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 YawatamaruAoshima 1:700
045718 (507) 2009 New box 
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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
Comments
1 20 April 2021, 12:04
Paul Gallagher2 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