Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's about 41cm long.

Along with the Lambea, a fighter called the Snuka is included.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea (1/4)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea (2/4)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea (3/4)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea (4/4)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - As you can see from the front and rear views, the bottom deck of the 4-tier struc

As you can see from the front and rear views,
The bottom deck of the 4-tier structure is open at both ends.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - The deck detail feels a bit plain. (1/3)

The deck detail feels a bit plain.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Side detail shots (1/6)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Side detail shots (2/6)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Side detail shots (3/6)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Side detail shots (4/6)

Side detail shots

Propulsion unit detail.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Bridge and side structure detail (1/3)

Bridge and side structure detail

Even the small cannons are separately molded, giving them a nice clean look.

Underside view

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Underside detail shots (1/6)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Underside detail shots (2/6)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Underside detail shots (3/6)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Underside detail shots (4/6)

Underside detail shots

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Taking a look at the assembly process — first you build the bottom hull section a

Taking a look at the assembly process — first you build the bottom hull section as shown above.

Then you raise the walls like putting up the walls of a building..

It's a method where you stack all 4 decks on top of each other like this.

The underside of the decks has almost no detail.

Now you place the second tier on top of the lower hull..

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Among the vertical walls on the second tier, the fixing pins at the arrow locatio

Among the vertical walls on the second tier, the fixing pins at the arrow locations are extremely tight.
The pin and hole sizes don't match well — feels like they failed to dial in the mold tolerances. -_-
Be careful, because forcing them in could break something in the wrong place.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Now after placing the 3rd tier, you raise the final outer walls and add the 4th d

Now after placing the 3rd tier, you raise the final outer walls and add the 4th deck, and the basic structure of the main body is complete.
Building it up floor by floor like constructing a building is a really fresh experience ^^

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - The small blast deflectors on the deck can be removed, and a support piece can be

The small blast deflectors on the deck can be removed, and a support piece can be inserted in the middle to stand them upright.

A total of 4 blast deflectors can be attached.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Two types of carrier-based aircraft are included, 21 of each — a whopping 42 in t

Two types of carrier-based aircraft are included, 21 of each — a whopping 42 in total.

Front, rear, and bottom views of the Snuka fighter

Front, rear, and bottom views of the Debakke fighter

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Carrier aircraft placed on top of the Lambea (1/3)

Carrier aircraft placed on top of the Lambea

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Ooh~ it really gives off that aircraft carrier vibe. (1/4)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Ooh~ it really gives off that aircraft carrier vibe. (2/4)

Ooh~ it really gives off that aircraft carrier vibe.

All 42 carrier aircraft lined up in formation on the upper deck

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea (1/2)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea (2/2)

Size comparison with the bonus space carrier attack craft DMB87 Snuka.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Single-color molding makes it a bit plain, but the proportions are great. (1/4)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - Single-color molding makes it a bit plain, but the proportions are great. (2/4)

Single-color molding makes it a bit plain, but the proportions are great.

Underside view

The 5 weapons on each wing need to be glued on.

Comparison with the 1/1000 Snuka included with the Lambea

With so many duplicate runners, there are quite a few leftover parts.

Together with the similarly-sized Darold and Gaidorol-class space battleships.

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea - A commemorative shot with the triple-deck carrier that came as a bonus with the 1

A commemorative shot with the triple-deck carrier that came as a bonus with the 1/1000 Yamato~

The triple-deck carrier was one of the more distinctive warships from the old Yamato anime, and in Yamato 2199 it's been upgraded and reimagined as various multi-deck carrier vessels. And as the first of these multi-deck carriers, the Guipellon-class Lambea has made its appearance as an injection kit ^^

The Lambea is a 4-tier multi-deck carrier, and it's quite a challenging design to pull off as an injection kit. Unlike other warship kits, the assembly process of stacking it tier by tier is pretty interesting. That said, the complex parts breakdown does make it a bit tricky to build — around the middle tiers I had some difficulty lining up the top and bottom to fit together. In particular, some of the fixing pins seem poorly toleranced and go in way too tight, so you'll want to follow the manual carefully to avoid breaking anything during assembly.

Once complete, it's a big kit at a whopping 41cm — the longest and most voluminous release in the existing 1/1000 Yamato series. The deck and hull sections have perfect color separation, so even as a straight build it looks pretty good, and the bridge and various detail areas came out at a quite satisfying level. (Though I do wonder why they didn't do deck color separation on the Darold? Hmm.)

Being an aircraft carrier-style kit, it comes with a massive 42 carrier aircraft — 21 Snukas and 21 Debakkes. They're small but the detail is decent, and best of all you can line them all up across the deck, which makes for a really impressive display.

As a bonus, one space carrier attack craft Snuka is included. Other kits sometimes throw in 2 bonus fighters, but the Lambea only comes with one. Maybe because the main kit is already so pricey? Either way, the Snuka's detail and proportions are excellent, so no complaints there.

After building nothing but similarly-colored green Gamilas warships, assembling a multi-deck carrier like this feels quite refreshing. The kit was released at a steep ¥6,800 — probably because the engineering was so complex — but for fans of this type of space warship kit, I think the size and detail are well worth the price. I'm looking forward to the various other multi-deck carrier kits that'll be released down the line :-)

1/1000 Yamato 2199 Guipellon Class Lambea | 2014. 1 | ¥6,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.