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Yamato question regarding armament.


Alfisti

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I have the Tamiya 1/700th scale Yamato and have noticed that the gun turrets,eg:parts C12,C14 etc that affix to the main bridge assembly are devoid of any barrels.Are they machine gun turrets and the barrels are too small to mould?

TIA.........Landlubber Dave.

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2 hours ago, Alfisti said:

I have the Tamiya 1/700th scale Yamato and have noticed that the gun turrets,eg:parts C12,C14 etc that affix to the main bridge assembly are devoid of any barrels.Are they machine gun turrets and the barrels are too small to mould?

TIA.........Landlubber Dave.

They're not gun turrets Dave, they're gun directors for the secondary armament.

Each gun turret had a gun director which told the gun crew where to point and fire their guns.

The director would contain range finding equipment, no guns so no barrels.

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Just found a really interesting YouTube channel called 'PLASMO',a scale modelling channel,there are many interesting builds of various subjects,but he completes a detailed build of a Fujimi 1/700th Yamato,most informative.Sorry,can't do links,technodinosaur.

 

Dave.

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