John turned up for last week's Fletcher Pratt game bearing a gift for me. He had spotted on a market stall this slightly down at heel
Triang Minic model of the Japanese super-battleship
Yamato. Aside from some paint chipping the model has a slightly bent main gun barrel and is missing the two catapults normally found at the blunt end. But for £0.50 who cares? (For readers in the colonies £0.50 equates to 0.80 USD or 0.97 NZD).
John concealed his disappointment well when I told him he couldn't use it in the game....
For comparison purposes the photo below shows the new arrival next to my near-mint example.
I need hardly add that if you ever see these models at such giveaway prices you should snap them up!
More Yamato-related nonsense soon, in what appears to be 'Ship Month' on my blog!
8 comments:
Can it handle interstellar travel?
Was Musashi similar enough that you can use the newcomer as her?
8Tim
Great find. Nothing that a quick fix couldn't fix.
PD
Alternate Leyte Gulf
Ross Mac
Probably. The only difficulty is getting enough dilithium crystals...
SAROE
If I only had the two that would be an obvious solution. Stay tuned.
Peter Douglas
A modest refit may be in order.
Geordie
That's the spirit!
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