{"id":39876,"date":"2024-03-07T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=39876"},"modified":"2025-04-14T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:45:18","slug":"m1a1980summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/m1a1980summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle 1st Age<\/em>, 1980 summer special"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Handicraft idea example 4<\/p>\n

Will it fly? Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/h2>\n

Masahiko Kurimoto
\nShimanaka, Gifu Prefecture<\/em><\/p>\n

What materials were used?<\/span><\/p>\n

Tin plate, thick cardboard, paint, solder, metal glue, motor, etc.<\/p>\n

How long did it take (cost, number of days)<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: I used mostly things I had at home, so the motor cost 2,000 yen.
\nNumber of days: About 20 days.<\/p>\n

What steps did you take?<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) Creating a design<\/p>\n

The shape was difficult, and I was using tin plate, and I thought I couldn’t afford to make a mistake, so I decided to make a design first. I borrowed a book about Yamato<\/em> from a friend and used that as a reference.<\/p>\n

(2) Making the main body<\/p>\n

I cut the tin to match the design, and first made the hull and the bottom of the ship. The hull of Yamato<\/em>, especially the front part, is characterized by its curves, so I had some trouble getting the tin to curve properly. I used a pair of tin snips to cut the tin, and it went quite well.<\/p>\n

The tin pieces were soldered together, but the fine details were a bit difficult, so I used metal glue to assemble them.<\/p>\n

(3) Making the accessories<\/p>\n

My initial plan was to make the whole thing out of tin, but when I started to build it, I realized that it was impossible to make the fine details. So I made the entrance, antenna, and commander’s room out of thick cardboard.<\/p>\n

(4) Painting and finishing<\/p>\n

Using the anime as a reference, I painted the bottom part red and the top part in the color of a warship. The 1m-long battleship Yamato<\/em> is complete.<\/p>\n

What are the things you need to improve?<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, I thought about using a remote control, but then I changed my mind and came up with a mechanism to move it by pulling a string, the same principle as a spinning wheel. However, the string got tangled, so I had to abandon the plan halfway through.<\/p>\n

As you can see, when I was drawing up the plans, I didn’t realize that there would be all sorts of problems, so I ended up taking much longer than I had planned. You need to be very thorough when you’re at the design stage.<\/p>\n

Evaluation & advice<\/p>\n

Working hard to make the difficult Yamato<\/em>, devising various methods. It was originally a ship that appeared in a manga, so it was easy to draw, but it would be difficult to build.<\/p>\n

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