Yawata Maru to Un'yō Conversion Build

before I knew it I'd decided to do a pretty much full build before painting 

 

Yawata Maru (八幡丸), one of three Nitta Maru-class cargo liners built in Japan during the late 1930s 

still got some tidying up to do - windows, weathering, rigging 

starting the Unyo.. 

 

 

so.. the thing about building carriers 

pile-up on the flight deck 

 

 

 

 

Finished the main build of the Aoshima 1:700 kits (rigging and weathering to come), but first I'm keen to test an idea for displaying these that may or may not work. We'll see! 

 

 

finishing details for the Unyo - a little rigging, rust effects and modulation 

 

the Yawata Maru gets some rigging 

Internal layout showing the one-way mirror on 45˚ angle in front of the Yawata Maru (acrylic sheet with silver insulation window film) 

The finished box 

Power jack and switch on the rear.. 

looking through the window when the Yawata Maru is illuminated 

looking through the window when the Un'yō is illuminated