MUSASHI SAILS!!!

A great day for IYOA, Saturday September 23 saw the very first sailing of the new and largest member of the club, the 8-foot 3-inch MUSASHI, built by myself, Barrett Hochhaus, in Scottsdale, AZ USA.

Today's voyage was a trial for the ship and she passed with flying colors! She spent an unprecedented amount of time in the water for her first voyage. More than one hour!

It's almost time to repaint that dot in Arizona on the World Map from blue to red, as I begin the final aesthetic phase of her construction. The Maiden Voyage could take place as early as next weekend, September 30th!

For now, though, please enjoy these pics from the triumphant trial voyage!

Barrett Hochhaus
diamondback78@hotmail.com

Massey's Musashi arrives/work begins!

Fellow member Massey has recently purchased a Nichimo 1:200 scale Yamato from eBay and is planning to construct it as the Battleship Musashi. Well, it has arrived in his possession, and he is already getting down to business. Good Luck Massey! Hope to see ya in the water soon!

Turrets going in on Musashi

Work is creeping along on the Musashi, but I managed to get some good work done on the superstructure clusters, and the all-important turrets! Enjoy these latest pics as the Musashi begins to look more and more like her finished self.

Barrett Hochhaus

MUSASHI PAINTED!

The hull of the Musashi recieved its paintjob today, September 7 2006. As you can see in the pics above, the hull is lacking in detail, that will be added later. I also installed the aft range finder tower as you can see as well. Hopefully, I will be able to install the machinery this weekend, and she will be ready to sail under her own power!!

Barrett Hochhaus

MUSASHI SUPERSTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION PLUGS ON

Today, Labor Day 2006, saw a surge in construction of the superstructure of my MUSASHI, particularly the forward conning tower, with its many odd clusters and balconies. The core od the funnel was also finished today, and when the day's work was done, I was suprised how much she really was looking like the Musashi. Here are some pictures I took from today's construction. Enjoy!

Barrett Hochhaus

NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE GLOBAL FLEET

The site is up and running! Details on how many Yamatos there are and where is still sketchy, but I am hoping to get alot more info in the coming weeks. Thanks to Ed Rees and Ghost 2501 (That's his RCgroups handle name) for giving me encouragement.

Barrett Hochhaus