Yawata Maru to Un'yō Conversion

Scale:: 1:700
Status:: Completed
Started:: August 1, 2021
Completed:: January 2, 2023

Yawata Maru (八幡丸), one of three Nitta Maru-class cargo liners built in Japan during the late 1930s, was transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and converted in 1942 to Taiyō-class escort carrier Un'yō (雲鷹, Cloud Hawk).

The interesting question was how to display the ships to best effect to describe the conversion.
The approach I've tried here is a box diorama with a Pepper's Ghost illusion.

Project inventory

Full kits

Water Line Series No. 507

Japanese Pacific Ocean Liner Yawatamaru

Aoshima 1:700

045718 (507) 2009 New box

Water Line Series No. 209

Japanese Aircraft Carrier Unyo

Aoshima 1:700

045220 (04522) 201x New box

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Photoalbums

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Yawata Maru to Un'yō Conversion Build

1:700

the Yawata Maru gets some rigging

Project: Yawata Maru to Un'yō Conversion

1:700 Japanese Pacific Ocean Liner Yawatamaru (Aoshima 045718)

1:700 Japanese Aircraft Carrier Unyo (Aoshima 045220)

Comments

1 20 April 2021, 12:04

Paul Gallagher
2 years laterz!! .... finally returning to the project to clean up the Pepper's Ghost illusion. Here's a video clip of the final result:
Youtube Video

2 January 2023, 08:47