whole hull...

the chequered flooring is about right. they are 200mmx16mm (if welded) or 200mmx22mm (if riveted) strips done on the deck for anti slip. See if you could open the photo in the link below, it shows the details. photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPFfSSSSSdC0LxzqkLYfL7ehqUxxURegvQhJc9tnIk40fXSdQgKNNu9ADf9kI17Hw/photo/AF1QipOJJXLwX6e6L1Q6jKMDH0ydzX9BWLPrVE1BQ3zk?key=Tm9zSEtIeWg1S092Y3hjaTBJVVNvY0ZEbmozYU13

Took me 6 months to build the kit with paint

Another beautiful kit but one way out of my price point.

is it rc