Space Battleship Yamato (STARBLAZERS) Buried Relic Rebuild

Homage to the first sci-fi cartoon I watched when I was young. My dad was Navy and we lived in Japan in the mid 70's and I'd watch the show on TV. I couldn't understand the language but I sure loved the imagery. I still do!
So this model gave me an opportunity to really dig into some heavy weathering! :D

[@motaz1975]

this is how the yamato looked in 2202 when she crashed on one of the planets in the comet empire. well done!

[@VicsModShop]

Thank you!

[@robk5865]

Right off the bat I clicked on this vid. I was a kid and Starblazers showed up on tv one afternoon back in the early 80's. "It's a giant battleship with a huge cannon built into the bow"!! (That was a huge selling point for me).
I have a couple of 1/700 scale waterline models from tamiya and I've always envisioned a tasteful, slim ocean diorama base holding them. Your display is the perfect size and you did a really nice job weathering your model.

[@VicsModShop]

Thanks! Yeah, my dad was navy.. and we lived in Japan when I was little, so this was an obvious interest for me!😅 Oh.. and it seemed every toy store had a wall of Tamiya models. I was in heaven!😅

[@VicsModShop]

Hi all! Who remembers this show? It's probably one of the reasons I'm a sci-fi fan now! If you dig it, gimme a like and subscribe! Thanks!!

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Big Like 👍

[@cerisekappes580]

Another awesome build!!! Definitely a conversation piece 😊😊😊

[@VicsModShop]

😊😊

[@jstorm7757]

Very nostalgic, as I too watched the cartoon as a kid. Great work. Maybe an abandon aircraft, next?

[@HALOreach702]

Nicely done outstanding job. 🎉🎉

[@VicsModShop]

Glad you liked it!!

[@MASI_forging]

How awesome. Such a great work 👍👍

[@VicsModShop]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Great work. Awesome finish. WOW .
Love it
Mike

[@VicsModShop]

😁Glad you like it! Thanks!

[@iboy_djabrigzt]

DAMN!!! This's Amazing man!!!

[@VicsModShop]

Thank you! 😁😁

[@jamesdesanders5618]

Great cartoon!!!!

[@jamesthreats5800]

Epic ,Thanks!

[@VicsModShop]

You’re welcome.. and thank you!

[@jamesdesanders5618]

Nice job!!!!

[@VicsModShop]

Thanks!😊

[@pacificcoastminiatures]

Awesome diorama - what did you use for the spiderwebs or whatever those are on the masts?

[@VicsModShop]

That’s some cotton fiber and ModPodge. I imagined it as ocean vegetation long dead and dried out. At least that’s what I had in mind. Thank you!

[@goforitpainting]

Interesting. I'm a new Sub on your channel. 👍

[@VicsModShop]

Thank you and welcome!

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

So is this diorama of the new series of the Yamato crash landed on one of the planets that is contained inside the Gatlantian empire comet ship?

[@VicsModShop]

Not necessarily.. I was just imagining what this might look like!😊

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

@@VicsModShop yeah check out episode 19 of Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202. Inadvertently you have done a recreation of that.

[@VicsModShop]

@@patrickradcliffe3837 haha! Nice. I did look up some of the original series pics.. but of course that was of the original ship. 🤷 😆

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

@@VicsModShop other then changing some interior proportions and redesigning others the exteriors from new series are obviously better rendered. They changed a fair amount of script, but it does miss some of the innocent charm of the original. You really should binge the remakes you won't regret it. I bet it will get those modeling juices flowing doing more Yamato series dioramas.

[@VicsModShop]

@@patrickradcliffe3837 I’ll see if I can find it! 👍