How long would the legendary Japanese Warship Yamato be, built out of LEGO bricks?
That’s the question Jumpei Mitsui asked himself since he was a young boy. Now a third year student, Jumpei has answered his own question by building a LEGO model of the Yamato. It took the young Japanese 6 years and 4 months to finish his masterpiece, using 200,000 LEGO bricks.
The LEGO warship is built at a scale of 1/40, weighs over 150 kilograms, measures 6.6 meters from bow to stern and is 1 meter wide at the widest point of the ship.
Jumpei Mitsui finished the LEGO Yamato on April 9, 2009 and he deserves our congratulations. Well done my friend.
Check the link at the bottom for more photos.
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really cool model.have been watching it getting built over the last few years on brickshelf.as for photoshop that for sad individuals eh.built my own after seenig yours but only 17ft long,ran out of pieces.cheers
my astonishment is in the massive amount of figures.
this is totally awesome u should get it made into a lego set that people can buy and i would be the first to buy it cause i love legos and i want to build it cause i think the yamato is a cool battleship ever to be built into a lego and i like it cause i like battleships from world war 1 and 2.i read about it in a book and it made me wonder how could anyone make a battleship that big in real life and send it out on the water.man you rock i wish i did that
The real question is, does it float?
i LOVE this. this guy rules. i want to know him!!!!!
i want the instrutions for this. i will pay up to $200.00 american dollars to have the instructions!!!!
NObecause it sank on 7th april,ha ha ha
Hm… from the looks of it, I'd say this rather hefty LEGO set does NOT float. If it does, I'm shocked. Primarily because of the fact the hull of this super-sized LEGO model isn't a pre-fab shell similar to its' significantly smaller counterparts found in other sets. (ie: LEGO Fireboat) With I'd say OVER 200,000 bricks used in the construction, and the fact it weighs more than I do, (I weigh in at 121.6 kilos, this thing is 150… I wouldn't want to drop this on my foot!) I seriously want to know where he got this set… so I can order the Titanic!
I would pay one million dollars for the instructions and four million for the ship
I would pay one million dollars for the instructions and four million for the ship
this is fantastic , just shows what you can do when you put your mind to it ,anyone else feel inspired to have a go ?
man, that thing is huge it makes the titanic seem like a stupid little toy.