I've always liked Space Battleship Yamato/ Starblazers ship designs. They have are kinda in the middle of Star Trek's curvy sleek lines with lots of text and makings and Star Wars no nonsense squares with pipes and stuff (but no text markings)
Im not a fan of the Yamato itself.. it has good things but i never liked that "boat bow".. its like its way too much.. however the rest of the ships i love.. they did much better that merge between classic seagoing battleship and spaceship with later models like the Dreadnough here or the Arizona
That Dark Ghost Grey looks almost the same grey as the primer. I’d probably use black surface primer for panel depth and to make it easier to see the base color as it is applied. BTW that Vallejo 71.120 that used to be Medium Grey had a bluish hue to it and looks more now almost exactly like 71.255 Light Blue RLM65.
I remember these being more or less canon fodder of the Earth Defense Fleet and not nearly on par with the mighty Andromeda. Great job as usual with the kit!
They weren't cannon fodder in 2202; they actually destroyed a Comet Empire fleet of millions of ships with their wave motion gun spam despite being outnumbered pretty heavily.
@@TonyBenjamin19681968 nope.. this is what back then was called the "standard" EDF battleship.. some circles called it Borodino class and now in the 2202 remake its officially designated as Dreadnought class
Have you worked with oil paints? I bet the tonal difference on those panels would be amazing. Would love to see a dot oil filter and the use of pigments on the deck, the cannon muzzles and engines.
I had every single Star Blazers model ,when i was a kid....but sadly they have vanished over time to god knows where ,lol. Just recently i purchased a kit of this particular vessel, but its one of the classic kits. I can't wait to receive it!.
Those deck decals leave a lot to be desired. I would have painted the decks. As for the lights...since they are pre-wired I would split them apart and run micro-wire through the hull down to the base and put the batteries/controls outside the ship (under the base??). Looks like a great kit and it comes in scale with the Polar Lights Star Trek stuff so you can do cross-genre battles.
Turned out great. As much as I love to make these model kits, I find it way too stressful. Its just the fact that you can spend all that time and mess up which I did bulding one of the fighters from this series. Sadly no undo button :P but I guess the more you do the more skill you get.
Thank you! I'd say the biggest skill you learn over time is how to fix things when you do screw up, which still happens to me from time to time. There is a limit though, I've abandoned a few kits over the years due to just not being able deal with a stuff up!
I agree when it comes to the smaller kits for these ships. The ship guns get so thin that I accidentally broke one when I was trying to fix a part on a ship.
This video really helped me build mine so I thank you. I have a question though. So my wife and I will be moving house soon and I have no idea what the best way is to move already built models safely. Can you offer any insight? Many thanks.
Did you ever show us the hangar extension you bought for the yamamoto? In that video you mentioned you had it ordered but i'm not sure you ever showed us it.
Thanks for posting your build of the dreadnought. I pulled my unpainted copy of the kit off the shelf and I did not have any of the fit issues that you unfortunately had. Tolerances are super tight on this kit so perhaps a bit of gentle sanding to remove paint from the connector pegs will help remove the gaps. A nice quick build!
Cheers! If there's one downside to these snap-together kits is that you can't do much dry fitting without the risk of parts snapping together. Although I will try it more on the Yamato, just to be sure.
Was looking to buy some star blazers models but noticed these were out 4 years ago and I've been to the Bandai website and the models weren't there so I dont know where to get any of these models I need help
Great build. I put together the 1/1000 Yamato and either lost or damaged a number of the very small pieces. Something to be careful of when you build yours.
I build ships 1/4 this size and I can def say I have had to remake many radio antenna before. Thats why I tell people to save their sprue from kits...you can remake parts if you have to. There is a precise way to put things together and some manufacturers do not lay them out well in the instructions. Bandai is usually pretty good about it.
DUNCAN !!!!! ( 2:20 ) I Served onboard USS DUNCAN FFG-10 !!! AND, I do have a few of the 1/1000 ships, of WCE, the Gamillas 3-Deck carrier, and the DX Andromeda with MANY Options!!
I Still haven't gotten to my Yamato kit yet. I have a couple of other 2199 Bandai kits at home. I've seen this ship on Facebook, what is the ship in the background on one of the box sides you showed at the beginning?
From watching the build, am I assuming correctly that this was a snap-tite model? I didn't see any application of glue, and the pieces seemed to go on smoothly. Can you let me know? Thanks.
Wow! I just saw animation recently, but I did not know that those new models were on sale. When I was a child I had made plenty of plastic models of the Space Battleship Yamato. From 1979 to around 1981.The present model is slightly different in shape from the past, and it seems that more detailed are being expressed. It may be difficult for a child to build. Sorry for my bad English.
Nice work !!!!!! Have you or will you build the Andromeda to go with these? I would love to see that one built. Thanks for the Hobby link went there and going to buy these models thanks for the link.
A white coating? I've never heard of this. Sometimes I apply a light grey primer but that can be any colour. There's no such thing as requirements in model making, whatever works your way is the best way! :)
Looked through all the comments (I think) but couldn't find the info. Can you point to which airbrush set you're using and the rotating platform? Cheers.
Why did you go with the decals for the deck plates rather than just painting it? Even without the issues taking the ship apart to access the light switches it seems to me that it probably would have been easier to paint and panel line the surface rather than fiddle with a decal across a textured surface like that. Great build though. I've never seen that technique where you clean an acrylic wash off of an enamel lacquer before. I've seen people do similar things cleaning oil based washes off of an acrylic based clear coat, but I didn't know you could do that with an acrylic wash as well.
Good question. :) The decal has the deck lines which aren't molded into the kit. If they were I probably would have painted it then used a wash. Yeah I always do acrylics over the lacquer layer, I've tried using acrylic clear coats and they just don't seem as durable for my needs. And thanks!
I think, despite the problems, this kit came out looking nice. It was definitely an odd choice with the decals on the removable parts; I can only guess they figured the person building it would simply cut through the decals where necessary to allow for access to the lights. It would have more sense (at least to me) to just make them separate decals.
@@modelchili I don't think your that bad of a builder mate, perhaps using a No 11 xacto knife and running it around the edge of the female part may have opened it up some and allowed the male piece to seat more positively.
Nice build Sam! Take a look at the Cosmo Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 . They are on the same line as these kits Your building. Might be nice to add to Your collection. Just a thought...cheers!
Screw the decals tape and paint the deck. You have the skills!. Unless they are high quality THIN decals paint or stencil the markings. Kit decals are usually so thick that you end up buying after market products. Not sure how Bandai decals are but Tamiya decals suck. Good kits but decals suck. Nice build though.
Bandai irritates the hell out of me. Fantastic detail....... but then they do their parts breakdown for those stupid (way overpriced and underperforming) light 'kits', that result in some horrible gap issues. Their kits are a PITA to modify for good lighting.
By who? The Gamilas are allies now and the Gatlantis would just destroy it. Would be better off either getting a Gatlantean ship (of which there is sadly only one in 1:1000) or just getting some more UNCF ships and making a fleet.
The Andromeda and the Dreadnought are new ships of the U.N.C.F. They are not Gatlantean/White Comet Empire ships. yamato.wikia.com/wiki/Andromeda_(2199) yamato.wikia.com/wiki/Dreadnought-class_battleship
I ALSO want to note......... I have a Google Pixel 7Pro, that C A N, translate the Japanese instructions..... at least you Might want to use such a 'smart phone' to translate the "Information about the ship/model" Used it on my instruction sheet on 'Guypellon-class' Astro-Carrier... which was ALL in Japanese!!
I've always liked Space Battleship Yamato/ Starblazers ship designs. They have are kinda in the middle of Star Trek's curvy sleek lines with lots of text and makings and Star Wars no nonsense squares with pipes and stuff (but no text markings)
Im not a fan of the Yamato itself.. it has good things but i never liked that "boat bow".. its like its way too much.. however the rest of the ships i love.. they did much better that merge between classic seagoing battleship and spaceship with later models like the Dreadnough here or the Arizona
That Dark Ghost Grey looks almost the same grey as the primer. I’d probably use black surface primer for panel depth and to make it easier to see the base color as it is applied. BTW that Vallejo 71.120 that used to be Medium Grey had a bluish hue to it and looks more now almost exactly like 71.255 Light Blue RLM65.
brilliant video, thinking of bringing back my hobby after 30 years...thank you
Thanks for watching. 😊
Dude you make it look so easy. Wish i had that skill.
Beautiful , Saw the model in a store . My wife saw the price and gave the look .
Thanks!
It's like 38 usd!!! I'll buy it for you rofl
Seriously consider changing your wife....
here in PH i saw it Online it's only $15, i didn't that i still need to paint it though,
@@heyitsrally5178 pain i saw like 80 dollar
Dreadnought class is beautiful.
from Japan.
I remember these being more or less canon fodder of the Earth Defense Fleet and not nearly on par with the mighty Andromeda.
Great job as usual with the kit!
Thanks!
They weren't cannon fodder in 2202; they actually destroyed a Comet Empire fleet of millions of ships with their wave motion gun spam despite being outnumbered pretty heavily.
I remember watching Star Blazers before going to school as a child.
That ship was called the
Amdreama.
@@TonyBenjamin19681968 how to really kill the name Andromeda.
@@TonyBenjamin19681968 nope.. this is what back then was called the "standard" EDF battleship.. some circles called it Borodino class and now in the 2202 remake its officially designated as Dreadnought class
I love these space battleship builds. Great job!!
Thanks!
Have you worked with oil paints? I bet the tonal difference on those panels would be amazing. Would love to see a dot oil filter and the use of pigments on the deck, the cannon muzzles and engines.
Great job. please do more. I grew up watching Starblazers.
Thanks, I certainly will be!
Very nice. I've completed the 1000 scale Garmillas Warship set 4 and have the Yamato waiting.
Now I may add the Dreadnaught. Thanks for the video.
Cheers, thanks for watching. :)
I had every single Star Blazers model ,when i was a kid....but sadly they have vanished over time to god knows where ,lol. Just recently i purchased a kit of this particular vessel, but its one of the classic kits. I can't wait to receive it!.
Pretty frakin' nice!
Thanks!
Really professional detailing. Always the most unforgiving part of the process. Would love to see your Star Blazers models lined up.
Thank you! I'll do a line up once I do my 1/1000 Yamato. :)
It would be pretty cool to have 4 of these lined up behind the yamato
Yess
4 eh, more like 14 because there are 14 total ships in the series
what paint do you use cuz this will be my 2nd model ever and my 1st i made i used oil sharpy on a p-61 model
excellent building hats off!
Thanks!
I have this kit in my back log and I can't wait to build it!
Nice!
Those deck decals leave a lot to be desired. I would have painted the decks. As for the lights...since they are pre-wired I would split them apart and run micro-wire through the hull down to the base and put the batteries/controls outside the ship (under the base??). Looks like a great kit and it comes in scale with the Polar Lights Star Trek stuff so you can do cross-genre battles.
Yeah it's the same scale as my NX-01. :)
Turned out great. As much as I love to make these model kits, I find it way too stressful. Its just the fact that you can spend all that time and mess up which I did bulding one of the fighters from this series. Sadly no undo button :P but I guess the more you do the more skill you get.
Thank you! I'd say the biggest skill you learn over time is how to fix things when you do screw up, which still happens to me from time to time. There is a limit though, I've abandoned a few kits over the years due to just not being able deal with a stuff up!
I agree when it comes to the smaller kits for these ships. The ship guns get so thin that I accidentally broke one when I was trying to fix a part on a ship.
This video really helped me build mine so I thank you. I have a question though. So my wife and I will be moving house soon and I have no idea what the best way is to move already built models safely. Can you offer any insight? Many thanks.
Very cool.It looks real good.
Did you ever show us the hangar extension you bought for the yamamoto? In that video you mentioned you had it ordered but i'm not sure you ever showed us it.
No that's still in my pile of shame.
@@modelchili Pile of shame?
@@NORFIE123456 Yamamoto? Ya mean the *Yamato*? Yamamoto is a dude (or gal in the show)
Kits I haven't started yet.
Fudge this looks impressive af!
Cheers!
Thanks for posting your build of the dreadnought. I pulled my unpainted copy of the kit off the shelf and I did not have any of the fit issues that you unfortunately had. Tolerances are super tight on this kit so perhaps a bit of gentle sanding to remove paint from the connector pegs will help remove the gaps. A nice quick build!
Cheers! If there's one downside to these snap-together kits is that you can't do much dry fitting without the risk of parts snapping together. Although I will try it more on the Yamato, just to be sure.
hmm... now that I think about it... how big would the A-150 class Aka Super Yamato would be? and how effective would she be against the Yamato
外国でも宇宙戦艦ヤマトシリーズのプラモ作ってるとは
嬉しいですね😊
Did you paint the display stand or just leave in moulded plastic color?
Belo trabalho belo navio, parabéns !!
What kind of wash did you use for the panel lines?
Valllleeeehooo!
I really like how this one looks
Was looking to buy some star blazers models but noticed these were out 4 years ago and I've been to the Bandai website and the models weren't there so I dont know where to get any of these models I need help
I get these from Hobby Link Japan.
Finally... A use for all these bloody Starships Collection boxes I have stacked up! Excellent video as always Mr. Chilli! :-D
Haha, they're good for something! Thanks!
Great build. I put together the 1/1000 Yamato and either lost or damaged a number of the very small pieces. Something to be careful of when you build yours.
Thanks! Yes there were a few close calls with this one.
I build ships 1/4 this size and I can def say I have had to remake many radio antenna before. Thats why I tell people to save their sprue from kits...you can remake parts if you have to.
There is a precise way to put things together and some manufacturers do not lay them out well in the instructions. Bandai is usually pretty good about it.
Did you paint the booster as well? What paints/ process did you use?
What product was that rotating display stand because I want one (even though I don't really need it) for my yamato and ginga model
It's a Mr Hobby Mr Turntable Large
Amazing work. You are inspiring me.
Thank you!
Very cool. Never watched the show but think space battlecruisers look cool as hell, so I'm interested. Have you built any regular ship models?
Cheers! By regular ships do you mean spaceships or real ships? I have examples of both on the channel. :)
DUNCAN !!!!! ( 2:20 )
I Served onboard USS DUNCAN FFG-10 !!!
AND, I do have a few of the 1/1000 ships, of WCE, the Gamillas 3-Deck carrier, and the DX Andromeda with MANY Options!!
Excellent build. Thanks!
Cheers!
I Still haven't gotten to my Yamato kit yet. I have a couple of other 2199 Bandai kits at home. I've seen this ship on Facebook, what is the ship in the background on one of the box sides you showed at the beginning?
That's the Andromeda class I think, you can get a kit of that also.
I'll have to check if my favorite Japanese retailer has it in stock.
Do you know what the led light kit is? For the engines?
(tears up...) I WANT one!!!
From watching the build, am I assuming correctly that this was a snap-tite model? I didn't see any application of glue, and the pieces seemed to go on smoothly. Can you let me know? Thanks.
Yep, it's a 100% push-together / snap-together kit.
This looks awesome and I don't even know what it is. Great job, entertaining video as always!
Cheers bro!
I would highly recommend you to build the 1/1000 Experimental Ship of Transcendental Dimension Ship Ginga.
I certainly would like to!
Your attention to detail is amazing , awesome job.
Thank you so much 😀
You sir, have earned a sub!! Keep up the good work!!
Thank you!
What paints did you use for this?
If you bought 13, you could own all thirteen named ships!
Another great build. Always enjoy your videos, always inspire me on my model building adventures, Thank you.
Thank you! I enjoy making them so I'm glad they're inspiring. :D
Thanks for this video. its really inspiring for the one I'm about to build soon.
Awesome, thanks!
Very nice job. I enjoyed watching.
Cheers! Thanks for watching. :)
Nice to see you again!
Thanks!
Thanks :)
Wow! I just saw animation recently, but I did not know that those new models were on sale.
When I was a child I had made plenty of plastic models of the Space Battleship Yamato.
From 1979 to around 1981.The present model is slightly different in shape from the past, and it seems that more detailed are being expressed. It may be difficult for a child to build. Sorry for my bad English.
Thanks! Yeah these kits are quite detailed, probably not recommended for children. But still achievable with supervision I think. :)
Nice work !!!!!! Have you or will you build the Andromeda to go with these? I would love to see that one built. Thanks for the Hobby link went there and going to buy these models thanks for the link.
No problem! Yes would love to build the Andromeda. :)
How about the other andromeda classes which are “Aldebaran”, the “Antares”, and the “Achilles”
Also you do not apply a white matte coating at first? I always thought it was a requirement before applying further layers :)
A white coating? I've never heard of this. Sometimes I apply a light grey primer but that can be any colour. There's no such thing as requirements in model making, whatever works your way is the best way! :)
After reading a bit online, it seems that now people are using the clear sprays like you did in the video.
Looked through all the comments (I think) but couldn't find the info. Can you point to which airbrush set you're using and the rotating platform? Cheers.
Just a cheap no brand airbrush and a Mr Hobby turntable.
Do you recommend using airbrush as opposed to spray cans? Does it make the stream of paint finer? I'll look for the turntable :)
Oh yeah definitely. I only paint using spray cans on large areas that need a uniform coat.
Alright thanks, looks like I have to buy some more gear
Why did you go with the decals for the deck plates rather than just painting it? Even without the issues taking the ship apart to access the light switches it seems to me that it probably would have been easier to paint and panel line the surface rather than fiddle with a decal across a textured surface like that.
Great build though. I've never seen that technique where you clean an acrylic wash off of an enamel lacquer before. I've seen people do similar things cleaning oil based washes off of an acrylic based clear coat, but I didn't know you could do that with an acrylic wash as well.
Good question. :) The decal has the deck lines which aren't molded into the kit. If they were I probably would have painted it then used a wash. Yeah I always do acrylics over the lacquer layer, I've tried using acrylic clear coats and they just don't seem as durable for my needs. And thanks!
I noticed you were supposed to make the deck of the 1/500 yamato brown
But I wished you could use decals to make the Yamato’s deck brown
Oh my god I love this show
Great video, thanks, one question, how did the thinner not affect the base coat when you cleaned up the over spray?
Cheers! The lacquer gloss coat isn't affected by the thinner. That's one of the reasons I apply it before doing detail painting and weathering.
@@modelchili I did not see where you applied the lacquer, did u do it after airbrushing the base coats?
Are all the Bandai model Kit's snap together
All the Bandai kits I've built are snap together.
I think, despite the problems, this kit came out looking nice. It was definitely an odd choice with the decals on the removable parts; I can only guess they figured the person building it would simply cut through the decals where necessary to allow for access to the lights. It would have more sense (at least to me) to just make them separate decals.
Thanks! Yeah it was a bit of a pain, still it worked out in the end. :)
When will you build the build the 1/1000 yamato
When I get around to it. :p
Wonderful build. :)
Thanks!
would like to see the 1:1000 scale of this model
This is 1:1000 scale. 👍
Great build my friend as always. Just a thought for you tamiya do a panel liner in black it's very good love the vids tho
Cheers! Yeah I actually have that, but I don't have any enamel thinner so can't clean it up.
Looking great
Thanks!
I did not know this type of model. A friendly greeting
Greetings. :)
awsome!! This is all new for me, can you direct me when can I buy the brushes and the paints please. NEW SUBSCIBER HERE
I just get them from my local hobby shop. If you don't have one I hear a lot of people use Amazon.
1/1000 what is the Length width and height of the ship
Subscribed bro. Good to see a kiwi on youtube
Chur bro!
Are the parts snap on?
Yep!
where can I get one of these ?
Hobby Link Japan
Nice build, though, those fit problems would put me off buying it. Thanks for the vid.
I suspect it might have been me to be honest, Bandai isn't usually that bad.
@@modelchili I don't think your that bad of a builder mate, perhaps using a No 11 xacto knife and running it around the edge of the female part may have opened it up some and allowed the male piece to seat more positively.
Super power
So you don't need glue it holds itself together
What does the 1000 go for
Like, to buy the kit or to buy a made one?
Nice build Sam! Take a look at the Cosmo Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 . They are on the same line as these kits Your building. Might be nice to add to Your collection. Just a thought...cheers!
Thanks Shannon! I'll actually be building another suggestion of yours so keep a look out for that. :)
ModelChili Scale Models Awesome! I can't wait. I always look forward to Your build videos.
You mean the two cosmo zeroes
I own the model 1/350 scale of Yamto would you like to build it for me
Sure, contact me via email if you'd like to talk further!
What's the name of the show it's from?
Starblazers: Battleship Yamato 2199. Tbh I haven't seen this but I love the looks and buy the kits often
The light is an addon the OG kit didn't have a light
Very helpful while I built mine :)
Awesome! :)
You must build and build more and more,till great emperor Zuoda come.
You should build the andromeda
whats a best model kit websit do you recomend
For buying kits? Probably amazon.com.
but doesn't it cost a shit tonne to ship to places like Australia and NZ
I tried to find the expansion set of Yamato on amazon but it was too expensive
Where do you get these models?
HobbyLink Japan
Launch the Yamato
Screw the decals tape and paint the deck. You have the skills!. Unless they are high quality THIN decals paint or stencil the markings. Kit decals are usually so thick that you end up buying after market products. Not sure how Bandai decals are but Tamiya decals suck. Good kits but decals suck. Nice build though.
just looking at the names for this particular ship, I somehow get the feeling that it's British.
Nope, Japanese
@@dobson. Japanese anime, but they used British ship names.
@@WarhammerWings And?
there is nothing wrong with the model
Bandai irritates the hell out of me.
Fantastic detail....... but then they do their parts breakdown for those stupid (way overpriced and underperforming) light 'kits', that result in some horrible gap issues.
Their kits are a PITA to modify for good lighting.
make a diorama of the dreadnought battling the yamato
Nice idea!
They are both UNCF ships, and other than a short battle with the Andromeda, there is no instance or reason for them to be fighting.
lets just say one of them got hijacked
By who? The Gamilas are allies now and the Gatlantis would just destroy it. Would be better off either getting a Gatlantean ship (of which there is sadly only one in 1:1000) or just getting some more UNCF ships and making a fleet.
The Andromeda and the Dreadnought are new ships of the U.N.C.F. They are not Gatlantean/White Comet Empire ships.
yamato.wikia.com/wiki/Andromeda_(2199)
yamato.wikia.com/wiki/Dreadnought-class_battleship
Not enough guns.
Cool but audio terrible!!
I ALSO want to note.........
I have a Google Pixel 7Pro, that C A N, translate the Japanese instructions..... at least you Might want to use such a 'smart phone' to translate the "Information about the ship/model" Used it on my instruction sheet on 'Guypellon-class' Astro-Carrier... which was ALL in Japanese!!