LEGO Yamato is completed after 3 years of LEGO shipbuilding!
50 pounds (22.68 kilograms) separates into 3 sections for easy transport.
LEGO Yamato ship is 1"/108" scale. It is 8' long (8'+6" if you add the water), 14" wide & 18" tall. Over 25,000+ LEGO bricks used.

I'm making a diorama of 'Operation Ten-Go'   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go)
from World War II. Making Japanese Destroyer Yukikaze. It will only be 43" long & about 4" or 5" wide. Yukikaze will be built to the same scale 1"/108".

I will also build 2 or 3 American Torpedo planes performing an attack torpedo run on the Japanese ships. I haven't decided if the American planes will be either Hellcats, Helldivers or Avengers. The planes will be built to the same scale 1"/108" & they will only be about 5" long & about 5" wide.
 

The Yukikaze is a LEGO build currently in progress, then the American planes will be the last to build.
Thank you for being a part of the journey. :-) 5-9-09

Stay tuned...

Progress of ship overall. 41 pounds (18.597 kilograms)               Main bridge work in progress. 2-14-09

Progress of ship. Aft section completed. 14 pounds (6.350 kilograms) 2-14-09

Progress of ship. Middle section 18 pounds (8.164 kilograms)    Needs main bridge, this will add 5 to 8 extra pounds (2.267 to 3.628 extra kilograms)                                                                          Red bricks show width, height, length of main bridge.    2-14-09

Progress of ship. Bow section completed. 9 pounds (4.08 kilograms) 2-14-09

Stern Crane for planes & boats. Ordered crane hook (last picture) for crane 2-14-09

Aircraft catapults 2-14-09

Prototype & actual motorboat 2-14-09

Progress of ship. 36 pounds (16.32 kilograms), 23,000+ bricks, 3/4 completed.                                                                                     Need to add Main Bridge, last 12" of ship. i.e. crane, catapults, etc. 1-25-09

Aircraft deck (work in progress) 1-22-09

Platform deck (gray vent plates) & 4x triple mount turrets 1" (25mm) 1-6-09

Remade aft support beams 1-4-09

Progress of ship. Front 1/3 completed! 1-2-09

Forecastle fittings by #1 turret 1-1-09

Added ladder & more angled bricks to 18.1"(46cm) gun turrets      12-30-08

 Bow Forecastle 12-22-08

Bow chrysanthemum, towing fair lead & flagstaff. (please note: will replace bow fluorescent dish for yellow dish to simulate chrysanthemum)
Replaced 5"(12.7cm) guns with 'open barrel' guns (more realistic).    Added stern gun platform & flag staff 12-21-08

Prototype of 1" (25mm) Triple mount non armored Anti Aircraft Guns x26 (please note: will replace dark gray with light gray)12-12-08

Progress of ship     12-11-08

1"(25mm) Triple mount (armored) Anti Aircraft Gunsx24  12-11-08

Added 6 more  triple mounts 

1"(25mm) Triple mount (armored) Anti Aircraft Gunsx24  12-09-08

5"(12.7cm)Twin mount (non armored) Anti Aircraft Gunsx6 12-09-08

5"(12.7cm) Twin mount (armored) Anti Aircraft Gunsx6  12-04-08

6.1"(15.5cm) Gun Barbette next to No.3 Turret  12-04-08

6.1"(15.5cm) Gun Barbette next to No.2 Turret  12-03-08

6.1"(15.5cm) triple mount Guns x2 Secondary  12-01-08

18.1"(46cm) Gun Barbettex3   11-28-08

Revised Mast  11-22-08

18.1"(46cm) triple mount Gun Turrets x3   11-20-08

Aft Superstructure

Aft 10 meter Range Finder

Funnel Searchlights version 1

Funnel Version 1

Funnel Version 2

Bridge Superstructure

Mast

Scout Planes - Final Version

Superstructure

Topside

Forecastle

Upper Deck

Middle Deck

Lower deck