Lego Yamato.

Spike88 · 01-15-09, 01:57 AM

I was looking around google for Yamato pictures when I discovered this:
http://www.gizmowatch.com/gallery/ya...leship-2_5638/

:O

Its a lego Yamato, from the looks of it 8-9 feet long.

rubenandthejets · 01-15-09, 02:16 AM

I've been to Kure (near Hiroshima), the Yamato's home port. They have got a model there you wouldn't believe! Each crewman stands around 6 inches (15 cm)tall, it's three stories high and over 30 meters (c100 feet) long. Truly amazing museum with the specs of all the ships built in the Kure dockyards, photos and an intact Zero fighter as well.

Unfortunately not much in the way of translations-you'll need some help if you can't read kanji!

PS Kure sounds like " Ku Ray"

Torplexed · 01-15-09, 03:20 AM

Interesting and ironic. The Japanese practically worship a legendary battleship they lost decades ago. There's even a group looking to raise the Yamato's sunken sister ship, the Musashi.

Here in the US the governing body of San Francisco rejects a plan to put the decommissioned battleship USS Iowa on display near Fishermans Wharf. Banishing it to rust in Stockton, since it's a symbol of war.

I guess you don't appreciate something until it's gone.

rubenandthejets · 01-15-09, 08:18 AM

I've visited the Mikasa as well, a dreadnought from the Russo Japanese War (1904-5) at Yokosuka on Tokyo Bay. It was Togo's flagship and intsrumental in the vistory at Tsushima. Again another superb museum and she's over 100 years old.

Rockin Robbins · 01-15-09, 09:14 AM

Don't confuse San Francisco for the United States.:rotfl:

Digital_Trucker · 01-15-09, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Don't confuse San Francisco for the United States.:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Captain Wreckless · 01-15-09, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Don't confuse San Francisco for the United States.:rotfl:

Exactly!

CW

SteamWake · 01-16-09, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spike88

Its a lego Yamato, from the looks of it 8-9 feet long.

20'-0" according to the article.

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01-15-09, 02:16 AM	#2
rubenandthejets 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 279 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I've been to Kure (near Hiroshima), the Yamato's home port. They have got a model there you wouldn't believe! Each crewman stands around 6 inches (15 cm)tall, it's three stories high and over 30 meters (c100 feet) long. Truly amazing museum with the specs of all the ships built in the Kure dockyards, photos and an intact Zero fighter as well. Unfortunately not much in the way of translations-you'll need some help if you can't read kanji! PS Kure sounds like " Ku Ray"

01-15-09, 03:20 AM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Interesting and ironic. The Japanese practically worship a legendary battleship they lost decades ago. There's even a group looking to raise the Yamato's sunken sister ship, the Musashi. Here in the US the governing body of San Francisco rejects a plan to put the decommissioned battleship USS Iowa on display near Fishermans Wharf. Banishing it to rust in Stockton, since it's a symbol of war. I guess you don't appreciate something until it's gone.

01-15-09, 08:18 AM	#4
rubenandthejets 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 279 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I've visited the Mikasa as well, a dreadnought from the Russo Japanese War (1904-5) at Yokosuka on Tokyo Bay. It was Togo's flagship and intsrumental in the vistory at Tsushima. Again another superb museum and she's over 100 years old.